100 Days With Mr. Arrogant
100 Days With Mr. Arrogant, ? ?? ???, Naesarang ssagaji, Slave Love
Genre: Comedy, Romance.
Date: 2003
Parts: 3
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young, meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot. She escapes from him, leaving her wallet behind. Hyung-Joon stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a “”Enslavement Agreement”" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days, cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework and cleaning his car. By accident she finds out that the damage to Hyung-Joon’s car only costs $10! She then takes her revenge. However, before she knows it Hyung-Joon shows up at her house as her new tutor! He once again takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon. But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most?
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13 Beloved
13 Beloved, 13 ??????? , 13 Game Sayong, 13: Game of Death
Date: 2006
Parts: 2
Language: Thai
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: 13 is a new and very secret competition offering a grand prize of 100 million Baht. The contestants are chosen from those most afflicted with problems involving work, money, family and love. If they can complete 13 tasks, they will receive riches beyond their wildest dreams. A man named Phuchit is delighted to be offered the chance to compete, not realising that there is a catch… The 13 challenges will test a contestant in every aspect of their life from love to religion. Even their moral values. 13 Beloved is an adaptation of the 13th Quiz Show episode from Eakasit Thairaat’s graphic novel, My Mania.
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15
15, Fifteen, 15: The Movie
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Gang.
Date: 2003
Parts: 2
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: The film stars three real-life juvenile gangsters, aged 15, giving an honest and accurate depiction of Chinese teenage gang-life in the Singapore suburbs. It features two more gangsters as characters as well as a fight sequence with more affluent English-educated Singapore youths. Rather than scripting the movie or employing professional actors, Tan attempted to capture the troubled lives of his characters in cinema verite fashion.
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200 Pounds Beauty
200 Pounds Beauty, Mi-nyeo-neun Gwae-ro-wo
Genre: Comedy / Romance.
Date: 2006
Parts: 2
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Han-Na (Kim Ah-Joong) is a very big girl with a warm heart. She is also gifted with an unbelievable voice from God. Han-Na has always wanted to be a pop-singer, but due to her appearance, could only work as a faceless singer. She provides the vocals for a popular singer named Ami, a beautiful young lady that can’t carry a note to save her life. Also, Han-Na is in love with Ami’s music producer, Sang-Jun (Joo Jin-Mo), but it is a one-sided love. One day, Han-Na is invited to Sang-Jun’s birthday party and receives a red dress from him to wear to his party. Han-Na is excited, yet scared. The dress is revealing and quite extravagant. With her very large figure, she is not sure if she could wear such an outfit. She does eventually go to the birthday party in the red dress, but is mortified when petite Ami appears in the same red dress. During the course of the birthday party, Han-Na absorbs more emotional trauma and she simply disappears…….. One year later, after Han-Na’s extreme makeover (major plastic surgery), Han-Na takes on a new identity and becomes Jenny. Jenny has a near perfect body and face. Nobody recognizes her, even her best friend. Meanwhile, the producer Sang-Jun is searching for a replacement singer for Ami, but can’t find anyone close to the talents of Han-na. Han-na as Jenny, now comes back into the picture and auditions for the job. Sang-Jun is immediately floored by her. She has the absolute beauty and that stunning voice. Soon afterwards, her dream that Sung-Jun will fall in love with her, is about to come true. Unfortunately, Ami is now jealous of her and feels threatened by her sudden success. She researches into Jenny’s background and comes up with the truth about her true identity. Will this ruin Jenny’s career?
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2002,
2002,
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, SciFi.
Date: 2001
Parts: 3
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Special Unit “”2002″” is a designated task force of SPI (Spirit and Paranormal Investigation), Investigation in the law enforcement department, ridding the human world of evil deeds of haunting spirits via an execution team comprised of a man and a ghost.
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2009: Lost Memories
2009: Lost Memories, 2009 ??? ???? , 2009 Loseuteu Maemorijeu
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, SciFi.
Date: 2002
Parts: 5
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: “”The Lunar Soul … it’s a beautiful name, isn’t it?”" What if everything you knew was a lie? What if Japan allied with the United States during World War II? What if the atom bombs were dropped on Berlin instead of Hiorshima and Nagasaki? What if the sovereign nation of Korea never existed? To J.B.I. agent Masayuki Sakamoto these questions were not the subject of speculation — they’re history. However, during a routine investigation of a terrorist attack upon a museum displaying ancient cultural artifacts, Sakamoto undercovers a web of intrigue, which leads him to an underground band of freedom fighters willing to risk everything to acquire an ancient relic known as the “”Lunar Soul”". As Sakamoto unravels the mystery, everything he ever knew about the world he lives in will be turned upside down.
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2046,
2046,
Genre: Fantasy, Romance.
Date: 2004
Parts: 3
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention…..to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.
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24 Eyes
24 Eyes, ?????, Nijushi no Hitomi, Twenty-Four Eyes
Date: 1954
Parts: 4
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: With a national war raging around them, schoolteacher Hisako Oishi struggles to imbue her students with a positive view of the world and their place in it, in spite of the fact that she knows many of her students will soon die.
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24 Hours Ghost Story
24 Hours Ghost Story, Meng gui tong xiao pei zhu ni, Maang gwai tung siu pooi chu lei
Genre: Comedy, Supernatural.
Date: 1997
Parts: 4
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: Wellson Chin Sing-wai spins this ghost yarn about a spirit who haunts the unsuspecting customers of a 24-hour convenience mart. When clerk Mo tai-ho starts hearing Peking opera coming out of the telephones, the freezers and from the back room, he’s sure he’s going nuts. The fact that he is daily troubled by dreams dominated by a hideous ghoul isn’t helping much. The only person who believes him is a lonely cop named Charles Chan whose mother is an expert on such poltergeists and who recommends the urine of a child or the tail of a black dog to stop such visitations. Both options fail when the ghost forces Mo to drink the kid’s pee and neither have the heart to mutilate a puppy. Desperate, they call on the help of a Taoist master, who proves to be no match for the spirit. Will this lowly convenience store clerk manage to overcome his supernatural foe?
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2LDK
2LDK, 2LDK – Duel
Genre: Action, Comedy.
Date: 2003
Parts: 2
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: “”I hear you’d do anything to get a part.”" Nozomi is a college graduate, in the big city of Tokyo for the first time. She hopes to evolve her high-school stage experience into a career as a genuine actress. So far, she has managed to get jobs as a naive, virginal country-girl pin-up symbol. Lana is a seasoned pro, having spent time performing in movies that are far from legitimate. Hoping to leave her horrible past behind and start anew in Japan’s metropolis, she has only managed to secure her reputation as a sexually indiscriminate woman. They share a Tokyo apartment owned by the talent agency they share. For a while, things appear to be working out. Well, not for long. Not only differences between them are driving them apart, they are also vying for the lead role in a feature film, ‘The Yazuka’s Wife’, and for a man they both like. Two drastically different personalities + one setting = an epic war.
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