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Moon Child (2003)
The story of love and friendship on the harsh streets of 2014 Mallepa, a small corner in Asia.
  
Ikisudama (2001)
aka: Campus Ghost Stories
Based on the comic by Naeko Sasayana, which assembles 'true' experiences of horrors, such as ghosts, posessions, etc. The title roughly mesans 'living souls' or 'spirits'. Starring Matsuo brothers (J-POP duo 'Doggy Bag', aka 'Y2K' in Korea) and Miwa sisters. Pt.1: 'Ikisudama' is a story of a student who witnesses living soul of a classmate. Pt.2: 'Utsuhoshiino...' is a story of an apartment where suicides frequently happen.
  
aka: Batoru rowaiaru
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
  
NOT REALLY HORROR BUT VERY GORY, KIND OF ACTION/DRAMA/CRIME THRILLER/HORROR/COMEDY

Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with three hundred million yen. His loyal gang members, lead by the masochist Kakihara, start a search, but their aggressive and gory methods worry the other yakuza gangs. Kakiharas most frightening counterpart is the mysterious Ichi, a psychopathic killer with a dark childhood secret, who is controlled by a retired cop.
  
aka: Aa! Megamisama! The Movie
aka: Gekijōban "Aa! Megami-sama!
aka: 劇場版「ああっ女神さまっ
A young man and his Angel bride must stop an angry Archangel from destroying Earth by proving that love is the ultimate force in the universe.
 
Enbamingu (1999)
aka: Embalming
aka: EM
aka: EM Embalming
When the embalmed head of a powerful congressman's son goes missing the investigation leads to, among other things, a shady buddhist priest, a renegade embalmer, a highly dysfunctional teen love gone terribly awry, and black market organ trade. Throw a little acupuncture and schizophrenia into to the mix and you've got the perfect recipe for this truly bizarre tale!
 
Hachi-ko (1987)
aka: Hachiko Monogatari
aka: EM
aka: EM Embalming
The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death
 
Pandemic (2009)
aka: Kansen rettô
aka: EM
aka: EM Embalming
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
 
aka: Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru
aka: The Blind Swordsman's Vengeance
aka: Zatoichi #13: Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
 
Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass named Su Lizhen who works at a sports arena, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi. Perhaps due to his unresolved Oedipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines.

Director: Kar Wai Wong
  
aka: Nihon chinbotsu
aka: The Blind Swordsman's Vengeance
aka: Zatoichi #13: Zatoichi's Vengeance
Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.
 
Ôoku (2010)
Ôoku: In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic strickens the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, and families struggle to maintain in Japan. While and males are sought out for t
 
aka: Raiâ gêmu Za fainaru sutêji
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
The film "The Game of liars: the Final phase" (Liar Game: The Final Stage) is based on the popular Japanese anime. The main heroine of the film, a young woman who gets involved in a High interest rates reduce the players' mind, and very often they forget about the reality that surrounds them.
 
Gojira (1954)
aka: Godzilla
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
A 164-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath is revived, thanks to nuclear testing. It goes on a mad rampage, destroying Tokyo - how will they kill it ?
 
aka: Of Gods and Men
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
A drama about Cistercian monks who stand up for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists.
 
aka: Bayside Shakedown 3 Set the Guys Loose
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Bayside Shakedown 3 Set the Guys Loose : After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima (Yuji Oda) is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
 
羅生門 (1950)
aka: Rashômon
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.
 
1-Ichi (2003)
We follow Ichi during his high school years. Mr. Dai is the best fighter in school... whenever he fights Ichi is there and has a huge smile on his face. Mr. Dai thinks that Ichi is laughing at him but in fact he enjoys watching the violence that goes through the fights. Everyone is bullying, taunting and making fun of Ichi... even little kids from his karate class. Yet Ichi refuses to let go of his anger and fight others. Just when Mr. Dai is about to get Ichi, a new transfer student starts to make his own laws... by beating up everyone and breaking their bones! In a fight with the new student, Mr. Dai ends up on the ground, beaten and broken up from almost everywhere. It seems like this new guy wants to fight Ichi because supposedly he is the only one that could give him some challenge.
 
aka: Still Walking
aka: The Game of liars: the Final phase
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Still Walking is a family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents, which unfolds over one summer day. The aging parents have lived in the family home for decades. Their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident fifteen years ago. Although the roomy house is as comforting and unchanging as the mother's homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed.
 
Tomorrows Joe: The young orphan Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) is confused and rushes away from the orphanage. He is former boxing trainer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa), who takes him under his care. Later, when Joe in prison, he gets the chance to get through winning boxing matches from prison to fight. There he meets also the Boxer Toru Chikaraishi (Yusuke Iseya). Gradually, however, there is rivalry between Joe and Toru.
 
Gojira (1984)
aka: Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn
aka: Godzilla
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Godzilla returns for the first time in many years to demolish Tokyo but in time some things have changed...the buildings are now taller than he is, and the humans have developed an attack jet called Super X. Raymond Burr reprises his role as reporter Steve Martin in the American version.
 
aka: The Human Condition III
aka: Godzilla
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Part three of a trilogy. After the Japanese defeat to the Russians in the last episode, Kaji, the Japanese soldier and humanist protagonist, leads the last remaining men through Manchuria . Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines. Ultimately, he finds himself in the exact opposite position he held in the first episode: then a labor manager, Kaji is now a prisoner of war, forced to work for the Russians, whom do not seem to hold to the Communist ideals in which Kaji himself had put his faith.
 
aka: Ai no korîda
aka: Godzilla
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
  
aka: Paradise Kiss
aka: Godzilla
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Yukari Hayasaka (Keiko Kitagawa) is a high school student who has become tired of her life of constant schooling. She then comes across a group of student fashion designers in need of a model for their “Paradise Kiss” clothing label. Yukari knows nothing about the fashion world and is taken back by the group’s eccentric ways, but she soon comes to admire their free thinking ways and ability to pursue their dreams with a one track mind....
 
aka: Noruwei no mori
aka: Godzilla
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
  
aka: 13 Assassins
aka: 13 Assassins *subtitled*
aka: Liar Game: The Final Stage
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.
 
1911 (2011)
A historical drama based on the founding of the Republic of China when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty.
 
Brothers Enemies Killers
 
The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.
 
in 1937 Japan laid siege to Chinese capital of Nanking, this is a dramatization of the battle.
 
Departures (2008)
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
 
Exaella (2011)
Having completely exhausted resources of the planet, millions of people were placed in automated underground complexes of "artificial sleep and life support". And few of them were awakened.
 
Han Kyung Bae (Sol Kyung Gu) is a successful news anchor with a beautiful wife (Kim Nam Joo) and a nine-year-old son... 
 
A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
 
Kotoko (2011)
The story of a single mother who suffers from double vision; caring for her baby is a nerve-wrecking task that eventually leads her to a nervous breakdown...
 
Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.
 
Shou's father Norio finds his son in a rather meaningless existence in Tokyo dominated by alcohol and porn videos...
 
A Korean love story about a young couple's enduring love, which is tested when 27 year old Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
 
Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.
 
Paredo (2009)
Four youths share a two bedroom apartment in a corner of Tokyo. A series of assault cases occur in the same district. Eighteen year old Satoru, a male prostitute, joins them as a new house mate. Their daily life slowly starts to change.
 
Quill (2004)
As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers...
 
Based on a true historic figure during Ayothaya Era, the film depicts the life of Yamada Nagamasa, a...
 
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.
 
After he performs a dangerous dare-devil stunt at an air show, South Korean Air Force pilot Tae-hun...
 
Sukitomo (2006)
Story about two boys, a girl and an unusual love triangle.
 
Yang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.
 
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
 
A teenage girl finds that she has the ability to leap through time. With her newfound power, she tries to use it to her advantage, but soon finds that tampering with time can lead to some rather discomforting results.
 
A tyrant forces the greatest warrior in the land to battle his greatest friend by holding the woman they both love hostage.
 
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms...
 
The main character travels to his hometown for his high school reunion. During the trip, he recalls the memories of the days in high school...
 
In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South.
 
North Korean defectors tell their stories of repression, escape and hope.
 
Yip Man (2008)
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun.
 

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