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'97 ACES GO PLACES
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Alan Tam stars in this wacky Hong Kong version of The Godfather saga as the reluctant son of a gangster summoned home to avenge his father's death. Co-stars Tony Leung as Tam's drunk bodyguard and Christy Chung as the con woman suspected of killing his father. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Raymond Wong---Hong Kong---1997---85 mins.
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NINJA ASSASSIN
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Rain, the South Korean pop superstar, plays a lone ninja in this very violent tale of vengeance from director James McTeigue and the Wachowski brothers.
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100 WAYS TO MURDER YOUR WIFE
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Chow Yun-Fat stars in this comedy about two unhappily married men, who after a night of drinking, devise an elaborate plan to murder their beautiful wives. With Joey Wang. Cantonese with English subtitles. Kenny Bee---Hong Kong---1986---92 mins.
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13 ASSASSINS
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Takashi Miike's remake of the 1963 jidai-geki of the same name is faithful to the original plot, but the violence and visual style are all his own. Set in 1844 towards the end of the Shogunate, a sadistic lord, Naritsugu (Goro Inagaki), is in line to take the throne. Fearful of the abominations to come, some royals hire an elder samurai (Koji Yakusho, Tokyo Sonata) to sever Naritsugu's bloodline. In true mythic fashion, the swordsman assembles a small band of brothers to help lure Naritsugu and his army into a tiny, booby-trapped village, where the outnumbered men will pounce. Seven Samurai is an obvious point of reference, but by the big finale, we've learned less about the jaded assassins and more about the glory of going out in a bloodbath. Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Takashi Miike---Japan---2010---125 mins.
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13 COLD BLOODED EAGLES
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Cynthia Khan tops the cast of this swordplay extravaganza. A handful of courageous warriors are the only ones willing to stand up to the lethal gang known as the 13 Cold-Blooded Eagles. Hot-blooded action sequences! In Cantonese with English subtitles. Tsui Fat---Hong Kong---1993---100 mins.
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Breakout filmmaker Royston Tan recruited a cast of teens from actual housing project gangs in Singapore to perform in his powerfully realistic snapshot of contemporary urban life. From rampant drug use to unthinking violence, the characters in Tan's hard-hitting drama are in many ways reminiscent of the figures in Larry Clark's Kids. "Visually exciting and hyper-modern" (Chicago Filmmakers). Royston Tan---Singapore---2003---93 mins.
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18 BRONZEMEN
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The son of a Ming Dynasty general trains for war in the Shaolin Temple, learning the skills he will need to avenge the death of his father. Carter Wong stars in this martial arts feature boasting some impressive action choreography. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Joseph Kuo---Hong Kong---1976---96 mins.
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18 BRONZEMEN 2
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Carter Wong returns in this same-year sequel to the martial arts hit. The Ching Emperor disguises himself in order to train with the disciples of the Shaolin Temple and eventually control the Shaolin monks. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Joseph Kuo---Hong Kong---1976---96 mins.
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18 SECRETS OF KUNG FU
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Secret number one: Don't mess with the disciple of a sadistic kung fu master. That's the mistake a challenger makes when he takes on mighty Li Tai in a battle to the finish. Slam-bang martial arts action from the sizzling '70s! Dubbed in English. Wu Yuen Ling---Hong Kong---1979---77 mins.
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1942
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During World War II a battle-scarred cameraman joins a group of Japanese 6th Army fighters separated from the main unit. Unfortunately, the jungles of Malaysia hide horrid secrets, which affect the accuracy of maps, destroy their radios and cause untraceable apparitions to emerge and disappear. Kelvin Tong (The Maid) directs this terrifying tale. In Japanese with English Kelvon Tong---Japan---2007---85 mins.
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2 BECOME 1 ( SPECIAL EDITION )
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Miriam Yeung delivers a powerful performance as a young woman afflicted with breast cancer in this tragic, harrowing drama. Bingo (Yeung) is happy in her romantic and professional life until a doctor boyfriend (Richie Ren) discovers a lump on her breast, altering her life forever. In Cantonese with English Law Wing Cheong---Hong Kong---2006---92 mins.
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2 YOUNG
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Yee Tung-shing aka Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok) helms this sensitively observed look at the effects of pregnancy on two teens separated by class barriers. When 18-year-old Ka-fu (Jaycee Fong), a struggling night school student, fathers a child with Yeuk-nam (Fiona Sit), an affluent lawyer's daughter, the couple faces immense scrutiny from their families and from society. Fong, the son of actor Jackie Chan, and Sit, a Chinese pop star, are compelling in their respective roles. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Yee Tung-shing---China---2005---107 mins.
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2000 A.D.
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Technology-driven terror is the suspense factor in this thriller directed by Gordon Chan (Beast Cops). When his brother is framed for a terrorist act and then murdered, a computer technician (Aaron Kwok) vows to seek justice. He finds a web of deceit and potential destruction involving the Hong Kong police, the CIA, Singaporean secret agents, and a looming catastrophe that will hit at exactly midnight on January 1, 2000, unless he can stop it. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Gordon Chan---Hong Kong/Singapore---2000---104 mins.
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2003 BEST OF 21 KOREAN SHORT
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21 short films from Korean film students and young directors, featuring twelve live-action shorts and nine multimedia animation shorts (including computer, puppetry, and clay). In Korean with English subtitles. Korea---2003---270 mins.
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2046 ( WONG KAR WAI )
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The unofficial sequel to Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love finds Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) holed up in a '60s Hong Kong hotel room where he seduces a constant stream of women (including Zhang Ziyi) when he's not busy writing his science fiction novel (titled, naturally, 2046). Chow's discontent draws him to memories of a distant past and dreams of a shimmering future, where he courts an elegant android (Faye Wong) in his dreams. Beautifully photographed by skilled cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Wong folds history, passion, an d memory into a mysterious and transitory whole. In Cantonese with English Wong Kar-wai---Hong Kong---2004---128 mins.
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24 CITY
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From the director of Still Life comes this documentary about a massive Chinese factory that's being demolished for a high-end condo complex.
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2LDK
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Two actresses become locked in a duel to the death within the confines of their apartment in this blend of black comedy and Japanese-style ultra-violence.
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3 EXTREMES
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Three of the most exciting and audacious figures in Asian cult cinema lend their talents to this horror triad, which "just may be the sickest, most twisted flick you'll see all year" (Vibe). In Box (Takashi Miike) , a tortured female novelist receives a mysterious invitation to meet at the site where she caused her twin sister's death. In Dumplings (Fruit Chan), an aging actress grows distraught at the realization that her beauty is slipping away. Desperate to reverse the process, she seeks the rejuvenating effect of a doctor's "magic" dumplings, only to discover that they contain some stomach-churning ingredients. Finally, Cut (Park Chan-Wook) is a gut-wrenching exercise in the macabre from the director of Oldboy. A sadistic mastermind captures a film director in an impossible puzzle; the man must decide whether to let his child be killed or watch his wife's fingers cut off one by one. In Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese with English subtitles. Takashi Miike/Fruit Chan/Park Chan-wook---Japan/China/South Korea---2005---125 mins.
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3 FACES OF SHINJI AOYAMA
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A collection of genre films from Japanese arthouse director Shinji Aoyama. In Wild Life (1997, 121 mins.), Kosuke Toyohara stars as a former boxer who's thrust into a thorny maze of blackmail, deception, and yakuza violence when his boss, a game parlor owner, goes missing. Aoyama utilizes a complicated series of flashbacks to bring an exciting new flare to the yakuza thriller genre. Then An Obsession (1997m 109 mins.), a paranoid, nightmarish crime thriller, begins when a single gunshot forever changes the life of police detective Saga (Ryo Ishibashi, Audition). In a heartbeat his job, his health, and his family are ripped away from him, as the detective finds himself the key suspect in a brutal spate of killings. With EM: Embalming (1999, 120 mins.), Aoyama delves into the world of embalming w ith a corporeal horror film to frighten even the most hardened of shock cinema fans. Undertaker Miyako Murakami (Reiko Takashima) suspects foul play when she discovers a needle embedded in the body of an apparent suicide. Her search for answers leads her into a world of multiple personalities, black market orga n trading, illegal drug experiments, ritual murder, and worse. In Japanese with Shinji Aoyama---Japan---1997-1999---307 mins.
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3 FILMS BY HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA
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Three works from perhaps the most avant-garde of the late sixties Japanese New Wave directors. Teshigahara's debut, Pitfall (1962, 97 mins.), combines a sociorealist critique of capitalism with a thorny murder mystery. An itinerant miner (Hisashi Igawa), wandering the countryside with his young son, is hunted and brutally murdered by a mysterious assassin (Kuni Tanaka). The killer coerces a witness to pin the crime on a union leader in hopes of breaking a labor stronghold. As mistrust and killings spread, the ghosts of the dead emerge. Teshigahara then rose to international prominence with Woman in the Dunes (1964, 147 mins.), a symbolic and sensual adaptation of Kobo Abe's novel about a photographer who gets trapped in a sand pit by a mysterious woman condemned to shovel sand for all time. The director "builds up the erotic tension...with extreme close-ups that transform the human body into landscape" (Oxford Companion to Film). In The Face of Another (1966, 124 mins.), Teshigahara ascribes metaphysical dimensions to everyday life. A businessman left faceless by an accident suffers agonies of exile a nd solitude until he acquires a lifelike mask through plastic surgery. This allows him to lead a double life, but the mask ultimately consumes his real identity. Metaphorically, the film confronts the chronic anxieties of powerlessness and the uniquely Japanese terror of facelessness through nucl
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