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The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his former badminton teammate, the brilliant professor Yukawa Manabu.
A detective and a gang of thieves trail three high-school students who found a bloody corpse and a bag of cash on top of their car.
Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
In a town where everyone believes in UFOs, a bus driver named Sam lives out his daydreams by making special radio programs for the passengers who ride his bus. A heartwarming story of a physically challenged but outgoing girl named Kate who falls in love with this timid but lovable bus driver.
Based on the Best Selling Anime Series "SAIKANO" Shy coed Chise (played by Aki Maeda from Battle Royale) is madly in love with high school athlete Shuji. The two share a bond which only intensifies when war breaks out in futuristic Japan. But Chise has a secret that - if revealed - would not only destroy her relationship but would also put her life at risk. Chise is not an ordinary teenage girl, she is actually the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, a genetically engineered cyborg built specifically for extreme military use. When she goes into battle, Chise strikes fear in everyone around her, including her own troops. Her boyfriend must never know.
Concert film from Nana Mizuki featuring her Live Fighter Tour in 2008. This concert was split up into two days with the Blue Side being on July 5th, 2008. The Red Side version has a different set list for the film.
Korean War, 1951 Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.
Parody of the famous manga/anime "Cutie Honey".
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.
Jinto and Lafiel were riding on the lightly-armed transport ship Bokbrusue and navigating at the planar space of the Hyde System. This was for Jinto to govern the Hyde System, which returned to imperial rule after the Union retreated, officially as an Earl. However, the government of Martine, Jinto's motherland, resisted obstinately against the Empire. Meanwhile, the First Devastation Fleet, formed with a new ship type called Attack Vessel, traveled to the Hyde System for drilling practices...
An action film depicting the friendship and betrayal of a group of bad girls. A yakuza movie with popular idols.
In a remote village governed by Village Chief Sanoh, there is no dogs except Choke, a clever and loveable black dog. One day, the villager found the corpse that appeared to be bitten by a mad dog. What will happen to Choke after this?
True friendships and old romances never die as friends Rock and a hitman Ace both romance Fung, an old flame. She pines for the love of Ace who's profession crosses paths with two young police officers that hide out on their little island from the authorities. One of them is framed by a fellow colleague. When these two parties collide and a vengeful pack of hired killers join the mix it can mean only one thing. The stuffs gonna fly!
Jeoung, a pickpocket returns to her family, after being released from the jail. Her loving father wants her to stay away from any criminal activities. Will he succeed?
Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.
A documentary program that thoroughly delves into the "work" of leading professionals who are active on the front lines of various fields. This episode explores Suzuki's success as producer of Studio Ghibli and asks, 'What is behind the "Suzuki Magic"?
Two kids, fourteen-year-old Eriko and her thirteen-year-old brother Daigo, suddenly find themselves trapped in a parallel universe. Most things are the same as in their own world, but their parents are missing from home and are only contactable when using one particular phonecard.
“Useless High School” is a school renowned for its sexual aberrations and sexually ambiguous teenagers, The student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent study and supplementary classes are done on homosexuality and transgenderism, and teachers and students alike leave school early because of sexually-transmitted diseases. Dasepo Girl Series features a brother with only one eye and his transgender sister, plus a poor girl literally wearing poverty on her back and her escapades into the world of sex with adults - and those are just a few of the many unique characters populating Mosseulmo ("Useless") High.
Masamichi is about to take up postgraduate study. He invites six student friends round for a farewell dinner at his Kyoto flat.
CIA Agent Harry is bitten by a man who was part of a deadly experiment involving the ability to withstand pain. The bacterium has a virus, causing the victim to become a zombie. Upon Harry's arrival in Hong Kong, after rejection from his ex-girlfriend, the virus begins to take effect. He kills a call girl and is arrested after a gang fight. When he is in prison, Harry transforms into a Zombie King and transforms nearly an entire Triad gang into his personal horde. Soon, the police department becomes a House of the Dead. It's up to a police officer named Marco, Harry's ex, and a Triad member named Cheap to stop them before it's too late.
In a small town, Piak, Pao and Samor train under Pao's father who is a Muay Thai fighter. However, fate leads them to Bangkok where Piak and Samor join the underworld while Pao becomes a boxer.
Sex or love, which is more important? There are three female flat mates: Vivian is frivolous, Kitty is prim and proper, and Mei Wah is ditsy. Through new experiences of love and sex, they find themselves. Three women, with three different love and sex experiences, tell us that sex and love cannot be separated. Women talk always makes you lose in thought.
A repressed artist receives ritual abuse from those who pass him as he paints portraits in the park. Gradually becoming more frustrated, anger builds up within the artist, leading him to embark upon a quest to gain revenge on all those who have humiliated him.
The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
In 1971 birth control was a major policy drive of the Korean government. Nevertheless, one poor farming village went against the trend, boasting the highest fertility rate in the country. This peaceful Yongdu Village receives an unwelcome visitor, the national family planning officer Hyun-joo, to oversee the villagers nocturnal pleasures. However as a single lady with little experience of her own, Hyun-joo finds it nearly impossible persuade the residents to use contraception. She finally appoints the village head Suk-gu as the local support officer and thus begins the “0% Birth Rate Project.” Appointing him brings more turmoil to the villagers and when the President comes to inspect…
In April 1933, Korea’s Japanese occupiers launched the country’s first radio station, JODK. It broadcasts propaganda so as to better brainwash the Korean people into becoming loyal Japanese citizens. In need of a Korean producer for a radio drama about the greatness of Japan’s Asian Empire, they appoint Lloyd Park, a young man who has only joined the radio station through his father’s connections.
In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.
Winnie is a wandering soul cursed by the evil master Hui at death. She seduces honest man Kai Mun in order to seek his help to reincarnate. But, with time, the two fall in love and Kai Mun even risks his own life for love.
The second installment of the popular series that focuses on psychic photography! Mr. M is troubled by the spiritual phenomenon and memorializes the psychic photos that are thought to be the cause. However, the mysterious phenomenon does not subside and only becomes intense. In the recently taken photo, there is another figure of the same spirit...
An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.
Hong Kong movie
The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.
In the chaotic days of the 1960s, Misuzu, a lonely high school girl from a troubled family, finds sanctuary with her nihilistic brother, Ryo, and his friends. They pass their days hanging around a shadowy jazz cafe bar, indulging themselves in a life of sex, drugs and alcohol.
Three tales about a morally-questionable doctor, a quarantined relationship, and a rich businessman sent spiraling into debt due to the SARS outbreak. Each person is "affected" by SARS in their own unique way.
Eiko has an unsatisfying marriage, and finds satisfaction in the arms of the younger Mitsuo. After a passionate spell between them, Eiko feels she can't keep living this way and breaks up with him. Two years later, Eiko’s younger sister, Yuiko is happily engaged to marry, and introduces her fiance to Eiko. The fiance is no other than Mitsuo. Mistuo and Eiko pretend to meet each other for the first time. Will they be able to keep living this lie? This romantic drama was shot beautifully by one of Japan's leading cinematographers, Shoji Shimizu.
A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.
Based on a short story by Seichi Matsumoto from 1956 and remake from the 1957 movie of the same name, the story is about an actor who has the opportunity to become a success but 9 years earlier, he had killed a woman with whom he was involved and there was an eyewitness to the murder.
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Documentary about robotics.
Ae-Ryun runs a video store called "Sad Movie" on her own. She is a typical Pisces who likes French films and takes an interest in everyone surrounding her. Her best friends are the movies that surround her--and a lonely tropical fish. One day she meets an unusual customer, Dong-Suk, who comes into her store to rent some videos. He loves French movies too. With his beautiful smile, she cannot help her affection towards him.
An aspiring singer leaves his pregnant bride a radio for company when he is drafted into the army; unfit for military life, the man goes AWOL and joins a pop music troupe but soon after his wife tracks him down his life spirals out of control.
Ricky aspires to be a famous chef. But rival restauranteur Dragon wants him to fail. So when Ricky's brother suggests that he combine Osaka wrestling with Hong Kong cuisine, his restaurant strikes gold and wins rave reviews, but Dragon swears revenge. Overview: Ricky is a canteen handyman, his goal was to be a famous chef. His boss, One-Eye Dragon, was really mean to him and wanted to kill Ricky. Ricky went to Osaka and looked for his brother Mike. Mike suggested that he wanted to match up Osaka wrestling with the food from Hong Kong. And Mike taught in person the techniques of Osaka wrestling. Famous eating expert Chau visited the restaurant. Mike made the steamed dumpling for Chau to taste and was highly praised. The steamed dumpling attracted all the older customer and the business boomed again. But jeopardy rose! Dragon decided to "do it all", and brought a time bomb into the restaurant...
Within the past ten years, Korean film industry has taken a huge leap in both quality and volume. There were hugely successful blockbusters as well as other features with vast range of subjects. Fun Movie can be considered a culmination of Korea's hugely successful film industry in so far that it solely offers parodies of Korean big screen hits. The film revolves around the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Japan's ultra right-wing group, the Million Men Patriots, are setting up a plot to disrupt an up-coming historic soccer match. After going through severely harsh training, the Patriots finally select Murakami and a cold-hearted sharp-shooter named Hanako as leaders of the World Cup sabotage team. The clandestine group is dispatched to Seoul to launch their evil operation, but of course, things do not at all work out as planned and soon the luckless criminals even run out of sabotage money...
2003 release
The renowned Metal Gear Solid comic book series by Ashley Wood and Kris Oprisko comes to life in this motion comic, complete with stylized animation, thrilling music, explosive sound effects and full voice acting. A retelling of Hideo Kojima's video game of the same name.
Gordon puts together a team of criminals to execute the bold robbery of a jewelry store. Before the team can get away, alarms go off and the police arrive. An intense gun battle turns into a deadly encounter. The survivors escape, only to begin questioning how the police knew about the robbery. Suspecting an undercover operative in their midst, they begin turning on each other.
"Phantom TV: Mika's House" is a streaming site where you can peek into the private life of a very sexy woman (Mika: Kotono), and if you answer a quiz correctly, you can actually meet Mika! The site is so elusive that it has become an urban legend, with rumors that "men who go to meet her never return." Yuichi was one of those searching for the site, and luckily he managed to find it, he won the quiz and received an invitation to Mika's house. When Yuichi arrives at the house, he sees a bizarre scene in the dim light, with masked men peeking at Mika in her underwear through the curtains. The quiz continues until only one person remains to meet Mika. Yuichi also puts on a mask. When Yuichi takes off his mask, he finds his friend Takashi standing before him. The final question requires you to go behind the curtain, point a pistol at your head, and pull the trigger, but Takashi does not return to the room. What is behind the curtain? And what is the purpose of this game?
Yun-ah thinks her body reeks and refuses to eat. One day, during lunchtime, the kids in her class try to force Yun-ah to eat, but Sung-eun, the most studious student, tries to stop them and a fight breaks loose. Yun-ah’s bare pubescent body running freely in the spring rain looks gaunt, hungry, but beautiful.
Seung-yun is stressed out because he is sent to several private academies after school. His mother reproves him for not living up to her expectations. His father takes pity on him for being nagged on by his mother all the time... Ju-hun, a new employee at a company, is a vegetarian and cannot drink alcohol at all. Chang-su thinks Ju-hun is eccentric and is displeased with him... Su-hyeong sent his son and daughter with his wife to study abroad, but he grows tired of staying alone in his empty house... SONG has lived with her authoritarian husband without any serious problems, but she does not want to stay with him anymore. GWON, an old man, pretends to be calm in the face of his wife’s request for divorce. But actually he can’t do anything by himself... These are not unfamiliar fictional events but rather they reflect the lives of ordinary people in Korea at the present time. Through their stories, shows us how a society imposes normalcy on its people in their daily lives.
Mike, Jean, Shoot and Q are a professional robbery gang working for Uncle Lam. Q loves his girlfriend Bo who loves decisive men and luxury life. Shoot loves exotic fishes and Jean. Jean loves Mike, but he is married to another woman and has a young son. Uncle Lam loves good meals and big money. After finishing successfully the most recent job for Uncle Lam, Mike and his team want to take a break. Uncle Lam insists that they take one more job, which is to rob a triad boss Chicken Sam who loves diamonds in the very literal sense of the word. The robbery doesn’t go too smooth; moreover, Tom Wai, a police officer who loves his job, is getting closer and closer…
Fak, a young Thai man who leaves the monkhood to care for his ailing father. When he returns home, he finds his father has married a much younger woman. She is very beautiful, but she is also mentally unbalanced.
Minoru has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki. Fed up, he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.
DVD release of first Memories Off Concert held at Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in December, 2001. Features the cast of Memories Off and Memories Off 2nd.
Fed up with their lives in LA, a pair of longtime friends travel to China in hopes of a life changing experience. After enrolling in a school for martial arts, they find that not only will their physical prowess be tested, but also their friendship. With eye popping choreography and special effects, Tai Chi Warriors will make you want to go out and join your local Dojo.