Hana-bi, Fireworks Genre: Crime, Thriller. Date: 1997 Parts: 3 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of Leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job and is confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life and becomes suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilt over his …
Category Archives: Asian Movie
He Was Cool
He Was Cool, ? ?? ????, Geunomeun meoshiteotda, The Cool Guy, The Guy Was Cool, That Guy Was Cool Genre: Comedy, Romance. Date: 2004 Parts: 4 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: Clever high school girl Ye Won falls into an unlikely relationship with the wealthy and arrogant Eun Seong. The king of the school, Eun …
Holy Weapon
Holy Weapon, Wu xia qi gong zhu, Mo hap chat gung jue, Seven Maidens, The Seven Princesses Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural. Date: 1993 Parts: 4 Language: Chinese Subtitle: English Synopsis: A sextet of fighting females (rounded out by one male-to-female transsexual) team up to battle evil (what else?) in this action romp. Charine Chan …
Hula Girls
Hula Girls, ???-?, Hula garu Genre: Comedy, Family. Date: 2006 Parts: 4 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: The sleepy mining town of Joban is slowly heading for the hills, so town leader Yoshimoto decides to start a Hawaiian Centre amongst the coal mines to attract tourists. As a further gimmick, local girls will give hula …
ing
…ing, Genre: Romance. Date: 2003 Parts: 1 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: Min-ah is a high school student who has just been transferred from another school. She is quiet and keeps to herself as she has a deformed hand. She’s spent most of her life in the hospital battling a life-threatening disease. She lives with …
Jenny & Juno
Jenny & Juno, Jeni, Juno Genre: Romance. Date: 2005 Parts: 1 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: The film centers on the title characters of Jenny and Juno , two fifteen year old middle school students whose one night of romance has dramatic consequences for both their lives. After careful deliberation, the two expectant parents decide …
Kikujiro
Kikujiro, Kikujir? no natsu Genre: Comedy. Date: 1999 Parts: 3 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: It’s summer and nine-year old Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) has no one to play with. With soccer practice suspended and his friends away at the beach, living alone with his grandmother seems even less fun. By chance, Masao discovers the address …
Laundry,
Laundry, Genre: Romance. Date: 2002 Parts: 3 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars. Y?suke Kubozuka – Teru Koyuki – Mizue Takashi Naitô – Sally Kenichirô Tanabe – Miyashita Katsumi Muramatsu – …
Like A Virgin,
Like A Virgin, Genre: Comedy. Date: 2006 Parts: 2 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: OH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming the perfect some day, and he devotes himself to mimicking Madonna?s singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, …
Love Me Not,
Love Me Not, Genre: Romance. Date: 2006 Parts: 2 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: Julian has lived off with the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The …