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The Sleepless a.k.a Two Moons (Korean Movie - 2012)
Title: The Sleepless (English title) / Two Moons (literal title)
Revised romanization: Doo Gaeui Dal
Hangul: 두 개의 달
Director: Kim Dong-Bin
Writer: Lee Jong-Ho
Producer: Lee Sang-Cheol
Cinematographer: Yoon Jong-Ho, Cha Sang-Gyun
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Genre: Mystery / Horror
Plot:
"Two Moons" depicts two women and a man that find themselves in a isolated area without a way out. So-Hee (Park Han-Byul) is a horror story writer who holds a secret. Seok-Ho (Kim Ji-Seok) is a university student who suffers from an an unidentified trauma. He tries to uncover what that trauma is.
[Chinese Movie] The Great Magician (2011)
Title: Da mo shu shi (Original title)
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Writers: Tin Nam Chun (screenplay), Tung-Shing Yee (screenplay)
Stars: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ching Wan Lau and Xun Zhou
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Synopsis:
Adapted from the Zhang Haifan novel, The Great Magician is a multi-million dollar co-production between Emperor Motion Pictures and Bona Film Group. Helmed by award-winning director Derek YEE and starring the three most powerful stars in Chinese cinema – Tony LEUNG Chiu-wai, LAU Ching-wan and ZHOU Xun – with Mainland Chinese stars YAN Ni and WU Gang. The Great Magician promises to be the year’s most highly anticipated film.
In the early 1920’s, on the streets of Beijing, the nation’s most talented performers have gathered to show off their most spectacular skills. One day, a challenge is set: 50 silver dollars to whoever can reproduce the incredible magic trick “Eight Immortals’ Treat”. Zhang Xian appears amidst the waiting crowd and decides to try his hand at it.
And so begins a legend that is pure magic.
[J - Movie] 4 Shimai Tantei Dan (2008)
Title : 4 Shimai Tantei Dan
Alternative Title(s) : 4 Shimai Tantei Dan
Original writing: Akagawa Jiro (赤川次郎) San Shimai Tantei Dan (novel)
Screenwriter: Fukuda Takuro (福田卓郎)
Producers: Kuwata Kiyoshi, Yokochi Ikuhide (横地郁英), Narai Masami (奈良井正巳), Ota Masaharu (太田雅晴)
Directors: Shinjo Takehiko, Ikezoe Hiroshi (池添博), Tsunehiro Jota (常廣丈太)
Number of Episodes: 9
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2008-01-18
Genre: Mystery
Summary:
Kaho to star in detective drama
Teen actress Kaho has been given the starring role in a TV Asahi drama series. The show is titled "4 Shimai Tantei Dan" and is based on Jiro Akagawa's popular mystery novel "San Shimai Tantei Dan."
The original story featured a team of three sleuthing sisters, but the drama adds a fourth. Kaho plays the youngest sister, Yuriko. The other three are played by Noriko Nakagoshi, Natsuki Kato, and Yui Ichikawa.
[K - Movie] Duelist (2005)
Director: Myung-se Lee
Writers: Myung-se Lee, Hae-jyung Lee
Stars: Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn and Dong-won Kang
Genre: Action | Mystery
Summary:
Set years ago in the era of the Joseon Dynasty, the story follows a young police officer named Namsoon (Ha Ji-won) who, along with her fellow officers, discovers a counterfeit ring operating out of the area they've been assigned to protect. However, as the criminals aren't just printing up their own money, they also plan to use it to topple the economy and take down the government. As her investigative work continues, Namsoon soon makes the acquaintance of a young man known only as Sad Eyes (Gang Dong-won), for the way that he looks out at you from underneath his hair - he doesn't say much, but he's got that look and that's all it takes to pique Namsoon's interest in him, even if she shouldn't be thinking those thoughts about someone she might have to toss in jail. Of course, Namsoon can't deny her feelings even if the object of her affection belongs behind bars, and it's not long before she's starting to act on her emotions.
[Thailand Movie] Shutter (2004)
Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Writers: Parkpoom Wongpoom, Sopon Sukdapisit
Stars: Ananda Everingham, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee and Unnop Chanpaibool
Summary:
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
[Korean Drama] Iris (2009)
Hangul: 아이리스
Director: Yang Yun-Ho, Kim Kyu-Tae
Writer: Kim Hyun-Joon, Jo Gyu-Won, Kim Jae-Eun
Episodes: 20
Release Date: October 14 - December 17, 2009
Summary:
Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo are best friends who were brought into a top secret organization known as NSS by analyst Choi Seung Hee and Park Sang Hyun. Hyun Joon and Sa Woo both fall in love with Seung Hee when she first profiles them. Their lives are changed forever when Hyun Joon is given a solo mission in Hungary. Hyun Joon later tries to find out who set him up and to figure out what IRIS is and wants.
[J - Movie] Into the White Night (2011)
Movie: Into the White Night
Romaji: Byakuyako
Japanese: 白夜行
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel), Yoshihiro Fukagawa, Shingo Irie
Producer: Hiroyuki Ishigaki
Cinematographer: Hirokazu Ishii
World Premiere: October 25, 2010 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Release Date: January 29, 2011
Runtime: 149 min.
Production Company: Gaga Communications, WOWOW, Horipro
Distributor: Gaga Communications
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot:
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho (Maki Horikita) and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji.
As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji
[K-Movie] Link (2011)
Also Known As: 링크 (Ling-key)
Directed by: Woody Han (한승환)
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitle: None at the moment. Do not request.
Year: 2011/07/28
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy
Cast:
Kwak Ji-min
Kim Young-jae
Jung Chan
Lee Ji-hyun
Jo Seok-hyeon
Yun Da-gyeong
Park Jin-u
Lee Sang-hee
Lee Myeong-ho
Kim Ji-uk
I Bareuni
Sinopsis:
If "Inception" made the controlling of dreams and thoughts come true, "Link" shows how telepathy between people could become a reality. Lee Jae-hyun, the protagonist of "Link", has a sister who is in a coma. He spends his life wishing to see his sister come back to life however his hope eventually dies out. While grief stricken Lee meets an attractive girl, Su-jeong, through his trusted friend, Gu Seong-wu.
Su-jeong and Jae-hyun not only build their friendship but they develop a link that let them share their five senses and even their thoughts. As the link gets stronger, Jae-hyun becomes ever more addicted to Su-jeong's power. This infatuation with the link endangers Jae-hyun.
Woody Han, the director, marks his debut for a full-length film with "Link." Han shows how satisfying humans' desires can be hazardous throughout the film. The artistic side was respected at this year's Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as the film was invited by the festival, which came to an end on Sunday. The film sold out all tickets during the festival period.
[Korean Movie] Dream (2008)
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Writer: Ki-duk Kim
Stars: Jô Odagiri, Na-yeong Lee and Mi-hie Jang
Summary:
Jin awakes from a dream where he causes a traffic accident to find that the accident actually took place. The police suspect a woman, Ran, though she denies any involvement as she was asleep the whole time. It transpires that while Jin dreams, Ran acts out those dreams in her sleep.
Jin awakes from a dream where he causes a traffic accident to find that the accident actually took place. The police suspect a woman, Ran, though she denies any involvement as she was asleep the whole time. It transpires that while Jin dreams, Ran acts out those dreams in her sleep.
[Korean Movie] A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Directed by: Kim Ji-woon
Produced by: Jeong-wan Oh Ki-min Oh
Written by: Kim Ji-woon
Starring: Im Soo Jung Moon Geun-young Yeom Jeong-ah Kim Kap-su
Music by: Lee Byung-woo
Cinematography: Lee Mo-Gae
Editing by: Go Im-pyo
Studio B.O.M. Film Productions Co.
Distributed by: Cineclick Asia Big Blue Film
Release date(s): June 13, 2003
Two sisters, Su-Mi and Su-Yeong, return home after a stay in a mental institution. They are happy to be home, at first, and wander around the countryside surrounding their home in an summer idyll before entering the house to face their stepmother. Thing inside the house aren’t so rosy. Their relations with their stepmother are strained at best. At night, the girls are tormented by terrifying visions of spectral visitors. Things are not right with their stepmother, either, whose facade begins to crack during a particularly awkward dinner party, a party that is demolished when one of their guests has a seizure, then sees a phantom of her own under the kitchen sink. Meanwhile, Su-Mi begins to suspect her stepmother of abusing her younger sister, Su-Yeong. A confrontation seems inevitable…
[J-Movie]Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010)
Also Known As: パラノーマル・アクティビティ 第２章／TOKYO NIGHT
Directed by: Toshikazu Nagae
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 2010
Genre: Horror, Myster
The Yamano family lives in a secluded home in a remote Tokyo residential area. Their 27-year-old daughter Haruka suffered a compound fracture in a car accident while traveling in America. Haruka returns home in a wheelchair. There to meet her is her younger brother 19-year-old Koichi. Their father is away from the Yamano resident due to a business trip abroad. Koichi is left to take of his sister for until she can walk again.
