fareast 2019 -- ideas
by delleceste | created - 27 Apr 2019 | updated - 05 May 2019 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. A Melody to Remember (2016)
124 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Korean War, Second Lieutenant Sang-Yeol encounters a group of orphans while leading his platoon. Empathizing with their pain, he makes a choir with the children to protect them.
Directors: Lee Han, Lee Jae-Jin, Shin Jae Myung | Stars: Im Si-wan, Ko Ah-sung, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Ah-hyun
Votes: 384 | Gross: $0.04M
2. Lying to Mom (2018)
133 min | Drama
Koichi is a son in the Suzuki family. He is a hikikomori ("recluse") and dies suddenly. The rest of Suzuki family, father Yukio, mother Yuko and daughter Fumi, fall into confusion.
Director: Katsumi Nojiri | Stars: Ittoku Kishibe, Hideko Hara, Mai Kiryû, Ryô Kase
Votes: 174
3. More Than Blue (2018)
TV-14 | 105 min | Romance
A terminally ill man sets up his best friend, whom he has loved since high school, so that she will not be lonely after he passes away.
Director: Gavin Lin | Stars: Ivy Chen, Jasper Liu, Bryan Shu-Hao Chang, Annie Chen
Votes: 1,360 | Gross: $0.72M
4. Hear Me (2009)
109 min | Drama, Romance
A delivery boy falls for a young girl who is hearing impaired. Comparing themselves with "water birds" and trees, together they are going to break the barrier and pursue their dreams and take their relationship to the next level.
Director: Fen-fen Cheng | Stars: Eddie Peng, Ivy Chen, Michelle Chen, Mei-Hsiu Lin
Votes: 3,386
5. Secret (2007)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
Director: Jay Chou | Stars: Jay Chou, Gwei Lun-Mei, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Ming-Ming Su
Votes: 9,323
6. Creepy (2016)
Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is... See full summary »
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yûko Takeuchi, Toru Baba, Ryôko Fujino
Votes: 5,988
7. Failan (2001)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A marriage of convenience between a petty gangster and an illegal immigrant he has never met has unforeseen consequences for them both.
Director: Hae-sung Song | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Son Byung-ho, Kong Hyeong-jin
Votes: 6,225
8. Painted Fire (2002)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Ahn Sung-ki, Yoo Ho-jeong, Kim Yeo-jin
Votes: 2,824 | Gross: $0.06M
9. Nunal sa tubig (1976)
TV-14 | 118 min | Drama
Ishmael Bernal's opus recreates the quality and slow pace of life in a dying village surrounded by the sea as it is caught in the eternal cycle of love and hate, of fertility and pollution,... See full summary »
Director: Ishmael Bernal | Stars: Elizabeth Oropesa, Daria Ramirez, George Estregan, Ruben Rustia
Votes: 166
10. Wedding Dress (2010)
109 min | Drama
Single mother Ko-woon is diagnosed with terminal cancer. She then prepares her daughter So-ra to live without her. As her condition worsens, So-ra finds out about the cancer and tries to fulfill her mother's wishes one by one, in secret.
Director: Kwon Hyeong-jin | Stars: Song Yun-ah, Kim Hyang-gi, Kim Myoung-guk, Jeon Mi-seon
Votes: 817
11. Cold Fish (2010)
Not Rated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa, Megumi Kagurazaka
Votes: 14,534
12. Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014)
Not Rated | 73 min | Drama, Musical
When violence is the only life you know, will love save you or just unravel everything?
Director: Khavn | Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nathalia Acevedo, Elena Kazan, Brenda Mage
Votes: 464
13. Bedevilled (2010)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A woman subject to mental, physical and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
Director: Cheol-soo Jang | Stars: Seo Yeong-hie, Ji Seong-won, Min-ho Hwang, Min Je
Votes: 17,048
14. Youth (2017)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Romance, War
A look at the lives of members of a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Director: Xiaogang Feng | Stars: Xuan Huang, Miao Miao, Caiyu Yang, Elane Zhong
Votes: 3,477 | Gross: $1.89M
15. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,808 | Gross: $2.20M
16. Sopyonje (1993)
112 min | Drama, Music
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Kim Myung-gon, Jung-hae Oh, Kim Kyu-chul, Sae-kil Shin
Votes: 1,115
17. Dare to Stop Us (2018)
119 min | Drama
Spring, 1969. The Japanese New Wave, represented on international screens mainly by the films of Nagisa Oshima, reaches new heights. 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi | Stars: Kisetsu Fujiwara, Arata Iura, Kuu Izima, Mugi Kadowaki
Votes: 164
18. BNK48: Girls Don't Cry (2018)
100 min | Documentary
A documentary about a Thai idol girl group, BNK48 originally adapting from a Japanese idol girl group, AKB48 open opportunity to ordinary teens to be selected into a controlled system and competitive concept.
Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Stars: Cherprang Areekul, Nayika Srinian, Rina Izuta, Napaphat Worraphuttanon
Votes: 645
19. Still Human (2018)
115 min | Drama
A paralyzed and hopeless Hong Kong man meets his new Filipino domestic worker. The two strangers live under the same roof through different seasons, and as they learn more about each other, they also learn more about themselves.
Director: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Crisel Consunji, Sam Lee, Cecilia Yip
Votes: 1,705
20. A First Farewell (2018)
86 min | Drama
When Isa is not at school or working on his parents' farmyard, he spends carefree days with his friends - until the outside world starts forcing him to say one goodbye after another.
Director: Lina Wang | Stars: Tajigul Heilmeier, Yasan Kamisu, Kuramu Kasimu, Rahmati Kuramu
Votes: 245
21. Hard-Core (2018)
124 min | Comedy, Drama
Hardcore is about the life story of a treasure hunter who lives in the countryside of Gunma in Japan. He is pure and kind, but has no communication skills and has a mind of his own. His ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Stars: Takayuki Yamada, Takeru Satoh, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Takako Matsu
Votes: 314
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