[Korean Movie] Thirst / Bakjwi (2009)


Genre: Drama | Horror | Romance

Synopsis:

Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire. Physical and psychological changes lead to his affair with a wife of his childhood friend who is repressed and tired of her mundane life. The one-time priest falls deeper in despair and depravity. As things turns for worse, he struggles to maintain whats left of his humanity.

Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho, of The Host) is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun lives but now exists as a vampire. Struggling with his newfound carnal desire for blood, Sang-hyuns faith is further strained when a childhood friends wife, Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), comes to him asking for his help in escaping her life. Sang-hyun soon plunges into a world of sensual pleasures, finding himself on intimate terms with the Seven Deadly Sins.



[Thai Movie] Bang Rajan 2 (2010)


Genre: Action | Drama | History | War
Title:
Bang Rajan 2
Director: Tanit Jitnukul
Starring: Paradorn Srichaphan, Puri Hiranpruk, Chatchai Plengpanich, Verayut Nancha
Website: www.phranakornfilm.com
Release Date in Thailand: 25 March 2010

Synopsis:
Set in the Ayutthaya period, Bangrajan 2 is the sequel to Bangrajan, the epic tale of one village stand against insurmountable odds and the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of the country. Influenced by the legendary Bangrajan warriors, another village are encouraged to fight back for their own land by waging war against the troops of General Suki, a great Burmese commander.



[Japanese Movie] Nobody To Watch Over Me (2009)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Title: Nobody to Watch Over Me AKA Dare mo mamotte kurenai
  • Release Date: 24 January 2009
  • Awards: 1 win (Best Screenplay) on Montréal World Film Festival

Synopsis:
The Funamuras seem like a ordinary suburban family of four until the police barge into their home to arrest their eldest child. It turns out that their 18-year-old son is the leading suspect in a highly-publicized murder of two grade school sisters. Tokyo police Detective Katsuura is forced to postpone his vacation to assist in the protection of family members of the murder suspect. The police manual for this type of assignment calls for separating family members and taking them to undisclosed locations for questioning. Katsuura is put in charge of protecting the 15-year-old daughter, Saori, but the media circus proves impossible to shake, forcing them to flee Tokyo for the countryside. But even there, angry citizens hunt them down. With no place to hide, Katsuura and Saori find themselves resigned to confront their overturned lives.


[Thai Movie] Ja-Ae..Goi Laew Jaa (2009)


Title: Ja-Ae..Goi Laew Jaa
Director: Nati Panmanee
Starring: Treechada 'Poy' Marnyaporn, Seksan Suthichan, Somlek Sakdikul
Release Date in Thailand: 29 October 2009

Synopsis:
A woman takes her own life and returns as a ghost, waiting for her boyfriend to come back to the village. Her haunting scares off the villagers and it seems no one can make her rest in peace. When the boyfriend comes back, he doesn't realize that she is a ghost. However, after she tries to persuade him to commit suicide to be with her forever, he realizes the horrifying truth.


[Thai Movie] The Vanquisher (2009)


Title: The Vanquisher (Suay Samurai)
Director: Manop Udomdej
Starring: Sopita Sribanchuen, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Pete Thongchua
Website: www.thevanquisher.com
Release Date in Thailand: 5 November 2009

Synopsis:
After completing a covert mission in southern Thailand, CIA agent Gunja finds herself forced to fight off operatives who've been ordered to take her out at all costs. She survives and after two years of laying low, re-emerges in Bangkok to face her old foes and foil a plot to detonate a bomb in the city.



[Thai Movie] With Love (2010)


Title: With Love (Duay Rak)
Director: Saijai Pimthong
Starring: Pechaya Wattanamontri, Kanawat Chantaralawan, Intira Ketworasoontorn, Treechada Marnyaporn
Website: www.withlovemovie.com
Release Date in Thailand: 24 March 2010


Synopsis:
The movie "With Love" revolves around siblings, friends and their complicated stories of friendship and love. Saifah and Saifon are siblings who always lookout for each other. Saifah is a transgender who falls deeply in love with Pop but Pop has a crush on Saifon. Pop doesn't know how to show his feelings to both of them. Aerin, Saifon's friend, follows her dream of becoming a model and has a good relationship with Ken, a popular singer. Their love seems to be good until Ken meets a highschool girl called June and he starts to have feelings for her. What will happen to these two love triangles....?



[Thai Movie] After School (2010)


  • Movie: After School AKA Wing Soo Fan
  • Thai: วิ่งสู่ฝัน
  • Director: Chalart Sriwanda
  • Writer: Chalart Sriwanda
  • Producer:
  • Cinematographer:
  • Release Date: January 21, 2010
  • Runtime:
  • Language: Thai
  • Country: Thailand

Synopsis:
A group of high school students follow the dream of having their own musical band and becoming artists. They spend their time after school to rehearsal.


[Chinese Movie] 14 Blades (2010)


  • Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
  • Movie: 14 Blades
  • Chinese: 锦衣卫 (Gam yee wai)
  • Director: Daniel Lee
  • Writer: Abe Kwong Daniel Lee
  • Producer:
  • Cinematographer:
  • Release Date: February 4, 2010 (China) February 11, 2010 (Hong Kong)
  • Runtime:
  • Language: Cantonese
  • Country: Hong Kong
Synopsis:
Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades; eight being for torture, five for killing, and the last blade reserved for suicide when a mission failed. An elite force of secret agents with a license to kill, the Jinyiwei devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.

When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch JIA (Law Kar Ying), the best of the Jinyiwei, QINGLONG (Donnie Yen) is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. However unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission Qinglong is betrayed and barely escapes with his life. Now as the most wanted man in the land, Qinglong must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power. In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.



[Chinese Movie] On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009)

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Alias: Forbidden City Cop: Smart Dog
  • Rating: II A (Hong Kong)
  • Release Date: 07/30/2009
Synopsis:
The Emperor (Liu Yiwei of Karmic Mahjong) and Empress (Sandra Ng) are holding a competition to determine a husband for their daughter, Princess Rainbow (Song Jia of Curiosity Killed the Cat). However, Rainbow has her eyes on Royal Guard member Royal Tiger (Tong Dawei of Lost in Beijing), who enters the competition as a ringer – which is great for him, because he's got a thing for Rainbow, too. There's also a second ringer, Tiger's supposedly inept brother Royal Dog (Louis Koo). Dog has poor kung-fu but also a keen mind that allows him to outwit his foes plus invent all sorts of primitive, but still nifty technology. His skills make him a contender during the competition, with even Rainbow charmed by his tanned visage. However, there's a crossdressing female assassin (Liu Yang of Bullet and Brain) meddling in the competition, and she also comes between Royal Dog and his sweetheart Faithful (an overacting Barbie Hsu), leading to romantic shenanigans highlighted by Louis Koo crying. Meanwhile, the Empress laughs villainously and uses her ninjitsu skills to try to assassinate Royal Dog.



[Japanese Movie] Tajomaru (2009)


  • Movie: Tajomaru
  • Romaji: Tajomaru
  • Director: Hiroyuki Nakano
  • Writer: Ryunosuke Akutagawa (short story "Yabu no Naka")
  • Producer:
  • Cinematographer:
  • Release Date: September 12, 2009
  • Runtime: 131 Min
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan

Synopsis:

Set sometime in the late Muromachi period, Naomitsu Hatakeyama (Shun Oguri) is the second son of the distinguished Hatakeyama family. His lifelong friend and and love interest is Ako-hime (Yuki Shibamoto). When Ako-hime's father dies, Yoshimasa Ashikaga (Kenichi Hagiwara) elicits a decree that will forever change their fates.

Soon afterwards, Naomitsu is betrayed by his very own brother Nobutsuna Hatakeyama (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi), who plans to forcibly take Aho-hime for himself. Naomitsu loves Ako-hime so much that he is ready to give up his life and flee into the mountains with Ako-hime. While travelling through the mountains, Naoitsu soon faces another betrayal, this time from retainer Sakuramaru (Kei Tanaka), a man Naomitsu once saved from death and took care of like a brother.

Naomitsu Hatakeyama then comes back as Tajomaru ....





[Japanese Movie] 20th Century Boys 3 : Redemption (2009)


  • Movie: Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Three / 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
  • Romaji: 20-seiki shonen: Saishu-sho - Bokura no hata
  • Japanese: 20世紀少年 最終章/ぼくらの旗
  • Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
  • Writer: Naoki Urasawa (manga), Yasushi Fukuda
  • Producer: Nobuyuki Iinuma
  • Cinematographer:
  • Release Date: August 29, 2009
  • Runtime: 155 min
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan

Synopsis:

The year is 2017 and three years since Friend has governed the world with his Friendship Democratic Party. A destructive virus has hit Tokyo and the government builds a gigantic wall to quarantine the city. Friend makes the revelation that on August 12th at 12:00 the human race will be destroyed by aliens. The only people who will survive are true believers of Friend ...

The resistance continues their battle against the Friendship government. Ocho (Etsushi Toyokawa) discovers Kanna (Airi Taira) has separated from Yoshitsune (Teruyuki Kagawa) & his resistance group. Kanna plans to start a more radical resistance group that will arm themselves heavily. Meanwhile, Kenji (Toshiaki Karasawa) enters the divided city of Tokyo



[Korean Movie] Maybe / Rabbit and Lizard (2009)


  • Movie: Rabbit and Lizard (literal title) / Maybe
  • Revised romanization: Tokkiwa Rijeodeu
  • Hangul: 토끼와 리저드
  • Director: Ji-hong Ju
  • Writer:
  • Producer:
  • Cinematographer:
  • World Premiere: October 9, 2009 (Pusan International Film Festival)
  • Release Date: October 22, 2009
  • Runtime: 101 min.
  • Language: Korean
  • Country: South Korea

Synopsis:
26-year-old May returns to Korea for the first time since her adoption to US at the age of 3. She has two purposes for this trip. She wants to find out why her biological parents abandoned her and how she got the lizard-shaped scar on her shoulder.
In search of her past, she comes across a taxi driver, Eun-sul who has a rare heart disease
which can cause him to die in any moment. He was having a heart seizure asking for help on the street when she first met him. After his first encounter, Eun-sul feels the urge to help May out as if it’s his last good will. With Eun-sul’s help, May’s journey to find answers continues. All she can recall about her childhood are her vague memory of seeing “a red rabbit” and a scar wriggling on her shoulder… Could these lead to answers she’s looking for?



[Chinese Movie] Little Big Soldier (2010)


  • Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy
  • AKA: Da bing xiao jiang
  • Release Date: 19 February 2010 (Indonesia)


Synopsis:
It was the darkest times in China, when ruthless warlords waged battles to satiate their endless aggression. Millions of lives were perished, and those who survived had only two choices - To kill or be killed.
The battalions of warring states Liang and Wei collided in a bloodbath that lasted from dawn till dusk. Only two men were left standing - A FOOT SOLDIER from Liang (Jackie Chan) and the rival GENERAL from Wei (Wang Leehom). The soldier could survive because he's an expert in playing dead, with a device strapped on his body that could protrude an arrowhead for added realism.

The Soldier captured the wounded General, hoping to use the enemy as his exit - By handing the General to the Liang warlord, the Soldier could be honorably discharged and returned home to his peaceful life. The young General, though taken captive, was always condescending towards the Soldier. The two men were often at loggerheads during the long and winding journey.

Along the way, they encountered a mesmerizing but scheming songstress, who drugged the duo and stole the General's jade medallion, the only evidence of General's identity. In the course of pursuit, they became entangled with a cohort of refugees who robbed all their food and water. To make their life even more complicated, they were stalked by a ferocious bear. The odd couple was forced to collaborate in order to survive one crisis after another.




[India Movie] My Name is Khan (2010)



Synopsis:
Rizvan Khan, a Muslim man from India, moves to San Francisco and lives with his brother and sister-in-law. Rizvan, who has Aspergers, falls in love with Mandira. Despite protests from his family they get married and start a small business together. They are happy until September 11, 2001 when attitudes towards Muslims undergo a sea-change. When tragedy strikes, Mandira is devastated and they split. Rizvan is confused and very upset that the love of his life has left him. To win her back, he embarks on a touching and inspiring journey across America.

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[Korean Movie] Castaway on the Moon (2009)


Director: Lee Hae-Jun
Genre: Drama
Cast: Jeong Jae-Young, Jeong Ryeo-Won, Park Young-Seo

Synopsis:
A man named KIM jumps into the dark, quiet waters of the Han River. He wakes up and finds himself lying on strange ground, covered with sand. For a second, he thinks he is in heaven, but soon recognizes that he simply drifted to a nameless island in the river. In one of the riverside apartment buildings, there’s a girl who hasn’t ventured out of her room for years. With her dishevelled hair and in the same old clothes she’s worn for years, she looks just like a castaway. Then one day, she catches sight of a man living alone on an island through her binoculars. Day after day, his lonely but seemingly contented life triggers her curiosity and compels her to step out of her room after so many years. KIM’s extraordinary life becomes the inspiration for change in this girl’s lonely, detached life.



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[Korean Movie] Bandhobi (2009)


Genre: Independent, Drama, Romance
Revised romanization: Bandhobi
Hangul: 반두비
Director: Dong-il Shin
Writer: Dong-il Shin, Chang-won Lee
Producer: Il-kwon Kim
Release Date: June 25, 2009
Runtime: 107 min.
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis :
Min-suh, a 17-year old rebellious high school Korean girl, lives in a small apartment with her mother and her mother’s penniless lover. She hates mother’s lover and doesn’t understand both of them. Karim, a 29-year old Muslim migrant worker from Bangladesh has to leave Korea in a month. Before departing, he is desperately searching for his ex-boss to get his unpaid salary. One day, as Min-suh’s summer vacation begins, he encounters Min-suh in a bus, and together they set out on an emotional journey. Bandhobi is Bengali, meaning of ‘Friend’ in English.



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[Korean Movie] Ae Ja (2009)


AKA: Goodbye Mom
Genre :
Drama
Starring : Kang-hee Choi, Yeong-ae Kim, Su-bin Bae, Yeong-nam Jang, Il-hwa Choi
Release year : 2009
Language : Korean
Rating : 8.5/10

Synopsis :
Aeja (Kang-hee Choi) was once a promising student. Not only did she do well in school, she also loved to write poetry on rainy days & also possessed excellent fighting skills. Her dream was to become a novelist and a few years later she moved to Seoul to fulfill those dreams.

Aeja is now 29 years old and has not achieved any of the success she has hoped for. Her only accomplishment to date is winning an award from a local newspaper organziation. Meanwhile, Aeja's personal life is not much better off. Her boyfriend cheated on her and eventually ran off leaving behind large amounts of debt. Aeja was nearly pushed to the edge, but then channels her energy into a writing contest that offers a large reward.

While writing for the contest Aeja receives a message from her mother asking her to come back to Busan for her brother's wedding. Aeja's mother has always been tough on her and when she goes back to Busan her mother treats her no different. Then one day, Aeja's mother suddenly collapses and her world starts shaking from the seams.


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[Chinese Movie] Empire of Silver (2009)


Also known as: Baiyin diguo
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Drama
Cast: Aaron Kwok, Lantian Chang, Zhicheng Ding, Jennifer Tilly

Synopsis:
China, 1899. A hedonistic young man must assume the role of heir to a banking empire he cares little about. Following the tragic kidnapping of his brothers wife, "Third Master" reluctantly submits to pressure from his overbearing father. Powerful bank-owner Lord Kang is determined to prepare Third Master for financial leadership by molding his son into his own image. The ruthless businessman tries to convince his son to choose a proven unscrupulous bank manager over a more honest one. But the idealistic Third Master has always questioned his father's autocratic rule and ethics. the tense relationship is further complicated by Third Masters undying love for his beautiful young stepmother, his first and only love stolen from him by his own father. Embarking on a metaphysical journey, Third Master must decide whether to follow his father's path or find his own. Greed, deception and jealousy surface under the pressures of war and the impending change from silver to paper bills...



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[Chinese Movie] City of Life and Death (2009)


Director: Chuan Lu
Writer: Chuan Lu
Release Date: 22 April 2009 (China)
Genre: Drama | History | War
Filming location: Changchun, China

Synopsis:

City of Life and Death (Chinese: !)is an upcoming Chinese film directed by Lu Chuan, marking his third feature film. The film deals with the Battle of Nanjing and its aftermath (commonly referred to as "The Rape of Nanking" or the "Nanking Massacre") during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The film is also known as Nanking! Nanking! or Nanjing! Nanjing!. While originally slated for a 2008 release, the director-general of the Chinese Film Bureau announced in September that the film could be delayed to an early 2009 release.

City of Life and Death takes place in 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured the then-capital of the Republic of China, Nanjing. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a period of several weeks wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. The film tells the story of several figures, both historical and fictional, including a Chinese soldier, a schoolteacher, a Japanese soldier, a foreign missionary, and John Rabe, a Nazi businessman who would ultimately save thousands of Chinese civilians.


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[Malaysian Movie] Upin Ipin : Pengembaraan Bermula (2009)


Upin & Ipin Movie : The Adventures Begin
(Upin & Ipin Movie : Pengembaraan Bermula)

The story is about a mystery and horror creature that come out at night and thus making the village called ‘Kampung Durian Runtuh’ in havoc and chaos. Suddenly, a team of kids consists of Badrol, Lim, Ros, Rajoo, Upin and Ipin accidentally involved in solving the mystery surrounding the village.




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[Japanese Movie] Baby Baby Baby (2009)

Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa
Writer:
Kazuyuki Morosawa
Release Date:
23 May 2009 (Japan)
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Synopsis:
After learning of a new promotion, a career woman finds out she is pregnant.



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Comedy on the theme of childbirth "BABY BABY BABY!" On July 23 held a preview invites mothers and pregnant women. The trial copy is Mr. Arisa Mizuki Committee, Mr. Yuki Matsushita, who attended Mr. Kanda Uno.

[Korean Movie] My Girlfriend is An Agent (2009)



* Movie: My Girlfriend is an Agent
* Revised romanization: 7Keup Kongmuwon
* Hangul: 7급 공무원
* Director: Tae-ra Shin
* Writer: Seong-il Cheon
* Producer: Min-kyu Jang, Seong-il Cheon, Yeong-ho Lim
* Cinematographer:
* Release Date: April 23, 2009
* Runtime: 112 min.
* Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
* Language: Korean
* Country: South Korea

Synopsis:
A Russian organized crime group is set out to steal an advanced chemical weapon from Korea and two secret agents are out to stop them. One is a veteran secret agent named AHN Soo-ji who is a master of all forms of martial arts and envied by her comrades. Another is a rookie named LEE Jae-joon who’s never been out on the field and always goofs up on the job. The two agents don’t know each other’s secret identity. All that they know is that they hate each other. As a couple that is... Soo-ji and Jae-joon were once a passionate couple until Jae-joon couldn’t take her lies anymore. But all Soo-ji was trying to do was hide her secret identity. Nonetheless, the two went on their separate ways and by coincidence bump into each other years later while out on the job. As the two work out their screwy relationship, they go behind each other’s backs to fulfill their mission to save the world.

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[Korean Movie] Femme Fatale (2007)


Also Known As: Femme Fatale, Happy Ending, 죽어� 해피엔딩
Year: 2007
Directed: Kang Kyung-Hun
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 95 mins
Country: Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Kor/Eng

Synopsis:
The fun begins as famous actress Ji Won (Ye Ji Won, who recently had a hit with “Old Miss Diary”) is surprised at her home by a motley bunch of suitors comprised of an overly verbose professor, an insecure gangster, a smarmy Korean American, and the weird director of her latest film.
It quickly emerges that she has been stringing them along, and understandably, they want answers, not least since they have all turned up with the intention of proposing marriage. Things go downhill after Ji Won inadvertently kills one of her potential husbands, and from then on the night becomes a disaster of murderous proportions as she and her manager try to keep the accidents under wraps, a task made all the more difficult by a couple of detectives on the trail of a thief dressed as Santa Claus and the gangsters' concerned henchmen. Who will end up with Ji Won? And more importantly, who will survive the night?



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[Korean Movie] Hot for Teacher (2006)


AKA: Who Slept with Her?
AKA:
Sexy Teacher
Year: 2006
Director: Kim Yu Seong
Writer: Kim Yu-Seong
Cast: Kim Ra-Sang, Ha Seok-Jin, Park Jun-Gyu, Ha Dong-Hoon

Synopsis:
Beautiful, sexy Ji-young is placed at an all boys’ high school as student-teacher. Teenage boys in puberty think of her as a sex goddess and fantasize about her. Then from one of the classrooms, Dean of Students sees a silhouette of a couple embracing and hears a woman moaning. He goes to the classroom only to discover a pair of red stilettos. He suspects Ji-young and is resolved to protect the boys from her sexual charms.



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[Korean Movie] 4th Period Mystery (2009)


Synopsis
During fourth period, high schooler Da-jeong finds his classmate Tae-gyu dead in a classroom and Jeong-hun standing in front of him with blood on his clothes. In order to stop Jeong-hun from becoming the prime suspect, Da-jeong must help him find the real murderer, who is still inside the school building, under 40 minutes before period four ends.


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[Korean Movie] Haeundae (2009)


Synopsis:
Located on the southeast tip of the Korean peninsula is the international city of Busan. A popular vacation spot on the East Sea coast, Haeundae draws one million visitors to its beaches every year. Man-sik, a native of Haeundae, lost a co-worker to a tsunami on a deep-sea fishing trip four years ago. He has never returned to sea ever since. He now leads a simple life running a small seafood restaurant and is preparing to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Yeon-hee. Man-sik’s brother Hyung-sik works as a coast guard. One day, he rescues a female college student from Seoul who promptly, comes on to him aggressively. While these everyday domestic affairs unfold, geologist Kim Hwi, an expert on tsunami research, discovers the East Sea is showing signs of activity similar to the Indian Ocean at the time of the 2004 tsunami. Despite his warnings, the Disaster Prevention Agency affirms that Korea is in no harm of being hit. When he discovers a mega-tsunami is headed straight for the Korean peninsula, he quickly heads down to Haeundae. There he meets up with his ex-wife, who is organizing a cultural event, for the first time in seven years. He also sees his young daughter who is unaware that he is her father. Eventually, Kim gets a call about a deadly oncoming wave, with only ten minutes to spare! While the vacationers and citizens of Busan are enjoying a peaceful, hot summer day, a mega-tsunami is headed straight for Haeundae at 500 miles per hour.




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[Japanese Movie] Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)


Synopsis:
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling." Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts. When she is sent onto an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen, the evil patriarch of all vampires. Using her superhman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the base's general that Saya learns of her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability for human connection



[Korean Movie] A Frozen Flower (2008)


Synopsis:
The king of Goryeo Dynasty Korea attempts to shake off the dominance of Yuan Dynasty China and establish an autonomous state. He forms a palace guard composed of thirty six young soldiers, led by military commander Hong-rim. But the king faces betrayal when Hong-rim falls in love with both him and his wife, the queen from Yuan Dynasty.





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