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친구 Chingoo 'Friend' Movie

When we were together,We had nothing to be afraid of! This is a must see for movie lovers all around! A story about four childhood friends growing up together during times when teachers walked around campus carrying yard sticks and students had to fa...

Japanese Movies 

Crows Zero movie

Takashi Miike's Crows Zero was a huge hit in Japan in 2007, raking in over 2.4 billion yen about high school boys beating the crap out of each other is getting sequel. Takashi Miike is again in director's chair and Shun Oguri is reprising his role as...

Sukiyaki Western Django

Legendary japanese director Takashi Miike presents his remake of classic Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western Django (1966). A crazy offering even by Miike standards, the deliriously entertaining Sukiyaki Western - Django had camp cult classic stamped...

Dororo (2007) Japanese Movie

Adapted from Tezuka Osamu's popular manga, Dororo is a rollicking period adventure for all ages. A blockbuster success in Japan, with not just one but two sequels already in the works, Dororo features the idol pairing of Tsumabuki Satoshi and Shibasa...

Sakuran - Japanese Movie

Sakuran is impressive Japanese movie with Anna Tsuchiya in leading role. Modern, beautiful, easy on the eyes, passionate, and very stimulating it is drawn in bright colors to express the passion and sexuality of the women. Swayed by passion, choosin...

MW Live-Action Movie

MW (- ムウ -), a manga by famed artist and father of anime Osamu Tezuka was turned into a live-action film. The director's seat was taken by Hitoshi Iwamoto, known for several popular television dramas including Queen's Classroom and Nobu...

Crows ZERO 2

Takashi Miike's Crows Zero about high school boys beating the crap out of each other got the sequel - Crows Zero 2 (クローズ ZERO 2, Crows ZERO II) finally released world-wide on October 2, 2009. Takash...

Battle Royale

Dedicated to one of my favorite movies ever! My sister, who is currently living in Japan, called me on the second day she was there to let me know about "Battle Royale." I placed it on my Netflix that same day, and waited for it to go from "Long Wait...

L change the WorLd

A spin-off sequel to the popular Japanese Death Note movie series. The series is based on the manga Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. However, this film follows an original storyline. L change the WorLd was initially intend...

Ichi, a blind heroine

Studio Shochiku's new film ICHI based on the Zatoichi franchise with the famous blind sword hero now re-imagined as a female (Haruka Ayase). With eyes tough which she cannot see, the audience will reach her soul, where the emotions burst with action...

Death Note Live Action Film

Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. Death Note is part one of a series of two live action Japanese films. Based on the Death Note manga series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata....

Samurai movies (japanese as well) 

When the last sword is drawn

The Hidden Blade - Japanese Samurai Movie

From director Yamada Yoji (The Twilight Samurai) comes The Hidden Blade (a.k.a. Kakushi Ken Oni no Tsume), another loving depiction of the bygone days of samurai heroism. Nagase Masatoshi (Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Pistol Opera) stars as a sam...

Samurai Films

I love samurai films! Why? Why not!? There's action, drama, good vs. evil, comedy, romance, chivalry, honor, treachery, and sex. What's not to like? Samurai films come in all shapes and sizes. Yes, you might have to read some subtitles. And yes, you...

Love and Honor - Japanese Samurai Movie

Renowned director Yamada Yoji brings his acclaimed samurai trilogy to a beautiful close with Love and Honor (a.k.a. Bushi no Ichibun). Like Twilight Samurai and Hidden Blade, Love and Honor is based on the works of Fujisawa Shuhei, and the story foll...

Hana Yori Mo Naho ☆ Flower

Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda (Nobody Knows, After life) subverts the samurai film genre with Hana Yori mo Naho (a.k.a. Hana). He turns the popularly held conventions of the typical samurai evenge tale on their head with this story of a man who...

Gohatto (Taboo) Japanese Samurai Movie

Widely known as the greatest living Japanese director as well as one of the film world's pre-eminent hierophantes of transgression, Nagisa Oshima returned in 1999 from a yearlong gap with Gohatto, a film worthy of his reputation. Like the most of Osh...

Korean Movies 

Samaria (Samaritan Girl) - korean teen drama by Kim Ki-Duk

Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin 'manages' her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those man she surpresses her feel...

A Bittersweet Life

A big hit at the box office, A Bittersweet Life has been hailed by critics as a dazzling neo-noir thriller, chock full of breathtaking cinematography, intriguing characters, and an ample dosage of violence just for good measure. In addition, Lee Byun...

My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin geunyeo)

You think your ex-girlfriend was weird and demanding? Just wait 'till you meet Kyun-Woo's ex. Based on a real couple, the movie starts when they meet. The hilarious script was adapted from Kim Ho-sik's internet journal describing the course of his un...

Gwoemul ☆ The Host ☆ Korean Monster Movie

The Host (Gwoemul - "Monster"), South Korean monster film - the talk of the 2006 Cannes International Film Festival and the latest film from critically acclaimed visionary director Bong Joon-ho, The host has already garnered a substantial a...

Korean Drama : Snow Queen Feat. Sung Yuri

The opening starts with the introduction of a genuis. At 17, Tae Woong (Hyun Bin) meets two people who will later become people he loves. One becomes his best friend and the other, his love. The guy he meets is Kim Jeong Kyu Lee Sun Ho also classifi...

Oldboy Movie

Winner of the Grand Prix de Jury in Cannes, Oldboy is Park's today most complex and cruel film. Where all his films study cause and effect, "Oldboy" is a Kafka-ian ping pong game.

Boys Over Flowers

Are you a fan of Hana Yori Dango? How about Meteor Garden? If so, I'm quite sure you'll be happy to watch the newest series based on the Japanese Shoujo Manga by Kamio Yoko, Boys Before Flowers. If you can't get enough of Boys Before Flowers which i...

The Good, the Bad, and the Weird

Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon has created box office hits in Asia with The Foul King (2000), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) and A Bittersweet Life (2005). This time he would take on the challenge of a new genre: an "Oriental Western". Inspired by Segi...

Empty House ☆ Bin-Jip ☆ 3-Iron ☆ Korean drama by Kim Ki-Duk

The silent love affair between a battered wife and a respectful intruder. Words really do get in the way in 3-Iron (Empty House), a strange, poignant South Korean film from Korean director Kim Ki-Duk in which the central character doesn't utter a si...

Martial arts 

Bruce Lee: Martial Artist-Philosopher-Actor

The Bruce Lee Story is a fascinating one to most people. Even people who have very little or no interest in the martial arts are drawn toward him. Just the name "Bruce Lee" invokes admiration, argument and curiosity. You can't beat the drama: colorf...

Wuxia cinema: Asian martial arts films with a message

Wuxia films are the cinematic counterparts of an Asian literary tradition in which the main characters use their knowledge of martial arts to battle corrupt evildoers in a bid to ensure social justice. The films in this genre feature some of the most...

Al Leong: Hollywood's Number One Henchman

Maybe you didn't know his name, but you know his face from somewhere. That shiny forehead; that long black hair; that magnificent Fu Manchu. Did you see him alongside Mel Gibson once? Or was it with Bruce Willis perhaps? No, wait... Keanu Reeves? Kur...

Good Kung Fu (Movies)

"Your Kung Fu, is really good. But my style is better!!!" I love Kung Fu and Chinese comedy movies. Why do they always point to their nose instead of their chest when referring to themselves? Why do their lips keep moving when they're done talking? I...

Hero ☆ Ying Xiong ☆ movie starring Jet Li

In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell...

Chinese, Hong Kong & Taiwanese movies 

意难忘 Yi Nan Wang Taiwanese Drama

Yi Nan Wang is a highly popular Taiwanese drama series produced by Formosa TV. It was first broadcast in Taiwan from 2004 to 2006. Yi Nan Wang consists of 526 episodes running at 1 hour and 30 minutes each. The series is now being shown in Malaysia...

Rouge | Yin ji kau

  Rouge, the 1987 Hong Kong movie, was a multi-award winning picture at the Eighth Annual Hong Kong Film Awards, taking Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Film Score, and Best Song. The opening scenes ar...

Hero ☆ Ying Xiong ☆ movie starring Jet Li

In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin's three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell...

Infernal Affairs ☆ Hong-Kong movie

Infernal Affairs is a legendary Hong-Kong cop-and-robber triller directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. The Infernal Affairs series was then remade by Martin Scorsese in 2006 as The Departed.

CJ7 movie

From Stephen Chow, the King of Comedy, the director and star of Kung Fu Hustle, comes CJ7, a new sci-fi fantasy tale featuring Chow's trademark slapstick antics and state of art visual effects. Swept into theaters across Asia in February, CJ7 topped...

Outstanding lenses 

Asian Movies and Shows

For the past two years I have been going through the Asian craze. I spent many a nights and even days glued to my laptop watching Asian movies and shows (also know as dramas). Simply because I really had nothing better to do with my life, but now I h...

Who is the Young Sherlock Holmes?

Are you familiar with this young boy with the reading glasses? It's detective Conan the Japanese counterpart of England's Sherlock Holmes. Like Sherlock Holmes, Conan has the ability to solve difficult cases by mere observations using deductive reaso...

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Ruler of the Largest Empire the World Has Ever Known When he was a boy, everything he loved was taken from him. When he became a man, he would fulfill his destiny. He would raise an army and he would take it all back. One day, he would become the ru...

Asian - Horror - Movies . com

Is a non-profit fan site. Dedicated to all Asian horror movie fans. You can watch high quality and English subtitled free streaming Asian horror classics as well as new hits and Asian horror TV series. You can join to our forum, ask questions, read g...

Indian movies 

Tahaan -First movie shot in Kashmir after 18 Years !!!

"Tahaan" is a fable-like journey of the eponymous eight-year-old boy, whose life revolves around the pursuit to find real purpose in his little world.

Interviews 

Interview with actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa of Rising Sun & Mortal Kombat

You know the old saying..."I never forget a face". Well here's one that's really hard to forget. Cary Tagawa has one of those faces that you probably wouldn't want to come across in a dark alley but it turns out that he has a softer side too. Starrin...

Actresses 

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Josie Ho - Actress, Singer and Heiress

Josie Ho Chiu Yi was born December 26, 1974. She is a singer and actor from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the famous entrepreneur Stanley Ho and wife of singer/actor Conroy Chan Chi-Chung. She is involved in numerous movies, TV commercials, TV dr...

Anna Tsuchiya

Tsuchiya Anna (土屋アンナ) is a model, singer and actress who started her career as an exclusive model for seventeen magazine at 14. In 2002, she became the vocalist of the indies band Spin Aqua and later in 2004 started...

Ziyi Zhang

Zhang Ziyi (born February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China) is one of the best-known Chinese film actresses working today, with a string of Chinese and international hits to her name. She has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee,...

Kelly Hu

Beautiful Hawaiian actress Kelly Hu parlayed early experience as a model and beauty pageant winner into a busy career as an actress in television and film. Check out some great pictures of Kelly below!

Michelle Yeoh

Don't let the Miss Malaysia title or the tiny figure fool you. This beauty has the chops to knock anyone down to size. She's been a star in Asia for years, but first broke into the American consciousness in her turn as Chinese agent Wan Li in the Jam...

Actors 

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is a Chinese actor, director, martial artist, film producer, screenwriter, singer and stunt performer.

Al Leong: Hollywood's Number One Henchman

Maybe you didn't know his name, but you know his face from somewhere. That shiny forehead; that long black hair; that magnificent Fu Manchu. Did you see him alongside Mel Gibson once? Or was it with Bruce Willis perhaps? No, wait... Keanu Reeves? Kur...

Tsumabuki Satoshi

Tsumabuki Satoshi is one of the most talented young japanese actors. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. Also he plays as...

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is one of the brightest star of Indian Movies.His blog is a way to interact with his admirers on a personal basis. Amitabh Bachchan is also a film producer and the former television presenter of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati....

A Bruce Lee Biography on Film

There is alot of BRUCE LEE video clips from his younger years in Hong Kong through till his death. Presented here is a cronological showing of some of these videos showing BRUCE LEE'S history as he progressed to stardom. He had already started acting...

Directors 

The Magical World of Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is the amazing creator of amazing animated movies that everyone should watch. My children and I have his entire collection, and we are hooked. Some of his movies are Laputa, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro. He personally reviewed ev...

Kim Ki-duk profile

One of the most controversial modern fimmakers Kim Ki-duk is a self-taught Korean director noted for his arthouse films. His hard-to-express characters, shocking visuals, and unprecedented messages gaining buzz all over the world. 16 movies filmed si...

Takashi Shimizu

When the Japanese do something, they do it all the way. Takashi Shimizu is no exception. Born in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan on July 27, 1972 he has mastered the art of terror! Takashi is best known for his Ju-on/ The Grudge series of movi...