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Asian Movies - War of the Arrows

srijeda , 28.01.2015.

War of the Arrows is a South Korean movie about betrayal, love and war. Loss of a father under those circumstances would probably define anyone's life. This is a movie set in the past where honor and bow and arrows were pretty much everything a man had. A suddenly orphaned brother and sister adopted by their late father's best friend turned out to be very different from each other. The brother was pretty much a looser and a fool, while the sister was a proper young lady. The binding of the two families though marriage was something that her brother could not deal with. The brand of the traitor was a mark that never faded in his mind. Things really got out of hand after the sudden attack on their village. It was the moment Nam-yi was trained for as a skilled archer and hunter. I must admit it really was a treat watching him hunt them down one by one. Those were some seriously cruel times when it totally sucked being an ordinary person without fighting skills. The transition between a traitor's son to a hero was something that was forced on him by the circumstances, not something that he was striving for. His taken sister was his only goal and it was really noble of him. The action parts were nice, especially since the preferred weapons were bows and arrows with an occasional sword here and there. All the running, hiding, ambushing and fighting really sucks you in and you live though it alongside the characters. War of the Arrows is a good movie that should be watched.

Plot

The film begins with two children Nam-yi and Ja-in being chased by King Injo's guards and saved by their father Choi Pyeong-ryung, an officer of King Gwanghae and a skilled archer. He sends his own children to find a place of refuge with his best friend Kim Min-soon. As they escaped crying, Ja-in begged her brother to go back to their father but their father was killed in front of Nam-yi. Nam-yi, though bitten by the guard dogs, kills them and escapes with Ja-in. Nam-yi becomes the only family Ja-in has. 13 years later Nam-yi (Park Hae-il) is now a skilled archer and hunter. He learns from Min-soon's son Seo-goon (Kim Mu-yeol) that he and Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) plan to get married, with the approval of Min-soon who is also Ja-in's godfather.

During the wedding, Nam-yi is up in the mountains hunting deer. He hears the rumble of the invading forces. When Nam-yi makes it back to the village, he finds his step-father slaughtered and his sister taken away. Nam-yi then sets out to find the Qing army and take out their army with his bow. The great commander of the Qing army, Jyuushinta (Ryoo Seung-ryong) discovers the mysterious man trailing his men and taking them out one by one. Jyuushinta then sets out to find Nam-yi. A war of arrows is set to begin and Nam-yi prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice...

Director: Kim Han-min

Writer: Kim Han-min

Running time: 122 minutes

Release Date: August 11, 2011

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. B'z: Uchouten

uchoten by Bored4Lyfe

2. Nana Mizuki: Eden

3. Hachi: Flowerwall

4. SOLIDEMO: Rafflesia

5. CROSS GENE: Future

CG[F] by heart9

6. Ling Tosite Sigure: Who What Who What

8. Silent Siren: KAKUMEI

14. Nothing's Carve: Gravity

25. Hanae: Kamisama no Kamisama

27. Miliyah Kato: Shounen Shoujo

K-pop

1. Baechigi: Nightmare

2. EXID: Up & Down

3. Zia: Missing You With Heart B

4. Turbo: White Love

5. Kim Gun Mo: Jalmotdoen Mannam

6. Mad Clown: Fire Feat. Jinsil

7. Noel: Your Voice

8. Uhm Jung Hwa: POISON

9. Monday Kiz: Love

15. Jinusean: Telephone Number

17. COOL: Aesang

19. Jonghyun: Deja-Boo Feat. Zion.T

29. COOL: Seulpeojiryeo Hagi Jeone

C-pop

1. JJ Lin: If Only

2. Jay Chou: What Kind of Man

3. Pets Ceng: Just Lose It

4. T-ara: Little Apple(With Chopsticks Brothers)

5. Mayday: Your Legend

JGames - Koihime Musou (PC)

utorak , 20.01.2015.

It's been a while since I talked about a JGame so here it is, finally. This time I played Koihime Musou, PC game. At first, I was kinda disappointed because it was all about politics and war with the neighboring countries, but then it got interesting because of the mini games. Every once in a while you get to play a mini game where you choose your generals and strategies to defeat your current enemies. The cool part is that even if you get defeated, you can replay it and every time you replay you get reinforcements so eventually you will win! It's kind of a safety net for those who are bad at mini games. When you finish the mini game the home phase opens and you can visit any of the currently unlocked characters and get real "close" with them. Koihime Musou ~A Heart-Throbbing, Maidenly Romance of the Three Kingdoms~ is a game more directed towards the male population since it's practically a harem game. I have no doubt that guys will love this one, so if you wanna try it, enjoy, I know you will.

Timeslip!? Kazuto went out to catch a thief that sneaked into school. But the next instant, he finds himself in a wasteland. What’s happened!? He is surrounded by bandits. They mumble something, and attack him. Just when he is about to be killed, a girl appears in front of him. She swings a big spear, and beats them up. “My name is Kanu, master. Let’s fight together for unification of country.”

Manufacturer: BaseSon

Publisher: Nexton
Genre: Adventure, Visual novel, Strategy, Eroge

Size: 1,33 GB

Released: February 28, 2011

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. NEWS:KAGUYA

2. Da-iCE: Mou Ichido Dake

3. Fear, and Loathing: LET ME HEAR

4. ClariS: border

5. Sakurako Ohara: Hitomi

8. Nightmare: blur

Nightmare [Blur] by naitomea_yomi

11. Petit Milady: Hi no Ito Rinne no GEMINI

13. Yuikaori: NEO SIGNALIFE

26. Daisuke: Ai wa Chitte Rairairaraira

ú`occfé¤é¤éé¤é by nonmaria

K-popng>K-pop

1. Turbo: White Love

2. EXID: Up & Down

3. Turbo: Love is...

4. MFBTY: Angel

5. A Pink: Luv

7. BMK: Geunyeowaui Ibyeor

11. Turbo: Do You Wanna Funk..

14. BMK: Bruise

16. S.E.S.: I am Your Girl

17. Kim Gun Mo: Jalmotdoen Mannam

20. Jinusean: Tell Me featuring Uhm Jung Hwa

22. Turbo: A Jazz Bar

24. Turbo: December (Recollection)

C-pop

1. JJ Lin: If Only

2. Jay Chou: What Kind of Man

3. Pets Ceng: Just Lose It

4. Rainie Yang: Shi Yi De Jin Yu

5. T-ara: Little Apple (With Chopsticks Brothers)

20. Jay Chou: Handwritten Past

27. Jay Chou: End of the World Traveler

K-pop group - A-JAX

petak , 16.01.2015.

They are the first DSP Media's boy group in a long while. On May 1st, DSP Media revealed that A-JAX will be the first Korean idol
group to debut within Korea and Japan simultaneously, and will follow
in the footsteps of sunbae group, SS501. A-JAX is the official groups' name, in reference to the mythological Greek hero
that helped bring victory to the Greeks during the Trojan War. It is
composed of seven members including Hyeongkon, Jaehyung, Yunyoung,
Hyojun, Sungmin, Seungjin and Seungyub. They made the first appearance
on TV as a group on MBC Music's Making The Star - DSP Boyz in April 24, 2012. The group made its official debut in South Korea on June 1, with the single One 4 U.

Japanese media showed great interest in A-JAX since they introduced them as KARA's younger brother.

DSP Media's new
idol boy group debuted as the opening act for KARA's Saitama
concert tour in front of 32,000 crowds on May 26 and May 27.

Several Japanese media such as Sankei Sports, Nikkan Sports, Sports
Nippon, Kyodo Report and other local media covered A-JAX's debut stage.

Members

Stage Name: Jaehyung

Birth Name: Seo Jae Hyung

Birth Date: April 2, 1990

Position: Sub-Vocalist, Face of The Group

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 61 kg

Blood Type: B

Stage Name: Yunyoung

Birth Name: Maeng Yoon Young

Birth Date: February 15, 1993

Position: Lead Vocalist

Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea

Height: 182 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Blood Type: B

Stage Name: Hyojun

Birth Name: Moon Hyo Jun

Birth Date: April 29, 1991

Position: Sub-Vocalist, Main Dancer

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 62 kg

Blood Type: AB

Hobby: Playing football

Stage Name: Sungmin

Birth Name: Park Sung Min

Birth Date: May 31, 1993

Position: Main Vocalist

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 72 kg

Blood Type: A

Stage Name: Seungyub

Birth Name: Lee Seung Yeob

Birth Date: October 23, 1994

Position: Sub-Vocalist

Height: 185 cm

Weight: 67 kg

Blood Type: B

Stage Name: Hyeongkon

Birth Name: Kim Hyeong Kon

Nickname: Power Leader

Birth Date: December 3, 1988

Position: Leader, Rapper

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: B

Stage Name: Seungjin

Birth Name: Ham Seung Jin

Birth Date: October 15, 1994

Position: Rapper, Lead Dancer

Height: 176 cm

Weight: 60 kg

Blood Type: B

Discography

Japanese Single - ONE 4 U

1. ONE 4 U

2. Break Up

3. ONE 4 U Instrumental

4. Break Up Instrumental

Single

1. Hot Game

2. Hot Game Instrumental

Music Videos

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. Kamen Joshi: Genkidane

2. Kis-My-Ft2: Thank You Jan!

3. GUILD: LOVE Machine

4. N Zero: Dakara Don't Say It!

5. Yoshino Nanjo, Pile: Fuyu Ga Kureta Yokan

19. King Cream Soda: Geragerapo no Uta

24. SEKAI NO OWARI: Dragon Night

K-pop

1. MFBTY: Angel

2. EXID: Up & Down

3. K.Will: The Only Person

4. A Pink: LUV

5. Dynamic Duo: Dynamic Duo & Lena Park

21. Nell: Green Nocturne

22. Yoon Jong Shin: Exhausted With Kwak Jineon

25. EXO: December, 2014

30. IU: Merry Christmas ahead of time

C-pop

1. Jay Chou: What Kind of Man

2. JJ Lin: If Only

3. Pets Ceng: Just Lose It

4. Rainie Yang: Shi Yi De Jin Yu

5. Li Rong Hao: King of Comedy

15. Rainie Yang: Qi Shi Wo Men Zhi De Xing Fu

25. Jolin Tsai: Bu Yi Yang You Zenme Yang

27. Bii: I am Still Missing You

Asian Movies - Sector 7

srijeda , 07.01.2015.

Sector 7. Just by hearing the name you would think it's probably some action pumped movie about guys running around with guns trying to off each other. Well, you'd be wrong. This is the first Korean movie I've watched that is about an oil platform in the middle of nowhere and some serious problems. Interesting how the danger attached to the oil rig's drilling was a bunch of cute glowing fish. Maybe because they looked like they weren't a threat. Who knew searching for oil could be fun as well, at least until things started to go wrong. The human factor always makes a mess of things, one way or the other, mostly because of greed. It's sad how, without fail, every time innocent people get hurt because of the mistakes of others. Hae Jun's disappointment in her uncle was something to be expected, but it still caught me by surprise. The monster he created was his own undoing. Regarding that monster, it kinda reminded of those from Doom, looked pretty similar. Guess they were lacking in imagination when they were creating this one.

All in all this is a pretty good movie. It has its ups and downs like any other movie. Drama, action, comedy and horror are all intertwined. There is always something going on, not too many dull moments, which is a positive thing. The actors did their jobs rather well and so did the CG team.

Plot

A small team of oil rig workers are searching for undiscovered oil at
the oil rig Sector 7, off the coast of Jeju Island. After the tension
builds from countless failures, the main character Hae Jun's uncle
returns with the hope of finding the untapped wells of oil. What they
don't realize is that he has a much different motive. Working together
with a researcher on board the rig, he plans to breed a newly discovered
life-form whose bodily fluids can burn for longer than 30 hours, as a
new form of fuel instead of oil.

But tragedy strikes as the specimen escapes with deaths of the
researcher, the doctor, and another worker to follow. With the loss of
the main power, the workers become stranded as the creature begins to
hunt for its next meal. Armed with nothing but a few guns and the
knowledge of the creature's minor susceptibility to flame, the remaining
workers must work together to kill the beast before it hunts them down
one by one, and escape the oil rig. But with its incredible speed
(despite its size), its lightning fast, spear-like tongue, and its
nearly impenetrable hide, they may not stand a chance.

Director: Kim Ji-hun

Screenplay: Yoon Je-kyoon

Release Date: August 4, 2011 (South Korea)

Running Time: 104 minutes

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. Kis-My-Ft2: Thank You Jan!

2. Yoshino Nanjo, Pile: Fuyu Ga Kureta Yokan

3. Infinite: Dilemma

I[D] by heart9

4. Miyuki Watanabe: Yasashiku Suru Yori Kisu wo Shite

5. Ayumi Hamasaki: Zutto...

6. IDOLING!!!: Yuki Usagi

13. Kana Hanazawa: Cocytus

24. Indigo La End: Sayonara Bell

28. BIRTH: Belle Vie -Soba ni Iru Kara

K-pop

1. MFBTY: Angel

2. Dynamic Duo: SsSs

3. Sung Si Kyung: Dont Forget

4. Jung Seung Hwan: Jung Seung Hwan

5. A Pink: LUV

27. Kim Jo Han: I Want To Fall In Love

C-pop

1. Jolin Tsai: Dě Sn Rénchng

2. Mayday: Your Legend

3. Magic Power: I still love you

4. Li Rong Hao: King of Comedy

5. Zhou Xing Zhe (Eric): Yi Hou Bie Zuo Peng You

15. Jay Chou: Xie Zi Te Da Hao

23. 831: Why I Cried

30. JJ Lin: Xin Di Qiu