East Asia (Videos)
Black, White, and Yellow: A Documentary by Nicole Koschmann
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China: The Rebirth of an Empire
Chalmers Johnson, Rebiya Kadeer, Wei Jingsheng, Freddy Lim
2011 86 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Veverka Bros. Productions LLC)
EAN: 884501470063 UPC: 884501470063
China's unprecedented growth has placed it on the verge of overtaking the United States as the world's preeminent power. But what type of power will China become? In today's interconnected and globalized world, the answer affects each and every one of us. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, China's humanitarian activities and investment in infrastructure have won it the hearts and minds of the people. Yet in Tibet and Xinjiang, China is reviled for its imperialistic abuse of human rights. Will China [...]
China's unprecedented growth has placed it on the verge of overtaking the United States as the world's preeminent power. But what type of power will China become? In today's interconnected and globalized world, the answer affects each and every one of us. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, China's humanitarian activities and investment in infrastructure have won it the hearts and minds of the people. Yet in Tibet and Xinjiang, China is reviled for its imperialistic abuse of human rights. Will China use its strength to dominate its neighbors and become a 21st century empire, or will China's youth lead the country towards democracy? Whether it's a peaceful rise or potential threat, China's 21st century emergence as a great world power will change the lives of everyone. This DVD contains the 86 minute theatrical version of China: The Rebirth of an Empire, winner of three awards for BEST DOCUMENTARY, as well as a special features section containing deleted footage and behind-the-scenes interviews with the directors. [less]
Chungking Express
Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong, Valerie Chow
2002 98 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Miramax)
EAN: 786936177350 UPC: 786936177350
Tasty take-out isn't the only thing served hot at this little fast food place -- the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter! From a lovesick cop and a mysterious blonde to a free-spirited girl pursuing a secret love, spicy romance is the specialty of the house! For deliciously crowd-pleasing romance and fun, CHUNGKING EXPRESS delivers!
Tasty take-out isn't the only thing served hot at this little fast food place -- the lives and loves of its colorful customers also criss-cross over the counter! From a lovesick cop and a mysterious blonde to a free-spirited girl pursuing a secret love, spicy romance is the specialty of the house! For deliciously crowd-pleasing romance and fun, CHUNGKING EXPRESS delivers! [less]
Cup, The
Jamyang Lodro, Orgyen Tobgyal, Neten Chokling
2007 94 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Festival Media)
EAN: 857330001074 UPC: 857330001074
Product Description "A beautiful, funny, moving film." Martin Scorsese Buddhism is their philosophy... soccer is their religion! Prayer. Meditation. Rituals. Soccer? World Cup soccer fever sweeps into a remote Himalayan monastery and centuries-old traditions are threatened the young monks will do just about anything to watch the final match, posing a unique challenge to the venerable lamas in charge. An inspiring tale of colliding cultures, midnight escapades and daring secret plots... * A true [...]
Product Description "A beautiful, funny, moving film." Martin Scorsese Buddhism is their philosophy... soccer is their religion! Prayer. Meditation. Rituals. Soccer? World Cup soccer fever sweeps into a remote Himalayan monastery and centuries-old traditions are threatened the young monks will do just about anything to watch the final match, posing a unique challenge to the venerable lamas in charge. An inspiring tale of colliding cultures, midnight escapades and daring secret plots... * A true story* Filmed on location at Chokling Monastery, India * Vibrant 16:9 transfer direct from film to HD master Official Selection Directors Fortnight Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Sundance Film Festival Winner FIPRESCI PRIZE Pusan International Film Festival Official Selection Toronto Film Festival Official Selection International Buddhist Film Festival BONUS FEATURES * Inside The Cup (22 min. documentary adapted from Life As Cinema by Anika Tokarchuk) * Director s commentary * Printed production notes and interview with Khyentse Norbu * 10 Buddhist film trailers [less]
Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (Daijiga umule pajinnal), The
EAN: 8809128235019
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Densha Otoko
No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
EAN: 4988104033369
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Failan
116 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (China Star Entertainment Group)
EAN: 4890391921079
After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae (Choi Min Shik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. [...]
After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae (Choi Min Shik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang Jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang Jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang Jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang Jae. Things take a turn when Kang Jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met. [less]
Failan (Korean Movie w. English Sub, All Region DVD Version)
No. Discs: 1
EAN: 9786163943996
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of [...]
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang Jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang Jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang Jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang Jae. Things take a turn when Kang Jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met. [less]
Fleeing By Night
Rene Liu, Lei Huang, Chao-te Yin, Leon Dai, Yaoxuan Shu
2003 119 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Strand Releasing)
EAN: 712267211227 UPC: 712267211227
A woman discovers unexpected rivals for the affections of her fianc e in this drama from Taiwan set in the 1930s and 1940s. Hsu Shaodong (Huang Lei) is a gifted classical musician who is pledged to marry Wei Ying'er (Rene Liu), a young woman whose father owns a theater. However, Hsu Shaodong is attracted to Lin Chung (Yin Chao-te), a star vocalist with the Peking Opera, while Lin is infatuated with wealthy Huang Zilei (Tai Li-jen). While Wei Ying'er deeply loves Hsu Shaodong, as time passes she [...]
A woman discovers unexpected rivals for the affections of her fianc e in this drama from Taiwan set in the 1930s and 1940s. Hsu Shaodong (Huang Lei) is a gifted classical musician who is pledged to marry Wei Ying'er (Rene Liu), a young woman whose father owns a theater. However, Hsu Shaodong is attracted to Lin Chung (Yin Chao-te), a star vocalist with the Peking Opera, while Lin is infatuated with wealthy Huang Zilei (Tai Li-jen). While Wei Ying'er deeply loves Hsu Shaodong, as time passes she can't ignore his attraction to other men, which becomes all the more apparent after they leave China and emigrate to the United States. Ye Ben had its American premier at the 2000 Hawaiian Film Festival, where it was shown in competition. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi [less]
Friend
EAN: 4895017003900
starring Yoo Oh-Sung region NTSC All released on the Megastar label
starring Yoo Oh-Sung region NTSC All released on the Megastar label [less]
Frozen
Hongshen Jia, Xiaoqing Ma, Yu Bai, Geng Li, Yefu Bai
2000 95 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Fox Lorber)
EAN: 9781572527850 UPC: 720917520025
A member of a small group of intellectuals and artists, performs a series of symbolic ritual suicides--burial by earth, water, and fire--on the first day of each season, and plans to publicly end his life for good in a final ice burial. Inspired by a real-life performance-art suicide (according to the opening commentary), Frozen explores a rarely glimpsed youth subculture of post-Tiananmen Square Beijing, and finds a mood of hopelessness. Wang Xiaoshuai's deliberate direction and unadorned [...]
A member of a small group of intellectuals and artists, performs a series of symbolic ritual suicides--burial by earth, water, and fire--on the first day of each season, and plans to publicly end his life for good in a final ice burial. Inspired by a real-life performance-art suicide (according to the opening commentary), Frozen explores a rarely glimpsed youth subculture of post-Tiananmen Square Beijing, and finds a mood of hopelessness. Wang Xiaoshuai's deliberate direction and unadorned shooting style has won accolades for its simplicity and directness, highlighted in two genuine performance-art pieces: the first a stomach churning document of two men eating a bar of soap, and the second the shivering ice burial. It's an effective approach for those scenes, where self-torture becomes a desperate grasp for sensation in a numbing existence, but elsewhere the anger and frustration of the film dissipates in long, rambling discussions and a meandering pace. Part of that style came from necessity: the guerrilla production was shot in secret and smuggled out of the country. The director finished it in Amsterdam and signed it "Wu Ming" (meaning "no one") out of fear of reprisals from the Chinese government. In the years since its release, Wang Xiaoshuai has come forth as the director, but the alias appropriately remains on the prints. A film that gives voice to a generation of alienated young adults desperate to be heard, it remains banned in China. --Sean Axmaker [less]
Genghis Blues
Richard Feynman, B.B. King, Kongar-ol Ondar, Paul Pena, Aislinn Scofield
2000 88 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Docurama)
EAN: 9780767031356 UPC: 767685947234
Paul Pena heard a sound -- something intensely beautiful but disturbing at the same time -- coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of Tuvan throat-singers, a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on a journey across the world to
Paul Pena heard a sound -- something intensely beautiful but disturbing at the same time -- coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of Tuvan throat-singers, a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on a journey across the world to [less]
Gua Sha Treatment, The
Will Wenli Tony Leung
90 Minutes
EAN: 4897003990225
The Gua Sha Treatment VCD Format / Mandarin Audio with Chinese Subtitles
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Happy Funeral Director
No. Discs: 1
EAN: 4893524190489
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Harmonium In My Memory, The
Do Yeon Jeon, Byung Hun Lee
EAN: 4893524190045
The film is set in South Korea, 1962. Kang Soo-ha, a 21 year-old teacher from Seoul, takes his first job at a village school in Gangwon Province. One of his older students, 17 year-old Yun Hong-yeon, develops a crush on him, though her efforts to catch his attention seem to go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Soo-ha has fallen for Yang Eun-hee, another teacher at their school, and when Hong-yeon realizes she does everything she can to discredit her older rival.
The film is set in South Korea, 1962. Kang Soo-ha, a 21 year-old teacher from Seoul, takes his first job at a village school in Gangwon Province. One of his older students, 17 year-old Yun Hong-yeon, develops a crush on him, though her efforts to catch his attention seem to go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Soo-ha has fallen for Yang Eun-hee, another teacher at their school, and when Hong-yeon realizes she does everything she can to discredit her older rival. [less]
Host, The
2007 120 Minutes No. Discs: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Magnolia Home Entertainment)
EAN: 876964000994 UPC: 876964000994
When a young girl is snatched away from her father by a horrifying giant monster that emerges from the River Han to wreak havoc on Seoul, her entire family sets out to locate the beast and bring their little girl back home to safety in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's big-budget creature feature. Excellent reviews abound for this film, and this is sure to be one of the biggest selling horror titles of the summer. Also available on Blu Ray and HD discs.
When a young girl is snatched away from her father by a horrifying giant monster that emerges from the River Han to wreak havoc on Seoul, her entire family sets out to locate the beast and bring their little girl back home to safety in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's big-budget creature feature. Excellent reviews abound for this film, and this is sure to be one of the biggest selling horror titles of the summer. Also available on Blu Ray and HD discs. [less]
House of Flying Daggers [Blu-ray]
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang
2006 119 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
EAN: 43396150225 UPC: 043396150225
"Prepare your eyes for popping," in this "martial-arts fireball that throws in a lyrical love story, head spinning fights and dazzling surprises" (Rolling Stone). "A gorgeous entertainment" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). Mei is an exotic, beautiful blind dancer, associated with a dangerous revolutionary gang, known as the House of Flying Daggers. Captured by officers of the decadent Tang Dynasty, Mei finds herself both threatened - and attracted - to the most unusual circumstances. Here, her [...]
"Prepare your eyes for popping," in this "martial-arts fireball that throws in a lyrical love story, head spinning fights and dazzling surprises" (Rolling Stone). "A gorgeous entertainment" (A.O. Scott, New York Times). Mei is an exotic, beautiful blind dancer, associated with a dangerous revolutionary gang, known as the House of Flying Daggers. Captured by officers of the decadent Tang Dynasty, Mei finds herself both threatened - and attracted - to the most unusual circumstances. Here, her heart and loyalties battle each other, amid warriors in the treetops and dazzling combat - the likes of which have never before been seen! [less]
Islam, Asia, and Modernity: Asian Islam and the Politics of Knowledge (Panel 6 of 6)
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Islam, Asia, and Modernity: Education and Islamic Legal Subjects in Asia (Panel 5 of 6)
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Islam, Asia, and Modernity: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Asian Muslim Societies (Panel 2 of 6)
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Islam, Asia, and Modernity: Islamic Arts and National Culture (Panel 3 of 6)
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Islam, Asia, and Modernity (Panel 1 of 6)
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Islam, Asia, and Modernity: The Crisis of Masculine Identites in Post Soviet and Post 9-11 Muslim Asia (Panel 4 of 6)
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Jealousy is My Middle Name Korean movie dvd (Award Winning movie) with English sub NTSC
124 Minutes
EAN: 8852246994146
AWARD FROM 3 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL A slow-burning story of a graduate student who apprentices himself to the magazine editor that stole his girlfriend. The young man quickly becomes the trusted protege of his ostensible enemy, and even when he loses his new lover to the same man, what seems like a quest for revenge becomes something else altogether. Promising debut from one of South [...]
AWARD FROM 3 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
A slow-burning story of a graduate student who apprentices himself to the magazine editor that stole his girlfriend. The young man quickly becomes the trusted protege of his ostensible enemy, and even when he loses his new lover to the same man, what seems like a quest for revenge becomes something else altogether. Promising debut from one of South Korea's few female directors.
As he tries to go on with his routine, an editor friend asks Wonsang to write a magazine article on Marguerite Duras that's late in coming, Wonsang agrees but finds out that the magazine publisher was the reason his girlfriend dumped him. When he delivers the article, the publisher, Han Yoonshik, mistakenly dresses Wonsang down for being the late writer. Rather than be angry, Wonsang asks for and gets the writing job. Yoonshik takes a liking to Wonsang and when Wonsang offers to be his driver, he readily agrees and Wonsang more and more also becomes Yoonshik's personal assistant.
On assignment, Wonsang meets Park Sungyeon, a freelance photographer and part time veterinarian, and is immediately smitten by her full time free spirit. He persuades her to take a job at the magazine but soon Yoonshik stakes a claim on this new catch. Disturbed that he might lose out again to Yoonshik, Wonsang begs Sungyeon not to sleep with Yoonshik and Sungyeon finds herself drawing closer to Wonsang.
One night Wonsang finds Hyeok distraught over her family troubles, and has sex with her. The next day she pronounces that she is probably pregnant and announces their marriage plans. Yoonshik's needs also take up more of Wonsang's time and as a result he fails his thesis exam and his plans to study abroad are dashed. And his ex-girlfriend threatens to tell Yoonshik who Wonsang really is?? [less]
Jiang Hu
Andy Lau, Jack Cheung
85 Minutes No. Discs: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
EAN: 4890391106797
Imported HK DVD, Cantonese/Mandarin Soundtrack, Chinese/English subtitles, NTSC. 2 DVDs.
Imported HK DVD, Cantonese/Mandarin Soundtrack, Chinese/English subtitles, NTSC. 2 DVDs. [less]
Joint Security Area
2003 No. Discs: 1 (Imports)
EAN: 4893524190212
Asia exclusive re-release directed by Chan Wook Park (Symphony For Mr. Vengence) inn 2000 and starring Kang-Ho Song (Barking Dogs Never Bite). Two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic. All code/NTSC/Letterbox. Original Korean [...]
Asia exclusive re-release directed by Chan Wook Park (Symphony For Mr. Vengence) inn 2000 and starring Kang-Ho Song (Barking Dogs Never Bite). Two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic. All code/NTSC/Letterbox. Original Korean Dialogue. Optional English & Chinese subtitles. [less]
Kundun
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpo
1998 134 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Walt Disney Video / Mill Creek)
EAN: 9786305090588 UPC: 717951000576
Praised as one of the best films of the year, KUNDUN is a motion picture masterpiece directed by five-time Academy Award(R)-nominated director Martin Scorsese. It's the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told and set against a backdrop of world politics -- the film's release created an international uproar! Featuring a [...]
Praised as one of the best films of the year, KUNDUN is a motion picture masterpiece directed by five-time Academy Award(R)-nominated director Martin Scorsese. It's the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told and set against a backdrop of world politics -- the film's release created an international uproar! Featuring a striking Oscar(R)-nominated score by renowned composer Philip Glass, this extraordinary motion picture has been greeted with both controversy and worldwide acclaim -- experience it for yourself! [less]
Last Train Home
Zhang Changhua, Chen Suqin, Zhang Qin, Zhang Yang, Tang Tingsui
2011 87 Minutes No. Discs: 1 (Zeitgeist Films)
EAN: 795975113335 UPC: 795975113335
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet - an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.Working over several years in classic verité style Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan (with the producers of the hit documentary Up the Yangtze) travels with one couple who [...]
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet - an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.Working over several years in classic verité style Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan (with the producers of the hit documentary Up the Yangtze) travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for almost two decades. Like so many of China s rural poor, Zhang Changhua and Chen Suqin left behind their two infant children for grueling factory jobs. Their daughter Qin - now a restless teenager - both bitterly resents their absence and longs for her own freedom away from school, much to the utter devastation of her parents. Emotionally powerful and starkly beautiful, the multi-award-winning Last Train Home's intimate observation of one fractured family sheds unprecedented light on the human cost of China's economic 'miracle'.SPECIAL FEATURES- Stunning new anamorphic transfer, created from HD elements- Deleted Scenes from Guangzhou Train Station- Travelogue: Guang'an to Shenzhen City- U.S. Theatrical Trailer [less]
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy at the National Palace Museum DCD-ROM
EAN: 537000483330 UPC: 537000483330
ISBN 2009011000687 Awarded a 2001 MUSE honorable mention by the American Association of Museums [...]
ISBN 2009011000687
Awarded a 2001 MUSE honorable mention by the American Association of Museums [less]
Memories of Murder
EAN: 8809050901372
korean 2 disc korean/english
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Morning Sun
(The Chinese University Press)
EAN: 9789629962753
"Morning Sun" is a compelling and exciting documentary film about the history of the Cultural Revolution in China that demonstrates the inseparable connection of political movements in the twentieth century to issues of spectacle, representation, and cinematic culture itself. It narrates the development of revolutionary thinking in China from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s and its link to visual narratives. The film does not just use these images as "illustrations." Instead, the filmmakers deftly [...]
"Morning Sun" is a compelling and exciting documentary film about the history of the Cultural Revolution in China that demonstrates the inseparable connection of political movements in the twentieth century to issues of spectacle, representation, and cinematic culture itself. It narrates the development of revolutionary thinking in China from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s and its link to visual narratives. The film does not just use these images as "illustrations." Instead, the filmmakers deftly demonstrate the importance and power of images in advancing the revolutions of the twentieth century. [less]
New Year in Ping Wei: a Documentary of China
No. Discs: 1 (www.pearlriver.com)
EAN: 837101115438 UPC: 837101115438
Celebrate Chinese new year in a rural Chinese village New Year in Ping Wei follows Yin Yen Twin and her family as they celebrate the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar.
Celebrate Chinese new year in a rural Chinese village New Year in Ping Wei follows Yin Yen Twin and her family as they celebrate the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. [less]
No.3
Han Suk-Kyu, Lee Mi-Yun, Choi Min-Sik, Park Kwang-jung
2004 109 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Tai Seng)
EAN: 601641201940 UPC: 601641201940
A gangster who dreams of becoming the No. 1 crime boss in Seoul, Korea, will do whatever it takes to realize his dream.
A gangster who dreams of becoming the No. 1 crime boss in Seoul, Korea, will do whatever it takes to realize his dream. [less]
Nobody Knows
141 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
EAN: 4934569620576
Nobody Knows is a 2004 Japanese film based on the 1988 event known as the "Affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo". The film is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, and it stars actors Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura
Nobody Knows is a 2004 Japanese film based on the 1988 event known as the "Affair of the four abandoned children of Sugamo". The film is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, and it stars actors Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura [less]
Nobody Knows
Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu, Hanae Kan
2005 141 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 (MGM (Video & DVD))
EAN: 9780792867395 UPC: 027616928931
Based on true events that shocked Japan, this story of abandoned siblings is a "harrowing, tender film" (The New York Times) that "unfolds with leisurely beauty" (LA Weekly). Filmed over a year and featuring a performance by 12-year-old Yagira Yuya that won the Best Actor prize at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival, this "haunting" (Newsday) tale is "heartbreakingly brilliant" (The Boston Globe). A childlike mother of four sneaks her children into [...]
Based on true events that shocked Japan, this story of abandoned siblings is a "harrowing, tender film" (The New York Times) that "unfolds with leisurely beauty" (LA Weekly). Filmed over a year and featuring a performance by 12-year-old Yagira Yuya that won the Best Actor prize at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival, this "haunting" (Newsday) tale is "heartbreakingly brilliant" (The Boston Globe). A childlike mother of four sneaks her children into their new apartment as if it were a game. One of the game’s rules is that only Akira, the oldest, can go outside. Their mother leaves, first for a month, then possibly forever. As the money runs out and the utilities are shut off, Akira struggles to take care of his brother and sisters, determined that they stay safe and together. [less]
Not One Less
Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao, Zhimei Sun
2000 106 Minutes No. Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
EAN: 9780767853514 UPC: 043396052758
In the crushing poverty of rural China, a young woman is ordered to a remote village to be their substitute teacher. Barely older than her students, the shy girl is charged with keeping the class intact for one month or she won't be paid. Faced with overwhelming family debt, her biggest little troublemaker disappears into the city to find work. The stubborn teacher, however, is determined to follow the boy and bring him back to school. Once in the city, her simple peasant pleas fall on deaf ears [...]
In the crushing poverty of rural China, a young woman is ordered to a remote village to be their substitute teacher. Barely older than her students, the shy girl is charged with keeping the class intact for one month or she won't be paid. Faced with overwhelming family debt, her biggest little troublemaker disappears into the city to find work. The stubborn teacher, however, is determined to follow the boy and bring him back to school. Once in the city, her simple peasant pleas fall on deaf ears, and only when the local television station sympathizes does her search bear fruit. [less]
