Director: Claude Lallemand
Cast:Stéphane Audran, Maurice Ronet, Delphine Seyrig, Madeleine Barbulée

Love is hard – especially for a single mother with a spoiled child in the mix. "Cry of the Heart" is a passionate story about love, hate, and forgiveness.

The tale of a mother whose heart is being pulled in two by her son and by her new lover. Starring Claude Chabrol's muse, Stephanie Audran,

This film is an intimate look into the struggles of an everyday family in 1970's France.

When the home is torn apart by divorce, it seems like the end of the world, but when broken hearts mend and a single mother tries to start anew, she faces the resentment of her son and the prejudices of society. Can she begin a new life as her boy struggles with his teenage, sexual fascinations?

"Led by visionary filmmaker Claude Lallemand, this poignant movie tugs at the deepest strings of any viewer's heart"
- Eurochannel

UPC# 825307-927894
CAT# PH-92789 - $24.98

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Drama /97 min
NR / 1974 / France
Language: French with ON/OFF English subs

Director: Jean Girault
Cast:Louis Velle, Claudine Auger, Juliette Mills, Michel Galabru, Roger Hanin

"A surgeon saves a notorious mobster's life. This could be the answer to the doctor's problems, as he is engaged to an unbearable, hysterical woman. The mobster agrees to assassinate her... except for one thing. The mobster has the wrong target, a young, innocent journalist who resembles his fiancée. When the surgeon discovers they are after the wrong woman, he takes off in a mad race to Côte d'Azur to save the wrong woman from being murdered." 

UPC# 825307-927696
CAT# PH-92769 - $24.98

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Comedy / 90 min
NR / 1975 / France
Language: French and English

Director: Yoon-cheol Kim
Cast:Seong-woo Sin, Ji-won Ye, Soo-bin Bae, Bo-kyeong Kim, Hae-yeong-I Lee, Yoo-jeong Seo

Not having seen each other for years, a group of college alumni gather at a friend's second wedding. The core members, comprised of several men, had one woman they were anticipating seeing at the wedding. However, they are surprised to find a strange woman crashes the wedding, creating a tense atmosphere of curiosity. They soon realize that she is the daughter of one of them, but which one?

UPC# 825307-928396
CAT# PH-92839 - $24.98

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Romantic Comedy / 101 min
NR / 2009 / Korea
Language: Korean with ON/OFF English sub

Director: Jang-soo Lee
Cast:Ji-ah Lee, Ji-hwan Kang, Dong-hoon Lee, Jeong-eum Hwang, Soo-kyeong Jeon, Bo-ra Hwang

Handsome, successful, and talented. Life is good. Kang Tae-poong is a world renowned architect, who seems to live the dreams of all men. But one day an automobile accident leaves him with a vision impairment that makes unattractive women seem attractive to him. Right then, Wang Soh-jung, a homely looking pet magazine reporter comes into his life. Kang thinks she is a flawless beauty until his ailment is cured and he is no longer able to recognize the woman he has fallen in love with.

"The Korean take on SHALLOW HAL... pretty funny".
-New Korean Cinema

UPC# 825307-928495
CAT# PH-92849 - $24.98

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Romantic Comedy / 107 min
NR / 2009 / Korea
Language: Korean with ON/OFF English sub

Director: Pierre Rissient
Cast:Richard Jordan, Betty Ting Pei, Niu Tien

Richard Jordan plays Paul, a disillusioned American in search of the meaning of life. After his ex-wife attempts suicide, Paul retreats to Hong Kong. Here he tries to assuage his angst by becoming involved with several local lovelies. Still unsatisfied, Paul leaves the British protectorate, once more trying to find himself.  The film was shot entirely in Hong Kong.

"Pierre Rissient redefined cinema publicity and gave a great deal of impetus to the newly emerging notions of the cinéma d'auteur"
-Senses of Cinema

UPC# 825307-927993
CAT# PH-92799 - $24.98

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Comedy / 96 min
NR / 1977 / Hong Kong/France
Language: English

Director: Dae-Min Park
Cast:Jeong-min Hwang, Dal-su Oh , Deok-Hwan Ryu,
Ji-won Uhm

1900s, Seoul, Korean Empire. A Hong Jin-ho (Hwang Jung-min) is a down and out detective.  Makes most of his catching cheating spouses.

Until a corpse is discovered in the woods.  A rich man's son is dead and the killer must be found. 

Gwang-soo, a medical student, teams up with Jin-ho to solve the murder.  But what they discover is a conspiracy far more evil and
sinister than anything they  imagined.  "Private Eye" is film noir at its apex, South Korea's answer to "Sherlock Holmes". 

"Purely enjoyable"
-Screencrave

"Korean cinema can announce its arrival as a
competitor to Hollywood"
-Asain Pacific Arts

"A classic pulp story... I want to see more"
-efilmcritic.com

Official Selection:
Montréal Fantasia Festival
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Newport Beach International Film Festival

UPC# 825307-928198
CAT# PH-92819 - $24.98

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Thriller / 108 min
NR / 2009 / Korea
Language: Korean with ON/OFF English sub

Director: Sang-hoon Lee
Cast:Mun-shik Lee, Ji-young Kim, Woon-gye Yeo, Eul-dong Kim, Hyung-ja Kim, Hae-yeon Kil, Gyu-han Lee

Detective Chung-su takes a secret mission from a dying president of a big company. The businessman wants to see his first love before he dies.The only information the detective has is that her name is Kkotnim and she now lives on an island called Tongbaek, off one of the country's southern ports.

He rides on a private boat to the island with an anonymous passenger, dreaming of the big bucks he will get when he completes his mission.But the boat is wrecked in a fierce storm, and Chung-su and the passenger find themselves lying on the shore of a strange island.

In the struggle to escape from the island, Chung-su meets up with five grandmothers who will not let him or the other men escape.  During his captivity, he investigates if one of the grandmothers is indeed the love interest.  Will he find out and escape from the island alive?

"Cruel and twisted... I like this movie"
-Chinky Movies

UPC# 825307-928297
CAT# PH-92829 - $24.98

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Comedy / 111 min
NR / 2007 / Korea
Language: Korean with ON/OFF English sub

Director: Hassan Zee
Cast:Melanie Kannokada, Shruti Tewari, Andreas Wilson

Bicycle Bride is a witty story about a rebellious young Indian-American woman, Beena, whose family still clings to old school beliefs about gender roles and marriage for women. Beena pursues her dreams of freedom - but her stern mother has other ideas, including arranging a marriage for her daughter. Beena has a best friend, Mary Jane, a Caucasian girl who supports her in every way. When Beena meets a man from Sweden, James Dean (played by renowned Swedish actor Andreas Wilson) she is immediately smitten by his European charm,Will Beena give in to what her cultural heritage says, is right? Or will she follow her heart and possibly lose her family instead?

"A colorful, warm-hearted tale of true love."
- SF Weekly

Awards:
"Best Feature Film Award",  South Appalachian Film Festival.  
"Best Bay Area Director,"  Vacaville Film Festival.  
"Best Director", Modesto Bollywood Film Festival

UPC# 825307-929492
CAT# PH-92949 - $24.98

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Drama-Comedy / 104 min
NR / 2010 / USA
Language: English

Director: Joel Ruiz
Cast: Archie Alemania, Dante Abalos, Alchris Galura, Mark Gil

A four-month old fetus is discovered in the garbage of a humble apartment in Manila. Bong, one of the residents of the apartment, investigates the affair after the police ignore the incident. Searching for answers slowly falls by the wayside and the relationships between the tenants of the apartment propels the film.

‎
Baby Angelo is courageous... insightful... thanks to the unborn fetus found in the nearby dump area."
-Charlie Koon's Film Reviews

"Prostitutes, codependent abusive brothers, old men with secrets, and unhappy marriages.... Baby Angelo is chock full of good ideas."
- Clickthecity.com

Official Selections:
Pusan International Film Festival
Cinemalaya
Osian Cinefan Film Festival

UPC# 825307-928792
CAT# PH-92879 - $24.98

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Drama / 84 min
NR / 2008 / Philippines
Language: Tagalog w/ English Sub

Director: Mario Cornejo
Cast: Michael de Mesa, Nor Domingo, Winston Elizalde, Joanne Miller

"Danny (Winston Elizalde) and Jonas (Nor Domingo) are two petty crooks who dream of moving into the big scene. When their carefully-planned kidnapping goes askew, Danny and Jonas find themselves in a tangle neither of them can handle. Big Time is the non-linear story of two small-time criminals, a wannabe actress, the son of a crime lord, and the kidnapping that brings all of them together for what should be the ticket to their dreams. In this crazy world, everybody wants to go big time."

Winner Best Screenplay
Cinemalaya Film Festival 2005

UPC# 825307-928693
CAT# PH-92869 - $24.98

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Drama / 105 min
NR / 2005 / Philippines
Language: Tagalog w/ English Sub

Director: Hae-sung Song
Cast: Kyung-gu Sol, Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji

In 1953, Japan was in desperate need of a hero. After the national shame of WWII, the dreams and imaginations of Japan were captured by one man: superstar pro-wrestler Rikidozan. 5 foot 9 and 240 lbs of bulging muscle with a rakish smile that said, "Not only will I be just as good as you Yankee wrestlers, but I'll beat you at your own game." Billed as the villain when he wrestled in the U.S., Rikidozan was a national hero in Japan. At the height of his fame in the '50s and early '60s, millions of Japanese would be glued to their TV sets to watch his fights. "He's one of us, a Nihonjin (Japanese)," his fans must have thought at the time, "who's not afraid to stand up to the Americans." Strange then, that Rikidozan was in fact Korean, but would keep his true identity secret.

2005 (Deauville Asian Film Festival)
2006 (Newport Beach International Film Festival)

UPC# 825307-926590
CAT# PH-92659 - $24.98

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Drama / 144 min
NR / 2004 / Japan / Korea
Language: Japanese with ON/OFF English Subtitles

Director: Ho-Young Kwon
Cast: Jun-wu Bae, Eun-chan Choi, Min-geum Choi

A young judge is known for making tough and uncompromising decisions. But, his carefully ordered life is thrown into chaos after his wife is brutally murdered. Apparently, a former criminal, called "The Chaser," has a grudge against him for a past ruling. It soon becomes apparent that the case is far from closed, as a reporter contacts Suk Hyun, informing him that his life appears to be following the exact same path of another judge, some 30 years ago – a prediction which means that Su Young will shortly escape from jail to murder him and his daughter. With the help of prosecutor Gang Sung, the judge desperately tries to stop this from happening whilst uncovering the dark truth behind the death of his unfortunate predecessor.

"Parallel Life proves that it is perfectly possible for genre efforts to be both exciting and thought provoking. A superior suspense thriller."
- Beyond Hollywood

UPC# 825307-927498
CAT# PH-92749 - $24.98

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Drama / 110 min
NR / 2010 / Korea
Language: Korean with English Subtitles

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Cast: Gaku Hamada, Atsushi Itô,, Kengo Kôra, Mirai Moriyama

2012, Five hours before the comet crashes into the Earth. Only five hours left to Earth's total annihilation. Everyone is doomed. The fatal comet that is about to crash into the Earth can be seen glowing across the sky. After America's plan to blast the comet fails, everyone leaves the city to seek shelter. But only one record store remains open. Where 5 strangers are gathered to discuss and resolve the fate of the world.

A curt looking man in a wheelchair, Tanikuchi claims that the Earth is doomed. 'The probability is 100%, not 99%.' But the manager just calmly mumbles, 'The Righteous Apostle will save the Earth'. The song, 'Fish Story' by a nameless 70s band can be heard playing on the record turn table. On the back of the album cover it says, 'There is a silent pause during the song. It was put there by the song's makers on purpose'.

Does this obscure, punk song contain the ingredients to save our way of life? That's what these strangers will find out for us by revisiting the inception to "Fish Story", travelling in time to 1975, 1982, 2007 and 2009 in this miracle drama waiting to thrill and save audiences around the world!

UPC# 825307-927399
CAT# PH-92739 - $24.98

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Comedy / 112 min
NR / 2009 / Japan
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles

Director: Gorô Kishitani
Cast: Yoshino Kimura, Yasufumi Terawaki, Juri Ueno, Momoka Ôno

Hiroko spent 25 years failing at everything – but for the first time, luck is on her side. She's about to marry the man of her dreams: the rich, handsome and charming Kenichi. On the day before her wedding, however, she ends up accidentally killing her landlord.

Determined to go through with her wedding as planned, she resorts to the unthinkable. She will drive to Mouth Fuji to dump the body. There, she will meet a suicidal woman named Kobayashi, who will offers to help dispose of the body - if Hiroko will help Kobayashi commit suicide.

Hiroko is appalled by this proposition, but before the negotiations go any further, the two women learn they are not alone in the forest.
Soon, the girls find themselves being chased by a menacing biker gang, hit men and a bicycle cop. Through a series of events involving a lodge owner, a singing star, a devoted fan in a gorilla suit, a weird friendship begins to build, as Hiroko strives to make it to the altar the next day.

Will Hiroko be able to have a wedding? Will Kobayashi find a new reason for hope?

And, what will become of the corpse...?

UPC# 825307-927597
CAT# PH-92759 - $24.98

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Comedy / 96 min
NR / 2009 / Japan
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles

Director: Chisako Yokoyama
Cast: Masami Kosaka, Hidetoshi Imura, Mauricio Solis

Saki (Sachiko Kokubu) is not your average art teacher - she handles prison inmates, as well as art students.

When Saki's grandfather (Hidetoshi Imura) visits Saki, he also brings trouble, in the form of an evil Yakuza. Saki uses her artistic demons to fight the gangsters and killers who infiltrate her life, threatening everything in sight.

Saki slashes her way to a spectacular showdown of guns, knives and anything she can get her hands on. Saki is out to create her bloodiest masterpiece yet, in this thriller of betrayal, revenge, and killer art. Her paint brush is her blade. Her paint is her enemy's blood.

UPC# 825307-926095
CAT# PH-92609 - $24.98

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Drama-Thriller / 90 min / Region 0
NR / 2011 / USA?
Language: Japanese, English with English Subtitles

Director: Hiro Suzuki
Cast: Masashi Odate, Hidetoshi Imura, Mauricio Solis

An ex-Yakuza, Kenji wants for fresh start in a new place. America. He visits his buddy, Shingo in LA. Shingo's dad was also Yakuza. Now he is a chef in Little Tokyo. But culinary life is not peaceful either. There is a conspiracy in this neighborhood where gangsters are trying to evacuate storeowners from their businesses. And Kenji gets invovled. But when he gets invovled, all hell breaks loose.

Japanese gangs, Korean gangs, the Mafia, every type of criminal imaginable gets involved in what while turn into the most massive street fight you ever witnesses. And Kenji is caught right in the middle. Will he find salvation in a foreign country. To achieve it, he must battle every bad guy in his path and end them, no matter who he is.

UPC# 825307-926194
CAT# PH-92619 - $24.98

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Drama-Comedy / 89 min / Region 0
NR / 2011 / USA
Language: Japanese, English with English Subtitles