Asian
see all genres ›Most Western audiences knew little or nothing about cinema from the Far East until the arrival of Akira Kurosawa on international screens heralded a wave of Japanese classics in 1950s. Since then, nearly every corner of Asia has made its mark on world cinema, offering a rich regional array sprawling from popular martial arts and "extreme" horror opuses to stylized dramas and vérité-type realism.
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SUB-GENRES · Bhutanese · Cambodian · Chinese · Filipino · Hong Kong · Indian · Japanese · Nepalese · North Korean · Pakistani · South Korean · Taiwanese · Thai · Tibetan · Vietnamese
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Crime and Punishment
On the North Korean border, Chinese military police enforce the law with a heavy hand, leading to moments of harrowing abuse and surreal satire. Amidst the barren wintry landscape of Northeast China, Chinese military police officers rigidly enforce law and order in an impoverished mountain town. They raid...Start your free trial to watch -
Crossing the Line
Taking full advantage of access granted by the government of North Korea, the mysterious and feared rogue state of the so-called "axis of evil," director Daniel Gordon (A STATE OF MIND) combines historical footage with contemporary interviews to both uncover the Kim-Jong Il regime and end 44 years of...Start your free trial to watch -
Crossroads
CROSSROADS follows four recent graduates: Zhao wants to be a writer but is stuck proofreading; Tang wants to be an artist but is hired to dress windows. Xu has given up hope, while Liu has "gone north" to fight the Japanese. Zhao lives in a crowded boardinghouse with an annoying female neighbor. Unbeknownst to each other, the...Start your free trial to watch
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Dating a Vampire
From the director of the cult classic NAKED KILLER comes this horror comedy written by Hong Kong's film maestro Wong Jing. Med students Eric and Cheun rent a secluded apartment unit so they can study for their upcoming exams. They meet Jade, the pretty new neighbor whom Eric instantly falls in love with....Start your free trial to watch -
The Day He Arrives
A film director who no longer makes films, Seongjun, arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, Seongjun wanders the city aimlessly. He runs into an actress he used to know, shares a drink with some film students and against his better judgment, heads to his ex-girlfriend's...Start your free trial to watch -
Daybreak
Perhaps more than any other director working at that time, Sun Yu consistently sought to portray the working class affected by feudalism and imperialism. In DAYBREAK, Li plays a villager forced into prostitution in Shanghai, while her lover (Gao) joins the revolutionaries.Start your free trial to watch
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Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killer
In this kung fu fantasy, a daring duel of powers between the fairies finds the young mortal Cheung rescuing the Sky Mussel Fairy. His bravery is not repaid, however, as Cheung is driven out of his home by his uncle. Now Cheung must struggle to stay alive in a world of gods and demons with only his kung fu...Start your free trial to watch -
Death Kappa
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the Death Kappa. The two rival...Start your free trial to watch -
Death Trance
Grave steals a mysterious coffin from a holy temple, a coffin said to contain a great and dangerous power. Imprisoned inside the coffin is the Goddess of Destruction, confined and held at bay from laying destruction to this world! Grave fearlessly travels the haunted forests dragging the coffin behind him, unaware of what...Start your free trial to watch
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Debauchery
The sexy Ryôko Watanabe stars as Ami, a jaded housewife who pitches herself, body and soul, into the Tokyo decadence of the decade in an attempt to pep up her marriage. She secretly joins the elite “Madame Machiko Society Club” to experiment with discrete sex games and the thrill of making love to anonymous men. The sexual...Start your free trial to watch -
Demeking
In 1969, a young man named Hachiya finds an anonymous letter in a glass bottle which foretells of the apocalyptic arrival of a cosmic monster known as Demeking. Since then, he has physically prepared himself in a lone struggle for that fateful day when the monster will arrive.Start your free trial to watch
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Demon Pond
From the director of GOZU and ICHI THE KILLER, DEMON POND is the modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared intersecting with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken princess and a pact that cannot be broken. Conflicts between faith and skepticism (and between social...Start your free trial to watch -
Deng Xiaoping
CCTV, the official Chinese TV news station, produced this documentary highlighting the political career and reign of Deng Xiaoping, the successor to Mao for the leadership of China. Among the topics covered are the Cultural Revolution, Tianmen Square and the rise of China to a Westernized economy.Start your free trial to watch -
Devil's Offspring
Four student's staying at a school dormitory for the summer session are having the time of their lives. But when Connie moves in, only a day after the cook's granddaughter is found dead, they start experiencing a series of strange incidents. The unusual occurrences escalate until one of the students is...Start your free trial to watch
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Dooman River
Writer-director Zhang Lu’s fascinating window into a rarely seen corner of rural China revolves around 12-year-old Chang-ho, living with his grandfather and mute sister along the frozen river-border with North Korea. Although fraught with unemployment and other tensions, his community seems sympathetic toward the Korean...Start your free trial to watch -
The Dragon Lives
The true story of Bruce Lee, a phenomenal legend and the greatest martial arts star the world has ever known. This biopic stars Bruce Li, a sixth-degree black belt in his own right, who studied with the great Lee. The film concentrates on Lee's college years, his training, his marriage and his mysterious...Start your free trial to watch




