Straw Shield (藁の楯) 2013

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.

Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the 3 big Japanese newspapers. The ad states "Please kill this man Kunihide Kiyomaru and I will pay you 1,000,000,000 yen as a reward." Meanwhile, Kunihide Kiyomaru sees the ad and begins to fear for his life. Kunihide Kiyomaru then turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Five detectives from the security section (SP) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department travel to Fukuoka to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is apprixmately 1,200 km. During their fateful trip, a significant portion of the Japanese population plot to kill Kunihide Kiyomaru. Many of those people, actually pursue Kunihide Kiyomaru while he goes back to Tokyo to get the 1 billion yen reward. The lonely fight of the five detectives to protect this man begins ...

Director: Takashi Miike
Writer: Kazuhiro Kiuchi (novel)
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: Japanese

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Yurusarezaru Mono 2013

The story is set in Hokkaido around 1880, the start of the Meiji period following the collapse of the Edo shogunate, at a time when the Japanese government is attempting to open the land (then named Ezo) populated by the indigenous Ainu people.
In the shogunate’s waning days, Jubei Kamata (Watanabe), a former swordsman of the shogunate, slaughters countless rebels under orders, earning a fearsome reputation in Kyoto. Following the government’s collapse, he takes part in a succession of bloody battles culminating in the decisive battle at Goryokaku, then vanishes without a trace, eluding the determined efforts of the new government to capture him.
More than a decade later, Jubei lives on in desolate isolation as a frugal rancher with an Ainu woman as his wife and their children. His wife — who alone transformed a man whose only reason for existence was to kill — dies, leaving him to guard over her grave with their children in sparse austerity.
However, the man who vowed never to take sword again finds himself driven by poverty to once again join battle as a bounty hunter. Together with a former comrade, he faces those convinced in their own justice. Another cycle of violence starts anew in another new era

Cast

• Ken Watanabe as Jubei Kamata
• Akira Emoto as Kingo Baba
• Koichi Sato as Ichizo Oishi
• Yuya Yagira as Goro Sawada
• Shiori Kutsuna as Natsume
• Eiko Koike as Okaji
• Jun Kunimura as Masaharu Kitaooji
• Yoshimasa Kondo as Kihachi
• Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Sanosuke Hotta
• Takahiro Miura as Unosuke Hotta
• Kenichi Takito as Yasaburo Himeji

Production

Filming took place between mid-September to late November, 2012. All filming took place in Hokkaido, Japan

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The Assassins Movie Trailer (2013)

 

The Assassins

 

From the producers of HERO, Warlords and Kill Bill comes "The Assassins", starring Chow Yun Fat.Release Date : January 8, 2013 (DVD & Blu-Ray)

In the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (CHOW YUN FAT), Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, ventured to the east and defeated China's greatest warrior Lu Bu, terrifying every ambitious warlord across the country. Several years later, after taking the Han Emperor under his wing, Cao crowns himself King of Wei. He built a magnificent Bronze Sparrow Island to symbolize his power and rumors spread that he would replace the Emperor.

Meanwhile, young lovers Mu Shun (TAMAKI HIROSHI) and Ling Ju (CRYSTAL LIU YI FEI) are taken from a prison camp to a hidden tomb, where they spend five cruel years together, training as assassins for a secret mission. In the year 220 BC astronomical signs predict dramatic change. As a result, Cao's son Cao Pi (QIU XIN ZHI) and Cao's followers urge Cao to become the new Emperor - but unknown and opposing forces plot against him.

Starring international film legend Chow Yun-Fat, and created by the team behind gripping action dramas such as HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS, CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER and KILL BILL, THE ASSASSINS is a gripping, lush historical epic that mixes tragic romance with taut political drama.

The Assassins Movie US Release Trailer. Directed by Zhao Yiyang, starring Chow Yun Fat, Liu Yi Fei, Tamaki Hiroshi, Su You Peng.

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The Grandmasters (2013)

                               The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

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Saving General Yang TRAILER (2013)

 

 

                                  Among 3000 Warriors, a Father and his 7 Sons, none but 1 shall live.

Cast:

Director:
Ronny Yu

Producer:
Bak-Ming Wong

Writer:
Kat Lo
Edmond Wong

Editor:
Drew Thompson

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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

                                    


                       Chinese Title: 西游: 降魔篇 Classification: P13 Country: Hong Kong Language: Cantonese Subtitles: English, Chinese Genre: Fantasy, adventure, comedy Running Time: 110 mins Director: Stephen Chow & Derek Kwok Cast: 舒淇 (Shu Qi), 黃渤 (Huang Bo), 文章 (Wen Zhang), 周秀娜 (Chrissie Chau), 羅志祥 (Show Luo)
Synopsis: "This is a world plagued by demons, causing its human inhabitants unspeakable suffering. Young demon- catcher Xuan Zang, fearlessly guided by his belief in “give myself for the greater cause”, risks his all and catches a water demon, a pig demon and the king of all demons, the Monkey King. He makes them his disciples, and reforms them with love. Meanwhile, Xuan Zang himself discovers the true meaning of the Greater Love. In order to rescue the world, and for redemption from their own sins, the four of them, without any regrets, start on the hellish journey to obtain the Buddhist scriptures from the West" (20th Century Fox Malaysia).

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Jackie Chan's Chinese Zodiac Trailer

           
                 

A man searches the world for a set of mystic artifacts - 12 bronze heads of the animals from the Chinese zodiac.

Director:

Jackie Chan

Writers:

Frankie Chan, Jackie Chan, 2 more credits »

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Qi Shu, Xingtong Yao 

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