Magic Cop, Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural, Thriller. Date: 1989 Parts: 2 Language: Chinese Subtitle: English Synopsis: A detective happens to be a Taoist master who joins two younger cops in investigating a drug trafficking operation that employs a black magic priestess to transform corpses into walking couriers.
Category Archives: Asian Movie
Mask On The Moon,
Mask On The Moon, Genre: Martial-Arts. Parts: 1 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: A young Choshu Clan swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars. When he is appointed to oversee the Choshu Clan, he takes it upon himself to …
Miss Oyu
Miss Oyu, Oy?-sama, Lady ?yu Date: 1951 Parts: 4 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband’s family. Oyu convinces …
My Captain
My Captain, Mr. Underground, My Captain, Kim Dae-chul Genre: Comedy. Date: 2006 Parts: 4 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: A Buddha statue, a national treasure, disappears one day. Dae-chul. a cold and professional grave robber, stole the treasure, but two children, Ji-min and Byeong-o, steal it from him. He begins chasing them. Even though he …
My Tutor Friend,
My Tutor Friend, Genre: Comedy, Romance. Date: 2003 Parts: 1 Language: Korean Subtitle: English Synopsis: Kwon is a 21 year old high school student who is the king of his school. His father hires Kim, a college student to tutor him. As Kim is determined to tutor the rebellious and reluctant Kown, an unexpected friendship …
Nightmare Detective
Nightmare Detective, Akumu tantei Genre: Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller. Date: 2007 Parts: 3 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: “”As long as I don’t sleep, I’m safe.”” Detective Keiko Kirishima was an academic criminologist whose interest in detective work soon found her gravitating into homicide fieldwork. Upon being assigned to investigate a recent rash of suicides in …
Oily Maniac
Oily Maniac, ???, Yau gwai ji, You gui zi, Oily Monster, The Oily Maniac Genre: Horror, Thriller. Date: 1976 Parts: 1 Language: Chinese Subtitle: English Synopsis: While trying to save his daughter, Yue, from being molested, Lin Yang-ba accidentally kills one of the attackers and is sentenced to death. Thirty minutes before his execution, he …
Ong Bak
Ong Bak, ???????, Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Ong-Bak: The Thai, Warrior, Daredevil, Thai Fist Genre: Action, Martial-Arts. Date: 2003 Parts: 4 Language: Thai Subtitle: English Synopsis: A sacred Buddha statuette called Ong Bak is stolen from a rural village and it soon becomes the task of a young man, Boonting, to track the thief down …
Picnic
Picnic, Pikunikku Date: 1996 Parts: 2 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to …
Quill,
Quill, Date: 2004 Parts: 2 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Synopsis: As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet …