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(95 min)
2003 - Comedy, Romance - South Korea
Ha-young, a high school student, wishes to meet her prince charming, and one day her dream comes true. Sort of. She’s having ‘one of those days’, when she hits Hyung-joon, a university student, who is driving his expensive Lexus430. The car ends up against a wall with a scratch on the front. Ha-young, miraculously escapes the scene and leaves behind a furious Hyung-joon. Hyung-joon is not ready to let this go and decides to track down Ha-young and make her pay for the reparation. Ha-young unfortunately doesn’t have the money Hyung-joon wants, so between them, they sign an agreement. Ha-young has to be Hyung-joon’s slave for the next hundred days. Cleaning his house and his car, carrying his shopping bags and even assisting him with his school reports, it will be a nightmare for Ha-young, until she discovers that Hyung-joon lied about the price of the reparations. From then on, it’s payback time for Ha-young.
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Director : Shin Dong-Yup
Cast : Kim Jae-Won, Ha Ji-Won, Kim Tae-Hyeon
(99 min)
2001 - Comedy - South Korea
Two girls decide to borrow a car and go on a road trip, but they find themselves getting into escalating trouble. They do not realise that the contains guns belonging to a corrupt cop and two gangsters. The girls meet two other girls who are frustrated with their lives, and before long, they are robbing convenience stores while avoiding the gangsters and the Korean police force. All the girls want to do is get home and pretend that nothing ever happened, but to make things even more tricky, teenagers all over Korea are comiting copycat crimes.
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Director : Shin Seung-Su
Cast : Lee Yo-Won, Kim Min-Seon, Lee Yeong-Jin, Jo Eun-Ji
(111 min)
2000 - Comedy - Japan
A car rental clerk accidentally collided into a Yakuza's car and in order to fix the damage he needs to work it off by doing some jobs for him. But when he's at the Yakuza's operation pad, a freak explosion occurs and everyone except naturally the car rental clerk along with the yakuza, whose car he hit, had been killed by it. Then an equally shy female nurse and along with paramedics venture onto the buildings charred remains and stumbles across the two survivors. But before the rental clerk is taken to the hospital he decides to steal an abundant sum of the Yakuza's money and lets the nurse in on the scheme. Everything seems to be harmless and practical until the Yakuza who lived from the explosion sends his youth accomplices and he himself also goes to retrieve his money from the rental clerk and nurse.
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Director : Shinobu Yaguchi
Cast : Hikari Ishida, Masanobu Ando, Jovi Jova, Kazue Tsunogae, Kirina Mano, Yu Tokui
(114 min)
2004 - Swordplay, Kung Fu, Comedy - South Korea
Sang-hwan is a young, naïve, but kind-hearted policeman always trying to clean the world from injustice. However, the reality is that he can’t even bring the smallest of local gangsters to justice. During an attempt to arrest a purse thief, he ends up getting accidentally knocked out by Jang Woo-rim, Jaun’s daughter. Jaun is a high member of the Seven Masters, a group of martial art masters, guardians of the secrets of Arahan. While waking up Sang-hwan from the knockout, Jaun accidentally discovers that Sang-hwan has incredible Chi powers and has the high potential of becoming a formidable disciple. Meanwhile, the evil HeugUn, an original of the Seven Master’s group, has escaped from his eternal prison and is again seeking Jaun who holds the key to his ultimate power.
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Director : Ryoo Seung-wan
Cast : Ryoo Seung-Bum, Ahn Seung-Gi, Jung Doo-Hong, Yun So-Y
(120 min)
1999 - Comedy - South Korea
Four guys are siting around in a convenience store eating some ramen soup. Looking for something to do, one of them says " Lets Attack the Gas Station again ". The 4 guys rush a corner gas station, which they robbed weeks before; they find the cash register nearly empty. While holding the staff out of sight a customer comes to the gas station, after getting paid for the gas they decide to take the whole gas station hostage and pump gas for personal profit. The night is only starting and there is a lot in store for our would-be gas station attendants.
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Director : Kim Sang-Jin
Cast : Lee Seong-Jae, Yoo Ooh-Seong, Kang Seong-Jin, Yoo Ji-Tae, Park Young-Kyoo, Chung Joon
(89 min)
1999 - Comedy, Drama, Asian Related - France
The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin, an obscure young actor of bits-parts and advertisements, has only one ambition, to play the lead role in a kung fu movie. But only watching kung fu movies and a couple of hours of Kung fu practice alone in his room are not enough to become a kung fu star. Augustin knows that he must pack up and start a new life where all the roots of kung fu come from, in China. But because of a limited budget he decides that Chinatown in south-east Paris will probably do the same. After subscribing to a kung fu school, Augustin has to face another problem again, his morbid fear of physical contacts prevent him from having proper kung fu training. He will then be referred to Ling, a young Chinese doctor who practices acupuncture, and little by little, Ling's needles awaken emotions in Augustin that his virginal body has never dreamed of.
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Director : Anne Fontaine
Cast : Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Maggie Cheung, Darry Cowl, Bernard Campan, Paulette Dubost, Pascal Bonitzer
(88 min)
2003 - Comedy, Fantasy, Sport - Japan
Getting First Place in the High School Baseball Championships is highly coveted in high schools in Japan and director of Seido High is ready to do anything to have the best team. However, Gedo High, a rival high school, and their zombie maniac team are a big obstacle to all the other high schools . During the first game between Seido High and Gedo High, most of Seido High team is literally wiped out. By chance, Megane, one of the few players left alive, discovers that Jubeh, a newly arrived punk student, has the strength, power and a super throw that could match the power of the Gedo High team. Though, Jubeh lost his father previously while playing baseball and now blames himself for this and nothing will convince him to play baseball ever again. It is up to Megane and the High school director to build a new team before the next match… but how will they convince Jubeh to join the team?
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Director : Yudai Yamiguchi
Cast : Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Ito, Hideo Sakaki
(120 min)
1998 - Comedy, Drama, Crime - Japan
It starts off as a regular day at the Bayside Precinct shortley after a mysterious body is found floating in the river. Later in the day they realize that a whole bunch of things is stolen from the police station and finally they find out that the Commissioner has been kidnapped. The Metropolitan Police Department(MPD) set up an HQ at the Bayside Precinct to investigate the kidnapping but unfortunately the cops from Bayside are left in the dark concerning this case. Investigator Aoshima will try to get involved in the kidnapping case much to the disapproval of MPD. The next three days will easily be the worst days that the Bayside Precinct will ever see.
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Director : Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast : Yuji Oda, Toshiro Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno, Kyoko Koizumi, Chosuke Ikariya
(138 min)
2003 - Comedy, Drama, Crime - Japan
One day, a mysterious crime is discovered near the Rainbow Bridge, an important bridge that connects Odaiba to Tokyo. Tired of his boring and typical police cases, Sergeant Aoshima rushes to the scene anxious to finally get some real action. Unfortunately, due to the seriousness of the murder, the case is immediately transferred to the Metropolitan Police Headquarters. Again, the precinct has to play a background role in the case while the senior officers occupy their local Precinct until the case is solved. Meanwhile, a vampire-like stalker is on the loose praying on young women, and to add to the problem, many people have filed reports of being stolen from by a whole family of pickpockets. To make things even worst, an important conflict emerge between the local cops and the Senior Superintendent, Hiromi Okita, who was positioned as Head Officer by the Metropolitan Police to solve the mysterious murder case.
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Director : Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast : Yuji Oda, Toshiro Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Miki Mizuno, Yusuke Santamaria
(106 min)
2002 - Comedy, Romance - South Korea
During the early 80’s in a small village in South Korea, Haejok, Pong-pal and Song-gi are three good friends trying to complete their studies, but not without regular trouble. On a casual day, Haejok runs into a mysterious young girl, which he immediately falls in love with. But his attempt at trying to talk to the girl fails miserably. Trying to deal with the case of that mysterious home town girl, Haejok and Song-gig notice that Pong-pal didn’t show up in school for the last few days. They will learn later that Pong-pal`s father had a terrible accident and he and his sister now have to work to pay the regular bills and also for the hospital fees. But the worst is that the mysterious girl is in fact the sister of Pong-pal, she now has to work has a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster and there is no way she can get away from that job. The only proposition that the boss is willing to accept is if Haejok can win the upcoming Disco contest, he will free Pong-pa
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Director : Kim Dong-Won
Cast : Yang Dong-Geun, Im Chang-Jeong, Han Chae-Yeong, Lee Jeong-jin
(116 min)
2004 - Action, Comedy, Crime - South Korea
Choi Chang-hyuk seeks out the great Mr. Kim, a retired criminal, to put together a powerhouse team of swindlers to tackle the score of a lifetime. After it goes terribly wrong, the cops try to use Choi’s girlfriend, In-Keung, to solve the mystery behind the missing gang of thieves and ultimately gain enough evidence to end their reign of terror. Only then, everybody finds themselves trapped in a tangled web of double and triple crosses.
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Director : Dong-hun Choi
Cast : Shin-yang Park, Jung-ah Yum, Yun-shik Baek, Wong-sang Park, Mun-shik Lee, Sang-ho Kim
(93 min)
1998 - Horror, Comedy - Hong Kong
Two guys that run a VCD shop in a shopping mall take their boss's car to get it repaired, on their way back they run over a guy. They rush to his help and the guy whispers something about a soft drink (chemical weapon) he was carrying. They make him drink some but he dies soon after and they decide to leave the body in the trunk of the car. They return to the shopping mall and go back to work, after a while they remember they forgot the body in the car and decide to check on it. When they arrive to the car the body is gone, and soon after the mall is crawling with Zombies. They find other survivors and fight for their lives to try to get out.
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Director : Wilson Yip
Cast : Frankie Chan, Jordan Chan, Kam-Tsing Cheung, Bie Fai, Suk-Yin Lai, Yiu-Jeung Lai
(104 min)
1996 - Comedy - South Korea
Jeha is an ex-reporter with hacking skills who is hired by the police to find Dark Messiah, the creator of a new deadly computer virus. Jeha decides to track down the girl that is shown on the screen when the virus is run. He eventually find Minhee, an aspiring porn start, who had no clue that she appeared in this virus, together Minhee and Jeha decide to track down the hackers. After they discover the location of the hackers, Jeha decides to join forces with them due to a twist of events and they will try create a pirate porno movie station.
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Director : Lee Jeong-Kuk
Cast : Shin Hyeon-jun, Hong Kyeong-In, Choi Seon-Min, Park Keun-Hyeong, Sohn Jong-Ho, Lee Tae-Yeol
(97 min)
2002 - Comedy, Romance - Hong Kong
The Emperor and his sister the Princess plan to flee the palace but as usual the Queen Mother discovers their attempt and takes action. The princess managed to escape while the guards went after the emperor. The Princess (who is dressed like a man) gets robbed by a pick-pocket but by a chance encounter she meets Ah Long who invites him/her to dinner. Ah Long has a reputation for being the town bully and thus no one wishes to marry his sister, Ah Long's ulterior purpose of inviting this gentleman to dinner is to find his sister a husband. Ah Long's sister is quickly charmed by this stranger and seeks to have him as her husband. The Emperor receives permission from the Queen Mother to go look for his sister. He encounters Ah Long's sister while Ah Long and the Princess is on their way to the Palace. The Emperor falls in love with Ah Long's sister and decides to live with her at the inn she runs. And thus this is how a complicated love triangle begins.
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Director : Jeff Lau
Cast : Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Vicki Zhao, Chang Chen, Rebecca Pang, Athena Chu Yu
(87 min)
1995 - Comedy, Fantasy - Hong Kong
A Chinese Odyssey has a vast story that is reminiscent of many period pieces and stories regarding the Journey West or the Legend of the Monkey King. Taking the old tales and giving them a Chow twist is the basic gist of the movie, but it offers a lot more than the usual balls to the wall laugh riot Chow movies. This first installment involves Joker (Chow) who is the reincarnated Monkey King, falling in love with the devil known in evil form as Boney M. There are many twists and turns, and the only way to set things straight is for Joker to use the mysterious time travel-enabling Pandora’s Box.
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Director : Lau Chun Wai
Cast : Stephen Chow, Kit Ying Lam, Athene Chu, Jeffrey Lau, Kar-Ying Law, Karen Mok
(95 min)
1993 - Action, Comedy - Hong Kong
Womanising detective Ryu Saeba, known as the 'City Hunter' is hired to track down the missing daughter of a wealthy Japanese businessman. The case leads City Hunter to a cruise ship. The ship is taken hostage, and City Hunter finds himself leading a virtuous team of crackpots to try and save the day.
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Director : Wong Jing
Cast : Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Gary Daniels, Joey Wang, Chingamy Yau, Goto Humiko
(101 min)
2000 - Comedy, Drama, Crime - Hong Kong
Fred has been an undercover cop for 5 years and he has finally had enough of this life. He manages to convince his superior to get to money he needs to do a deal with the bad guys so they can be arrested. Everything seems to be going according to plan but during the gun fight his partner Herman runs away with the money. Fred runs away so he doesn't get shot by the cops by accident, on the road he encounters a road block, he get pulled over and a body is found in the trunk of his car. Fred escapes from the cops and goes into hiding meanwhile Dr. Ko is called to the crime scene to examine the body. The following day Fred's picture is shown on TV and is wanted for murder, Fred wanting to get to the bottom of this goes to the city morgue. Dr. Ko recognizes his from the picture on the TV and secretly calls the police. After showing Fred the body and hearing his story Dr. Ko starts to believe Fred is innocent and will help him out later.
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Director : James Yuen
Cast : Francis Ng, Ti Lung, Nick Cheung, Stephanie Che, Jerry Lamb, Ma Tak Chung
(88 min)
2002 - Comedy, Music - Japan
A Best-Of compilation of various, visually artistic music clips, poking fun at different facets of daily life. From Vermilion Pleasure Night, the late-night Japanese TV show very popular among young adults, The Color of Life is an unexpected surprise with visually alienated oddities and grotesquely humorous Japanese short films
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Director : Yoshimasa Ishibashi
Cast : Ann, Hanako Katagiri, Aya Kawahara, Ivo Virgilio
(94 min)
2001 - Comedy - Hong Kong
This comedy revolves around two good friends that share the same dream of becoming famous comic book artists. After passing the initial entrance interview with flying colors, they become assistants, and their dream is that much closer. In what seems like an instant, they begin their own comic book and enjoy sweet success! But soon, many troubles begin to plague them. Between squabbling over creative issues, and battling a fierce love triangle they are stuck in with their beautiful assistant, it’s gonna take both their skills to set things straight.
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Director : Oh Sing Pooi
Cast : Julian Cheung, Lee Hak Kan, Liu Wai Hung, Eason Chan, Ruby Lin, Nicholas Tse
(100 min)
2002 - Comedy - South Korea
Joong-Pil is the leader of his school. He runs things, he controls people lower than him, and he's pretty vacant in the studying department (despite his threatening, "scholarly" advice to everyone else). His position as king of the hill is threatened at the worst possible time. Just as Sang-Mahn seems to be rolling in on his turf, Joong-Pil finds love in someone completely different from him. Is he getting soft and threatening his position at the top of the totem, or was he all talk in the first place?
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Director : Cho Keun-Sik
Cast : Ryu Seung-Bum, Im Eun-Kyung, Gong Hyo-Jin, Kim Kwang-Il, Bong Tae-Gyu, Choi Woo-Hyuk
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