Asian Movie Pulse

• Joon Ho Bong’s Mother Cinema Release Competition.
  Its Mother’s Day soon and what better way to celebrate than to catch the excellent Mother.Mother will be available in US cinemas on limited release from Friday 12th March 2010. Mother is another masterpiece from the wonderful Korean director Joon-Ho Bong and is the story of an over protective mothers’ (Hye Ja Kim) undying love and [...] […]
• Korean Box Office Details – 19th – 21st Feb 2010
  Korean Box Office Details – 19th – 21st Feb 2010 Brought To You By : The Secret Reunion in its third week in theaters still dominates, having the honor of also being the movie to finally dethrone Avatar as  number one in South Korea. From director Jang Hoon after his excellent debut Rough Cut,  [...] […]
• Japan’s Censorship System
  This little logo always appears next to the movie title, it’s the Eirin logo – the Japanese film classification board. The Japan Times published an overview about this system; its history, how films are classified, how it deals with sexually explicit material… […]
• After School (2010 – Thailand) Trailer
  A group of high school students follow the dream of having their own musical band and becoming artists. They spend their time after school to rehearse. […]
• Book: Directory of World Cinema – Japan
  To be published in March ‘10, this book is an introduction to japanese cinema, providing a “more culturally-specific insight” into j-films, from oldies to animation. Each chapters starts with an essay presenting the basics of each ge... […]
• To Sir With Love (2010 – Thailand) Trailer
  Set within Issan region of Thailand, "To Sir With Love" tells the story of a teacher (Pichet Kongkarn) newly assigned to a small village to teach underprivileged children. […]
• High Adrenaline Action-On-Wheels “Remp-It V3” Malaysian Movie
  After acting in the first Remp-It film, actor Farid Kamil found an opportunity to direct the Remp-It V3 or V3 Samseng Jalanan, an action packed movie that has a mixed influence by Western film Torque. The movie also stars Bront Palarae, an actor known for his role in 2007 Dukun, a horror movie based on a true story. Rempt in V3 tells the story of a character […]
• 10 Anime Series To Watch!
  With a huge amount of anime series produced each year in Japan, it's easy to be lost. If you're wondering what you should watch, this should help you out: ********* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex • Plot: Female cyborg Major Moto... […]
• More pics from ‘Shaolin’ – Jackie Chan And Andy Lau
  Jackie Chan has recently started filming his parts in the upcoming movie "Shaolin", a movie that im really looking forward to seeing, which also features a great cast including Andy Lau, Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse as well as many others. […]
• Sayonara Itsuka (2010 – Japan) Trailer
  Yutaka (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is transferred to the Bangkok branch of Eastern Airlines. In three months, he will marry Mitsuko (Yuriko Ishida), a relative of the airline’s founder, and though he doesn’t love her, he knows he could be CEO one day if they wed. In Thailand, Yutaka meets a girl, Toko (Miho Nakayama), at a bar and is instantly drawn to her. His […]