List: CinemAsia | Curated by Remy Dean

Mar 6, 2025
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CinemAsiaIn-depth reviews of select Asian movies
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Running on Karma — surprising action thriller with a spiritual messageA monk turned body-builder, with the gift to see into people’s past lives, befriends a female cop, and uses his gift to change her destiny.
Jan 27
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Jan 27
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Underworld Beauty + Love Letter — satisfying style & cool content in films by Seijun SuzukiA thief hopes to help his old partner with stolen diamonds…
Jan 22
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Jan 22
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Legend of the Eight Samurai — ’80s horror-fantasy fusion still entertainsOnly eight legendary warriors can protect a cursed princess from an ancient supernatural clan…
Feb 11
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Feb 11
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Hokuriku Proxy War — gripping gangster chronicle reflects realityA Yakuza group from Osaka with dreams of national dominance moves into the Hokuriku region, sparking a turf war with local gangs…
Feb 21
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Feb 21
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‘Super Spies and Secret Lies’: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers (1966–69)The three action-adventure films brought together in this new Eureka Classics Box Set are pure entertainment…
Nov 29, 2024
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Nov 29, 2024
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‘Shawscope Volume Three’ (1967–1983) — a wonderful wuxia tasting menu for gluttonsBefore Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered kung fu films, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a different kind of martial arts…
Nov 22, 2024
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Nov 22, 2024
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Japan Organised Crime Boss — seminal yakuza crime drama could be betterA gangster, released from prison, seeks a quiet life… but after his boss dies, he’s forced to lead his gang.
Nov 15, 2024
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Nov 15, 2024
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Tomie — unusual psychological J-Horror with sapphic undertonesA young woman, haunted by repressed trauma, seeks answers through hypnosis, repeatedly uttering the name “Tomie.”
Nov 13, 2024
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Nov 13, 2024
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Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories — hauntingly beautiful adaptations of Japan’s spookiest…A collection of three of Japan’s most famous ghost stories that have haunted people for centuries.
Oct 25, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
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Wolves, Pigs, and Men — brotherly bonds break in brutal thrillerA lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.
Aug 18, 2024
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Aug 18, 2024
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Message from Space — space opera chaos with too many ideas and not enough timeAn embattled planet, on the edge of doom, sends an SOS, and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
Jul 19, 2024
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Jul 19, 2024
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The Imaginary — fantasy and reality battle to save a child’s lifeA boy no one can see, imagined by a girl to share her make-believe adventures, arrives at The Town of Imaginaries…
Jul 17, 2024
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Jul 17, 2024
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Sympathy for the Underdog — nostalgia and violence from an auteur of the yakuza genreA yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. So they relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Jun 26, 2024
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Jun 26, 2024
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The Miracle Fighters — kung fu in conflict with broad comedyA condemned Manchurian commander escapes by taking the emperor’s boy as hostage.
Jun 23, 2024
Jun 23, 2024
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Red Peony Gambler I-III — a triad of trend-setting female vengeance moviesThe Valiant Red Peony trilogy arrives on Blu-ray from Eureka ‘Masters of Cinema’…
Jun 19, 2024
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Jun 19, 2024
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The Valiant Ones — actions speak louder than words in classic wuxia taleThe emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.
Jun 5, 2024
Jun 5, 2024
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Shinobi — vengeful ninja versus ruthless samurai in historic genre-defining dramaIt’s the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation…
May 28, 2024
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May 28, 2024
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Black Mask — superhero mayhem dominates a slight storyA survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.
Apr 22, 2024
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Apr 22, 2024
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The Swordsman of All Swordsmen — superlative swordplay and masterly martial artsA new Blu-ray double bill of cult classics from Taiwanese action maestro Joseph Kuo…
Mar 14, 2024
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Mar 14, 2024
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Kung Fu Cult Master — a fumbled fist of furyDuring the Yuan Dynasty, sects compete for possession of two swords which contain the secret to dominance of the world of martial arts…
Jan 25, 2024
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Jan 25, 2024
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