Asian Drama

Jung Woo goes from being a successful, popular pilot to being unemployed one morning. However, he succeeds in getting a new job after accidentally taking on a newly laundered identity.

(Source: HanCinema)

Tags: Starting Over, Pilot Male Lead, Job Seeking, Unemployed Male Lead, Popular Male Lead, Fake Identity, Mistaken Identity, Stolen Identity, Double Identity (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 1

Duration: 1 hr. 51 min.

Country: South Korea

Aired: Jul 31, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

In the early days of the Republic, legendary martial artist Ye Ruzhou suffers a severe injury, losing her memory and winding up in the impoverished alley of Minfu Lane. By a twist of fate, she crosses paths with the carefree Chen Awang, and the two fall for each other. When local tyrant Zheng Juehou intensifies his hold over the neighborhood, Ye Ruzhou rises to defend her new community. Her actions, however, draw unforeseen danger, and together with Chen Awang, she faces the challenge to protect Minfu Lane’s hard-won peace.

A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission seems to go nowhere in the end. In the late 1970s, a mysterious woman runs a bar where a deadly situation will affect the lives of everyone. Two killers are looking for their faceless victim, who shows up at a diner every day at 6 o'clock sharp. Four incredibly talented Korean filmmakers, four intriguing cinematic visions, four astounding stories revolving around murderers for hire. (Source: fantasiafestival.com) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway. ~~ Release dates: Jul 24, 2024 (Festival) || Oct 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The story follows a young man who has been single for a year after his boyfriend suddenly disappeared without a formal breakup. One night, while scrolling through a dating app, he encounters someone who looks strikingly similar to his ex. After a spontaneous hookup, he discovers that this new acquaintance is actually his ex’s twin brother. As he navigates this unexpected twist, he finds himself drawn into a complicated web of emotions. Will he end up choosing between the two brothers, or will he find himself entangled with both?

Duration: 11 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of smuggled gold right before the cops eyes, Sung-chan is outraged. He cannot let this criminal slip through. Sung-chan goes after Hyun-min like a wild beast going after its prey, but Hyun-min cunningly threads through the investigation, even leaving traces in the crime scenes on purpose to allure and provoke Sung-chan.

In the future, technology has gotten so advanced that cyborgs have been created with their own individual specializations and consciousness. They can feel, love, and hate…but they’re also susceptible to expiration. Refusing to die off and be recycled, a band of combat cyborgs launch an attack against Neucom genetics in an attempt to prolong their lives and destroy all who get in the way. In the middle of it all are “R” and “Noma”, two soldiers trained to battle against this type of renegade cyborg. But all is not what it seems, as there’s something R is hiding, and some kind of conspiracy brewing behind the curtains.

It's the ultimate Ultraman reunion as heroes and foes of past and present come together in the latest Ultraman feature Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers. The highest-grossing Ultraman film ever, Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers features the original Ultraman, Ultraman Seven, Ultraman Jack, Ultraman Ace, Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna, Ultraman Gaia, and Ultraman Mebius. Nagano Hiroshi of V6 leads the ensemble cast as Daigo, the alter-ego of Ultraman Tiga which he portrayed in the 1996 series and again in 2000 for a feature film. He is joined in his Ultraman endeavors by Tsuruno Takeshi (as Dyna/Asuka), Yoshioka Takeshi (as Gaia/Gama), Igarashi Shunji (as Moebius/Hibino), Kurobe Susumu (as Ultraman/Hayata), Moritsugu Koji (as Seven/Dan), Jiro Dan (as Jack/Go), and Takamine Keiji (as Ace/Hokuto). Set in Yokohama in a parallel universe, the story opens with our heroes living out normal lives with no memories of their hidden identities. Daigo is a civil servant, Asuka is a ball boy, Gamu is a museum curator, Hibino just plopped in from another universe, and the rest of the gang run businesses. Their dormant selves are awakened, however, when a sinister threat appears on the horizon: a monster army led by Alien Hipporito (from Ultraman Ace, 1972) with other familiar baddies like Gesura (Ultraman, 1966), Pandon (Ultra Seven, 1967), Silvergon (Ultraman Tiga, 1997), and Goldoras (Ultraman Tiga). Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers is the first directorial feature from longtime Ultra Series TV director and producer Yagi Takeshi who retired from the series in early 2008.

Follows Lili, a lonely and poor young mother who has to head for the city to earn enough money to save her dying father.

Co-production with Hong Kong and Singapore.

In Akihabara, Sakuragi Sakura runs cat cafe "Mocha." She listens to her customers’ troubles there. The various customers that enter her cafe also take comfort in the cats that reside there.

There is a presentation group planning for an open-air yard play in Jeonju. Chief Young Ro, supporting chief Se Young. Entertainer Man Shik and his better half Hye Young. Furthermore, Joo Young, the most youthful individual from the exhibition group. What’s more, Min Woo, who plays busking music. The warm, awful accounts of the three couples are portrayed in an omnibus arrangement.

Set in freezing Japanese winter, Koroshi (=killing/film noir in Japanese) is a quite typically Japanese movie, first and foremost inspired by Melville and to a lesser extent by fellow countryman Takeshi Kitano. The main character is a normal Japanese worker who is now unemployed - a fact he hides from his wife by spending his day at a gambling hall and making "salary payments" to himself. One day he is contacted by a mystery man who offers him a job as a contract killer. The job is easy, just shoot at the neck, never look in the eyes. And then: run. The man accepts this and soon finds new meaning and joy in life... The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie. Perhaps the sound is the most masterful feature of this film. The humming of the wind power stations and the creaking sound of snow under boots leaves you chilled and muted. I left 'Koroshi' freezing, but I can't wait to get back in.