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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Kung Fu Mahjong III
The third time is the charm in this final installment of the KUNG FU MAHJONG series! Ken is expected to inherit the fortunes of his father Uncle Man, known as the Grandmaster of Kung Fu Mahjong. When Uncle Man suffers a heart attack, his mistress Sophie persuades him to leave his heritage and title to her...Start your free trial to watch -
L'ilya
Meet L'ILYA, a young video artist who documents peoples' suicides and projects their final moments out of context in trendy clubs. Due to the film being a "moyen metrage" (or "medium-length feature," meaning, as the name implies, a film whose running time is too long to be classified as a short yet too short to be presented...Start your free trial to watch -
The Lady Iron Chef
Popular Hong Kong television stars Hacken Lee and Charmaine Sheh turn the culinary world upside down in this hilarious comedy. SK (Lee) is the heir to a restaurant empire who's in love with Ceci (Sheh), a simple girl who only knows how to make instant noodles. But SK's mother insists that her...Start your free trial to watch
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Last Train Home
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several...Start your free trial to watch -
Legend of the Drunken Tiger
It's the year 1898 and government reformists are aggressively sought out and publicly executed by the Ching Dynasty officials. Master Wang, a leader of the reformist party, enlists the help of skilled fighters for reinforcements, including Cheong San, a longtime enemy of the treacherous Lord Wing. With the...Start your free trial to watch -
Let the Wind Blow
At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, Arjun and his best friend, Chabia, weigh their options for the future against the reality of life on the streets of Mumbai. Enticed by the promise of wealth and opportunity in the Persian Gulf, Chabia is eager to leave his job as a mechanic. But...Start your free trial to watch
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La lingerie
This story is about four young women and their love lives. Their lives and their loves are tied together by a common thread: lingerie. Miu (Stephy Tang), Donut (Janice Man), Celine (Kathy Tong) and CC (JJ) come from four different walks of life. They always seem to hang out at the same place, a sexy lingerie shop where Donut...Start your free trial to watch -
Little Shaolin Monks
This acclaimed documentary follows the lives of a group of "Little Warrior Monks" who live in the famous Shaolin Temple and practice the highest form of martial arts known to man. The kids range in age from 6 to 12 years and lead lives isolated from the rest of the world. Each day their discipline includes...Start your free trial to watch -
Live from Tokyo
A vivid look at Tokyo's music culture as a reflection of Japanese society and its relation to international music. LIVE FROM TOKYO takes the viewer through the back streets in Shinjuku, the intersections in Shibuya, the alleys in Koenji and all over Tokyo. Tokyo's reputation for an overwhelming variety of global information,...Start your free trial to watch
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Living Goddess
LIVING GODDESS is a powerful portrait of a young girl venerated as a goddess growing up in a country on the verge of civil war. This is the story of Sajani, who is worshipped as one of three living goddesses in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, and whose peaceful existence is contrasted with violent political turmoil that...Start your free trial to watch -
A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn
A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her, a satisfying arrangement for them both. Shukichi's daughter discovers their bizarre relationship and tries to put an...Start your free trial to watch -
The Luckiest Man
Mr. Ho, "King of Gambling," makes himself rich by gambling and is the leader of the Hong Kong Mahjong industry in the 1950s. He has three wives, two sons and one daughter. Though it appears that the three wives are living in harmony, they actually compete against each other for the family's wealth. Since...Start your free trial to watch
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The Machine Girl
Ami is a typical college girl. She's bright, friendly, popular and athletic, with nothing to set her apart from other girls her age other than the fact that she is an orphan, left to care for her younger brother after her father committed suicide after being falsely accused of murder. But while there is...Start your free trial to watch -
Mack the Knife
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai stars in this light-hearted comedy drama. Leung is Dr. Mack, a fellow who practices medicine in the red light district of Hong Kong by choice. Mack's free-wheeling womanizer personality becomes a warm-hearted angel to the homeless and fallen outcasts until an unexpected event forces him to face his...Start your free trial to watch -
Mad Doctor of Blood Island
The second entry in the BLOOD ISLAND Trilogy lives up to its cursed reputation as enraged, green-blooded monsters prowl the haunted jungles. An American pathologist is called in to investigate a series of grisly killings, with victims' limbs and innards gruesomely strewn about the crime scenes. His search...Start your free trial to watch
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Made in China
MADE IN CHINA tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label "Made in China." This massive dislocation of people may well represent the largest, most rapid migration in human history. The film...Start your free trial to watch -
Manila
William is a junkie who needs to score heroin. When a buy is interrupted by cops, Williams is left without dope. He scours the underbelly of the city in desperate search of a fix while on-the-run from the law. Meanwhile, William's mother and girlfriend both fear the worst and try to find him before he buys more drugs or runs...Start your free trial to watch -
May Story
Beautiful, young Soon-ji meets Jaegu at a re-enactment of an historic event and their attraction and participation mirrors the love story of her parents twenty-five years earlier. It is May 2008. The South Korean city of Gwangju, will commemorate the May 18th 1980 uprising in style. They will stage a grand re-enactment of the...Start your free trial to watch




