Extraordinary East Asian Cinema
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 7.2
Oldboy 2005
Oldboy is the revenge drama from Director Park Chan-wook. Based on a Manga comic it depicts the suffering path of a man who must deal with the never ending torment of having...
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.7
Grave of the Fireflies 1988
In the latter part of World War II, a boy and his sister, orphaned when their mother is killed in the firebombing of Tokyo, are left to survive on their own in what remains of...
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.7
Fallen Angels 1995
A disillusioned killer embarks on his last hit but first he has to overcome his affections for his cool, detached partner. Thinking it's dangerous and improper to become involved...
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.4
A Bittersweet Life 2005
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to...
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 7.0
Seven Samurai 1956
A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople...
18 Dec 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.5
Chungking Express 1994
A Hong Kong fast food restaurant acts as the link between two unusual stories of police officers in love in this eccentric, stylish comedy-drama. Director Wong Kar-Wai plays...
25 Feb 2011 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.1
The Man From Nowhere 2010
His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running...
25 Oct 2013 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.9
Spirited Away 2002
Spirited Away is an Oscar winning Japanese animated film about a ten year old girl who wanders away from her parents along a path that leads to a world ruled by strange and...
18 Oct 2010 -
maxmc [7495]
Ø 6.6
The Good, The Bad, The Weird 2008
The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a Bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman),...