IVL's New DVD/VCD Series
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IVL's New DVD/VCD Series
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Beginning next month, IVL will begin a new DVD series devoted to the classic films of Kadokawa/Daiei. Each month IVL will release around 5 Kadokawa/Daiei films on DVD.
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Story Of The Detective (1983) Director: Yoshitaro Negishi Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yusaku Matsuda, Ichiro Zaitsu Synopsis Naomi (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a university student who is leaving in a week for the US to study; Shuichi (Yusaku Matsuda) is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodyguard his daughter until she leaves. Things go worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder...
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Early Spring Story (1985) Director: Shinichiro Sawai Cast: Tomoyo Harada, Ryuzo Hayashi, Kunie Tanaka Synopsis A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's romantic dream...
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Tragedy Of W (1984) Director: Shinichiro Sawai Cast: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoshiko Mita, Masanori Sera Synopsis A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.
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Girl Of Time (1983) Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi Cast: Tomoyo Harada, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Toshinori Omi Synopsis A romantic 16-year-old high school girl in love with a classmate starts dreaming about events before they actually happen. As it turns out, the object of her love is actually a space alien affected by her own romantic views of life and because of their unified wave length...
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Resurrection Of The Golden Wolf (1979) Director: Toru Murakawa Cast: Yusaku Matsuda, Shinichi Chiba Synopsis Mild-mannered Asakura (Yusaku Matsuda) leads a double life. He works as a normal, salary-earning accountant by day and becomes a hard-boiled killer by night. He has no qualms about using violence to wrest control of the large corporation he toils for.
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The Ninja Wars (1982) Director: Kosei Saito Cast: Hiroyuki Sanada, Noriko Watanabe, Shinichi Chiba Synopsis A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan...
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G.I. Samurai (1979) Director: Mitsumasa Saito Cast: Shinichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi Synopsis A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan...
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IVL's Kadokawa/Daiei DVD release schedule for 2006:
Batch #1 - August
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IVL August 17 Releases
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Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (2005) Director: Masaaki Tezuka Cast: Yosuke Eguchi, Kyoka Suzuki, Haruka Ayase Synopsis An accident at a military base sends a squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers to their country's warring states era in 1549. Kashima (Eguchi Yosuke), a member of a disbanded special forces, decide to go into the distant past with 2nd Lieutenant Kanzaki (Suzuki Kyoka), who was responsible for the accident. They have only 74 hours and 27 minutes to save the lost squadron and stop present-day Japan from vanishing; any longer and the fluctuation in time will leave them behind forever. Specs:
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IVL August 8 Releases
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I Not Stupid Too (2006) Director: Jack Neo Cast: Joshua Ang, Shawn Lee, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun Synopsis I Not Stupid Too is a comedy keenly centered on the theme of increasingly difficult relationship between parents and their children, teacher and their students today, due to a lack of communication. Through the eyes of Jerry, Tom and Cheng Cai as they face the demands of their parents and pressures of school, reveals the film's deep concern with the generation gap. Specs:
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IVL August 1 Releases
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Shaggy Dog, The (2006) Director: Brian Robbins Cast: Tim Allen Synopsis Unleash all the fun! Comedian Tim Allen (The Santa Clause) gains a hilarious insight into being a great dad when he's transformed into a lovable sheepdog in this update of Disney's comedy classic. The adventures begin as Deputy D.A. Dave Douglas (Allen) is infected with a top-secret serum that morphs his body into that of the family's pet. Now, Dave wants nothing more than to stop fetching and return to fathering...but he'll have to stop the evil genius (Robert Downey Jr. - Good Night, And Good Luck) behind the serum. Specs:
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| Wednesday, 7/26/2006 (Second Update) |
Asia Video July 21 Releases
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You Are My Sunshine (2005) Director: Park Jin-pyo Cast: Jeon Do-youn, Hwang Jung-min Synopsis A country fellow Suk-jung falls instantly in love with beautiful Eun-ha when he sees her working at a coffee shop. Even when Suk-jung realizes Eun-ha provides more service to the male customers than just coffee, he doesn't let that hinder his love for her. Ignoring the stares and rumors from his neighbors, Suk-jung asks Eun-ha for her hand in marriage. Eun-ha, who doesn't believe in love at first, slowly starts to open up to Suk-jung's sincerity. Just when they start to live happily, Eun-ha's dark past comes back to haunt them. Their future grows bleaker when Suk-jung finds that Eun-ha has contracted the HIV virus. Unable to handle the guilt of her past, Eun-ha leaves Suk-jung without saying goodbye to him. Distraught and depressed, Suk-jung starts to frantically search for her.
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| Wednesday, 7/26/2006 (First Update) |
Kam & Ronson July 29 Releases
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Jasmine Women (2004) Director: Hou Yong Cast: Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Jiang Wen Synopsis Jasmine Women is the story of three generations of women from the same Shanghai, China family: mother, daughter and granddaughter. In Mo's story (1930s), Mo (Zhang Ziyi), living with her mother (Joan Chen), meets Mr. Meng (Jiang Wen), manager of a movie studio. A close relationship with Meng makes her dream of becoming a movie star come true and leaves her pregnant and abandoned by Meng after the Japanese invasion of China. She blames her daughter, Li, for all she's lost. In Li's story (1950s), Li (Zhang Ziyi) has lived a life of great misery. She marries Zou Jie (Lu Yi) just to leave her mother, Mo (Joan Chen). Unable to bear a child of her own, she adopts a baby girl, Hua. In time, her paranoia leads Zou commit suicide. In Hua's story (1980s), Hua (Zhang Ziyi) is raised by her grandmother, Mo (Joan Chen). Mo treated her own daughter very badly but finds comfort in caring for her granddaughter. Hua decides to end her marriage to Xia Du (Liu Ye), because of his infidelity, though she's already pregnant. Years later, Du returns to find Hua happily remarried...
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Universe July 14 Releases
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We Are Family (2006) Director: Clifton Ko Cast: Alan Tam, Hacken Lee Synopsis Lee Chi Kit finally proposes to Kam Fong. Kam Fong still refuses to agree because it is a family tradition that her family needs to examine the potential son-in-law, and this tradition has scared off 5 of her previous boyfriends. In order to get a successful marriage, Kit proves his sincerity by visiting the more senior person in the family, Grandma in China. When Kit arrives, he experiences for the first time, a very warm welcome from the village folks and especially so from Grandma and Nanny...
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Sky Fighters (2005) Director: Gerard Pires Cast: Benoit Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Alice Taglioni, Philippe Torreton Synopsis The Famborough Air Show. A Mirage 2000 vanishes in the middle of a flight presentation... Captains Antoine Marchelli and Sebastien Vallois are immediately sent to patrol and they soon spot the Mirage; it is flying, hidden, beneath an Airbus A340. As the Mirage adopts a combat position, and is about to open fire on Vallois. Marchelli has to shoot it down to protect his colleague... A plot whose final act will be played out on Bastille Day in the skies of Paris, above the Champs-Elysees in the presence of the same two pilots, Marchelli and Vallois...
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Doraemon TV Collection DVD Box Set 3
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Universe June 23 Releases
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Murder Take One (2005) Director: Jang Jin Cast: Cha Seung-won, Shin Ha-gyun Synopsis A beautiful and talented advertising executive is found brutally murdered in a hotel room by a razor-sharp lethal weapon on nine spots all over the body. The investigation team comprised of the criminal persecutors led by Young-gi CHOE (Seung-won CHA) and the police arrests Young-hoon KIM (Ha-gyun SHIN), a twitchy young man who seems all but ready to confess to killing her. The TV station popular reporter also interested to this issue and set up a 48 hours Live Broadcast television show "The Homicide of Jung Yoo Jung. Who Killed her?" to the issue for the public...
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Nobita And The Kingdom Of Clouds
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| Edko July 24 Releases | |
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Daisy (2006) Director: Andrew Lau Cast: Jeon Ji Hyun, Jung Woo Sung, Lee Sung Jae Synopsis It is autumn in Amsterdam... Young artist Hye Young paints portraits for tourists in the city square of Amsterdam to earn her living. As a stranger in this city, the dream of having her own gallery and her desires for love give her strength to live on. Park Yi, a professional killer, is charmed by Hye Young. Although Hye Young doesn't know him, he sends daisies to her door every day. At the same time, international agent Jeong Woo keeps visiting Hye Young in the city square, asking her to draw his portrait. She quickly assumed that he is the one giving her daisies and begins to fall for him. Park Yi can do nothing but watch them secretively with pain. One day, Park Yi gets his next assignment for assassination, the target is Jeong Woo...
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Panorama July 20 Releases
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Lament (1997) Director: Kim Hee Cheol Cast: Lee Byung Hun, Shin Hyung Jun, Jung Sun Kyung, Choi Hak Rak Synopsis Kwang Su has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of his shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair, which is about to get much worse. Jong Man dreams of becoming an international star, spending his days contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. The beautiful, but shy young student Se Hee, is a talented and passionate violinist who also works selling musical instruments. When Kwang Su comes to the store, Se Hee is instantly smitten by this dark and mysterious stranger. Perhaps these two can find some hope for a brighter future in each other's arms. But when Kwang Su receives the tragic news that his only brother has committed suicide, his life threatens to collapse once more. He goes to a bar to drown his sorrows, where he is found by corrupt police officer Jang Hyeon - who charges him with his brother's murder!
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The Films Of Grace Chang Box Set (Volume 1)
Five Cathay films starring Grace Chang.
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ERA July 14 Releases
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Duelist (2005) Director: Lee Myung-se Cast: Ha Ji-won, Gang Dong-won, Ahn Sung-ki
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| Thursday, 7/20/2006 |
Deltamac July 13 Releases
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Shui Hu, The Soccer Heroes Director: Takkie Yeung Yat Tak Synopsis Based on the classic of Chinese literature The Water Margin, Shui Hu Soccer has blended the characters and scenarios of this well loved classic with soccer into a new generation of animation series. During the Sung Dynasty, the whole nation was swept by soccer fever. By the commission of the Emperor, Prime Minister Gao Kau has formed the Royal Club soccer team to play with his majesty and to entertain guests at times of festivities. On the other side, a group of rebel heroes trying to evade persecution by the authorities had gathered at the Liang Shan. These 108 heroes led by Sung Kong also liked soccer, not just as a sport for training the body, but also as an exercise for team spirit; not knowing that their arch-nemesis Gao Kau was planning to use this against them.......... It was more than a soccer game, but also a show of endurance, persistence, rivalry and comradeship, and first rated entertainment. |  |
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Revenge Of The Handicapped Director: Takkie Yeung Yat Tak Synopsis Continuing from the First Episode, Gao Kau disappeared from the capital after the defeat. The Liang Shan heroes had entered into another realm - vanity. Material riches was corrupting, they indulged in wealth and pleasure, that made Sung Kong to resign. Gao Kau found his new hope when he met a blind teenager who made his goalkeeping impregnable. He found a group of handicapped teenagers who developed some amazing skills and organized them as the Handicapped team to head for the national championship. The Shui Hu team had waged their lives against Gao's new team. With a youthful passion and a determination to succeed, Gao Kau's Handicapped team went from unknown to hot favorite, and Shui Hu team was in danger of losing their lives. At the moment of crisis, Sung Kong returned to coach Shui Hu and trying to reverse the team's fortune. This episode reflects human nature when faced with the temptations of wealth and material; their goal is no longer vision and personal enlightenment.The only offensive is an unbending determination and self-confidence. |  |
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Deltamac June 15 Releases
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I Love You (2003) Director: Zhang Yuan Cast: Xu Jing Lei, Tong Da Wei Synopsis This story is based on a noble by Wang Shuo. A young couple have got together from first meet to marriage. DaoJi, she is very sensitive to her feeling and filled with aspiration to succeed and love.......after honeymoon, they begin to go shopping at an agricultural market with basket as others. Jealousy, arguments are a relief of tedium in their insipid life. Conflicts, run away and frenzy are only ripples in dead pond. |  |
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My Father And I (2003) Director: Xu Jing Lei Cast: Xu Jing Lei, Ye Ta Ying Synopsis A common single family story happens in Beijing which describe how a daughter grows up from teenage to adult. Xiuoyu (Xu Jing Lei), a teenage girl lives with her mother not seeing her father Luoyu (Ye Da Ying) long ago. But one day mother died for an accident before her school exam, Xiuoyu begins a new life with her father who runs a pub for living. As an introverted girl, it is not easy to accept her father's love among conflicts and incongruity. But love will make a show of strength on a ordinary man. |  |
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| Wednesday, 7/19/2006 |
Joy Sales July 12 Releases
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Broken Oath (1977) Director: Chung Chang Wha Cast: Angela Mao, Chen Hui Ming, Liang Hsiao Lung Synopsis General Liu (Kwan Shan) was framed and killed by usurper Tsou. The general's wife was exiled and died in prison when she gave birth to her daughter, Elaine (Angela Mao). Some 20 years have gone by and Elaine has excelled in kung fu. After she learned of her parents' fate, she vowed to take revenge...
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Dream Lovers (1986) Director: Tony Au Cast: Brigitte Lin, Chow Yun Fat, Cher Yeung Synopsis A local variation of Somewhere in Time, Dream Lovers stars Chow Yun-fat and Brigitte Lin as a pair of strikingly glamorous star-crossed lovers who are an item in a past life during the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago. When they meet at an exhibition of terra cotta soldiers unearthed from the Qin emperor's tomb, the past merges with the present and they decide to rekindle their lost passion. But his girlfriend for the past 8 years stands in the way...
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Robotrix (1991) Director: Jamie Luk Cast: Amy Yip, Chikako Aoyama, Hui Hiu Dan, David Wu, Billy Chow Synopsis The film tells the story of Selina (Chikako Aoyama), a beautiful female cop, who is assigned to bodyguard a middle eastern prince who is staying in Hong Kong. But then, a mad scientist who has transferred his mind into a cyborge which looks human comes and kills Selina, then kidnaps the prince and holds him for ransom. To save the prince and stop the evil scientist-turned killer cyborge, good scientist Dr. Sara (Hui Hiu Dan) and her cyborge assistant Ann (Amy Yip) transfer Selina's mind into the body of a cyborge that looks just like her. Now Selina, Ann, Dr. Sara and Selina's cop fiance (David Wu) (who had been told Selina survived the shooting and doesn't know she's a cyborge now), must team up to defeat the bad guy.
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Joy Sales June 22 Releases
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Black Night (2006) Director: Patrick Leung, Akiyama Takahiko, Thanit Jitnukul Cast: Annie Liu, Asaka Seto Synopsis Next Door Young actress Annie Liu from Ah Sou, handsome Taiwanese actor Dylan Guo who made his film debut in Embrace Your Shadow, and Race Wong from 2R join forces to tell a story set in a ghostly neighborhood. Having been John Woo's assistant director for quite some time, director Patrick Leung has already proved his talent in engaging his audience with box-office hits like Mighty Baby and Good Times, Bed Times. Now is the time for another horror movie from him. Dark Hole Asaka Seto participates in another horror movie after her hugely popular One Missed Call 2. Takashi Kashiwabara, whose charm first shined in Love Letter ten years ago, plays her fiance in "Dark Hole". Director Akiyama Takahiko has demonstrated his wits in Hinokio, and he is just as clever in creating mysteries in "Dark Hole", in which the answer of all inexplicable incidents lies in a secret that happened 15 years ago! Lost Memory Horror is a very prominent genre in Thai cinema, and Black Night also features one episode from the Thai director Thanit Jitnukul. Apart from astounding scenes which weaves together forming a complicated story, "Lost Memory" also devotes some time portraying a mother's love for her child. The story starts with a woman, suspecting her husband to have an affair, leaving home with her only son on a rainy night, and they meet an accident on their way...
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| Tuesday, 7/18/2006 |
Mei Ah July 21 Releases
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Karmic Mahjong (2006)
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Mei Ah June 27 Releases
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Undercover Hidden Dragon (2006)
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| Monday, 7/17/2006 |
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ERA July 14 Releases
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Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles (2005) Director: Zhang Yimou Cast: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima Synopsis From three-time Academy Award nominated director Zhang Yimou comes a moving story of one man's journey across China's heartland. For the first time in many years, TAKATA Gou-ichi (TAKAKURA Ken) takes the bullet train to Tokyo from the quiet fisherman's village where he lives on the northwest coast of Japan. His daughter-in-law, Rie (TERAJIMA Shinobu) had telephoned to tell him that his son, Ken-ichi (NAKAI Kiichi) is seriously ill, and asking for his father. But when he arrives in the city, Takata finds that Rie was not entirely truthful: Ken-ichi has been hospitalized, but after years of painful estrangement, he still refuses to see Takata. Crushed, the old man quietly slips out of the hospital, but not before Rie gives him a videotape to watch. What Takata sees on the tape, Rie hopes, will help him get to know his son again. Takata plays the tape and learns that Ken-ichi is studying a form of Chinese exorcising drama that dates back more than a thousand years. Ken-ichi had traveled all the way to Yunnan Province in Southern China to see the famous actor LI Jiamin perform, but the actor was ill and unable to sing. Li promised to sing the legendary song 'Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles' from the literary classic, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' for Ken-ichi if he returns to Yunnan the following year. Hoping to bridge the gap between himself and his son, Takata decides to find Li Jiamin and videotape his performance for the dying Ken-ichi. As the old man begins an odyssey into the heart of China, he encounters a number of strangers who colour his journey — from well-meaning translators who guide him through China's idiosyncrasies, to prison wardens anxious to promote Chinese culture abroad, to a young runaway with a complicated father-son relationship of his own. What Takata discovers on his journey is kindness... and a sense of family he thought he had lost long ago.
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Shinobi (2005) Director: Ten Shimoyama Cast: Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri Synopsis The year is 1614. Japan has been united under Ieyasu, first of the Tokugawa Shoguns, and the land is beginning to feel at peace. Two remote ninja villages, Manjidani in the land of Koga, and Tsubagakure, in the land of Iga, are ancient enemies, but have long been bound by an agreement pressed on them by the first Hattori Hanzo forbidding them to pit their skills against each other.
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Midnight Running (2006) Director: Wong Chung Ning Cast: Derek Tsang, Hung Tin Ming, Calvin Choy, Samuel Pang
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Panorama July 13 Releases
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Election 2 (2006) Director: Johnnie To Cast: Louis Koo, Simon Yam Synopsis In post-1997 Hong Kong, even the long-established "Wo Shing" Triad Society has to succumb to the power of China. The entrepreneurial sect leader Jimmy (Louis Koo) seems to be the perfect candidate to lead the Society into the new Millennium. Only problem is, Jimmy wants out. When Jimmy's business venture in China stalls, the Mainland government approaches him with an offer: Become Wo Shing's next Chairman and lead the Society according to Mainland government's wishes. In return Jimmy will enjoy full government backing of his business empire. As other candidates engage in bitter struggle for the Chairman position, Jimmy begins to understand the real price he has to pay for the deal...
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The Films Of Wong Tin Lam Box Set (Volume 1)
Many young people recognize him as the fatso in Hong Kong director Johnnie To's films. Some know that he is the father of commercial director Wong Jing. In fact, he was the most prolific and successful director during the 60's, and arguably one of the best directors ever! Wong Tin Lam has director over 300 films. He has made films with most of the superstars of the 50s and 60s. He is good at making films of different genres and he has won numerous awards in his lifetime. In the 70s, he became a TV-series producer in TVB and continued to make quality drama series in the 80s. We are proud to present five masterpieces in this collection directed by the legendary Wong Tin Lam.
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Panorama July 7 Releases
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Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005) Director: Shunsaku Kawake Cast: Yuya Yagira, Takako Tokiwa Synopsis Tetsumu is an introverted, sensitive youth who must endure bullying at school and the souring relationship of his parents, until the arrival of an elephant named "Mickey" and later another elephant, "Randy" brings him the affection and spiritual bonding he has long sought in human beings. In fact, Tetsumu quickly realizes he is blessed with a natural ability to communicate with the elephants, which prompts him to depart for the jungles near Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man, and his natural rapport with elephants enables him to complete a rigorous training program. Tetsumu returns to Japan with the dream of one day building a spacious, green "paradise" for these gentle giants as opposed to confining them to a concrete cage. But until then, Tetsumu launches into a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows and media performances, along the way meeting and falling for a strong yet compassionate woman seven years his senior named Emi...
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Masked Rider Collection Box Set Synopsis Four Masked Rider (Kamen Rider) films.
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Panorama June 29 Releases
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Fireworks, Should We See It From The Side Or The Bottom? (1993) Director: Shunji Iwai Cast: Megumi Okina, Yuta Yamazaki Synopsis Two intertwined tales explore how one tiny incident can change everything. Sixth-graders Norimichi, Yusuke and Junichi can't quite figure out how fireworks look when seen from the side. Do they look round? Or do they look flat? Experimenting for themselves seems like a perfect way to find out, so on the night of the Summer Fireworks, the threesome decide to embark on a little adventure. On the same day, their classmate Nazuna is planning to 'elope' with either Norimichi or Yusuke, whoever wins a 50m swimming race. Friendship or love? This eternal question is the underlying theme in these two interesting stories stuffed with heart, innocence and charm.
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Tora-san Goes Religious (1983) Director: Yoji Yamada Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Keiko Takeshita, Kiichi Nakai Synopsis The 32st instalment in the Tora-san series. While traveling in the western part of Japan, Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter. The priest wants his son to follow his footsteps, but his son wants to be a professional photographer instead. So, his son left home for Tokyo to pursue his dream. Then, the priest comes up with a brilliant plan. He wants his daughter to marry Tora-san, then Tora-san would become his son-in-law and take over the temple. After hearing this, Tora-san is ecstatic. He goes home to tell his folks that he will become a priest from now on...
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Panorama June 22 Releases
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Tony Takitani (2004) Director: Jun Ichikawa Cast: Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa Synopsis Due to his Western name, Tony was shunned by other kids and spent a solitary childhood. Though gifted as an artist, his drawings lacked feeling, so as an adult, he carved a career as a technical illustrator. Then in middle age, Tony suddenly falls for a pretty young woman, Eiko Konuma, who visits him one day on business. Eiko is like an angel in Tony's daily existence, and for the first time in his life, he feels connected to the outside world. However, Eiko does have one fault: she's a clothing shopaholic. Confusion also begins to develop when it appears that Eiko has a double.
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Fried Dragon Fish (1993) Director: Shunji Iwai Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Miyoko Yoshimoto Synopsis From the acclaimed filmmaker Shunji Iwai, comes a surrealistic, bittersweet fable for audiences everywhere. Poo Lin-Wong, a data bank operator recently hired to work for a private detective, smells something fishy when she reads about a robbery of the rare and expensive Dragon Fish. Driven by curiosity, she begins investigating the case. When she encounters Natsuro, a strange boy who lives in a room surrounded by fish tanks, they find themselves slowly attracted to each other - until Poo discovers that Natsuro is a professional terrorist... Inspired by one of his favourite tunes, "Break These Chains" by Chara, this mysterious and lyrical story deals with some of the themes Shunji Iwai later explores in his box office hit SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.
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