A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
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A haunted theatre, filled with the vengeful spirits of a tragically-trapped performance troupe murdered in a fire 13 years ago, waits for the once-grand palatial playhouse to re-open with a new show - and bring in new victims.
A collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Sogo Ishii. Each short focuses on the protagonists running away from a threat.
Trainee policeman, 'Sung-min' and job seeker, 'Jun-hyeok' were suspicious about a suicide incident of a girl who lived in the same dormitory, and they will be tracking her SNS account with the help of a private detective agency hacker, 'Nu-ri'. The investigation which started out of chivalry leads to uncontrollable consequences. These three people, Jun-hyeok, Sung-min, and Nu-ri become targets of SNS crime.
In order to find a cure for Hei Yanjing's worsening eye disease, Xie Yuchen leads a team into the Trojan jungle. Hei Yanjing learns that the team is in danger and immediately comes to their rescue. However, he discovers that in the underground palace of Nanyue deep beneath the mountain seam is Nagas, a huge monster regarded as an ancient god.
20 years before, a middle-aged man lost his way in the mysterious deep forest in the midnight. After several days, he came back to village. However, as some strange things happened in the village, villagers thought the man was haunted by ghosts. After 20 years, the man had become the boss of a small restaurant, but he was still immersed in his horrible memory 20 years before. Afterwards, many mysterious things happened one after another. Therefore , Feifan, an editor ,his girlfriend Shuya, a hypnotist and their friends decided to go to the forest and uncover the truth 20 years before, and the man acted as their guide.
In a world where prisons have been privatized, yakuza boss Kizaki (Riki Takeuchi) runs Gokukaijima Prison and has taken the position of its warden, the inmates are all women, Mari (Yuri Morishita), who has just been incarcerated, is defiant, She refuses to submit even to the violence of the guards, In truth, Mari committed her crime deliberately in order to get close to Kizaki, Meanwhile, a mysterious group harboring a grudge against Kizaki is planning an assault on Gokukaijima Prison.
High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One day on her way home from school, she accidentally drops her bookbag into the sea. A man jumps into the water and recovers the bag for her, but all of her score sheets have been ruined. From that day on, Mariko’s new acquaintance becomes her bodyguard, walking her home everyday. But for some reason, he refuses to tell her his name.
After his father is killed by a Mexican drug cartel, a man runs a successful political campaign to clean up his area, though doing so will require staying one step ahead of the people who want him gone.
Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-Jin gets killed. Tae-Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.
To escape her husband's domestic violence, Meng Jia unexpectedly answers a call from Ru Mei, a previous occupant of her new home. Initially, their shared curiosity about the time-traveling call and their mutual experiences as victims of domestic violence bring them closer. However, the relationship takes a dark turn when Ru Mei kills her abusive husband. Feeling abandoned by Meng Jia, Ru Mei's repeated attempts to reconnect fail, leading her to start a crazed campaign of revenge against Meng Jia.
Set in the Republican era, a string of bizarre murders plunges the town of Taiping into fear and panic. Whispers among the locals blame vengeful spirits seeking lives. But psychic detective Qin Mu, together with a young shamaness, uncovers a very human truth behind the legends—the elusive figure known as Golden Swallow. Drawing on sharp investigative instincts and exceptional analytical skills, they unravel the mystery behind Taiping’s gruesome killings, expose a tragic case buried five years earlier, and restore justice and peace to the troubled town.
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
Ma Cho Fai had an auto accident and fell into the sea, his wife Liu Siu Suen becomes her husband's murder suspect.
Rebecca has a husband who alternates between violent and uncaring, and he is about to leave her. She should be overjoyed, but reports him missing. She and sister Ling are pleased when he returns, but is it really him?
Suddenly, men abandon their jobs and families and come to the sea for no reason at all. Their disappearance was connected to an incredibly powerful force. One chilly day, when Cassiopeia shines strangely, two men suddenly arrive at the beach house "Kaijotei," asking to be allowed to stay here. The two men, who did not know each other and had no relation to each other, were drawn to the same beach for unknown reasons. Kazuhiko and Ayako, two lovers who run a beach pavilion, have no choice but to accept the two men, who are not moving even with their leverage, since it is out of season and there are no bathers. A few days later, a new man named Furuta arrives. Furuta is an expert in astronomical observation, and he senses something unusual in the way the stars have been shining these past few days.
In the early Republic of China, as Japan seeks to invade, a mysterious Onmyoji is sent to disrupt China's Feng Shui by locating its dragon veins. Led by Master Qi, a group of Chinese Taoists uncovers the plot and engages in a fierce battle of strategy and magic to protect their nation's sacred power.
Driving home from the airport, Jie was forced by a policeman onto a different path, where he ran into a stranger. In a white uniform and ancient Greek mask, the stranger carries a message ..
Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.
Kenji and Hitomi Kiyosawa decide to have a smart home built for their family, one which is able to regulate the temperature of the entire house with a single air conditioner unit located in the basement. But shortly after, gruesome incidents start happening in and around the house…
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. Through a series of surreal and gory events, the identities of the organ dealers are revealed as Numata plans his revenge.
Hiroshi, a man wandering in rural Japan aimlessly, encounters 6 years-old Keita, who triggers a conflict between conscience and a dark violent nature.
Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realizes that he made the old toy about 10 years ago when he worked at the public relations divsion of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department. Detective Yoshito decides to solve the case by himself and without the help of his partner Detective Chinami (Kaho Minami). --asianwiki
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.
A camping trip will turn into a nightmare for sisters Akane and Kozue when they become trapped by five men who abuse and torture them. Kozue is brutally murdered but her sister manages to escape. Now, with the help of Misaki, a mysterious female vigilante, Akane is ready for her vengeance. And nothing will stop her until her sister's murderers pay for their crime!
Fengmen Village in Xiangxi is plagued by strange events, and a large sum of money is spent on a Feng Shui master to assist in the investigation. However, the Feng Shui master unexpectedly falls into a trap designed by Mr. Jin and ends up in the tomb. Without any relatives, the Feng Shui master leads the villagers on the adventure of exploring Xiangxi’s ancient tombs.
Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student, Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki and a former elevator engineer. These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.
Many people believe when a person dies, his soul returns on the 7th night. After Shun was brutally murdered, his spirit returned to possess his 13 year old sister to exact his revenge. On the 7th night, blood will flow and just desserts will be served.
Zheng Kai, a successful businessman, suffers an unexpected loss. Angry and frustrated, he goes for a drink. A mysterious taxi driver takes him home, but he leaves his phone number for the driver because he didn't have money for the fare. However, the driver begin to harass him through this number, and the nightmare begins.
The story takes place in the Republic of China. The handsome male host He Shuming and his well-behaved daughter Sisi live in a luxurious villa. It is a pity that the hostess Yanzhen committed suicide by jumping off the building before. This incident not only caused the family to desperate for life, but also cast a ghostly shadow in the villa. Shuming is often troubled by nightmares and strange scenes at home, while Sisi often swings with her mother in the sea of flowers in the middle of the night. After unsuccessful treatment with medicine, He Shuming invited detective Shangguantian who is good at investigating supernatural events and Xiaoyan who prescribes Chinese medicine. In response to the inquiries of the detective duo, the male protagonist hesitated to speak, but the beautiful maid Xia He (played by Yang Zitong) seemed to be scrupulous and dare not speak out. I don't know if it is a ghost or a human being. Shangguan and Xiao Yanquan started to catch ghosts.
Taiwanese thriller.
Hong Kong's Ironman stepped up to the plate when Dr. No (1962) took the world by storm in the 1960s. Tso Tat-wah, the quintessential tough guy of Cantonese cinema who had appeared in dozens of popular action films, was licensed to spy in several 007 imitations. Here, he is Agent 303, the lucky number "3" a vivid sign of East-West integration. Presented in glorious widescreen, the film is garnished with secret weapons and ominous hideouts, mind games and technological intrigues, violence and sex, the latter in the form of a silhouette striptease!
One spring day when the autumn colors had filled, three members of the movie club suddenly decide to borrow a senior's car and take a trip to an isolated village in Mountain Nae-jang. Being their first trip there, they get lost a little and witness a terrible accident and they pick up a navigation device nearby. The kind voice on the device leads them to their destination but they end up somewhere they never expected. They decide to take a break and find a piece of flat stone to grill some meat on but they realize the stone was a gravestone and hurriedly run away in their car. Their tragedy starts when someone jumps out from nowhere and is hit by their car
"Tachiguishi", that is to say, grifters who make it their profession to "eat-and-run", was created by the world-famous filmmaker, Mamoru Oshii. In 2006, he directed "Tachigui -- the Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters", a feature film which was made using a new technique called superlive-mation. It combined fact and fiction to tell daring stories of professional grifters, leaving viewers with a feeling of nostalgia for the Showa era. Following that, another movie has been completed. This new live-action film, "Eat and Run - 6 Beautiful Grifters" was made with the objective of filming its main actresses as beautifully as possible. The film is made up of six episodes directed by five different directors who rose to the challenge, two of which star Oshii himself.
In a small town, the driver ran away in a car accident early in the morning, leaving the scene in a panic. At the same time, the young intern Liu Wenwen entered the town for the first time under the guidance of Lao Cai. In an accident that night, Lao Cai was knocked out. The security team captain Zhou Fei and Liu Wenwen investigated together. On the second day of the incident, Zhou Fei and Liu Wenwen found the suspect—the lonely and weird man Zhao Mian in a forest hut. Zhou Fei accidentally injured himself while chasing and fleeing, and Zhao Mian also fled to the mountains. Afterwards, he was shocked to find that Zhao Mian committed suicide on the beam. The clue is broken. What is the conspiracy behind the incident, and whether Liu Wenwen, who has just arrived, can solve the mystery? The story continues.
Kuramochi’s granddaughter Yumiko elopes with Kase, a member of the organization. Thanks to Jin and his associates, they narrowly escape danger. However, the incident ends up sparking a new conflict…
Assigned to investigate various regions in Jiangnan, Detective Di Renjie becomes entangled in the mysterious disappearance of a young girl in Lin'an City. His inquiry uncovers connections to a local cult rife with debauchery and a web of intricate, puzzling clues. As a sinister monk's presence looms, Di Renjie uses his remarkable intellect to unravel the complexities of the case, inching closer to the truth in a thrilling clash between justice and evil.
The story tells of Yanny (Charlene Choi), who leaves Hong Kong to escape a love affair gone bad. She goes to San Jose to visit Ling (Sammi Cheng), an old friend she hasn't seen in years. It seems like Ling and her husband Tang (Tong Dawei) lead an ideal, carefree existence. But during the short span of five days, Yanny uncovers the truth hidden behind the façade as she discovers the unspeakable secrets that propel all three down a fatal path shattering their American dreams and imperiling their lives.
A Japanese erotic thriller from the early 90s. Ankou follows a man thrust into the violent underworld of organized crime as he seeks retribution for a personal tragedy. The protagonist's journey through betrayal, moral conflicts, and intense action drives the narrative, as he battles not only physical adversaries but also the darker aspects of his own nature.
The tenants of a seedy rooming house in Hong Kong think they're seeing a vengeful ghost when a strange girl arrives claiming to be the twin sister of a missing occupant. Wracked by guilt, they begin to die one by one, and the detective investigating their apparent suicides discovers that whatever karma people give out comes back to them... twofold.
A serial killer lured a psychotherapist into the game of tracing a kidnapped girl.
An organization races against time to uncover the mastermind behind the placement of 13 bombs in Jakarta before the city falls into chaos.
After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple receives strange videos and realizes someone has been filming their daily life — even in their most intimate moments. The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur but the family starts to crumble as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes watching them from all sides.
One suspects writer-director Carol Lai may have harboured some Black Swan ambitions with a tale that also centers around a stage practitioner who embarks on an unwitting destructive journey when playing a role to die for. The Second Woman, whose Chinese title Romance Riddle may hold better clues as to how this film developed, being more of a guessing game that threw constant clues rather than a overly romantic film about twins falling in love with a man who decided it's perfectly OK to string both women along, until he discovers that this spells double trouble.
Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo's complex.
Video game producer Lee Dong-ho and freelance artist Choi Mi-ran are both young, ambitious people who are passionate about their life and work. They meet by chance one night on the road, and end up spending the night together. On their way home, they witness a gang-related murder, and from that day on their lives take a dramatic turn as they become the perpetrators' next targets.
A post-traumatic stress disorder patient bound to his bed finds himself sharing his room with a gang looking for a paralyzed amnesia patient. And he must kill him off before he is recognized.
One day, a runaway middle school girl named Nanase Seika shows up at the office of Inomata Yoichi, an underground reporter who covers the adult entertainment industry, delinquent groups, and the truth behind urban legends. At the request of Okawara Koji, a former yakuza who also provides him with information, Inomata lets Seika stay at his office, but it appears that Seika is involved in some kind of fraud...
Thunder, a veteran who used to be a private bodyguard abroad, learned that his son Leo was lured by foreign gangs to use it as a bargaining chip in a hunting game for living people. Thunder and two friends brought equipment into the jungle of a foreign country and fought several times. Save the son, but the brother becomes a hostage. At the scene of the strangulation, Thunder was willing to change her life. At this time, a woman he had saved appeared. It turned out that she was the boss of the hunting and killing organization. Was she acquainted or not saved? Or, in the face of the red-eye bad guy, can she turn the tide?
Based on various horror and ghost tales set in universities, the film centers around some students who encounter paranormal events in their university. They must fight against their fears and scary things that are haunting their university.
In the 1970s, young cop "Suea" goes undercover to infiltrate the deadly criminal gang of "Tee Yai." But as he gets deeper into the dark world, he uncovers that the real enemy might not be the gang... but those within the very force he’s trusted.
Chanachol, recently returned to Thailand after living overseas, signs up for a tour to get back in touch with Thai culture, and finds himself attracted to the tour guide, Mekhala.
In Hong Kong, an elite gang of robbers - regarded as somewhat of a crime dream team - is formed, each member selected for their previous well-planned, swift, and successful operations. They are fearless and lethal, even going so far as to kill an undercover cop to humiliate the police. However, internal strife is brewing among the team. Three of its members plot to get rid of the leader, dissatisfied that his share of the loot seems disproportionate. The questions remain: will this faction of the gang overcome their leader, and could this gang of strong-minded thieves hold up without him?
YouTuber, Miss Terry’s team plans a new item to find an abandoned theater for the homeless, and head over there to cover the story. But they run into another crew who have beaten them to it, and they witness an unexpected shocking scene together. This is a kind of epoch report criticizing YouTuber’s behavior, and voicing a number of views regarding morality and humanity.
Best friends turned soulmates, Fang Hui and Lin Xi dreamed of forever—until their perfect world began to crack.
Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.
Junyi and Biru, a young couple who are about to have their first child, decide to move back to their hometown villa, which is full of their childhood memories. However, their happiness did not last long. Junyi is haunted by the painful memories of his first love, Jixi, who disappeared in this villa. At the same time, Biru discovers that a suspicious stranger has appeared, and she is convinced that someone is watching them in the house.
Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?