My Mighty Princess 我的野蛮公主 : in cinemas 18 Sep 2008

Synopsis:

Kang Sohwi, a beautiful martial arts prodigy, is about to embark on a journey into adulthood. But her journey is like no other. Her super-human strength and martial arts prowness scares away her fellow undergrads and even the boy she has fallen for.

Devastated, Sohwi decides to give up martial arts and takes a different path. Her father, a martial artist herself, is afraid of losing an heirness to the family's martial artistry, and missions Sohwi's old buddy Ilyeong to persuade her to stay in the field.

Meanwhile, the evil Heukbong provokes a war to conquer the martial arts world with the legendary Fine Blade he stole in the past, killing every swordsman one after another. Sohwi's father comes to a showdown with Heukbong, but the battle leaves him fatally injured. On the brink of her father's death, Sohwi picks up a sword again with a burning desire for revenge.

Cast:

• Shin Min-A (신 민아) as Kang Sohwi
• YuGun (유건) as Junmo, the dashing captain of the ice hockey team and the boy Sohwi likes
• On Juwan (온 주완) as Ilyeong, Sohwi's childhood friend
  

Director:
Kwak Jae Yong

Language:
Korean, with English/Chinese subtitles

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Crow Zero : In theatres 20 March 2008

 

Sypnosis:

The mega-hit comic, CROWS, about feuding high school tough guys, has sold over 32 million copies in its eight-plus years. This feature length movie version of "CROWS" depicts the never-before-told origins of the story as "Episode Zero".

The Suzuran Senior High School for Boys, nicknamed "The School of Crows", is the poorest achieving, most violent school in the country. The students are called "crows" and they band together in factions, battling each other for influence and power. But they all share a common goal ... one that has never been reached in the school's history: unification. No one faction has ever reigned supreme.

Oguri plays the role of Genji Takiya, a transfer student who attempts to take over Suzuran Boys High School and is mentored by old boy yakuza Katagiri (Kyosuke Yabe) as he faces off against rival Serizawa (Takayuki Yamada).

Cast:
Shun Oguri
Kyosuke Yabe
Takayuki Yamada
Shunsuke Daito
Meisa Kuroki
Tsutomu Takahashi
Goro Kishitani

Director:
Takashi Miike

Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama / Action

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L change the WorLd: In theatres 21 February 2008

 

Sypnosis:

“The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die.”

After solving the Kira case, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari (Shunji Fujimura), L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.

A boy and a girl hold the keys to solving this case and L had to get into a desparate situation to protect the kids. A person who obtains the most horrible weapon “Death God” created by human says the same thing as Kira... ”I am going to change the world.”

What will happen to L? Is anything in the world going to be changed? The turbulent 23 days even L cannot predict awaits him. The most exciting and moving countdown has now begun!

Cast:
Kenichi Matsuyama
Yuki Kudo
Mayuko Fukuda
Shunji Fujimura

Director:
Hideo Nakata

Language: Japanese
Genre: Thriller

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