Crows Zero (2007)

Posted in Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Japanese, Movie on June 1, 2008 by Amber

Summary: 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 as he faces off against rival Serizawa.

Credits: crunchyroll.com

Trailer (Japanese)

Musa (2001)

Posted in Action, Drama, Historical, Korean, Movie, War on June 1, 2008 by Amber

Summary: In 1375, China was in a state of chaos because of fighting between the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The Koryo dynasty sent a delegation to make peace with Ming. However, the delegation were accused of spying and sent in exile to a desert. General CHOI Jung decides to return to Korea. Out of expectation, they meet Ming’s princess Furong who has been kidnapped and fall in love with CHOI Jung. He decides to rescue her, but his warriors disagree his decision. Now they must choose. Give up Furong or fight to the death together.

Credits: fivestarlaser.com

Trailer

Marrying High School Girl (2004)

Posted in Comedy, Korean, Movie, Romance on June 1, 2008 by Amber

Summary: Kyung-Gang (Lim Eun Kyung) is a notorious bad girl, renowned in her high school for being one scary, tough cookie. But when she visits a fortune teller, she’s told that she has to get married before she turns sixteen, or she’ll suffer the consequences: death! Immediately, Kyung-Gang sets out to find a guy, but her reputation as the resident bad girl makes every high school guy steer clear. But there’s a transfer student: On Dal is scheduled to leave for the U.S. before Kyung-Gang’s sixteenth birthday! Can the beauty stop being a beast before her prince hightails it for the horizon?

Credits: fivestarlaser.com

Trailer (Korean)

Make It Big (2002)

Posted in Action, Comedy, Korean, Movie on June 1, 2008 by Amber

Summary: Three high school students - Sung-hwan. Woo-sup and Jin-won are on their way back from a birthday party for Sung-hwan’s father. Several minutes later, a huge lump of cash and a bloody corpse crash on top of their car. With only a split second to decide, there is no option left for them… Meanwhile, a dedicated young detective named Ji-hyung, suspects Sung-hwan, Woo-sup and Jin-won of hiding the money, and watches every move they make. In the meantime, the real thieves and a ruthless gang are looking to get their money back. After the case gets terminated, Sung-hwan, Woo-sup and Jin-won secretly go to the place where Sung-hwan stashed the money. They look inside a pit to discover a new surprise waiting for them.

Credits: koreanmovie.com

Trailer (Korean)

Lovely Rivals (2004)

Posted in Comedy, Korean, Movie on June 1, 2008 by Amber

Summary: In this comic love story, a female elementary school teacher and one of her girl students become rival lovers after a handsome man starts teaching in the same rural school. An unsophisticated teacher, Yeo Miok (played by Yeom Jeonga), has a crush on Gwon Sangchun (singer-turned-actor Lee Jihun), a newly appointed, handsome fine art teacher some years younger than her. She has to compete with a formidable opponent - Go Minam (Lee Seyeong), her cute but strong-willed student.

Credits: seoulselection.com

Trailer (Korean)