Dark Water (2002) (Japanese)
After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. The apartment she moves into seems perfect at first. Soon though, strange things begin happening. Huge water stains appear on the ceiling and drip constantly, more liquid oozing into the rooms every day. She calls the landlord in but he refuses to do anything about it. A child’s red bag shows up in odd places and soon the child herself starts appearing. Yoshimi then discovers the origin of the ghost…
Directed: Nakata Hideo (Ring / Ring 2)
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno, Asami Mizukawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Mirei Oguchi
Runtime: 1:36:59
Also Known As: Honogurai mizu no soko kara
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (idx/sub and srt)
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308379/
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The Iron Ladies (2000) (Thai)
The Iron Ladies tells the true story of a Thai male volleyball team that competes in the national championships in 1996 with a team consisting mostly of gays, transvestites and transsexuals. Mon, who becomes the team leader, was a very talented player who constantly failed to be selected for various teams because he was gay. Jung, Mon’s best friend, also experienced the same treatment but was always more optimistic about things. Their chance comes when Coach Bee is selected to put together a winning team, and she announces that the team will be open for all to tryout. But when the coach selects both Jung and Mon to be on the team, some of the more macho players resign in protest. In order to form a team, the coach asks Mon to find a few of his friends to join the team. They select Nong, a gay sergeant in the army; Pia, the transsexual star of a cabaret show; and Wit, whose parents don’t know that their only son is gay.
Director:Youngyooth Thongkonthun
Writers:Visuttchai Boonyakarnjawa
Jira Maligool
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Ekachai Buranapanit, Giorgio Maiocchi, Chaicharn Nimpulsawasdi, Kokkorn Benjathikoon, Shiriohana HongsoponRuntime: 1:57:14
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Subtitles: English (External)
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0263957/
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Beautiful Boxer (2003) (Thai)
Rising even higher than the greatest expectations engendered by the International Press when it became a favorite of the film festivals, BEAUTIFUL BOXER is one of the more poetic, sensitive, luxuriously vivid and colorful films to come out of Thailand - and that is saying a lot, given the extravagant epics that yearly grow in popularity. This work of art is simply stunning in content, in direction, in acting, and in heartfelt simplicity of message. This is a great one! Writer/director Ekachai Uekrongtham based his first film on the true story of Parinaya Charoemphol AKA Nong Toom, a famous Thai athlete Muay Thai boxer (better known as ‘kick boxer’ - a demanding, dangerous sport)who entered the world of Muay Thai to garner enough money to help his family and pay for his ultimate sex-change surgery. A tough story to offer general audiences, perhaps, but Ekachai Uekrongtham presents this edgy biography with such cinematic finesse and care that it becomes a film that should appeal to a very wide audience. And much of that success is due to the towering performance by Asanee Suwan in his acting debut: Suwan is in life a professional kick boxer who won the title role after extensive auditions by many practitioners of Muay Thai.
Directed: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Genre: Action/Drama
Cast: Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong, Sitiporn Niyom, Kyoko Inoue, Keagan Kang
Runtime: 118 minutes
Also Known As:
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Subtitles: English
IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401248/
(7.6 rating out of 10!)
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Koma (2004) (Chinese)
Behind the glitter and glamour of a wedding reception held at a luxurious six-star hotel on a stormy evening, a horrid crime was committed. The police had yet to find a way to track down the perpetrator. Their only lead, the lone eyewitness at the scene, was bridesmaid Chi Ching (played by Lee Sinje). Chi Ching recognized the suspect–Suen Ling (played by Karena Lam)–the moment she was shown a close circuit camera footage at the police station. At the identification parade, she not only identified Suen but also discovered the affair between this stranger and her lover. All of a sudden the emotional turmoil surrounding her chronic illness, which had for years been plaguing her and her lover, resurfaced and quickly grew beyond control. Ching’s curious connection with the suspect left the police with no choice but to turn elsewhere for clues.
Meanwhile Ching became the target of a vicious assault, and it was Suen who came to her rescue. Grateful, Ching learned to embrace the presence of the person to whom she had once lost her lover and, now, owed her life. Ching’s life, afflicted with illness and a lack of confidence, had been almost parallel to that of Suen, a lonely girl who grew up in a poor family. The two lives had never intersected until a twist of fate brought them together. But as they became more and more attached to each other, they also brought themselves closer and closer to unspeakable danger. The police made an arrest. Everyone felt relieved. The main culprit watched all this with a sly grin from a distance. A true friend and an imaginary lover; a faded old photo and some anecdotes from the past–these are the clues to the crime. Facts began to emerge, the truth became clearer and clearer, but few were prepared for what they were about to discover.
Year Released: 2004
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Cast: Andy Hui Chi-On, Roy Chow, Kar Yan Lam, Angelica Lee, Kai Chi Liu, Annie Man, Ho-Yin Wong
Runtime: 1:28:26
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (External)
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0408970/
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Die Bad (2000) (Korean)
Review from IMDb
This film consists of four linked segments, two of which were originally award-winning shorts. The first, “Rumble”, depicts the build up and effects of a snooker hall scrap between art and tech college students, played by Seung-Wan Ryoo and Seung-Bin Park. We cut between the protagonists and an interview with the owner of the hall, who complains about the wild youths and a need for a government clampdown like in the 70’s. The second, “Nightmare” follows one of the tech students (Seung-bin Park) on his release from jail after accidentally killing one of the art students in the first segment, and his entry into organised crime, as the protege of local heavy, President Kim. The third segment “Modern Man” consists of an epic car-park brawl between President Kim and Seung-Wan, (now a policeman) cut against frank interviews in which they talk about their jobs and their positions in society. In “Die Bad”, Seung-Bin has become a powerful gangster and Seung-Wan’s brother tries to join his group. Each segment has its own style and mood. There are moments of all-out action, drama, comedy and horror hence it is best not to reveal much of the plot, as it has many surprises. There are only 2 female speaking roles in the entire film, hence no sex bits, but this no bad thing as it addresses specifically male deficiencies, in a similar way to “La Haine”. This also means there are a few gay subtexts to be found. For example, in “Nightmare”, when Seung-Wan wakes up in a motel with President Kim, who calls him a “good-looking boy”. Also, the Art student who ends up dead in “Rumble” is supposed to be really tough, but looks like he belongs in a boy band.
The fight scenes are filmed, choreographed and edited brilliantly. They never look staged and it is clear throughout that the director is not trying to make violence look cool. In “Modern Man”, for example, the unending brawl is not just about two blokes hitting each other, it’s about them being trapped- hence its cyclical time structure. In “Rumble”, we see the youths’ impressions of violence through clips of videogames and Bruce Lee films. Several times, people in authority shout “Who do you think you are?” at the young protagonists. At one point in “Modern Man”, President Kim states nonchalantly, “I am a gangster, a thug”. These sequences highlight the theme of the film, how disaffected men use violence to prove they exist. Die Bad, the feature, was reportedly shot for $3000, over a period of three years. Posters of “Romeo + Juliet” and “Tin Cup” are scene on walls during the film. Members of the cast worked during breaks from other bigger budget projects, using leftover film stock and fake blood. The ambition of Die Bad is massive and it is enormously successful. All the performances are brilliant; the film has great energy, originality and packs an emotional punch. There are no guns in the film, which may seem unrealistic, but if they were shooting at each other it would defeat the object, trying as it is to show something more primal. Near the end, a very sentimental piece of music was played, which (although I couldn’t understand the Korean lyrics) seemed unnecessary and cloying, but this does not stop Die Bad from being an excellent film. Great things are expected of Seung-Wan Ryoo.
Year Released: 2000
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
Genre: Crime / Drama
Cast:Seong-bin Park, Seung-beom Ryu, Jung-shik Bae
Also Known As:Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona
Runtime:95 min / South Korea:98 min
Country:South Korea
Language:English / Korean
Subtitles: English .srt
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0267622/
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Gwangbokjeol teuksa/Jailbreakers (2002) (Korean)
Gwangbokjeol teuksa, or “Jail Break”, is a terrifically funny film with some great performances, including the lovable idiot played by Sol Kyung-gu who also recently had a very fine performance in the award winning “Oasis”.
The film is entirely silly but manages to maintain an air of class. There are also a couple of director’s nods to “The Shawshank Redemption” which are enjoyable if not subtle.
Director:Sang-Jin Kim
Also Known As
Jail Breakers (International: English title)
Runtime:121 min
Country: South Korea
Language:Korean [/color][/b]
IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0333528/
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