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Winds From Zero

On April 9, 2000, Suzuki Kyoko receives a phone call from the police. She learns that her 19-year-old son and his friend were killed by a drunk driver while walking along a bridge in Zama. Suzuki Kyoko lost her husband to cancer five years earlier and her world crashes down. The drunk driver was given the maximum sentence at the time 5 1/2 years. Suzuki Kyoko then spearheads a movement to increase the penalty for reckless driving. She also enrolls at Waseda University where her son died just a week after his entrance ceremony. Suzuki Kyoko also starts an exhibit to honor the victims of reckless driving.

Winds From Zero

9.5 2007
Phoenix

Phoenix is a film that reflects the love life of modern people. Ji Tong, Chen Lang, and Ma Wen reunite after 10 years. Their lives have changed a lot: Ji is a down-and-out literati, Chen the owner of a small leisure center, and Ma is in jail. Ma asks his former lover, Tong Fei, to come see him on the same day that Chen and Ji visit. Tong's beauty attracts both men — Tong chooses Ji. Chen then pursues a relationship with an online lover, Xia Yi, but once the relationship is consummated, he doesn't know what to do. While at first, this film seems like a typical romantic drama, Ding Jiancheng and Xu Wei - as sixth generation purveyors of the avant-garde - are up to something more here, as is gradually revealed through the relationships between the characters.

Phoenix

NR 2003
One Arm Hero

As a young child Baxter was placed in Master Huang's Kung Fu academy where he was trained in the ancient martial art with patience and respect. This one armed wonder kid is given three years intensive training and is soon encouraged by his master to enter the National Martial Arts Championships. When a feared mafia boss recruits the evil fighters Big Bear and Barton to assist in his plan of stealing an ancient Sung Dynasty painting. Baxter is faced with a life and death contest against organized crime and the men who killed his parents.

One Arm Hero

NR 2005
Hi Frank!

Lu Hao, a fishing village in the coastal area of ​​Shandong, flew to Los Angeles to visit the daughter-in-law of the immigrant American. Lu Hao, who couldn’t understand English, was introduced to an American man named Frank at the airport by a serviceman because the address of his daughter on the badge of Lu’s badge was separated from the address of Frank’s address. As her daughter-in-law was blocked on the way to the airport, Frank, who arrived at the airport, received Lu Hao from a cafe on the beachfront.

Hi Frank!

7.0 2002
Crimson Dream

Based on the novel of the same name by Akutagawa Prize-winning author Mangetsu Hanamura. This film vividly and sensually portrays the forbidden feelings born between real sisters through raw imagery. The performances by distinctive actors like Jun Murakami and Toshihachi Fujita are also a must-see! Aiko, the younger sister, cherishes the keloid-like scars on her elder sister Takako's body. Takako also harbors intense feelings for Aiko, and the two were drowning in forbidden love. But one day, Takako fell ill...

Crimson Dream

NR 2002
A Melody Looking

The story starts with a 16-year-old lovely and naive girl's search for a girl named Janice, who, reportedly, possesses a perfect and beautiful voice. She seeks assistance from a detective named Leon. During the search, Leon and his assistant Charles mix up Jill for her twin sister Janice. Thus a series of interesting things began to develop. Towards the end, when they have found the wanted person, they discovered that everything surrounding them actually reflect people's passion and care to love.

A Melody Looking

NR 2006
The Elephant on the Bike

The Elephant On The Bike is a coming-of-age drama about a man whose childhood has been overcast in painful memories due to his disability. It's a candid story about one man's internal struggles as he makes the transition from adolescence to adulthood, carrying the psychological wound caused by his physical deformity, plus the impact of his disability on his family. Despite the constant social and family conflicts that dampen his already disheartened soul, a glimmer of hope arises as he discovers the ultimate joy of life - loving someone and being loved. In his feature-length debut, Kwon conveys the message that not all physically challenged protagonists end up miraculously overcoming their hardships. A poignant tearjerker minus the superficial themes, The Elephant On The Bike offers realism throughout its heartwarming tale.

The Elephant on the Bike

5.5 2007
A2

A2 is a continuation of director Tatsuya Mori's film A (1998), an incredible view inside the compound of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo cult after its leaders carried out the deadly sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway in 1995. Most followers had no idea that the attacks were being planned, or even that their new religion had violent aspirations. After the attacks, these followers were left to rebuild the religion where they had once found peace in the face of overwhelming, and understandable, condemnation from the rest of Japan. Central focus is placed on Hiroshi Araki, a young man who finds himself elevated to chief spokesman for Aum after its leaders are arrested. Araki faces extreme hostility from the Japanese public, who find it hard to believe that most followers of the cult had no idea of the attacks and even harder to understand why these followers remain devoted to the religion, if not the violence.

A2

7.3 2001
Heaven Can Wait. Maybe...

Kaoru, Hiroki and Takeshi are childhood friends. Adults now, they have gone their separate ways, but still live close to each other in central Tokyo. Hiroki works for a newspaper company, and Takeshi has followed in his father's footsteps to work at the Tsukiji fish market. Both men love Kaoru, but Hiroki is too shy to express it. Finally, Takeshi proposes to her, and she accepts. On the day of their engagement party, Takeshi crashes his car and becomes comatose. After three years, Takeshi comes out of his coma - but with no memory of his engagement.

Heaven Can Wait. Maybe...

NR 2007
Sundays In August

Ho-sang's car is overturned on a journey with his wife, Min-jeong. She falls into a coma because of this accident and Ho-sang is distressed by her condition. One day, he finds a man's signature on his wife's book titled [Sundays in August] and gets jealous. He finds out that the man and his wife were planning to visit a mountain villa, and he decides to visit the villa by himself. Meanwhile Si-nae, Min-jeong's doctor, is interested in Ho-sang and the book [Sundays in August]. Si-nae calls So-kook in a secondhand bookstore to order the out of print [Sundays in August]. This book reminds So-kook of his dead friend.

Sundays In August

NR 2006
Red Snow

When the pilot Gesang performed the final mission before the wedding, the plane crashed. The bride, Xiang Li, who came from Guangzhou, resisted the great sorrow and stayed in Tibet. One year later, in order to save the life of the county party secretary, Xiang Li went to the Guge Kingdom, and unexpectedly suffered a series of natural disasters such as violent storms and mudslides. In order to save the lives of the people in the car, the military dispatched a helicopter to rescue the helicopter. Because of the complicated local conditions, it was decided to ask Fan Kang, who had survived the mission with Gesang, and Fan Kang was stunned by the destruction of the aircraft. When I heard that the rescuers had Xiang Li who had become a bride in the future, Fan Kang decided to participate in this action...

Red Snow

NR 2002