Korean director Shin Tae-ra delivers a shocking thriller for fans of Asian horror. Meek insurance investigator Jeon Jun-oh (Jeong-min Hwang) seeks the truth about a potential scam artist whose bloody exploits reveal a deep psychotic streak. As Jun-oh gets wrapped up in the case and the police refuse to acknowledge foul play, he finds himself more personally involved than he ever expected.
In an effort to win back her superstar pianist boyfriend, chubby Mini Mo (Sammi Cheng) vows to lose 200 pounds over six months. Her ally in the impossible task is the equally robust Fatso (Andy Lau), who begins to fall in love with the ever-more-slender Mini. The new-and-improved Mini must now choose between two men -- the one who jilted her years ago and the one who has seen her through this arduous journey.
Directed by world-renowned filmmaker Takashi Miike and based on the novel by Ato Masaki, this visually stunning tale centers on the tumultuous and passionate relationship between two young gay prisoners inside a juvenile detention center. With outstanding performances from Ryuhei Matsuda and Masanobu Ando, this captivating homoerotic thriller marks another notable entry in the controversial director's considerable oeuvre.
Called "one of the most unsettling horror directors alive" by the New York Daily News, Takashi Miike lives up to that reputation with this disturbing shocker. An American journalist (Billy Drago) is searching for a prostitute in 19th-century Japan; what he finds instead is a deformed courtesan with a tale of unspeakable cruelty. Based on a Japanese horror novel, this presentation is the first uncensored version to be available in America.
Sex and the Beauties (Sing Gam Diy Shut)
Sex and the City
On Hollywood Boulevard, wannabe stars dress up as superheroes and pose for photos with tourists. Matt Ogens's documentary follows four dreamers who are just killing time until they're discovered. Get to know a Superman who takes the role a bit too seriously, an Incredible Hulk who sold his prized video game system for a bus ticket to Tinseltown, a Midwestern beauty queen turned Wonder Woman and a Batman in need of anger management therapy.
Blurring reality and fantasy, this lavish foreign-language romance concerns a love triangle between a leading actress (Xun Zhou) and her director (Jackie Cheung) during the making of a movie musical. Ironically, the film within the film tells a similar tale, providing an effective vehicle for heightened drama. With spectacular song and dance numbers, this lavish salute to Hollywood won six out of 11 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
It's X-Men meets Romeo and Juliet in Ten Shimoyama's ninja action thriller. Gennosuke (Joe Odagiri), from the Koga ninja clan, falls in love with Oboro (Yukie Nakama), from the rival Iga clan. The tribes are already exiled to the mountains, but the evil Shogun is intent on eliminating them. He pits the clans against each other in a duel to the death, where the ninjas wield their supernatural powers. But will inbred hate snuff out forbidden love?
Driven by an insatiable appetite for destruction, master samurai warrior Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) incites the ultimate battle when he steals a mythical coffin from its resting place at the sacred Tougan Temple. In this nonstop adventure filmed on location, rustic Japanese countryside complements bold cinematography to bring an edgy style to the film. Fight choreographer Yuji Shimomura makes his directorial debut with this ambitious fantasy actioner.
Addicted (Jungdok)
Possession
This moving film, written and directed by Kim Ki-Duk and starring Lee Seung-yun and Jae Hee, made its North American debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. A study of impermanence and despair, it tracks how a homeless man attempts to find solace and sanctuary in vacation houses left empty by their owners in between visits. Although he may have a roof over his head during his stay, the fleeting nature of security continues to haunt him.
Produced and co-written by acclaimed filmmaker Luc Besson, this stylized action thriller is set in Paris 2010, where the government has fenced off the city's ghettos, the most dangerous of which is District B13. Teaming up to infiltrate the lawless sector, an elite-unit cop and a reformed vigilante put their lives on the line in a gutsy attempt to retrieve a stolen nuke and thwart a terrorist attack by the city's most powerful gang.
Based on Novala Takemoto's best-selling Japanese novel Shimotsuma Story, this colorful live-action comedy from writer-director Tetsuya Nakashima tells a tale of unlikely friendship. When she meets rough-and-tumble biker chick Ichigo Shirayuri (Anna Tschiya), the refined Momoko Ryugasaki (Kyoko Fukada) is forever changed. But can a big-city girl who adores 18th century France, frilly dresses and parasols save her new friend from certain doom?
Hubert (Jean Reno) is a police inspector who receives a telephone call from Japan one day informing him that Miko (Yuki Sakai), the love of his life who disappeared nearly 20 years ago, has died under strange circumstances. She hasn't forgotten him -- in fact, she's named him executor of her will. But what Hubert soon discovers is that he's been saddled with a handful of problems -- and a daughter (Ryoko Hirosue) he never knew he had!
