Clik here to view.
‘Miss Hokusai’ Trailer: U.S. Release
New Japanese feature animation ‘Miss Hokusai’ is hitting the theatres in Los Angeles, New York and various North American cities starting from October 14. Film distributer GKIDS has released an list of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yasuzo Masumura’s Irezumi
Yasuzo Masumura may be practically unknown to the west, but he is quite famous and respected in Japan, with filmmakers like Shinji Aoyama and Nagisa Oshima considering him as one of the precursors of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran Screening on Korean Film Festival in Australia
The winner of the Blue Dragon Award for Best Direction and currently the third highest grossing film in South Korean cinema history, “Veteran” is one of the most entertaining films to come out of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Well Go USA to release Jackie Chan’s Martial Arts Comedy “Railroad Tigers”
Well Go USA Entertainment have acquired the distribution rights to Jackie Chan’s latest martial arts action comedy “Railroad Tigers”. The tentative release will be on December with further details to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jackie Chan to Receive Honorary Academy Award
Jackie Chan, legendary actor, writer, director, producer and all-round awesome guy, is to be given an honorary award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Governors Awards this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goemon – A Beautifully Shot , Yet Painfully Flawed Kiriya Film
Written, directed and choreographed by Kazuaki Kiriya (Casshern). Goemon tells the story of Japanese folk legend Goemon Ishikawa, a Ninja/Samurai bandit who stole valuables from the rich and gave them...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Woo Min-ho’s ‘Inside Men’ is a Masterpiece, Lee Byung-hun Is Back On Form
One of the latest and most important tendencies in S. Korean cinema is the harsh critique of public institutions. This tendency finds its apogee in ‘Inside Men’, which is based on Yoon Tae-ho’s webtoon...
View ArticleShu Qi Stars in Taiwanese Action-Comedy Film The Village of No Return
Award-winning director Chen Yu-Hsun teams up with Taiwanese star Shu Qi to tickle your funny bone with the upcoming comedy film The Village of No Return. Since his first feature Tropical Fish in 1995,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
International Distribution Rights Secured to Live Action Manga “Museum”
Japanese movie distributor, Gaga Corporation, has won the distribution rights for the international release of the upcoming horror thriller, Museum, by director Keishi Otomo (Rurouni Kenshin). The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Map Against the World Ready for Commercial Release on Sep. 7
South Korea’s beloved actor Cha Seung Won is returning to the big screen this week as Kim Jeong Ho, cartographer and geologist of Joseon dynasty, in the much expected 2016 film The Map Against the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Choi Dong-hoon’s Assassination is an action blockbuster, Hollywood style
“Assassination” was the highest grossing film in 2015 and the eighth all-time highest grossing film in Korean cinema. The film is set during the Japanese occupation of the country in the 1930s, and...
View ArticleDid Moonlight Palace Rip off Ghibli’s Spirited Away?
Reports say there have been allegations that the soon-to-be-released Moonlight Palace bears more than its share of similarities to the beloved Japanese animated film, Spirited Away. When the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
S. Korean Action Noir ‘Asura : The City of Madness’ Gets Big Buzz Ahead of...
Following Beat (1997), City of The Rising Sun (1999) and Musa The Warrior (2001), Korean maestro Kim Sung-soo, who last made the influenza thriller The Flu, has teamed up again with Jung Woo-sung (The...
View ArticleDisaster film ‘Tunnel’ maintains top spot of Korean box office for the fourth...
Disaster film Tunnel maintains top spot of Korean box office for the fourth consecutive weekend. For the fourth consecutive week, the third biggest Korean release of the year Tunnel dominated the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beast: The Chronicles Of Parker (Coming Soon) – A Samuels/ Jefferson Film
Starring: Marco Johnson, David Luptak, Kimberly Bowden, Anthony Scanish, John Legrand Directed by: Robert Samuels Written & Produced by: Robert Jefferson executive producers: Alan Goldberg, John...
View ArticleTrailer for Mo Brothers’“Headshot” Featuring Iko Uwais
Indonesian based Mo Brothers (actual names Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto) make yet another turn in their career. From low budget slasher “Macabre” to internationally backed thriller”Killers,” and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kim Dong-myung’s The Liar is Indie Film at its Best
One of the lesser known aspects of S. Korean cinema is the indie film, which, due to the vast popularity of mainstream productions has been sidelined, even neglected. However, as in Communication and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Andy Lau Is Ruthless in Benny Chan’s ‘Shaolin’, but Is It Any Good?
Shaolin is set in Dengfeng, Henan, during the warlord era of early Republican China. The warlord Hou Jie (Andy Lau) defeats a rival named Huo Long and seizes control of Dengfeng. Huo flees to Shaolin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Line Walker Nick Cheung, Louis Koo. Hong Kong Crime Thriller Trailer
Charmaine Sheh is infiltrating the triads once again. Amongst the danger, she has to find the sixth mysterious undercover agent between the two notorious gang members, Louis Koo, who plays a mysterious...
View ArticleTetsuya Nakashima’s The World of Kanako
Tetsuya Nakashima, one of the greatest contemporary Japanese filmmakers takes up, once more, the subject of bullying in the school environment, although in a much different fashion than “Confessions,”...
View Article