Chinese Movie: A Battle of Wits

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A lavishly-produced historical drama from China, A Battle of Wits tells the complex story of a lone warrior whose mission is to save a besieged walled city from the savage attack of a 25,000 strong army.

Late in the 3rd century, when China comprised seven rival kingdoms, Ge-Li – an remarkable savior in rags – stands alone in an endangered city waiting to fulfill his destiny.

It is an impossible battle however you look at it. But here is a lone man willing to climb every mountain and cross every river just to get to the city of Liang with only one aim: to deliver Liang from the overwhelming threat of the Kingdom of Zhao in her battle against the Kingdom of Yan.

Ge Li is the last Mohist in the Warring States period of China. Facing him in the field are thousands of swift chariots ad many thousands more mail-clad soldiers. His battle will be the loneliest battle in the history of war. No battle has ever been this unmatched in strength.

Would this one man alone be able to change the destiny of Liang? On the surface, this is a battle for which bloodshed would be inevitable. But in reality it is also a battle of wits. A struggle between power and desire: between a ruler and those being ruled. A message of anti-war through war itself.

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Korean Movie: Righteous Ties

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Gangster/Action/Drama.

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Japanese Movie: Death Water

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The Kanto region is experiencing mid-scale earthquakes one after another. Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure (Haruka Igawa) visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word 'Death Water' written on it. Nearby was a blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare. Kyoko and Yuichi (Atsuro Watabe) divorced soon after the birth of their first child Yohei. Kyoko is now taking care of the baby child single-handedly. Kyoko hears university professor Morikawa (Yurei Yanagi) killed himself. She first met the professor a half year ago while covering a case involving a religious group. The professor said at the time he was doing research on the cursed water known as 'death water.' The professor disappeared and is rumored to be living on the street. Kyoko learns he committed suicide after boring out his own eyes. Scribbled on all pages of his notebook is the same message 'Never drink death water.' His death coincides with unexplainable suicides by high school students in the area. Hiromi Yazawa (Mio Suzuki) is the first student to kill herself after puncturing her eye with a pen. She's been complaining of an abnormal thirst and a nagging dullness. Misato Noda (Mami Yamasaki) comes down with similar symptoms. She develops grisly delusions and commits suicide. She too disables her eyes with a broken mirror piece. Kyoko's ex-husband, Yuichi, is a water quality researcher for the Tokyo prefectural government. Kyoko suspects the repeated suicides have something to do with water, and asks Yuichi if there is any chance of tap water driving people insane, or even killing them. Yuichi laughs off the idea, insisting water in circulation is being processed appropriately and is safe for human consumption. Yumi Nagisa (Nanase Hoshii) is a close friend of Hiromi and Misato. Yumi, like Kyoko, thinks her friends' deaths have links with water. Yumi comes to see Kyoko. Yumi suddenly loses her composure after being told of professor Morikawa's suicide, and dashes away. Feeling a tinge of uneasiness, Kyoko goes to Yumi's home. Kyoko opens the door of Yumi's room, and finds Yumi just as she's trying to hang herself. Yumi is saved at the last minute but loses her sight. She pricked numerous needles on her own eyes during the suicide attempt. 'You should've let me die,' Yumi tells Kyoko, just before wrenching her own neck around to end her life. Kyoko finds out all the suicides took place in the same areas, and these areas have one thing in common. These areas are rich in underground water famed to taste good. So tap water, taken from wells, are being put into circulation after the minimum disinfection. With the help of the professor's assistant Aya Meguro (Shin Yazawa), Kyoko sees a loop emerging on a map after connecting recent earthquakes' epicenters. On the center of that loop sits Yomohira Town, which hosts a huge dam that reserves water for Tokyo residents. That's when the deep mist shrouding the words left by the deceased professor about the cursed water begins to clear up. The earthquakes made water cloudy in the area that houses the dam. A mudslide caused by one of the earthquakes also led to the discovery of an archeological ruin in the area. Kyoko comes to the conviction that a chain of unusual events were caused by the cursed water. Yuichi notices minacious symptoms developing in him, a constant thirst and baleful hallucinations. He's earlier than Kyoko to recognize the impact of the cursed water, even though he's never admitted it in front of her. With the grim realization that there's no hope for his survival, Yuichi pleads doctor Ohmura (Masaki Irie) to perform dissection on him... while he's still alive. Kyoko finds a videotape that carries Yuichi's dying message. She learns his anatomy is being carried out in Yomohira and follows the two. The cursed water extends its reach almost to an uncontrollable level. Hopes for any means to stop its spread are fading fast. But Kyoko has no idea at this point the most shocking fact is just about to unfold...

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Chinese Movie: Undercover Tiger

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Set in the darkened world of crime ruled by the various triad societies dominating every illegal business in Hong Kong. THE MOB is the most powerful and notorious gang member lead by Jim (Eric Tsang), Walter (Francis Ng), Tommy (Chi-Lam) and Fei (Jordan Chan). The police force headed by Inspector Wai (Miu Kiu-Wai) is consistently monitoring the group’s activities. He launches Operation Crouching Tiger by sending over 1000 undercover cops hoping to infiltrate the whole organization. Aware of the situation, THE MOB realizes that these undercover cops could mean serious trouble. On the other hand, unless there are members who dare to bear witness against the MOB and no matter how many undercover cops Inspector Wai has inside THE MOB, he could never crush it.

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Korean Movie: My Wife Is A Gangster 3

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Sexy Chinese actress Shu Qi takes on the role of a tough female gangster this time in the place of Shin Eun-kyung.

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Thai Movie: The Unseeable

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A tale of love and horror that brings together two unsuspecting ladies. Nuan Jan, a rural girl who is in search for her long lost love, runs into a rich widow named Ran Juan. Clues and eerie events lead up to portray Run Juan as a very mysterious person. The towns’ people say that she is hiding her lover away from the public eye. It is also rumored that her lover is not even human!

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Chinese Movie: Diary

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Thriller/Horror.

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Korean Movie: War of Flower

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The story focuses on Goni who is a reckless young man who will do anything to get out of the poverty he is living in. His job at a furniture factory does not pay him enough. He then discovers how much can be made at the game of 'Go-Stop'.

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