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In the evening at a construction site, a middle-aged man works on building a brick wall. His young son returns from school, happily sharing what he learned that day.

In the pitch-black night, a thread of light slowly appeared on the horizon, reflecting shimmering patterns on the waves; it was the dawn wandering and drifting across the ocean, illuminating the path for sailors returning home. Before navigation systems existed, those who went to sea relied on lighthouses to recognize each coastline. By the frequency of a lighthouse's flashing, sailors knew land was nearby, and home was not far away. With a glance, they could tell the direction of home. The lighthouse has stood on the island for over a hundred years, always lighting the way for those returning. To the wanderers far away, and to the lighthouse guiding the way by the shore.

What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now they're on an impossible mission, because the price of keeping Himari alive is to find a mysterious object called the Penguindrum, and they'll do anything to save their sister. Anything. As they travel separate paths in their search, they'll have to unravel complex riddles, make alliances with strangers they know they shouldn't trust, and question the very fabrics of time and destiny.

A heterosexual Beijing policeman and a young homosexual challenge each other's sexuality.

One day, the beggar empire of Chao Pho Ngo is thrown into turmoil when the Tai Ko beggar gang attempts to overthrow his operation and murders one of his men. Chang, Chao Pho Ngo’s most skilled beggar, rallies the others to launch a decisive attack against the Tai Ko group— even if it means killing one another to the last.

A series of tragic events unfolds after Chang Chi-Mao's daughter goes missing as an infant. Chang becomes consumed by revenge against a powerful criminal organization suspected of kidnapping her. Along the way, he clings to the hope that his daughter may still be alive, determined to rescue her and break free from their dark fate.

In order to celebrate his daughter Dajeong’s new employment, Dad wants to organize a family party, but Dajeong seems unhappy. Also, the son, Dahun, gives Dad the cold shoulder. As Dad busily prepares for the party all day, he is eventually faced with facts about his children that he didn’t want to be confronted with.

At his retirement party, a beloved teacher, who should have been celebrated, ends up having his secrets revealed and loses his reputation.

Lee Dong-hwi, a washed-up comedy actor, aspires to change his image as a serious drama actor. Fortunately, he lands the role of a majestic king in a historical drama, but unexpected challenges begin to unfold for him. Will he be able to pull off method acting and succeed in changing his public image?

Film reviewer Kang Haisheng's encounter with the first "bad movie" that made him "true fragrance" in his career.

An American travels to Bhutan searching for a valuable antique rifle and crosses paths with a young monk who wanders through the serene mountains, instructed by his teacher to make things right again.

The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.

A couple had a chance to come to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, because of their emotional crisis. They wanted to save their marriage. But in the first few days of the hotel, I often bickered. One day, when the couple went shopping, they inadvertently picked up a pack of diamonds that the underworld is preparing to trade. They are not wealthy, they want to turn diamonds into existing ones, and the two are therefore being chased by criminals. After several hardships, the couple did not get the diamonds at the end, but the feelings were as good as ever.

Wang Tiansheng, an undefeated general, develops feelings for Yao'er during their time together on the battlefield. However, after he rescues a mysterious woman named Xiao Rou, misunderstandings threaten their relationship and draw all three into a dangerous conspiracy.

After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. She begins to feel accepted in the business, but a passionate affair with a playboy ends up breaking her heart and unleashing her wild side.

Kang Seong-hee, a famous lawyer, takes up a case wherein he has to defend a man who is the main suspect in his wife's death. However, a formidable public attorney tries to test his mettle in court.

Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.

As Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) and his assassination squad deal with a corrupt detective, the Kyowa Clan deals with increasing disaffection within their ranks.

Set in the China civil war period in 1940s. A KMT pilot finishes his study in US and returns China to join KMT air force. But he is disappointed with the behavior of KMT and joins CPC army.

Although she's only sixteen and looks even younger, Misao Makimachi is already a skilled and competent member of the Oniwabanshu ninja clan. That's fortunate for Misao, because her onimitsu talents may be all that keeps her alive when a journey in search of the leader of the clan, Aoshi Shinomori, leads her instead into a face-to-face encounter with an even more dangerous man and a plot to overthrow the Meiji government! Quickly enmeshed in the affairs of the legendary assassin Hitokiri Battosai, now known as Kenshin Himura, wielder of the reverse-blade sword, Misao finds herself pulled into the middle of a deadly intrigue against Makoto Shishio, who is orchestrating the conquest of all Japan - beginning with Kyoto!

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his obsession slide into ruin—and asks whether ignoring the atomic threat is any saner.

In a village often disturbed by military drills, the army sends soon-to-retire soldiers to take care of cows and sheep, hoping to build good relations with the locals. But this kind act cannot hide the long-term impact the drills have had on people’s lives.

Tokio (Shugo Oshinari) and his sister Sui (Shiina Eihi) fall in love.

Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).

The younger Jing Nian and the older Lu Sheng have been playmates since they were children. After entering university, Jing Nian has been passionately chasing Lu Sheng over the years showing his true love for him. However, Lu Sheng really can't stand it and dares not face his innermost feelings. Emotions, this pair who are born with a tacit understanding, how should love speak out?

After losing everyone, Bem believe that his life has became worthless since there is no one important besides him. To put himself out of misery, he went back to see someone who was there beside him, someone was or still important, just to seek if life is worth having anyone again.

Following the glorious all-girls high school days, a reunion is held at the cafe of the class president Yeon-mi, facing the secrets that they have hidden for 20 years and growing up understanding each other.

An erotic drama depicting the friendship and love affair between two women living together.

Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.

Legendary director Chang Cheh teamed his latest big star, Alexander Fu Sheng, with future Venoms Lo Meng and Kuo Chue to create another winner in his vaunted filmography. Joining them were the top supporting actors and the prettiest starlets, for an entertaining, exciting tale of a kung-fu blacksmith taking on four famous robbers while a villainous gambling boss plots to destroy them.

In the early days of the Republic of China, a series of mysterious cases occurred at Wuming River. The river deity, Master Ba Ye, and his apprentice Yue'er are invited by villager Qiu Sheng to help exorcise evil spirits afflicting his sister. As Master Ba Ye arrives, the hidden truths behind the deaths at Wuming River slowly come to light. It turns out that the wealthy local nobleman, Qian Jinming, is deeply entangled in the events. Beneath the string of villagers’ tragic deaths lies a horrifying tale about the darkness within human nature.

A mysterious man, whose name is known as Yeon-woo, comes to the police station to report his wife has gone missing. Yeong-sook, the female detective, investigates the missing case along with Tae-sik. Meanwhile, Yeon-woo’s missing wife is kept in a dark room in a basement. The wicked looking kidnapper’s name is Man-sik. The horrible feeling that she might be murdered climaxes. Will Yoo-mi be murdered in the end?

Yueh-chen has an obsession with her classmate Shihao, but is too shy to confess to him directly. She sends in her best friend, Kerou, to act as a go-between, and Shihao ends up falling for Kerou, who is not sure what to think of him.

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.

Set in 1953, spies plan to set off a explosion on the National Day.

An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan.

Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan.

A recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief—or lack of it—in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.

Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.

Orphaned high school student Agnes lives with her aunt and uncle. She often bumps into Karl who lives on the 17th floor of the same building. Karl is always reading the newspaper with excessive attention, and as Agnes later learns, he is a bright student who suffers from speech and language impairment. As she pays a visit to Karl, she discovers his miserable childhood and his big secret. Karl is arrested for his actions when the secret is unveiled. It brings nothing but relief to Agnes as she is now tempted to follow Karl's footsteps to seek revenge for all the sufferings she has endured.

A woman leaves her husband after the death of their son. She becomes a well-known but unhappy socialite.

As a modern artifact researcher prepares for the exhibition of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains," he unexpectedly travels back nine hundred years to the Northern Song dynasty, entering the heart of young painter Xi Meng. There, he witnesses Xu Meng's passionate journey and the collaboration with dedicated laborers as they overcome great challenges to create a timeless masterpiece.

In the latest version of "Liao Zhai: Lian Suo" released in 2014, the scholar Yang Ziwei met Lian Suo at a cemetery. The two did not do that, but wrote poems and painted every night. His friend Xue Sheng learned that Yang Ziwei had a woman with him every night, so he brought his friends to visit Yang's house, which frightened Lian Suo so much that she dared not show up. Yang asked Lian Suo for forgiveness. Later, Lian Suo cried and complained that an evil ghost wanted to force her to be a concubine. Yang fought the evil ghost with a sword in her dream. At the critical moment, she and a warrior named Wang shot the evil ghost to death. Yang and Lian Suo were together every day. One day, Lian told Yang that because she had been eating cooked food and receiving human breath for a long time after she died, her bones had become alive and she had the conditions for resurrection, but she had to have sex with Yang. However, Yang would definitely get a serious illness.

The second Timeless Medley film mainly recaps Eternal Summer and a little bit of the first season. It focuses on Rin and Samezuka. It also includes new scenes and characters from High Speed.

"Northeast Partner" is a light-hearted and humorous Northeast-style comedy. The film has a rich plot and constant reversals, which will bring the audience a hearty comedy experience. The film uses the clue of true and false winners to connect many unexpected bridges. In order to avoid borrowing money, Li Dazhuang has a lot of tricks, and Wang Kun is forced to do all kinds of fake dramas in order to pretend to be rich. Moreover, the film is closely related to reality and has a lot of tricks. For example, after winning the lottery, there are many operations to conceal the winning, the real reaction of brothers borrowing money, and Pengci touches a windfall. It can be said that the design is ingenious and novel. At the same time of being funny, It also resonates with real people

A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother.

The Osaka war ended in a complete victory for the Kyowakai, finally bringing the city under their control. Yamazaki-gumi’s head, Kawatani (Hitoshi Ozawa), with Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) at his side, was recognized for his achievements and appointed as the Kyowakai’s main family Wakagashira. As Yamazaki-gumi steadily gained power, Himuro worked to expand the organization further, focusing on internal reform and establishing legitimate business operations. Meanwhile, a minor clash between Tamura’s young members and the Yanagase Rengokai sparked a new conflict, spreading across all of Gifu—another war erupting in the wake of the Osaka battle!

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

Chaogtu yearns to move to the city, while his wife, Sarula, is content with their life on the Mongolian prairie. Then one day change comes creeping into the region. This tale of conjugal love combines traditional landscapes with contemporary social issues. (TIFF)

Wakaba Bank contract employee Rika meets university student Kota at a client's home. Unknown to her husband Masafumi, she engages in secret rendezvous with Kota, and begins to embezzle money from her clients' accounts to buy expensive cosmetics and pay off Kota's debt.

11-year-old Yu Xiaojie lives with uncle, One day, his uncle runs into a truck and sustains serious injuries. The uncle wants Xiaojie, the only witness of the car accident, to make a false statement down at the police station.