Asian Movies

Shinobi No Mono 1, Band of Assassins, Ninja 1, Ninja, a Band of Assassins, The Ninja, Those That Are Unseen

Genre: Action.
Date: 1962
Parts: 3
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Ishikawa Goemon, a talented young ninja becomes embedded in a twisted scheme to assassinate ODA Nobunaga, an evil warlord bent on ruling feudal Japan with an iron fist. Deceit, treachery and loads of ninjas lurk around every corner as Goemon travels the countryside to complete his task of winning back his honor, and ultimately his life. Raiz? Ichikawa – Ishikawa Goemon Y?nosuke Ito – Sanday? Momochi Shiho Fujimura – Maki

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Shinku,
Parts: 4
Language:
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student played by Uchiyama Rina (from the TV series “”Musashi””). The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender played by Mizukawa Asami (from Go and 69). A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer’s daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance? Rina Uchiyama, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Naoto Ogata, Asahi Uchida, Takashi Tsukamoto, Maki Horikita

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Shingos Challenge,
Genre: Martial-Arts.
Parts: 1
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Shingo’s Challenge One of the most popular film series from the early 1960?s has finally made it to DVD with English subtitles. With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged background. Aoi Shingo is the son of the Shogun, but he has never met his father. As a child in many ways isolated from his parents, he made an early decision to take on the solitary lifestyle of a swordsman and eventually becomes recognized as the best swordsman in Japan.

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Shindo,
Date: 2007
Parts: 4
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: One 13-year-old piano prodigy, Uta Naruse (Riko Narumi), and her struggle with the meaning of playing classical music. Her father (Hidetoshi Nishijima) died mysteriously some years earlier, leaving her mother (Satomi Tezuka) poor and obsessed with making Uta fulfill her immense promise. But Uta is not sure if she even wants to play the piano. She gains a new perspective one day when she runs into Wao Kikuna (Kenichi Matsuyama) in a park.The piano-playing son of a greengrocer who is still trying to enter the music academy after several failures, Wao is six years her senior but far below her level of talent. Yet through his clumsy and misguided but earnest efforts to pursue music, Uta touches a more down-to-earth love of playing the piano. Wao, although a bit envious of Uta’s genius, is sparked by her presence to have his own moments of brilliance. Riko Narumi … Uta Naruse Kenichi Matsuyama … Oto Kikuna Satomi Tezuka … Mika Naruse Masahiro Komoto … Kazuo Nagazaki Hidetoshi Nishijima … Koichiro Naruse Shihori Kanjiya … Kane Kamogawa Kazuyoshi Kushida … Professor Mikoshiba Kazuyuki Asano … Professor Komiyama Midoriko Kimura … Masako Kikuna Keita Okada … Susumu Ikeyama Kazuya Sato … Morimoto Tamae Ando … Kikuko Mishima Erisa Yanagi … High School Student Hideko Yoshida … Professor Katsura Akira Emoto … Hisashi Kikuna

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Shikoku,
Genre: Horror, Thriller.
Date: 1999
Parts: 1
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayuri, died several years ago and that Sayuri’s mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayuri’s yurei several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayuri’s mother has something planned for her daughter. Yui Natsukawa … Hinako Myoujin Michitaka Tsutsui … Fumiya Akizawa Chiaki Kuriyama … Sayori Hiura Toshie Negishi … Teruko Hiura (Sayori’s mother) Ren Osugi … Yasutaka Hiura (Sayori’s father) Makoto Satô … Sendo Taro Suwa … Oda Tomoko Otakara … Yukari Asakawa Haduki Kôzu … Chizuko Oono

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Shibuya Kaidan, Shibuya Ghost Story, Spirit of Vengeance, The Locker
Genre: Horror, Supernatural.
Date: 2003
Parts: 3
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: A Tokyo urban legend comes to life in unexpected, terrifying ways when a group of young people use a coin locker at the Shibuya station. As members of the group begin dying in bizarre and excruciating ways, the survivors frantically try to understand the curse they find themselves in. Editorial note: Although ‘Shibuya Kaiden’ was released first, it’s a prequel to ‘Shibuya Kaiden 2’. Asami Mizukawa – Reika Yajima Shuuji Kashiwabara – Ryouhei Miyano Chisato Morishita – Yuuna Matsukawa Mayuka Suzuki – Ai Fukami Tomohisa Yuge – Keitarou Takahara Toshihiro Wada – Akihiko Yanagi Fumina Hara – Megumi Muramatsu Maki Horikita – Ayano Kubo

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Shibuya Kaidan 2, Shibuya Ghost Story 2, Spirit of Vengeance 2, The Locker 2
Genre: Horror, Supernatural.
Date: 2004
Parts: 3
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Demonic little Sachiko is back! And she is literally crumpling any foolish soul that dares open the Shibuya coin locker #0009. Picking up at precisely the moment the prequel left off, the trajectory of horror continues as we learn more and more about the cause behind a growing epidemic of unnatural deaths. Maki Horikita – Ayano Kubo Fumina Hara – Megumi Muramatsu Akane Kimura – Shiori Kikuchi Ken’ichi Matsuyama – Yousuke Shinohara Chiaki Oota – Chisa Komiyama Anna Sakaki – Mizuho Tachibana Akari Hosoda – Yumie Mita Asami Mizukawa – Reika Yajima Shuuji Kashiwabara – Ryouhei Miyano

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She’s On Duty, Jambok-geunmu

Genre: Crime.
Parts: 4
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Stephen Chow’s Fight Back to School, re-set it in an all-girl’s school in Korea, and add a sexy female protagonist, and you’ll have some idea of what writer/director Park Kwang-choon (Madeleine)has in store for you in his entertaining action comedy, She’s On Duty! Kim Seon-ah (S Diary, Wet Dreams) plays a female detective who has to go deep undercover as a high schooler in order to thwart a plot by the Japanese Yakuza to traffic teenage girls as sex slaves! Not content to save just the girls from a life of prostitution, Kim’s character even lends a hand in squashing in-school violence, giving a performance that has earned raves from nostalgic audiences longing for the “”good ol’ days”” of high school. Also featuring performances by Gong Yoo (My Tutor Friend), Nam Sang-mi (Too Beautiful to Lie), and Park Sang-myeon (My Wife is a Gangster), She’s On Duty is one film that goes straight to the head of the class! Seon-a Kim … Chun Jae-in Yu Kong … No-young Sang-mi Nam … Seung-hee Jung-woo Ha … Detective Cho Sang-Myeon Park … Class teacher Ju-hyeon No … Detective Chun Kap-su Kim … Cha Young-jae Bul-am Choi Su-a Hong Ji-woo Kim Sang-ho Kim … Detective Kang Beom-su Lee … Detective working on maths exam Sa-Pi Lee Ya-mi Lee Kwang-rok Oh … Bae Doo-sang

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Shark Skin Man And Peach Hip Girl, Samehada Otoko to Momojiri Onna

Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller.
Date: 1998
Parts: 2
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Distracted by the sight of a handsome, nearly naked man sprinting across a winding mountain road, Toshiko (Shie Kohinata) inadvertently interrupts a mob execution by crashing her car into a limo full of eccentric assassins. Fresh from a frenzied m?nage ? trois, Belmondo-cool Samehada (Tadanobu Asano; Taboo, Ichii the Killer) seduces Toshiko into a life-or-death race with an army of mob killers joined by a moon-walking, love-struck amateur hit man dispatched by Toshiko’s depraved uncle. Tadanobu Asano – Kuroo Samehada Ittoku Kishibe – Tanuki Sie Kohinata – Toshiko Momojiri Kimie Shingyoji – Mitsuko Fukuda Susumu Terajima – Sawada Shingo Tsurumi – Mitsuru Fukuda Daigaku Sekine – Sakaguchi Koh Takasugi – Sorimachi Shingoro Yamada – Taniguchi Hitoshi Kiyokawa – Maruo Yoji Tanaka – Asahina (as Boba) Keisuke Horibe – Inuzuka Yoshiyuki Morishita – Hidari Kanji Tsuda – Fukazume Youhachi Shimada – Michio Sonezaki

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Shaolin Soccer,
Genre: Action, Comedy.
Date: 2001
Parts: 4
Language: Chinese
Subtitle: English

Synopsis: Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Vicki Zhao Wei, Ng Man-Tat, Patrick Tse Yin, Wong Yat-Fei, Tin Kai-Man, Lam Chi-Sin, Lam Chi-Chung, Chan Kwok-Kwan, Lee Wai, Cheung Ming-Ming, Mok Mei-Lam, Fung Min-Hun, Sik Chi-Wan, Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu, Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Lee Kin-Yan Believe everything you’ve heard: Shaolin Soccer is a terrific Hong Kong movie.

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