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2) Digger
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DVD FOREIGN GREEK DIGGER
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DVD FOREIGN GREEK DIGGER
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It is a thrilling psychological western set in the rich forests of Northern Greece. When his estranged son appears with a motorcycle and a grudge, an iconoclastic farmer at war with an encroaching industry must let nature decide the fate of this tumultuous relationship.
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Giants and Toys is a sharp and snappy corporate satire revolving around the ruthless machinations of a group of admen working in the confectionary industry. As a new recruit to the marketing department of World Caramel, fresh-faced graduate Nishi (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is eager to impress his ambitious and hard-nosed boss Goda (Black Test Car's Hideo Takamatsu), even if it strains his relationships with his college friend Yokoyama (Koichi Fujiyama) and...
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DVD FOREIGN FRENCH LOST
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DVD FOREIGN FRENCH LOST
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An aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris. When he agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience, and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit in this sumptuous adaptation of Honore de Balzac's epic novel, Lost Illusions.
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Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy, they're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
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"Expert hostage negotiator Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan) is drawn into a psychological game of cat-and-mouse when a criminal mastermind with weeks to live (Andy Lau) decides to take on the entire Hong Kong Police Force. There's more to his plan than meets the eye, but can Inspector Ho figure it out and catch him in time? He's got 72 hours to try."--Publisher description.
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A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama, and idol movie, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel.
11) The spy
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Based on a true story, it centers around Sonja Wigert, Scandinavia's most acclaimed and popular female movie star, who lives in Stockholm when World War II breaks out. Top Nazi officials want Sonja to help power their propaganda machine through the movies she stars in. When her father is imprisoned by the Nazis, Sonja enlists as a spy for the Swedish secret service before meeting the Nazis in Oslo to flirt her father out of prison. In the process...
12) Zombie for sale
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When the illegal human experiments of Korea's biggest pharmaceutical company go wrong, one of their undead test subjects escapes and ends up in a shabby gas station owned by the Park family - a band of misfits spanning three generations who hustle passers-by to make ends meet.
13) Baby assassins
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DVD FOREIGN JAPANESE BABY
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DVD FOREIGN JAPANESE BABY
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Two high school girls receive orders from upper management to get "real" jobs, become roommates and blend into normal society. They also happen to be highly skilled assassins who don₂t like each other. After an unfortunate run-in with the violent Yakuza, they quickly learn they must band together to survive an epic fight for their lives.
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Fierce gang boss Jang Dong-su is violently attacked after a fender bender on a rainy night. After fighting back, he barely escapes; however, his reputation as a feared leader is damaged beyond repair. The only way to restore his image is to find his attacker and exact revenge. Jang teams up with Detective Jung Tae-seok to find the assailant but soon discovers the attacker is a serial killer. Detective Jung is forced to use gang boss Jang's resources...
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After waking up from a car crash unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. Now, he must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike. But with no memory, and no allies, his time is running out.
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A family patriarch and all but two of his sons are brutally wiped out in a bloody battle with a rival family. One surviving son returns to his mother and two sisters, driven mad with grief; the other escapes and joins a nearby monastery while in hiding. Once he learns his sister has been captured by their enemies, however, the warrior-turned-monk realizes he must renounce his peaceful ideals in order to mount a rescue mission and avenge his family....
17) Da zui xia
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When the Governor's son is taken hostage by bandits, a mysterious swordsman named Golden Swallow is hot on their trail to ensure the son's release. What the bandits don't realize, however, is that Golden Swallow is actually a woman, and that the hostage is her brother. Determined to set him free, no matter how many goons she has to fight her way through in doing so, she is aided in her quest by a drunken beggar who may have a closer connection to...
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Daimajin: Japanese fantasy about a giant stone statue that comes to life and helps a prince and princess regain their throne. Majin, the vengeful warrior, causes an earthquake and kills a cruel warlord.
Return of Daimajin: A small group of children risk their lives to reach Majin, the stone statue known as the legendary god of vengeance, to plead for help on behalf of their village. An evil overlord has captured the men from the village and must...
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The big racket: Inspector Nico Palmieri is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers hell-bent on extorting local business owners with intimidation and violent reprisals. Injured by the gang in the line of duty, Nico is determined to bring the crooks to justice, but his superiors warn him off the case. Realizing he's not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians who have themselves fallen...
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Two private detectives hired by an aging former actress to find her kidnapped daughter find themselves in a bizarre situation when their investigations lead them to the studios of the mysterious M. Pathe company.