2001 movies ☆ Asian Movies Catalogue

The story begins in 1983 on a rainy afternoon with So In-wu meeting In Tae-hae by chance and offering her shelter under his umbrella while they wait for her bus. After that moment So In-wu spends days trying to find her again - wa…

Aoi was gang-raped by classmates on her seventeenth birthday and subsequently beaten by her father, who blamed the tragedy on her and kicked out of the house. She is on the verge of suicide atop a tall building when fate intervene…

Old boss of the prominent Tenseikai crime syndicate is at death's door. Foreseen a cruel bloodshed to take over the helm, one of the yakuza captains - Kaito, attempting to gain power by absorbing two smaller rival gangs - Yokomizo…

Kenichi Satomi (Masanobu Ando), a young, good-hearted doctor, is a "satorare" ("transparent"), a person suffering from "Dissociative Bulesis Transmission Disorder", a condition where the afflicted transmits their personal thoughts…

"VISITOR Q" is one of the most disturbing and taboo-bashing experimental works from Takashi Miike of "One Missed Call" and "Ichi the Killer" fame. "VISITOR Q" presents a harrowing absurdist take on the reality TV phenomenon, depic…

The original Zu Warriors, based on a 64-volume novel, was directed by Tsui Hark and released in 1983. This remake comes complete with massive amounts of state-of-the-art CGI and kick-ass fight choreography from Yuen Wo Ping, whom …

South Korean writer-director Jin Jang fashions a Tarantino-esque gangster flick that humanizes its criminal protagonists with a postmodern blend of action, comedy, and romance. One of South Korea's top-grossing films, Jang's aptly…

In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".------------High school senior Suzuki is the slowest …

Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyd…

During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for several years, so as not to be detected. Having…