6 Movies Starring Krista Kosonen

Jade Warrior

Jade Warrior

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-13

Languages:

Finnish, Mandarin

Countries:

Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(3489 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Antti-Jussi Annila (original idea)

Antti-Jussi Annila (screenplay)

Marko Jatkola (original idea)

Petri Jokiranta (screenplay)

Iiro Kèttner (story)

Fullplot:

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland. Jade Warrior is set in ancient China early iron age and present day Finland. The past is feeding the story in present day, slowly revealing our warrior his real origin, his superior skills and his destiny. Jade Warrior - the first Finnish Kung Fu film - combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies into one film. Jade Warrior is an homage to Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original approach to Finnish national epic Kalevala. Like Kalevala Jade Warrior is a pure melodrama. A story of Kalevala's greatest hero.

Princess

Princess

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-09-10

Languages:

Finnish, Swedish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (833 Reviews)

Director:

Arto Halonen

Cast:

Writer:

Pirjo Toikka

Arto Halonen

Paavo Westerberg

Fullplot:

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.

Body of Water

Body of Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-07

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (513 Reviews)

Director:

Joona Tena

Cast:

Writer:

Pekka Lehtosaari

Joona Tena

Mikko Tenhunen

Fullplot:

Gloriously Wasted

Gloriously Wasted

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-12-28

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (961 Reviews)

Director:

Lauri Maijala

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Lauri Maijala (script)

Juha Vuorinen (novel)

Fullplot:

Juha Berg is a hopeless drunkard living in Helsinki. He is 30 years old and not the slightest intention to change his life in any way. But the joy of living always with alcohol-soaked brain will be threatened when Juha falls. Juha happy Berg is an alcoholic, a hopeless drunkard living in Kallio district of Helsinki. It has about thirty years and zero intentions to change something in his life. But the joy of living always with alcohol-soaked brain becomes seriously threatened when the passionate Juha falls in love with Tiina, the leader of his group of Alcoholics Anonymous. His relationship with Tiina progressing rapidly, and the man gets to balance maintaining this relationship with his old lifestyle. Of course there is anyone in this story that makes everything he can think of to sabotage the relationship of the two: it is a woman's best friend, Kristian.

Things We Do for Love

Things We Do for Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-02-01

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Norway

IMDB Ratings:

(279 Reviews)

Director:

Matti Ijès

Cast:

Writer:

Matti Ijès

Auli Mantila

Jani-Petteri Passi

Heikki Vuento

Fullplot:

The Midwife

The Midwife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-09-04

Languages:

Finnish, German

Countries:

Finland, Lithuania

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (92 Reviews)

Director:

Antti Jokinen

Cast:

Writer:

Antti Jokinen (screenplay)

Katja Kettu (screenplay)

Katja Kettu (novel)

Fullplot:

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