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Bandit Queen (1994)
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A lower-caste girl sold into marriage by her parents escapes and joins a gang of bandits, ultimately overthrowing their power structure in a galvanizing, bloody coup. A critically acclaimed action picture from India.
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Chan Is Missing (1981)
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From the director of SMOKE comes CHAN IS MISSING, in which a middle-aged Chinese-American cabbie and his wise-cracking young nephew learn that their friend Chan has disappeared with $4,000 of their savings. They set out across Chinatown in search of the
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Gada Meilin (2002)
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In this film, shot in the grasslands of Mongolia, director Feng Xiaoning continues in his series of Chinese historical epics. This bio-pic sweeps across the screen with the story of Gada Meilin, a Mongolian tribesman who struggles to protect the
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Raise the Castle! (2006)
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RAISE THE CASTLE is Japan's hit satirical comedy that has been called a cross between Akira Kurosawa and Monty Python. The samurai lord, Ondaiji, travels 400 years to fulfill his dream of raising a castle.
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Combination Platter (1993)
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An illegal immigrant working in a Chinese restaurant hopes to marry an American to obtain a green card, but is surprised by his growing feelings for his new wife. A gritty and warm glimpse of American life through Chinese eyes.
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Ju Dou (1990)
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In this dark, sensual and visually sumptuous drama set in in 1920's China, Ju Dou (Gong Li), is forced into marriage to Yang Jin-Shan (Li Wei), the wealthy owner of a silk dying mill. She is repeatedly mistreated and tortured by her elderly husband for
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The Wooden Man's Bride (1994)
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Jianxin Huang's THE WOODEN MAN'S BRIDE is a fascinating Taiwanese drama exploring the constricting bonds of tradition and patriarchy in a remote region of northwest China during the 1920s. Kui (Shih Chang) is a young peasant hired to be part of a caravan
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Soap Girl (2003)
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In the wake of a personal tragedy, Maya, a beautiful young girl finds work in a seedy Hollywood massage parlor. She must learn the ropes in the gritty world of shampoo prostitution, braving gangsters, sexual assaults, corrupt police and financial hardship
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Bad Guy (2001)
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Award-winning Korean director Kim Ki-Duk (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter....and Spring) brings us this haunting vision of two unlikely lovers trapped in Seoul's red light district. When a local pimp is publicly humiliated by a snobbish college girl, he
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Big Fat Movie Show: Ape (1976/2005)
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Off the coast of Korea, a 36-foot gorilla esacpes from a freighter. An American actress working in Korea becomes the object of his affections. The giant ape rampages across Seoul and naturally, chaos ensues.
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