Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
After dark comedy Hospitalite writer-director Fukada Koji tells the gentle story of two young people on the cusp of adulthood searching for themselves in Au revoir lete. Rising star Nikaido Fumi Himizu plays Sakuko a young woman who has arrived in a seaside town for summer vacation with her aunt. There she meets Takashi Taiga a nuclear refugee who has moved to the town from Fukushima...
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
As a little girl Fuu Sawatari’s father taught her to love photography. They took pictures everywhere they went. But after he passed away seeing those photographs only served as a reminder of her loss so she locked them away to be forgotten. Years later her brother Kou finds their father’s picture album and as he flips through its pages the pictures remind Fuu of all the happy memories...
Country: Japan
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
The second season of Tamayura:...
Country: Taiwan
Genre: Comedy ; Romance
Au Revoir Taipei is a fun romantic comedy directed by Arvin Chen 陳駿霖. The story revolves around Kai and Susie. Kai spends long nights in a bookshop studying French in the hope of going to Paris to be with his girlfriend. Susie works in the bookshop and takes an interest in Hong. An ensemble of extra characters are also introduced at the start of the film including two police...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama ; Horror ; Mystery ; Romance ; Thriller
TV producer Aoyama Shigeharu Ryo Ishibashi is a middle-class man Shigehiko Tetsu Sawaki his teenage son. His friend movie producer Yoshikawa Jun Kunimura has the perfect palliative for Aoyomas loneliness: test out a number of possible new wives by holding a phony movie audition. The clueless Shigeharu eagerly agrees and he and Yoshikawa hold interviews marked by questions about sex...
Country: China
Genre: Drama
A moving and human portrait of a group of unemployed and above all lonely men who stayed behind when their wives moved to the city looking for work. They worked in the timber industry in the province of Heilongjiang but deforestation has taken its toll. For instance we see 46-year-old San Liangzi. Twelve years ago he divorced his wife and became unemployed. For 10 years he has had an eye on...
Country: Japan
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Due to the influence of someone who visited her town when she was a child Princess Mikoto of Elua decides to become a hunter and search for treasure all over the land of Driland. She sets out on her journey with her personal assistant Wallens but they are soon joined by Pollon a hunter who dreams of being a hero and Paan a wandering knight. As they continue their exploration they begin to...
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action ; Thriller
The film begins with escaping prisoners Funky Simon Yam Calf Andy On Hung Ken Lo Kong Xiong Xin Xin and Andy Lok Cheung Siu-fai on the run from several Peoples Armed Police officers somewhere in China. Though Funky and his crew manage to fight off the guards he and Andy Lok the crime boss of their gang get separated with the others while protecting something very valuable to Mr...
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