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Kung Fu Hustle (Full Screen Edition)

5 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 returns...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

Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao)

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 review 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 tragedy,...2 points

Kagemusha - Criterion Collection

In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha (The Shadow 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 the 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 the...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

Tai Chi Master

TAI CHI MASTER (DVD MOVIE)2 points

Travellers & Magicians

Mystical journeys of spiritual discovery are set a more...2 points

Mystical journeys of spiritual discovery are set against the spectacular, evocative landscape of the remote kingdom of Bhutan in TRAVELLERS & MAGICIANS Young government official Dondup (Tshewang Dendup) dreams of escaping to America while stuck in a ravishingly beautiful but isolated village. But when he misses his bus to the city (and an awaiting visa), Dondup is forced to hitchhike with an elderly apple seller, a sage young monk, an old man, and his beautiful daughter (Sonam Lhamo). Along the...2 points

Himalaya

Set against some of the most spectacular scenery ever more...2 points

Set against some of the most spectacular scenery ever seen on film, Himalaya tells the story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravaner. The balance of power shifts uneasily as they make their annual salt trek across the Himalayas. Director Eric Valli is a photographer and an author whose work is regularly published in National Geographic, Geo, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, and Life. He has been...2 points

Kundun

Praised as one of the best films of the year, KUND more...2 points

Praised as one of the best films of the year, KUNDUN is a motion picture masterpiece directed by five-time Academy Award(R)-nominated director Martin Scorsese. It's the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told and set against a backdrop of world politics -- the film's release created an international uproar! Featuring a striking Oscar(R)-n...2 points

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (+ Digital Copy)

Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/14/20 more...2 points

Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 126 minutes Rating: R2 points

Sakuran Japan Movie DVD

If ever a film could sashay, it would be Sakuran. more...1 point

If ever a film could sashay, it would be Sakuran. Helmed by first-time director Ninagawa Mika, Sakuran is a gorgeously luscious period film set in the Edo period courtesan district of Yoshiwara. Ninagawa brings her photographer's eye to the big screen, and the result is a film bursting with vibrant energy, unabashed sexuality, and an exuberant passion for life. Straying from convention, the film features a pop rock soundtrack from Shiina Ringo and an almost over-the-top beauty with its flamboyan...1 point

A Man Called Hero (English Dubbed Version)

Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th cent more...1 point

Episodic saga from the first half of the 20th century follows Hero Hua from an ill-omened June day in his youth to a showdown 17 years later with a disaffected member of his martial-arts school, a Japanese named Invincible. Tensions between Chinese and Japanese, plus U.S. racism, mark the tale. Hero marries Jade, leaves her in China when he goes to America as an indentured servant, rebels against cruel labor conditions, and is joined by her in New York City where she has twins. Jump ahead 16 yea...1 point

Daisy (Standard DTS Edition) DVD

1 point

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

1 point

A Scene at the Sea

1 point

A Bittersweet Life (Director's Cut Edition) DVD

"A Bittersweet Life," starring Lee Byung-hun more...1 point

"A Bittersweet Life," starring Lee Byung-hun from "Everybody Has a Little Secret" and Shin Mina from "Madeleine," portrays the desperate and brutal revenge of Sun-woo (played by Lee) after he is expelled from his gang and comes close to being killed by his boss. Lee Byung-hun is a hitman who falls for the girlfriend of his boss in the stylishly violent "A Bittersweet Life." Conventional ideas of causation are put into doubt in director Kim Jee-woon's twist on film noire. "A Bittersweet Life (Ta...1 point

April Story

Uzuki moves to Tokyo from a small village, a bit o more...1 point

Uzuki moves to Tokyo from a small village, a bit of a culture shock. When she notices an old high school flame of hers working at a bookshop nearby, she must decide whether to initiate contact with him or let sleeping dogs lie.1 point

Azumi

1 point

Christmas in August

1 point