This anime tale based on the popular Japanese manga chronicles the adventures of Saki Asamiya, a jailed juvenile delinquent who’s offered a chance at redemption. Tasked with going undercover to clean up crime-ridden Takanoha High School, Saki finds herself in the midst of a snake pit, where the nasty Mizuchi sisters rule the roost. Are Saki and her secret lethal …
Snake Woman’s Curse
When a wealthy landlord causes the death of a poor farmer, enslaves the man’s wife and daughter, and then kills a snake the wife was protecting, he unleashes the serpent’s curse. Before long, the landlord finds himself being driven mad by deathly spirits as terrible misfortune rains down on his family — including his son, whose young bride starts growing …
Sick Nurses
Hell hath no fury like a nurse scorned in this gruesome but witty horror story from Thailand. Dr. Tar is a charming but devious surgeon who has a profitable side business supplying black market dealers with fresh human organs for transplant. Dr. Tar’s staff of seven nubile nurses help him find a steady source of victims, but one of his …
Seoul Raiders
Tony Leung (Infernal Affairs, Hero) reprises his role as Japanese special agent Lam, this time on an intricate search for a pair of “Avenger” plates, used to make counterfeit U.S. bank notes. During the hunt, he befriends foxy thief JJ (Shu Qi) and a US Embassy staffer (Richie Jen), a double agent who manages to con the plates out of …
Samurai Fiction
Heishiro (Mitsuru Fukikoshi), a noble samurai, searches for the renegade who stole his clan’s treasure and killed his best friend. The villain, Rannosuke (Tomoyasu Hotei), is a formidable foe, but Heishiro is from a long line of great warriors and knows how to handle a sword. So, he should be able to hold his own against Rannosuke, who has only …
Onechanbara:Samurai Bikini Squad
Inspired by the video game phenomenon, this live-action epic follows Aya, a sexy antihero clad in only a bikini and a cowboy hat. In a not-too-distant future in which the world copes with ravenous zombies, Aya makes time for a personal mission. Between decapitations of the ubiquitous undead, Aya and her sidekicks, Katsuji and Reika, search for Aya’s father’s killer, …
One Night In Mongkok
Set on Christmas Eve, “One Night in Mongkok” takes place in Hong Kong’s most violent and densely populated district; Kowloon. A frazzled police squad searches for a contract killer known simply as Roy. Roy’s latest assignment threatens to ignite a full scale Triad turf war as he has been hired to assassinate a powerful drug lord who murdered his main …
Mr. Vampire
Blending horror, comedy and plenty of high-octane martial arts action, this Hong Kong classic tells the story of a Taoist priest, Master Gau (Ching-Ying Lam), who tries to save his two apprentices, Chou (Siu-hou Chin) and Man Choi (Ricky Hui), from supernatural forces. While working to help a family resolve its ongoing bad luck, Chou becomes possessed by a ghost, …
Lethal Panthers 1 and 2
Sibelle Hu is beautiful agent Betty Lee in “Lethal Panther” (1990), a sexy, hair-raising actioner in which she attempts to stop the nasty Chinese leader of the toughest Filipino gang in the world while battling a Japanese hit woman. With Yoko Miyamoto. And, in “Lethal Panther 2” (1993), Yukari Oshima plays an Interpol agent who joins forces with a Hong …
Latitude Zero
When a volcanic eruption threatens a submarine full of Japanese scientists, the passengers are brought to safety by the valiant Capt. McKenzie (Joseph Cotten), who transports them to a utopian underwater city. But when one of the scientists is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Malic (Cesar Romero), the recovery efforts bring the rescuers up against giant rats, a flying lion …