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| 2298 | April Snow | Heo jin Ho | Jin-ho Hur, Won-sik Lee, You-min Seo, Joon-ho Shin | NR | 2005 | Panorama | Romance |
April Snow Heo jin HoRated: NR Writer: Jin-ho Hur, Won-sik Lee, You-min Seo, Joon-ho Shin Date Added: 15 Oct 2007 Languages: ENDlanguages-->Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean Sound: MP3 Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: "April Snow," directed by Heo Jin-ho, adopts the same melodrama formula of "Winter Sonata," a runaway television hit series that touched off the boom for Korean pop culture, and, more importantly, catapulted actor Bae Yong-joon into almost mythical fame in Asia. The original Korean title of the movie is "Oechul," roughly translating into "Outing." Its English title "April Snow," however, is much more closely related to the movie's core idea. In Korea, it's quite rare to see snow falling in April, so the title suggests a hopeful message that something miraculous might soothe an ill-fated couple and consummate their Forbidden Love.
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| 2299 | Christmas in August | Hur Jin-Ho | Jin-ho Hur, Seung-ook Oh, Dong-hwan Shin | NR | 1998 | Tai Seng | Romance |
Christmas in August Hur Jin-HoRated: NR Writer: Jin-ho Hur, Seung-ook Oh, Dong-hwan Shin Date Added: 29 Jul 2007 Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: Chinese, English Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Christmas in August marks director Jin-Ho Hur's first feature length film debut, armed with limited budget but top notch actors. His filmmaking style is often compared to great Yasujiro Ozu -- most shots are long with deliberate pacing and rarely moving camera with careful framing that let us observe the action as if we are eavesdropping. Most major events are suggested but not shown. We are left to fill in the blanks using our own experience and thoughts.
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| 2300 | Contract Lover | Alfred Cheung | Alfred Cheung | 2007 | Romance | ||
Contract Lover Alfred CheungRated: Writer: Alfred Cheung Date Added: 11 Nov 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: MP3 Comments: Hup yeu ching yan Summary:
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| 2301 | Daisy | Wai-keung Lau | Jae-young Kwak | 2006 | Romance | ||
Daisy Wai-keung LauRated: Writer: Jae-young Kwak Date Added: 16 Oct 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: MP3 Comments: A cop. A criminal. A flower. Summary: "Daisy" is a story about the inevitable showdown between a detective and a killer who fall in love with the same woman. In the story, Jeon plays a street artist who dreams of opening her own exhibition someday, while Jeong portrays a killer who loves her but cannot confess his love to her because of his profession.
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| 2302 | Honey and Clover | Masahiro Takada | Chika Umino, Masahiko Kawahara, Masahiro Takada | 2006 | Widemedia | Romance | |
Honey and Clover Masahiro TakadaRated: Writer: Chika Umino, Masahiko Kawahara, Masahiro Takada Date Added: 19 Oct 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Korean Special 2 Disc Set. English Subtitled. Region Code:3, Only Viewable on Code-Free Players. Bonus Disc is Korean Subtitled Only.
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| 2303 | il Mare | Hyun-seung Lee | Eun-Jeong Kim, Ji-na Yeo | NR | 2000 | Tai Seng | Romance |
il Mare Hyun-seung LeeRated: NR Writer: Eun-Jeong Kim, Ji-na Yeo Date Added: 21 Mar 2007 Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: English Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: My disappointment isn't in the movie itself, as I was VERY excited to find this film available in the US! I've been wanting a copy since I had the opportunity to watch it a few years back... however, the fact that it is for some reason DUBBED IN CANTONESE just ruins it for me :( It takes out a lot of emotion from the talented cast of Korean actors and actresses in this film. It doesn't even have an option for the original Korean audio track.
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| 2304 | In the Mood for Love | Wong Kar-Wai | Kar Wai Wong | NR | 2000 | Criterion | Romance |
In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-WaiRated: NR Writer: Kar Wai Wong Date Added: 12 Jul 2007 Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: English Sound: Dolby Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode. Summary: Winner of numerous awards including Best Actor at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, "In the Mood for Love" confirmed that Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai is a major figure in world cinema. As passionate as it is politely discreet, his film takes place in 1962 Hong Kong, where neighboring apartment dwellers Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) discover that their oft-absent spouses are having an affair. This realization parallels their own mutual attraction, but fidelity and decency ensure that their intimate bond remains unspoken though deeply understood. With a stealthy, eavesdropping camera style and a screenplay created through spontaneous on-set inspiration, Wong Kar-wai crafts an intricate, finely tuned platonic romance, enhancing its ambience with a kaleidoscope of color (most notably in Cheung's dazzling wardrobe of "cheongsam" dresses) and careful attention to character detail. Deservedly placed on many critics' top 10 lists, this elegant film should not be missed. "--Jeff Shannon"
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| 2305 | Lost in Time | Tung-Shing Yee | James Yuen | NR | 2003 | Tai Seng | Romance |
Lost in Time Tung-Shing YeeRated: NR Writer: James Yuen Date Added: 22 Oct 2007 Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: Chinese, English Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Cecilia Cheung (Running On Karma), Lau Ching Wan (Running Out Of Time) and Louis Koo (The Suspect) are the ill-fated lovers in this heartbreaking romance directed by Derek Yee (C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri). Siu Wai (Cheung) is a newlywed who suddenly finds herself widowed when her husband was killed in a car accident. Realizing that she still has to go on living and raise her son, Siu Wai decides to inherit her late husband's job as a mini-bus driver. She finds comfort in Dai Fai (Lau), a fellow driver who took pity on her. As Dai Fai falls in love with Siu Wai, however, he also begins to doubt whether his love for her and her son is just an act to compensate for his own wrong doings in the past.
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| 2306 | Love Now | Jeong Yun-Su | Art Service Korea | Romance | |||
Love Now Jeong Yun-SuRated: Date Added: 26 Nov 2007 Languages: Korean Subtitles: Korean, English Sound: Dolby Summary: One couple marries out of love, then falls out of love. Another couple marries without love, then fails to find love. Enter seduction. Love Now (a.k.a. Changing Partners), directed by Jung Yoon Soo (My Girl and I), revolves around the infidelities of two married couples who inadvertently engage in couple swapping. The film features the all-star casting of Uhm Jung Hwa (Seducing Mr. Perfect), Park Yong Woo (World Of Silence), Han Chae Young (Wild Card), and Lee Dong Gun (My Boyfriend Is Type B).
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| 2307 | A Millionaire's First Love | Tae-gyun Kim | Tae-gyun Kim | 2006 | Romance | ||
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| 2308 | My Girl and I | NR | 2006 | PMP Entertainment | Romance | ||
My Girl and IRated: NR Date Added: 01 Jun 2008 Languages: Korean Subtitles: English Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: One of the most common plots in Korean film is the traumatic tearing apart of a young couple because of a terminal disease. Most of these films start off bright and happy enough, but most of the time after the first hour or so one of the lovers learns of or reveals his or her disease and the film goes on until the sick partner dies and the other lives with the memories of his or her dead lover and tries to get on with life. My Girl and I is a bit different in the fact that from the outset that Su Ho's girlfriend dies at the young age of eighteen and that even after ten years he has not come to terms with her passing. This key feature, like reading a long flashback sequence in a novel in which the reader already knows tragic outcome, adds a tinge of melancholy to the early parts of this film because the viewer already knows that the young couple is going to be separated. However, it also makes these parts more touching as well, because it was within this brief period of time that Su Ho and Su Eun came to love each other. |
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| 2309 | My Heart Is The Eternal Rose | Patrick Tam | Koon-Chung Chan, Kan-Cheung Tsang | 1989 | Romance | ||
| 2310 | Say Hello For Me | Yûichiro Hirakawa | Takuji Ichikawa, Kaoru Ishii, Izumi Yoshihiro | 2007 | Toei | Romance | |
Say Hello For Me Yûichiro HirakawaRated: Writer: Takuji Ichikawa, Kaoru Ishii, Izumi Yoshihiro Date Added: 04 Jan 2008 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Comments: Sono toki wa kare ni yoroshiku Summary:
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| 2311 | The Shop Around the Corner | Ernst Lubitsch | Miklós László, Samson Raphaelson, Ben Hecht | NR | 1940 | Warner Home Video | Romance |
The Shop Around the Corner Ernst LubitschRated: NR Writer: Miklós László, Samson Raphaelson, Ben Hecht Date Added: 01 Aug 2007 Sound: AAC Picture Format: Academy Ratio Summary: One of the most charming and romantic films around, this 1940 comic romance finds James Stewart ("Vertigo", "It's A Wonderful Life") working in a small shop in Budapest and longing for a girl to call his own. His coworker, Margaret Sullavan, feels the same, and soon they are both corresponding and falling in love with their respective pen pals. What they don't realize is that they are writing to and falling in love with each other, but the problem is that they can't stand each other in person. The beguiling nature of the mistaken identity formula that influenced countless films is done to perfection here, and the wry combativeness and delightful banter between the two leads makes this a very special film. "--Robert Lane"
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| 2312 | Spy Girl | Han-chun Park | Won-jun Ha | 2004 | Romance | ||
Spy Girl Han-chun ParkRated: Writer: Won-jun Ha Date Added: 05 Nov 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Comments: Geunyeoreul moreumyeon gancheob Summary:
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| 2313 | Two Faces Of My Girlfriend | Lee Seok-hoon | Romance | ||||
| 2314 | Warm Water Under A Red bridge | Shohei Imamura | Yo Henmi, Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa | 2001 | Home Vision | Romance | |
Warm Water Under A Red bridge Shohei ImamuraRated: Writer: Yo Henmi, Shohei Imamura, Daisuke Tengan, Motofumi Tomikawa Date Added: 22 Oct 2007 Languages: Japanese, Unknown Subtitles: English Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu Summary: An impossible tale. Taro, an old man who dies homeless in Tokyo has told Yosuke, a weak-willed out-of-work salaryman about a golden statue that he left years ago in a house by the sea in Noto. Yosuke goes and he's captivated by Saeko, a young women who lives in the house where Taro left the statue. She has a strange affliction: water builds up in her and she can only vent it by wicked acts, such as shoplifting, or, more powerfully, through orgasm. Yosuke obliges, the water gives him life, as well as the plants and fish it reaches. Saeko feels shame, and she has a past. Taro's ghost urges Yosuke to fulfill his desires, but can the relationship survive?
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| 2315 | You Are My Sunshine | Jin-pyo Park | Jin-pyo Park | 2005 | Romance | ||
You Are My Sunshine Jin-pyo ParkRated: Writer: Jin-pyo Park Date Added: 05 Nov 2007 Subtitles: ENDsubtitles-->Comments: Neoneun nae unmyeong Summary:
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| 2316 | Zhou Yu's Train | Zhou Sun | Cun Be, Zhou Sun, Mei Zhang | PG-13 | 2004 | Sony Pictures | Romance |
Zhou Yu's Train Zhou SunRated: PG-13 Writer: Cun Be, Zhou Sun, Mei Zhang Date Added: 01 Aug 2007 Languages: Cantonese Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Picture Format: Widescreen Comments: Her love is torn between a doctor and a poet. Summary: Every so often, the convoluted love story "Zhou Yu's Train" seems to stop in its tracks and succumb to rapture, gazing on the disarmingly beautiful face of actress Gong Li. A young painter named Zhou Yu (Gong Li, "Raise the Red Lantern", "Shanghai Triad") falls headlong in love with a painfully shy poet, Chen Ching (Tony Leung Ka-Fai, "The Lover"). Twice a week she takes the train to his town to be with him, even though he's bewildered by her near-obsessive passion. On the train, a wise-cracking veterinarian (Sun Honglei) pursues Zhou Yu, but she resists his emotional directness. "Zhou Yu's Train" bounces back and forth, not only between these two romances but also in time, to confusing effect. But there's something compelling about Zhou Yu's need to love the version of her lover that she holds in her mind, and that sustains the movie through its muddled moments. "--Bret Fetzer"
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