Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama
Tanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition she is taken to the police as a result of an incident she caused because her friend Morimura Kyoko was subjected to sexual harassment. Tamako resigns from her unreasonable company and starts a bistro selling homemade pot-au-feu on a rooftop in an alley...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
ZEGEN The Pimp. “Of Imamura’s late films Zegen is the most like his early masterworks: epic energetic sexually impudent and grotesquely funny. A satire about colonialism commerce and carnality Zegen is based on the true story of a hairdresser Iheiji Muraoka Ken Ogata sent to Manchuria to spy on the Russian army. A born entrepreneur Muraoka set up a chain of brothels throughout...
Country: Japan
Genre: Human drama
Gamagori Futaro has been poor since the day he was born. As a child his recklessly wasteful and abusive father sunk the family into debt and disappeared leaving Futaro and his sick mother to fend for themselves. With no money to pay for medical treatment for his ailing mother she eventually died. After her death Futaro became obsessed with money and willing to do anything for it. Several years...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama
The term monster parent refers to mothers and fathers who complain loudly to school administrators about the treatment their children receive in school. It is considered a derisive label implying selfishness to the point of irrationality.Ryoko Yonekura plays Itsuki Takamura a young efficient lawyer working for the firm Wilson & Shiroyama. Shes assigned to advise and represent an elementary...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama, Suspense
Shiraishi Tomio graduated from Tokyo University and works for a foreign securities firm. He has a beautiful fiancee Aoike Kozue and life has been smooth sailing. However one day his father Takao commits suicide leaving behind a lot of debts. As the joint guarantor all of Tomios savings are spent on paying off the debts. In addition he is pursued by moneylenders. He loses everything. His...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama
The Moorim School isnt focused solely on high academic scores. The school teaches its students virtues including honesty faith sacrifice and communication. The teachers and students at the school come from different countries and each have their own...
Country: Japan
Genre: Action, Drama, jidaigeki
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorised all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is. Heiji best known for his tactic of coin-throwing with deadly accuracy in order to capture criminals leading to his nickname...
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