Si-eun born and raised at a ranch in Jejudo , is a child who is fond of horses . The bond is especially strong between her and the horse , Thunder , who lost its mother as a young foal . Their love for each other grows as time passes . Because Si-eun...
Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt) (East Dulwich, November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969) was an English actor, who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s, best known for his roles in horror films and the creation of the Monster in 1931's Frankenstein...
Ran (Japanese: "chaos", "wretchedness") is a 1985 film written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. It is a jidaigeki (Japanese period drama) depicting the fall of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai), an aging Sengoku-era warlord who ...
"In this final episode of the hugely successful “One Missed Call” franchise, the timid, young Asuka is bullied by her classmates. When they embark on a class field trip to Korea, Asuka plans revenge by sending a disturbing photo with the message: I...
Early Summer (Japanese Bakushū ) is a 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. Noriko lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother's family, but an uncle's visit prompts the family to find her a husband. Like most Oz...
The shooting of "Umizaru" is done with the full cooperation of the Japan Coast Guard, including the provision of vessels, helicopters, uniforms, and other props.
Although he became a rescue diver a year before, Daisuke Senzaki was frustrated from ...
Echizen Ryoma is a young tennis prodigy who has won 4 consecutive tennis championships but who constantly lies in the shadow of his father, a former pro tennis player. He joins the Seishun Gakuen junior highschool, one of the best tennis schools in J...
Battle Royale II: Batoru rowaiaru tsū: "Rekuiemu"?), abbreviated as BRII (Bii āru tsū), is a 2003 Japanese, dystopian, action-thriller film. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of...
Battle Royale is a film released on December 16, 2000, in Japan — based on the novel of the same name — released on April 22, 1999, in Japan. The film was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and stars Takeshi Kitano and Chiaki Kuriyama. Like the novel on ...
The Legend of Seven Cutter kicks things off with a rain soaked, Matrix-inspired action sequence, as described by a hyperactive, rumormongering student at Seonggji High School. The young man tells the story of Jung Han-Soo, a legendary badass in black...
A road running below the water level of a stream or river is often known as a "watersplash". It is a common name for a ford or stretch of wet road in some areas, and sometimes also used to describe tidal crossings. They have become a common feature i...
The global scientific community has discovered that in less than 40 years the archipelago of Japan will sink, due to a collision of tectonic plates. A massive plan for the exodus of a nation’ s population gets underway as Prime Minister Yamamoto (Ke...
Kohei Kuryu, played by Kimura Takuya, is a former juvenile delinquent that drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, whi...
The drama series is based on the manga and anime of the same name, both created by Fujisawa Tohru. The story is a sequel of lesser known series Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (Shounan Love Gang) where Onizuka Eikichi's rogue high school days are depicted.
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"Hanbando" is about the desperate search for the real Gukswei, a government stamp that approves important documents. Supposedly, the previous Gukswei used to approve so many documents that benefited the Japanese government for the past few decades wa...
Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko (Ueto Aya) was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she enjoyed the company of boys over girls. She starts a band...
n an unknown place and unknown time, a master swordsman by the name of Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) searches for the ultimate battle. After hearing tales of a mysterious coffin kept and guarded at the holy Tougan Temple he decides to steal it. Legend has it...
Miriam Yeung gets breast cancer in the entertaining, though sometimes contrived comedy-drama 2 Become 1. Yeung is Bingo Leung, an advertising exec who discovers her malady in a manner that can only be described as romantic comedy gold. Bingo starts a...
It's here! The best Twins movie since THE TWINS EFFECT...TWINS MISSION! Buckle up your brain! It's a super-thief movie, the kind that were big in the 60's and then got big again around the time MISSION IMPOSSIBLE came out. And it's starring the Twins...
Monsters, Inc. is the fourth animated feature produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 2, 2001, and in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2002.
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A venomous snake is a snake that uses modified saliva, venom, delivered through fangs in its mouth, to immobilize or kill its prey. (In contrast, most non-venomous species are constrictors which suffocate their prey.) Venomous snakes include several ...
(THE 有頂天ホテル, THE Uchōten Hoteru?) (also known as Suite Dreams and Wow-Choten Hotel) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year's Eve, and follows the misa...
(自殺マニュアル; Jisetsu Manyuaru) is a 2003 movie directed by Fukutani Osamu. The movie is centred around Yuu (starred by Kenji Mizuhashi), a cameraman who works for a small TV station. He and his assistant Rie ( Chisato Morishita) was sent by their...
Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' li...
In 1927, in Kingdom County, Vermont, a large dam is to be built; however, Noel Lord, a logger and cedar-oil harvester, won't give up his lifetime lease on land that will be flooded. The dam company increases its offer of cash, but Noel refuses. He as...
Vincenzo's life as a sculptor from Italy living in New York City is interrupted when his wife leaves the small island on which they grew up together and turns up on his doorstep. While he's been away, Vincenzo has wed another woman and impregnated he...
Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is a normal teenager living with his uncle Ian, a nondescript bank manager... or so it seems, until Uncle Ian (Ewan McGregor) dies in mysterious circumstances. Alex discovers his uncle was in fact a spy and has been murdere...
In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you’re nobody unless you can sing--which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune--tap dancing. Though Mumble’s mom, Norma Jean,...
BEHIND ENEMY LINES II: AXIS OF EVIL: This action-packed sequel follows a team of Navy Seals on a top-secret mission to North Korea, where they plan to destroy a missile site. But when things don't go as planned, four of the men find themselves strand...
The Legend of Seven Cutter kicks things off with a rain soaked, Matrix-inspired action sequence, as described by a hyperactive, rumormongering student at Seonggji High School. The young man tells the story of Jung Han-Soo, a legendary badass in black...
One could easily say that Griffin Dunne’s new film Fierce People represents a great leap forward from such lamentable projects as Practical Magic and Addicted to Love, but then that’s hardly setting the bar high at all. A bundle of good raw materia...
Mind Ripper? Wasn’t that the sign the council put up round here about 25 years back? Oh no, sorry, that was “Mind THE Ripper”, back when Peter Sutcliffe was doing the rounds. No, Mind Ripper is a sci-fi/horror movie from 1995, sometimes called Wes...
Here's another gritty independent film that tries to invade Tarantino territory by casting Christopher Walken--that most reliable of indie-film actors--as a Mobster who gets chummy with a group of preppie-like young men and becomes the victim of a ki...
An American Werewolf in Paris was a 1997 horror film about werewolves. It was directed by Anthony Waller and starred Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delpy. It follows the general concept of the 1981 classic An American Werewolf in London, and is marketed...