Asian Movies : Crime

TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and the...

The prequel to the popular character, Laughing Gor (Michael Tse) in the highly rated TVB drama series Emergency Unit. This movie tells the story of Laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under Chou (Anthony Wong). Chou was the leader of the triad and ...

Taiwanese horror doesn't have much brand identity. In a way that makes it one of the more interesting Asian nations getting in on the International horror scene. Korea, Japan and (most recently) Thailand all have emerged with their own symbolic staples both in front of and behind the camera, but T...

The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police acc...

In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from China nicknamed Steelhead illegally enters Japan to search for his girlfriend. To make ends meet, he joins his friend in Shinjuku in doing menial labour. Steelhead finds out that his girlfriend has married Eguchi, a Japanese Yakuza leader. Steelhead decide...

Following Stop the Bitch Campaign (2001) and "Stop the Bitch Campaign: Hell Version"(2005), "Stop the Bitch Campaign" (2009) is the third version of the series which has garnered strong cult support. The third-generation of heroin is played by AV actress, Rio. Her rival named Kuni is played mysterio...

On the 20th anniversary of their marriage, Lin Xiao expected heartily a surprise from her husband, but Zhu Wei was so busy with his work that forgot their anniversary totally, which aggravated Lin Xiao beyond endurance, she decided to divorce....

Hyeon-su loses everything in the stock market only to spend the next five years glued to his computer screen as a day trader. While eating virtually nothing but instant noodles, Hyeon-su slowly recoups his losses and then some. He vows to quit once he makes enough to support his mother and younger b...

You can't go wrong with Gary Oldman in a movie about a hitman, a pretty girl, and evil CIA assassins. Sony Pictures Japan's Rain Fall, a thriller in the style of Bourne Ultimatum, stars Gary Oldman, is the first film in Japan to be shot on the new Panavision Genesis HD digital video camera jointly d...

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden ...