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Raúl de la Fuente Director

Youssef Kerkour as Farrusco

Tomasz Zietek as Farrusco

John Hollingworth as Rysard Kapuscinski

Gracy Goldman as (voice)

In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola's civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty reality of war and discovered a sense of helplessness previously unknown to him. Angola changed him forever: it was a reporter who left Poland, but it was a writer who returned…

The Secret Mission

6.9

♡ 13

letter

word

Yu-na Eom Director

Sung-Wook Lee as Jang Choon-Sam

Tae-hoon Kim as Park-Hoon

Young-chang Song as Ryoo Wan-Taek

Hong-Fa Kim as Teacher Jo

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

A Resistance

6.3

♡ 9

96%

Action

Drama

women's prison

Min-ho Cho Director

Gyung-rok Kim as

Lee Sung Won as Kishi Shintaro

Ryu Kyung-Soo as Nishida Jiro / Jung Choon-young

Ah-sung Ko as Yu Gwan-Sun

17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910.

The Battle: Roar to Victory

6.4

♡ 19

83%

japanese invasion of korea

joseon dynasty

joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

War

Shin-yeon Won Director

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kusanagi

Woo-jin Jo as Ma Byung-gu

Kazuki Kitamura as Yasukawa Jiro

Kotaro Daigo as Yukio

Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.

Tjoet Nja' Dhien

1988

Indonesian

7.8

♡ 4

aceh

Drama

Eros Djarot Director

Robert Syarif as Dutch Officer

Fritz G. Schadt as Dutch Officer

Roy Karyadi as Dutch Officer

Christine Hakim as Tjoet Nja' Dhien

Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch. Tjoet Nja' Dhien, the widow of a rebel leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra, assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch. Despite personal obstacles, she remained in the thick of the struggle for ten years.

Assassination

2015

7.2

♡ 61

83%

japanese invasion of korea

Thriller

Dong-hoon Choi Director

Ji-hyun Jun as An Ok-yun

Jung-woo Ha as Hawaii Pistol

Seung-woo Cho as Kim Won-bong

Jung-jae Lee as Yeom Seok-jin

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

Spanish Affair

2014

Spanish

6.5

♡ 1

54%

Romance

romantic comedy

romcom

Emilio Martínez Lázaro Director

Clara Lago as Amaia

Telmo Esnal as Camarero Asador

Carmen Machi as Merche

Dani Rovira as Rafa

Rafael, a Seville citizen who has never left the Spanish region of Andalucia, decides to leave his homeland to follow Amaia, a Basque girl unlike other women he has known.

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

English

5.0

♡ 11

29%

Swati Bhise Director

Milind Gunaji as Gangadhar Rao

Glenn Webster as Lord

Derek Jacobi as Lord Palmerston

Jodhi May as Queen Victoria

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi tells the true story of Lakshmibai, the historic Queen of Jhansi who fiercely led her army against the British East India Company in the mutiny of 1857. From Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria, two-and- a half-centuries of East India Company rule will be reversed by its attempt to crush India’s Warrior Queen. Lakshmibai is known as one of the most prominent figures within the independence movement of India. The passion to free her province from colonial rule led this young woman to become one of the greatest generals of the Indian army, and to go down in history for her bravery, strategic acumen, and as a force to reckon with by the East India Company and the British Raj. The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is the story of the woman who lived and fought for the freedom of her people.

Phantom

2023

6.2

♡ 17

1930s

Action

based on novel or book

Crime

History

spy

Thriller

Hae-Young Lee Director

Kyung-gu Sol as Junji Muramaya

Lee Hanee as Park Cha kyeong Esom

Esom as Yun Nan-yeong

So-dam Park as Yuriko

In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.

Harbin

2024

6.3

♡ 12

89%

spy

Thriller

Min-ho Woo Director

Yeo-bin Jeon as Gong Bu-in

Lily Franky as Ito Hirobumi

Dong-Wook Lee as Lee Chang-seop

Ego Mikitas as Vladimir Kokovtsov

In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.

The Age of Shadows

2016

7.1

♡ 102

100%

japan