Asian Drama

Jung-yoon was approached by a random stranger named Jun-woo, who told her she'd be dead in six hours. As she follows him for answers, she begins to question whether he's her savior or the one trying to put her in danger.

On a pretty, placid little island in the Japanese countryside, Nishikita teaches physical education at the high school he himself attended. The man is hardly an agent of change. He knows his place in the order of things and is careful not to rock the boat, perhaps even a little too much. When he receives a call from a former classmate Takagi, announcing her return, a flash of emotion strikes him. Takagi was Nishikita's best friend and unrequited first love, who had suddenly moved to Paris 10 years earlier to study. At the time, Takagi was constantly teasing him to shake him out of his torpor, and he notices that her attitude hasn't changed in the slightest when they are reunited. In fact, while in France she has only improved in the art of the retort, and Nishikita is still as bad at it as ever. He'll have to get used to it, though, as the new teacher he'll have to train is none other than the beautiful Takagi.

A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened.

Two old college pals, Asai and Jiyong, make their annual pilgrimage up a mountain in the middle of winter in honor of their friend Sayuri who disappeared there 16 years earlier. However, Jiyong seriously injures his leg in the middle of a violent blizzard. Overcome by cold and pain, he asks Asai to let him die here and save his own life. First, though, he confesses to a horrible secret that has been eating away at him. He was the one who killed Sayuri that fateful day, out of jealousy. The problem, if there is one, is that Asai finds a cabin nearby that they hadn’t seen because of the blinding storm. Once inside, the murderer's confession takes on a whole new dimension, and let's just say that the elephant in the room is more of a mammoth. To say that it's going to be a long night would be an understatement.

Sian is a handsome E-san (The Northeast of Thailand) guy who loves his hometown and his girlfriend. He is waiting for his girlfriend, Som to come back from Bangkok and to live their lives together. Sian helps his mother to cook spider flowers for selling in his little shop. That is how they make a living. After his father died, his mother raised Sian up alone until he completed his college. Pak is Sian's junior in college who has been having a crush on Sian since her freshman year. Pak always begs Sian to be her tutor and help her study. Pak also always helps Sian cooking spider flowers and doing housework. Pak perfectly does everything for Sian, but he does not realize at all about her having a crush on him. One day by a distance and time...made Sian's dream melted away by the coming of Som and her Chinese-looking new boyfriend, Jakrapan. They announced that they will marry to each other so soon. That's make Sian lost himself and tried to find an answer from Som by having his best friend, Banjong who is a village's drunken guy to help. But by Banjong's useless has made himself to have a fight with villagers and his girlfriend, Saijai. The chaos is bought Venerable Mahachai who is worshiped by villagers to help solving this problem by using Buddhist philosophy. A sincere country boy named "Sian" was waiting for years to marry his girlfriend when she returned from working in Bangkok. Finally, his girlfriend came back home with her new boyfriend and told Sian that she is going to marry this new guy. Sian's heart is broken. Sian's drunken friend has come to help and comfort him, but instead he makes more troubles that is brought Venerable Mahachai to solve the problem. On the other hand, "Pak" a junior from Sian's collage foresees this is a chance to win Sian's heart.

Raita, a Japanese businessman, just moved into an apartment building where his next-door neighbor is another guy named Raita. But as a private detective, what that other Raita does couldn't be more different from a humble businessman's way of life. One night, in the beginning of a bizarre series of murders, one of the private detective's clients is killed and has her liver removed. The next victim has her kidneys removed, and the third her lungs. The two Raitas follow the clues and meet an eccentric painter, one whose paints are rumored to be made with human blood and organs...

When his boss Dae jung goes missing in a ship accident, the company sends Woo joo to Osaka to finish his business. On his last day in the city, Woo joo chases someone looking exactly like Dae Jung to Taisho, an area in Osaka. He ends up losing him, but the sound of a guitar draws Woo joo to a small bar, Pier 34. Its owner, Snow, somehow reminds him of Dae jung, and listening to his music brings back memories. After passing out right there, Woo joo ends up missing his flight back to Korea. He quits his job on a whim and soon meets Haruna, who is learning how to play the guitar from Snow. Woo Joo decides to stay at Pier 34 until he finds Daejung and so begins an unlikely vacation for him.

The domestic luxury wedding gown brand, has decided to ask the best model to endorse its brand so as to enter the international market, the chosen one is the top model Le Qi. Le Qi is the hottest topic of all the conversations in the fashion world and the entertainment business. According to the planning of her manager, they both will fly to the beautiful seaside of Xiamen to sign the endorsement contract at the headquarters of the wedding gown brand. However, because of the opposition of the head designer Tang Jun, the collision of the secret rules of the entertainment business, the touch of shallow feelings… As two different worlds and their respective intangible rules will collide, two people will experience the sparkle with wit and extraordinarily romantic first love.

In the film “Santamaria”, Il-do was once a promising police detective in Seoul. But now he is a lowly traffic cop in his hometown, Yeongdeok. His current job issuing speed tickets to reckless drivers, one of whom is Ho-cheol, his former best friend and now a taxi driver.To understand the situation, a look in the past is needed. About 15 years ago, the two were chasing after the same girl. The final winner was Il-do, and Ho-cheol was heartbroken. But soon after, when the two entered military service, they met again at the same base, and this time Ho-cheol emerged with a higher military rank. Being a subordinate, Il-do suffered humiliating treatments, unable to do anything because of Ho-cheol's superior rank.Now, Il-do sees a great chance to settle an old score. As a policeman, he has the right to penalize those who violate traffic regulations in his small town, where there are only a handful of cars. With plenty of time on his hands, Il-do tracks down Ho-cheol's taxi and catches him couple of times a day.

College student Shi has a terminal illness. There are experiences she knows she’ll probably never have, like falling in love. So when an old high school crush named Gong suddenly resurfaces, she is surprised and swept away by his interest in her. Because side effects of her medication cause Shi to suffer short-term memory loss, she recounts everything onto cassette tape to remember the details of their precious time together. But Shi doesn't know that her mother, wishing to give her a chance to experience romance before it's too late, actually hired Gong to pursue her. -- EDKO

Japan is in trouble. Serious trouble, to the tune of 800 trillion yen. At the current rate of national debt accumulation, the country will effectively collapse in a few years' time. The Ministry of Finance traces the beginning of the end to 1990 when a real estate cap set in motion a series of events that caused the bubble economy to burst, plunging the nation into hard economic times. But the Ministry has a crack plan to reverse all this. Into the picture comes flighty indebted bar hostess Mayumi (Hirosue Ryoko) whose mother has just passed away - or so she thinks until grave-faced civil servant Shimokawaji (Abe Hiroshi) shows up on her doorstep. It turns out her mother Mariko (Yakushimaru Hiroko) invented a time machine and traveled back in time to prevent the Finance Minister from making his disastrous policy move. Mariko has since gone missing, however, and now it's up to Mayumi to go back to 1990 to find her mom and, oh yes, save Japan. Directed by Baba Yasuo, Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust is a delightfully over-the-top comedy that colorfully and good-naturedly pokes fun at Japan's contemporary concerns and past bubble economy. Heads would burst if one tried to analyze the time travel logic or economic reasoning presented in the film, but the goal here is laughter, and Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust delivers it in large, sidesplitting portions. Director Baba contrasts the somber present with a hilariously excessive neon-lit 1990, a time when dresses were tight, eyebrows were thick, and money was everywhere for the taking. Abe Hiroshi (Trick) transforms seamlessly from a humorless, gray-haired salaryman to a goofy and irresponsible womanizer, while petite pop idol Hirosue Ryoko (Collage of Our Life) and former 80s idol Yakushimaru Hiroko (Always - Sunset on Third Street) make a formidable time-travelling mother-daughter duo. Packed with broad humor, pop culture references, and bubbly nostalgic fun, Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust is easily one of the most enjoyable and entertaining films of 2007.

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