2001 movies ☆ Asian Movies Catalogue

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…

Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. …

Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path. After enrolling in college, Sang-taek and Joong-ho return …

Beijing: young men in packs, machismo, class divisions, violence, and indifference. Guei arrives from the country: toothbrushes, hotel foyers, and Qin, a rich neighbor in high heels, dazzle him. He gets a job as a messenger. The c…

When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a girl on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. He changes all the clocks in Taipei to French time; as he watches Francois Truffaut's Les 400 Coups, she has a st…

Based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, Toshiaki Toyoda's Blue Spring is a story about high school anarchy in the long, bruised-and-battered tradition of Be-Bop Highschool (1985 - Hiroyuki Nasu) and Fudoh: The New Generation (Gokudo …

Based on the novel by Kaneshiro Kazuki, the film centers around Sugihara: a young Japanese teenager of Korean ancestry in Japan. Up until now, he has attended Korean school, but through curiousity, decides to attend a Japanese hig…

Calmi Cuori Appassionati tells of the history of the love between Junsei (Yutaka Takenouchi), an art restorer working in Florence, and the love of his life, Aoi (Kelly Chen). Ten years back they break up in Japan and lead new and …