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Ougon wo Daite Tobe (2012) – Japan

April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Year: 2012
Country: Japan
Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu
Genre: Crime, Suspense
Runtime: 129mins
Language: Japanese
Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tadanobu Asano, Chang-Min, Kenta Kiritani, Junpei Mizobata, Toshiyuki Nishida

Plot:
Kota (Satoshi Tsumabuki) hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa (Tadanobu Asano), a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank.
Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda (Kenta Kiritani), a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student (Shim Chang-Min), Kitagawa’s younger brother Haruki (Junpei Mizobata) and a former elevator engineer (Toshiyuki Nishida). These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank’s high-tech defense system.

Filed Under: Crime, Japanese Movies, Thriller

Good Friends (2013) – South Korea

April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

AKA: ?? ??? | Jongeun Chingoodeul
HanCinema: (Coming Soon)
Cast: Yeon Jeong-hoon, Lee Ji-hoon, Kazuki Kitamura, Choi Jeong-won, Cha Hyeon-woo, Seong Hyeok
Director: Jin Hyeong-tae
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Gangster
Runtime: 87 min.
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot:
K (Yeon Jeong-Hun), Tatsuya (Kazuki Kitamura), Joon-Oh (Lee Ji-Hoon) and Yuuji (Kim Young-Hoon) are best friends. They work for Sung-Ho’s gang in a Korean neighborhood in Japan. A power struggle over their territory erupts between their gang and the yakuza.
K, Tatsuya, Joon-Oh and Yuuji try to revenge the death of a gang member, but they are soon chased by the police. As a result, Tatsuya is arrested and the relationship between Joon-Oh and K becomes frosty.
Meanwhile, K robs the yakuza to bail out Tatsuya and Joon-Oh tries to find the snitch in Sung-Ho’s gang. They learn that someone is behind the series of deaths of their members. A plan for revenge is set forth.

Filed Under: Action, Crime, Drama, Korean Movies

Young and Dangerous Reloaded (2013) – Hong Kong

April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Young and Dangerous: Reloaded (2013)
Genre: Crime/Drama
Director: Daniel Chan
Cast: Philip Ng, Him Law, Paul Wong, Oscar Leung, Jacquelin Ch’ng, Jazz Lam, Michelle Hu, Dominic Ho
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Rating: M18 (Mature Theme And Violence)
Audio : Cantonese

Synopsis:
On a dark Mongkok night, May, the cousin of Dai Tin-yee (Dominic Ho ), was gang-raped to death by Med King (Deep Ng ) and his men. The furious Tin-yee, together with his buddies, Ho-Nam(Him Law ), Chicken (Oscar Leung ), Pou-Pan (Jazz Lam ) tracked down Med King to revenge May’s death. As Med King was under the wing of Ugly Kwan (Sammy Sum ), a leader of the Hung Hing triad, Kwan gave orders to get rid of Ho-Nam by all means….

Filed Under: Crime, Drama, Hong Kong Movies

An Ethics Lesson (2013) – South Korea

April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Movie: An Ethics Lesson (English title) / Ethics of Anger (literal title)
Revised romanization: Boonnoui Yoonrihak
Hangul: ??? ???
Director: Park Myung-Rang
Writer: Park Myung-Rang
Cinematographer: Kim Woo-Hyung
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Crime / Noir / Drama
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot: 
By day, Jung-Hoon (Lee Je-Hoon) is a hard working police officer and by night Jung-Hoon spies on his beautiful college student neighbor Jin-A (Ko Sung-Hee). Jung-Hoon’s life outside of work revolves around his beautiful neighbor. He has her apartment bugged with surveillance cameras and he watches her whenever he is not at work. One evening, Jung-Hoon witnesses a horrifying event. He witnesses Jin-A being strangled to death by her former lover. Jung-Hoon becomes frozen and is unable to call the police due to his own illegal taping activities. Soon, Jung-Hoon becomes entangled with the three other men involved in the life and death of Jin-A.

Filed Under: Crime, Drama, Korean Movies

Pieta (2012) – South Korea

March 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Cast: Min-soo Jo, Eunjin Kang, Jae-rok Kim, Jung-jin Lee
Directed: Kim Ki-duk
Genre: Crime | Drama
Runtime: 1hr 42mn
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot:
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.

Filed Under: Crime, Drama, Korean Movies

Dreams for Sale (2012) – Japan

March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Year: 2012
Country: Japan
Director: Miwa Nishikawa
Writer: Miwa Nishikawa
Genre: Drama / Crime
Runtime: 137 min
Language: Japanese
Release Date: September 8, 2012

Cast:
Takako Matsu – Satoko Ichizawa
Sadao Abe – Kanya Ichizawa
Rena Tanaka – Satsuki Tanahashi
Sawa Suzuki – Reiko Mutsushima
Tamae Ando – Noriyo Oota
Yuka Ebara – Hitomi Minagawa
Tae Kimura – Takiko Kinoshita
Yusuke Iseya – Jiro Ota
Teruyuki Kagawa – Shunsaku Tonoike
Teruyuki Kagawa – Akihiro Tonoike
Tsurube Shofukutei – Tetsuji Dojima
Kyosuke Yabe – Koichiro Okayama
Kouichi Ohori – Kenichi Nakano
Kana Kurashina – Ayame Saeki
Katsuya Kobayashi – Hisao Kanayama
Kanji Furutachi – Yoshinori Higashiyama

Synopsis/ Plot:
A married couple finds themselves in a dire financial situation after they lose their restaurant in a fire. The couple determined to run a restaurant again turn to crime. The wife scopes out potential targets and her husband commits marriage fraud …
Their victims include 31-year-old office lady Satsuki Tanahashi (Rena Tanaka) who lives with her parents, lonely office lady Reiko Mutsushima (Sawa Suzuki), sinle mom Takiko Kinoshita (Tae Kimura) who takes care of her old father and young son by herself.

 

Filed Under: Crime, Drama, Japanese Movies