This Summer, Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan (Veteran, The Battleship Island, Escape from Mogadishu) returns with Smuggling, an upcoming actioner starring Kim Hye-soo (Coin Locker Girl), Yum Jung-ah (Alienoid), Zo In-sung (Escape From Mogadishu) and Park Jeongmin (Decision to Leave). In 1970s, at Kunchon (a small village near sea), there were women divers, including two best friends Choonja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook’s brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. … Continue reading →

U.S. distributor Epic Pictures/Dread will be releasing Woman of the Photographs, the 2022 debut horror film from writer/director Takeshi Kushida. This award-winning film follows a solitary and skilled digital photographer who begins a twisted romance with a model suffering from body dysmorphia and obsessed with appearing perfect in her photos (via Deadline). It stars Hideki Nagai (Orpheus’ Lyre), Itsuki Otaki (Tokyo Vice), Toki Koinuma (Dance with Me) and Toshiaki Inomata (Drive My Car). … Continue reading →

Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed filmmaker of Hero, The Great Wall, Shadow and Cliff Walkers, is putting finishing touches on Full River Red (or “Man Jiang Hong”), an upcoming period mystery that Zhang is also co-writing with his Sniper screenwriter, Chen Yu. The film stars Jackson Yee (Pound of Flesh, Chinese Doctors), Shen Teng (Mission Milano), Zhang Yi (Operation Red Sea), Lei Jiayin (A Writer’s Odyssey) and Yue Yunpeng (Jian Bing Man). Full River Red, a title borrowed from a … Continue reading →

A Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon series is in the works from Sony Pictures Television. The studio has hitched writer-producer Jason Ning (co-executive producer for the upcoming Silk: Spider Society) to develop the TV series adaptation of the action-packed box office smash from two-time Best Director Academy Award winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain). The original was set against 19th-century China’s breathtaking landscape and followed two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle … Continue reading →

Later this month, Vinegar Syndrome will be releasing the Blu-ray Undeclared War, a 1990 Hong Kong actioner from acclaimed director Ringo Lam (Sky on Fire). The film stars Danny Lee (The Killer), Tommy Wong Kwong Leung (Madam City Hunter), Peter Liapis (Ghost Warrior), Vernon Wells (The Debt Collectors), Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet) and Rosamund Kwan (The Head Hunter). Official details: After a Polish diplomat and his family are murdered … Continue reading →

Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Release line up for the month of January, which includes a New title added to Hi-YAH! every Friday. If you want to give Hi-YAH! a go, visitors of this site can use the promo code “CITYONFIRE” for a FREE 30 Day trial! Read on for the full list of New and Exclusive