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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

The Chrysalis (2013) – China

April 5, 2013 by 1 Comment

AKA : Nu Yong
Year : 2013
Country: China
Language : Mandarin
Film Genre : Horror, Romance, Thriller
Director : Qiu Chuji
Cast : Ren Quan, Sandrine Pinna, Lee Wei, Gao Beibei, Cui Jie, Yan Qianqian

Plot/Synopsis :  ”The Chrysalis” doesn’t shy away from all sorts of bloody romance for New Year festivals and Valentine’s Day. It appears to be a horror film but actually is a love story, which focuses on women’s revenge. The skills and plots are going to get your adrenalin pumping whilst at the same time making you think about what love is.

Filed Under: Chinese Movies, Horror, Romance, Thriller

Lift to Hell (2013) – China

March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

AKA : Di Xia Shi Ba Ceng | Dian Ti Jing Hun | 18 Floors Underground
Year : 2013
Country: China
Language : Mandarin
Film Genre : Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director : Ning Jingwu
Cast : Chrissie Chau, Blue Lan, Tse Kwan-Ho, Yang Qing, Cai Hongxiang, Robert Lin

Plot/Synopsis :  A killing spree takes place in a northern China’s hospital, an old elevator goes to the 18th floor – underground.

Filed Under: Chinese Movies, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When I Kill Myself (2011) – Japan

March 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Year: 2011
Country: Japan
Director: Ryo Nakajima
Writer: Yusuke Yamada (novel), Takaya Okamoto
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 110 min
Release Date: September 17, 2011

Synopsis:
Due to the high suicide rate among youths in Japan, the government implements experiments to uncover the causes behind the high suicide rate. Children are selected and placed in a YSC facility under constant surveillance. At the age of 10, the children are then give a detonator with a red switch. They are told if they press the switch they will die immediately. Most of the children under the experiment, eventually presses the switch and dies.

Filed Under: Japanese Movies, Thriller

The Traffickers 2012 – South Korea

February 27, 2013 by 1 Comment

A.K.A: Gong-mo-ja-deul
Cast: Daniel Choi, Dal-hwan Jo, Yun-hie Jo, Chang Jung Lim
Directed: Hong-seon Kim
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Runtime: 1hr 51mn
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot:
A thriller about the passengers with different objectives on board a cruiser headed for China, being chased over and over again and unexpected happening of things.

Filed Under: Action, Erotic, Korean Movies, Thriller

Suspect X (2012) – South Korea

February 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Movie: Perfect Number (English title) / Suspect X (literal title)
Revised romanization: Yonguija X
Director: Bang Eun-Jin
Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel)
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Runtime: 1 hour 58 min 38 s
Genre: Thriller/Romance
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis
Seemingly an ordinary math teacher in high school, Suk-go is indeed a brilliant mathematician. Hwa-sun is his neighbor. They become inseparable when Suk-go decides to cover up Hwa-sun’s accidental murder while she was mercilessly beaten by her ex-husband.

Filed Under: Korean Movies, Romance, Thriller