Asian Movies

Kung Fu Hustle (Full Screen Edition)

4 points

Shall We Dance?

On his evening commute, bored accountant Sugiyama more...3 points

On his evening commute, bored accountant Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) always looks for the beautiful woman who gazes wistfully out the window of the Kishikawa School of Dancing. One night he gets off the train, walks into the studio, and signs up for a class. Soon Sugiyama is so engrossed in his dancing he practices his steps on the train platform and under his desk, and becomes good enough for competition, compelling his wife to hire a private investigator to find out why he stays out late and retur...3 points

The Host

A creature plunges from the Han River Bridge into more...2 points

A creature plunges from the Han River Bridge into the river emerging on its shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee her family set off to recover her from the monster that the government claims to be a host of an unidentified virus. System Requirements: Running Time: 119 mins Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC:&nbs2 points

Battle Royale Directors Cut

2 points

My Sassy Girl (2001)

Based on a series of TRUE stories posted by Kim Ho more...2 points

Based on a series of TRUE stories posted by Kim Ho Sik on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These stories were later transformed into a best-selling book and a movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo (Cha) and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend. Once he helps her, Kyun-woo develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerat...2 points

Oldboy

2 points

Ran - Criterion Collection

As critic Roger Ebert observed in his original rev more...2 points

As critic Roger Ebert observed in his original review of Ran, this epic tragedy might have been attempted by a younger director, but only the Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, who made the film at age 75, could bring the requisite experience and maturity to this stunning interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. It's a film for the ages--one of the few genuine screen masterpieces--and arguably serves as an artistic summation of the great director's career. In this version of the Shakespeare trage...2 points

Kagemusha - Criterion Collection

In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha (The Shado more...2 points

In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) director Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his celebrated career-the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic that is also a somber meditation on the nature of power. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version.2 points

Rashomon - Criterion Collection

Brimming with action while incisively examining th more...2 points

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to t...2 points

Ikiru - Criterion Collection

In this film considered by some critics to be Akir more...2 points

In this film considered by some critics to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest and most compassionate achievement Takashi Shimura (Seven Samurai) portrays Kenji Watanabe an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days. System Requirements:Running Time: 143 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN Rating: NR UPC: 037429180525 Manufacturer No: IKI010DVD2 points