2008 movies ☆ Asian Movies Catalogue

Forty-years old architect Yokoyama Ryota returns to parents' home with his new wife Yukari and a ten year-old stepson to hold a memorial for the eldest brother, Junpei, who died in a accident fifteen years ago. Chinami - his young…

A co-pilot Kazuhiro is getting close to get captain's stripes, but his luck is out. He just crashed and burned on a simulated flight test, and his friendly good-natured examiner was replaced with the principle tough-as-nails capta…

Millionaire's son Michael Mak is a hot-blooded cop. He has a habbit not to follow the usual rules of conduct in solving crimes and with his daddy's money this seems to be quite easy, but habit of throwing around father's money has…

TOKYO SONATA is a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. The father who abruptly loses his job conceals the truth from his family; the eldest son in college hardly returns home; the youngest son furtively takes piano le…

After a bullying victim at Higashigaoka middle school named Noguchi attempts suicide, a new teacher named Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe) takes over class 1 for the second term. At first the class is taken by surprise by his severe stutter…

A step away from losing her job, record company employee Kanna (Miyazaki Aoi) comes across an awesome punk rock band called Shonen Merikensack on the Internet, and sets out to sign them. With her job on the line, she discovers too…

A few weeks after a gigantic earthquake strikes Tokyo, an incredible tidal wave generated by the tsunami engulfs Tokyo waterfront. The Tokyo fire department's elite unit Hyper Rescue is sent out for rescue and recovery, and their …

The Go Go 70s movie transports viewers back to the 1970s in Korea - a very unusual period, one marked by repressive, autocratic dictatorship, but also by a tremendous surge in youth culture and a youth-driven renaissance in pop mu…

Seductive, violent yet philosophical gangster drama throws audiences into the verve of the crime-ridden streets of San Paolo, district called Liberdade, where thousands of immigrants looking for a new life and fresh opportunities …

NAM Hyun-soo was once a popular idol star among teens and worshiped liked a god. Although he’s in his mid-thirties now, he’s still a sought-after celebrity and the host of a popular radio show. But one day a very young single mom …

The story is set in an alternate world which has taken a different history without WWII shock. 1949, Japan is still under imperial rule, aristocrats continue to thrive since the 19th Century and there is a wide gap between the ric…

Goro Noda (Tatsuya Fujiwara) with his three friends live a dull life making money anyway they can, even the odd wedding scam. One day, after a successful scam, they happen to witness a kidnapping and Goro records the incident on h…

War veteran Lao San (Liu Ye) suffered brain damage during marine training, and has remained an optimistic innocent. He finds self-worth in battling the dark side of the society. By chance he thwarts a robbery ordered by HK gang bo…

In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man taske…

Based on the biblical story of Adam and Eve's first two sons, Cain and Abel is about Cain's jealousy towards his brother Abel. Lee Cho In is a very gifted doctor who has everything that he wants whereas his older brother, Seon Woo…