Chocolate (Prachya Pinkaew, Thailand, 2008)

Last Updated on October 6, 2020 by rob

When Zin, the girlfriend of gangster boss No 8 becomes pregnant by his rival, a yakuza named Masashi, No 8 warns Zin she must never see Masashi again. But many years later Zin is diagnosed with cancer so her autistic daughter Zen sets out to collect the debts from the local gangsters … Read the rest

Cash Calls Hell (Hideo Gosha, Japan, 1966)

Last Updated on October 24, 2020 by rob

On the eve of his release from prison after killing a father and his child in a car crash Oida (Tatsuya Nakadai) accepts an offer of 15 million yen from his cellmate Sengoku to kill three men with no questions asked. But when the first of his intended victims is killed by … Read the rest

Sea Fog (Shim Sung-bo, South Korea, 2014)

Last Updated on September 28, 2020 by rob

Desperate for money Captain Kang (Kim Yoon-seok) agrees to smuggle Chinese immigrants into South Korea in his dilapidated fishing boat the Junjiho. But following a dangerous rendezvous at sea a burst pipe suffocates the travellers as they hide in the ship’s hold. So when the Captain discovers that a young female immigrant … Read the rest