Posts Tagged ‘asia’

Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Thewlis, David | Wong, B. D. | Mako | Denzongpa, Danny | Wong, Victor | Dapkunaite, Ingeborga | Wangchuk, Jamyang Jamtsho | Tsamchoe, Lhakpa | Pema, Jetsun | Dongtse, Ama Ashe
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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Heinrich Harrer runs from trouble at home in WWII Austria to climb Mt. Nanga Parbat. After meeting unforseen obstacles, he comes into contact with the forbidden city of Lhasa.

King and I, The (1956)

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Kerr, Deborah | Brynner, Yul | Moreno, Rita | Benson, Martin | Saunders, Terry | Thompson, Rex | Rivas, Carlos | Adiarte, Patrick | Mowbray, Alan | Toone, Geoffrey | Banas, Robert | Bonilla, Dennis | Bonilla, Thomas | Fuentes, Reuben | Irwin, Charles
Directors: Lang, Walter
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After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In ancient China, before the reign of the first emperor, warring factions throughout the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most powerful ruler, Qin. When a minor official defeats Qin’s three principal enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

Akira (1988)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Iwata, Mitsuo | Sasaki, Nozomu | Koyama, Mami | Genda, Tesshô | Ôtake, Hiroshi | Kitamura, Kôichi | Ikemizu, Michihiro | Fuchizaki, Yuriko | Ôkura, Masaaki | Arakawa, Tarô | Kusao, Takeshi | Tanaka, Kazumi | Katô, Masayuki | Akimoto, Yôsuke | Hirano, Masato
Directors: Ôtomo, Katsuhiro
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Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo’s supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira’s secrets were buried 30 years ago.

Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Holden, William | Hawkins, Jack | Guinness, Alec | Hayakawa, Sessue | Donald, James | Horne, Geoffrey | Morell, André | Williams, Peter | Boxer, John | Herbert, Percy | Goodwin, Harold | Sears, Ann | Okawa, Heihachiro | Katsumoto, Keiichiro | Chakrabandhu, M.R.B.
Directors: Lean, David
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The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.

Kung fu (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Chow, Stephen | Feng, Xiaogang | Yuen, Wah | Zhi Hua, Dong | Chan, Kwok Kuen | Lam, Chi Chung | Yuen, Qiu | Tin, Kai Man | Jia, Kang Xi | Fung, Stephen | Huang, Sheng Yi | Lam, Suet | Yuen, Cheung-Yan | Chiu, Chi Ling | Xing, Yu
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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious “Axe Gang.” Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.

007 You Only Live Twice (1967)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Connery, Sean | Wakabayashi, Akiko | Hama, Mie | Tamba, Tetsuro | Shimada, Teru | Dor, Karin | Pleasence, Donald | Lee, Bernard | Maxwell, Lois | Llewelyn, Desmond | Gray, Charles | Chin, Tsai | Fanene Maivia, Peter | Kwouk, Burt | Chow, Michael
Directors: Gilbert, Lewis
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When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.

Mulan (1998)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Ferrer, Miguel | Fierstein, Harvey | Shen, Freda Foh | Foray, June | Hong, James | Margolyes, Miriam | Morita, Pat | Murphy, Eddie | Nixon, Marni | Oh, Soon-Tek | Osmond, Donny | Salonga, Lea | Shigeta, James | Takei, George | Tondo, Jerry
Directors: Bancroft, Tony | Cook, Barry
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Mulan is a girl, the only child of her honored family. When the Huns invade China, one man from every family is called to arms. Mulan’s father, who has an old wound and cannot walk properly, decides to fight for his country and the honor of his family though it is clear that he will not survive an enemy encounter. Mulan, who just got rejected by the matchmaker because she had set her on fire, decides to prove that she is worth something and steals away to fit her father’s place in the Chinese army. She prays to her family’s ancestors for protection and luck before leaving as a man in her father’s armor with her family’s horse. The ancestors awake and decide to send Mushu, a little dishonored dragon to aid Mulan in her quest. Weeks later, Mulan and the other troopers have survived the training camp and are on the way north to stop the huns. After being spotted and pursued by the enemies, an impass situation in the mountains forces Mulan to come up with an idea. But then, her real gender will no longer be a secret. She decides to risk everything in order to save China.

Killing Fields, The (1984)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Drama | History | War
Countries: UK
Actors: Waterston, Sam | Ngor, Haing S. | Malkovich, John | Sands, Julian | Nelson, Craig T. | Gray, Spalding | Paterson, Bill | Fugard, Athol | Kennedy, Graham | Chey, Katherine Krapum | Pierpaoli, Oliver | Chey, Edward Entero | Bird, Tom | Sisowath, Monirak | Dtangpaibool, Lambool
Directors: Joffé, Roland
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Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won’t have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he’s a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

Last Emperor, The (1987)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: China | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Lone, John | Chen, Joan | O'Toole, Peter | Ying, Ruocheng | | Dun, Dennis | Sakamoto, Ryuichi | Han, Maggie | Young, Ric | Wu, Vivian | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Go, Jade | Ikeda, Fumihiko | Vuu, Richard | Tijger, Tsou
Directors: Bertolucci, Bernardo
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A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People’s Republic.