Gedo (2000)
Law And Order Will Never Be The Same....
Gênero : Ação, Comédia, Drama, Thriller
Runtime : 1H 34M
Director : Talun Hsu
Escritor : Nao Sakai
Sinopse
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
Dear Pyongyang is a documentary film by Zainichi Korean director Yang Yong-hi (Korean: 양영희, Hanja: 梁英姬) about her own family. It was shot in Osaka Japan (Yang's hometown) and Pyongyang, North Korea, In the 1970s, Yang's father, an ardent communist and leader of the pro-North movement in Japan, sent his three sons from Japan to North Korea under a repatriation campaign sponsored by ethnic activist organisation and de facto North Korean embassy Chongryon; as the only daughter, Yang herself remained in Japan. However, as the economic situation in the North deteriorated, the brothers became increasingly dependent for survival on the care packages sent by their parents. The film shows Yang's visits to her brothers in Pyongyang, as well as conversations with her father about his ideological faith and his regrets over breaking up his family.
Joe Brody criou o filho sozinho após a morte da esposa em um acidente na usina nuclear em que ambos trabalhavam, no Japão. Ele nunca aceitou a catástrofe e quinze anos depois continua remoendo o acontecido, tentando encontrar alguma explicação. Ford Brody, agora adulto, é soldado do exército americano e precisa lutar desesperadamente para salvar a população mundial e em especial sua família do gigantesco, inabalável e incrivelmente assustador monstro Godzilla.
A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
The young warrior Son Ogong (Son Goku) goes on a outrageous quest to acquire seven magical orbs, along the way beating up evil persons who want to steal the orbs for their own ends.
Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza and the mafia.
A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.
When Masaki find themselves at a bar owned by his friend Akemi and ponder the recent strange happenings. He later accepted a proposal from his old rival Hattori and join the Todo-gang. A member, Hazama, beeing jealous over Masakis high rank and starts planning ways to get rid of the newcomer from the gang.
Soma goes to Masakis allowed back to his former gang, led by Takeda who asked for his help since he had problems controlling their own men. But one fears how Somas former assistant Kokubu, now second in command of Takeda, should react. Soon Soma assassinated by three hired men, but one of them, Karasaki, who has just escaped an assassin is still possible to Masaki for help, explaining that Kokubu hired him. Masaki agrees to help him, but this also means that he exposes himself to danger.
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
A bunch of young hipsters kidnaps a loving couple and keeps them trapped in a barren landscape. To the sounds of free jazz they are performing various experiments with the couple. In the distance is a yakuza gang keeping track of the youths. Who are really experimenting with whom?
A demonmaster tries to defeat a young priestess who induces archetypal forces in the Chinese zodiac, the twelve animals in the form of her companions. There are monsters, spells, kung fu, and costumes galore for those who appreciate this sort of thing
A story of a coffin maker who tells a story about a policeman who was murdered by his wife and her lover. Eventually released constable loose of some grave robbers, the constables ghost is out to make the lives of all those involved in his death miserable. (A Shaw Brothers production)
Um artista mal-intencionado versado em Kung Fu e truques mágicos finge estar possuído por deuses zangados para extorquir dinheiro dos habitantes de uma vila, mas quando essa é invadida por bandidos, ele será obrigado a usar suas habilidades para o bem.
Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife, and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan whose love is destroyed due to overwhelming racial discrimination. In explicit abattoir photos and much symbolism, Matsui tells about the struggles of ethnic Koreans in Japan. A butcher's love affair and his relationship with the animals he kills frame the story.
Eddie (Donnie Yen) is a young man good at both fighting and breakdancing. His cousin Stella (May Lo) has a crush on him, but apparently he loves someone else. Eddie creates trouble when he tries to help out Mini (Yuen Woo-Ping), a hawker whose business is confiscated by the cops. Mini ends up moving in with Stella, Eddie, and his sister (Wong Wan-Si), leading to possible romance as the mismatched couples struggle to get by beneath the same roof. But a powerful fighter named Power (Dick Wei) admires Eddie's skills, and challenges him to a duel. Eddie refuses, so Power kidnaps Stella to get his way. With no choice remaining Eddie, decides to meet Power for a showdown.
B.J. é um indiscutível campeão de Kick boxing, mas quando seu principal rival testemunha contra ele em um caso de assassinato, B.J. acaba na cadeia. Um ano mais tarde, quando sai da prisão, quer recuperar seu título e obter vingança.
A história desse filme se passa entre a derrota de Kenshiro para Shin e o início do mangá.
Baseado no livro homónimo de Andy Zeffer, o filme dá-nos uma visão intrigante e verdadeira da Hollywood dos tempos modernos. Mostra-nos como a amizade é importante para seguirmos em frente com os nossos objectivos; um conto que reflecte a nossa cultura obsessiva de nos tornarmos celebridades; um olhar revelador sobre aqueles que anseiam e desejam ser amados, adorados e bajulados a qualquer custo. Os leitores habituaram-se a gostar dos imperfeitos e falhados, mas sinceros e simpáticos, personagens Adam (Mathew Ludwinski) e Candy (Allison Lane). Agora, os espectadores terão a oportunidade de os ver e seguir numa autêntica e louca viagem em Hollywood, com todos os bons momentos que dela farão.