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America in the 1950s. Donovan, a genius con man, learns that his benefactor, a doctor in the slum where he was born and raised, has been murdered. It happened just as he was leading a movement against the redevelopment of the city. He is sure that the mafia, who are trying to get a bite, are involved. Donovan and his friends vow to take revenge, and after thorough investigation and preparation, they disguise themselves and sneak into a shady casino run by the mafia. Donovan sets a trap according to the scenario he had written, and a young man named Roger, who dreams of becoming a gambler, approaches him. After meeting Rogers sister Sharon, Donovan comes up with a change of plan...

One year after Shanghai's lockdown lifts, Zhang Zhilü returns to his rural hometown of Quejiao Town to work as a driver. What begins as a quiet town reunion with old friends and new acquaintances slowly reveals something more unsettling: a town haunted by silence, where every resident - Zhilü included - seems to be concealing a shared, unspoken unease.

Claude is meeting his friends while trying to pitch his music videos project. But every time he feels bad, He's got something in his mind.

Through a unique blend of animation, reenactment, and documentary interviews, this hybrid-medium short film seeks to capture the lives of political prisoners at the New Life Correction Centre on Green Island during the 1950s.

This special performance was held to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the release of the film Tora-San. The event was a must-see for fans and non-fans alike, featuring rakugo stories reminiscent of the world of Tora-san, a new rokyoku based on the secret story of the birth of Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, and a rare talk show featuring director Yamada and other speakers sharing their thoughts. Rokyoku ‘Tora-san no Shussei’ (The Birth of Tora-san) Tamagawa Tafuku Rakugo ‘Matsuyama Kagami’ by Yanagitei Kochiraku Rakugo ‘Kasa Go’ by Hanaroku Yanagiya ‘Ohanashi’ (talk show) Yoji Yamada, Chieko Baisho, Osamu Akimoto, hosted by Hanamitsu Yanagiya. (7 September 2024 at Yurakucho Yomiuri Hall) Organised by Shochiku Co.

The story is adapted from a short story by Shi Shuqing, which takes place in a small village called Shujiachuan in Northwest China during the blooming season of alfalfa flowers. Li Han, a beekeeper from another province, sets up camp here to raise bees and collect honey, and develops a subtle, weak yet strong emotional entanglement with Mai Mai, a local girl who often shovels grass nearby. Li Han has his own hidden agenda, and Mai Mai is also engaged. In addition, the little boy Su Su shuttles back and forth, causing waves and making it unclear where the relationship will go

This film uses the important process of "pattern making" in Chinese cheongsam craftsmanship as a medium to tell the story of a father and son living in a Beijing hutong. Their relationship is shaped by the inheritance of their craft, leading to many heartwarming and touching moments. Despite numerous challenges, the father and son ultimately unite their hearts to bring Chinese cheongsam to the world stage.

Dong-chun, an elementary school student overwhelmed with seven afterschool learning academies, stumbles upon a mysterious bottle of rice wine during a school retreat. As the rice wine ferments and emits strange sounds like Morse code, Dong-chun sets out to unravel its identity and discovers the secrets of the world and the reasons behind her current way of life.

Matagi is a group of hunters who lives in the mountains and targets wild animals including bears, but now more and more bear hunting is forbidden by the government. This is a story of two young matagi who struggle in their dying culture.

Older Kozue suffers from dementia and lives in a care home. Her son Keiji used to visit her there. He has stopped visiting the facility and only calls her on the phone. Kozue's granddaughter Saki seems to know the background to this. What on earth happened?

Ten years ago, in the town of Yunwu, there lived a woman named Sulian who was so beautiful that every man in town could not take his eyes off her. Sulian had been waiting faithfully for her boyfriend who tragically died in a foreign land. Long coveted by the local men, she was forcefully violated by them. The women of the town, unable to restrain their own husbands, instead slandered Sulian by calling her a promiscuous vixen. Ultimately, in a town with no legal protections, this beautiful woman was destroyed by jealousy and sin, and died as a victim. Since then, the town’s collective malice became a secret never spoken of again in Yunwu. It wasn’t until ten years later, when men began to die violently at their weddings or while taking concubines, always with a bride doll appearing at the scene, that the name Sulian was mentioned again. The curse of the doll bride left the villagers in constant fear and unrest.

A mysterious murder occurred in a forest farm near Jiangzhou City . However, behind this seemingly simple revenge murder, there is a confusing story. Detectives Yu and Cui Xiaotian conducted an in-depth investigation and gradually discovered that all this seemed to be related to the suspect Guo Haisheng's wife who had been missing for ten years.

While visiting the Tokyo headquarters, Nakajima brags about booking an exclusive soapland appointment for 200,000 yen for next week, claiming his investment in stocks makes it possible. Unfortunately, he invested all of his money in one stock that turned out to be worthless, and Nakajima heads back dejectedly to Shikoku to recoup his losses in one week. However, he and the Nakajima Family instead unearth a series of stock fraud he wasn't the only victim to ...!

Aya and Asuka work in the sex industry. Despite clashing personalities, they somehow get along, spending every spare moment chatting aimlessly as they hang out in coffee shops, smoke together outside, or ride together in their work van. One day, the van breaks down, and they find themselves walking through the city at night. Wandering aimlessly and talking, their trivial chatter gradually takes on a greater depth.

Momoko, an elegant housewife, meticulously maintains her home and attends to her husband, but her devoted care masks an emotional rift between them that blurs the line between love and obsession.

Manta Okamoto is a strange young man. He is prone to spontaneous tantrums. On the verge of hikikomori, he faces reality through numbers and with a brain full of crisp ideas. He’s also the most creative editor in the magazine where he works, even if he’s always late. One day, one of his seniors at the publishing house offers him a job: he could earn a lot of money just by taking care of a cardboard box for a few days. On the other side of town, a group of gangsters are missing something and will do anything to get it back.

"Soft power is like love" is a phrase that came up after people discussed a cultural policy called Soft Power. This policy was heavily promoted by the new Thai government, which did not include the party that won the most votes, causing many people, especially young people, to be angry. One part of the Soft Power policy is the Maha Songkran World Water Festival 2024. This festival made the Songkran celebration last for 21 days in April 2024. Because of this festival, two former young lovers met again. Their relationship had end and when it end one of them, a political activist, ended it with the phrase "Our love is like Soft Power."

Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion of figures, but worries about his ability to get along with the group. Yuri, who works as a writer, visits Edo Kiriko glass atelier to cover an article. Through the lessons she learns from the father and son artisans she meets during her interview, she begins to think about respecting Kazuma and developing his potential.

Si Tian Yi and Lu Mei Li are both afflicted with love-sickness. This leads them on an amazing journey of revenge. Along the way, they faced different challenges and developed new personalities. But they found the courage to continue the trip and, in the end, began a new life.

Global J-pop sensation LiSA will transport fans to the final stop of her “LiVE SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-” tour at the Tokyo Garden Theater in an epic never-before-seen concert film. LiSA brings her unique ideas and feelings, high energy, and powerful vocals to the sold-out crowd, where she becomes one with each and every fan as their voices and souls unite together, amplified by the support of the band.

Featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, Lim Young-woong wows his legion of fans with an electrifying performance at a concert in Seoul.

An older brother who can't fit into society, a father who has given up on his future, and a younger sister who is tied to the house. This is the story of the small steps these three people take. The Great East Japan Earthquake suddenly changed the peaceful daily life of the people of Fukushima. Many people lost their homes and jobs due to not only the earthquake and tsunami, but also the nuclear accident, and left Fukushima. This is the story of a family living in the aftermath three years later, in Fukushima, where deep scars remain.

Director Park Soo-nam, a second-generation Korean resident in Japan who is losing his eyesight, decides to digitally restore 16mm film she shot a long time ago, relying on her daughter Park Ma-eui's eyesight. The blood, tears, and numerous corpses of Koreans living in Japan are clearly engraved in the film filmed over 50 years.

Cheng-han and his three buddies grew up in dysfunctional and poor families without adults protecting them. One weekend, they meet Pin-ran, who is traveling alone. They have a great time together and Pin-ran joins their “Robinhood” activities and commits crimes: Theft and robberies. However, the boys soon realize that Pin-ran belongs to another world. Cheng-han discovers that he has feelings for Pin-ran. His buddies have other wishes and desires…

A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 7th Live! NEW TOKIMEKI LAND (ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 7th Live! NEW TOKIMEKI LAND) is Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's seventh solo live concert that will take place at K-Arena Yokohama on October 19 & 20, 2024.

Yang Gensi leads his team at the Chosin Reservoir to repel eight waves of attacks from the U.S. Marine Corps. With ammunition running low and few men left, he must make sacrifices to defend their position.

Meet for an hour every day, and you don't have to pay the money you owe me." Luo Jiahui threw an agreement in front of Fan Jiali. Signing this contract of sale, Fan Jia Li felt like her life was completely over. As the debt manager of the Sea Loan Company, Luo Jiahui used his domineering bastard method to break into Fan Jiali's world raw. He is a gangly-looking man, a scoundrel, and good at violence, a complete street gangster, but it is such an unreasonable man who falls into the whirlpool of love. What is love? He doesn't know, all he can do is love her like a gangster.

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.

A'gan, a high school senior with no expectations for the future and a carefree attitude toward everything, finds himself suddenly under strict supervision when his father, who has been away for a long time, returns home. An accident, along with a "mutual assistance agreement" between his father and Lin Xin'er, A'gan's crush, inadvertently leads to his father becoming A'gan's deskmate. This triggers a string of comical and heartwarming moments as both father and son gain new insights into love and life.

After losing his family in a tragic accident, Akid (Beto Kusyairy), a grieving father, uses his ability to travel through time to rewrite the past and save his wife and son. However, changing fate comes at a cost.

A determined young woman aims to study filmmaking and submit a portfolio, but the assignment leaves her mind completely blank.

Bibi, wanting to comfort her childhood friend Chichi after his breakup, invites their mutual friend A-Fei to join them. The three of them chat while making dumplings, but in all the playful chaos, their cherished childhood keepsake—a heart-shaped stone ring—disappears. They search the entire living room but find nothing. They start to suspect that the heart-shaped stone might have been wrapped inside the dumplings. To make sure, Bibi and A-fei cook and eat the dumplings they had spent the entire afternoon making, leading to a heated argument with Chichi. In the end, they spend the entire afternoon in vain, leaving only three "dumplings" on the table.

An elderly man burdened by repressed sexual urges and erectile dysfunction is haunted by nightmares from his past, until the boundary between dreams and reality begins to blur in his daily life. As the story unfolds, he uncovers a parallel narrative of a young man consumed by past wounds and guilt, trapped in an unending cycle of self-blame.

“My School” presents the life of Mana, a teacher with a burning passion for teaching. After graduation, he made his steps to realize his unwavering desire: to revolutionize traditional education. Introducing novel learning experience, he was challenged by the most powerful authority in the school, the principal. On the first day of class, Mana surprised the students with an outdoor education session. Focusing on real-world experiences, his pedagogy has a completely different flavor to the traditional one practiced by the school.

A third-generation heir of a family-run shrimp business returns to his hometown to take over the family business and arrange his marriage as per his father's wishes. His childhood friend, a filmmaker, documents their journey as they explore what he truly wants in life. This is a story about the leisurely daily life of two young men in a fishing village.

Rainbow Parakeet is a genius as an actor, and a thief at the same time. As he is not a full-time thespian, he is usually hired as a replacement. During the performance, he steals from the wealthiest members of the audience or even actors, depriving them of the contents of their purses or their jewelry. True to his alias name "Rainbow Parakeet", he can assume the role of almost any part and change into any costume, and his repertoire is immense. His methods are a mystery, even to the detectives charged with apprehending him: Police Inspector Senri and his daughter, Police Detective Mariko Senri.

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Ten years ago, 304 innocent people aboard the Sewol ferry in Korea lost their lives at sea. The reason for the sinking and the complete failure of the rescue are crucial factors yet to be revealed. But the government continues to withhold key evidence, citing national security reasons. This documentary finds a conclusion of why all the matters have gone wrong.

Catch an intimate glimpse into the live sessions of Hikaru Utada’s brand-new album “Bad Mode,” recorded at the legendary Air Studios in London.

The Chinese New Year’s Eve of the north, the snowy night. An estranged father and son, a noisy and absurd family banquet, a journey home with no end. Speeding on a lonely and uninhabited highway, with no intention of breaking reality and escaping into a fantasy journey. The moment the fireworks exploded, all the flames were one, but the son found that the beginning of the journey was the end of everything.

A girl finds an injured pigeon in the corner of the graduation ceremony, and as she picks it up, a camera captures the secret of an old friend.

The future Seoul, a city with the worst environmental pollution and the highest living prices. Shin-dong, the protagonist of the film, is helplessly living a repetitive and monotonous life, and is forced to find a new place to rent immediately by his landlord's unilateral notice. Unable to afford to move, his friend tells him that renting out a part of the house will complicate his rights and making it impossible for the landlord to evict him. Encouraged by his friend's advice, Shin-dong puts up an ad for rent. And when a strange newlywed couple shows up who want to live in the bathroom, Shin-dong impulsively invites them in.

Zhuang is a late bloomer. When he first meets his classmate Meng, a talented long-distance runner, he rashly and spontaneously takes the blame for her theft of a starting pistol. But before they can get to know each other better, Meng gives him the cold shoulder. Confused, Zhuang decides to join Meng’s track team, even though this leaves him with less time for studying. Academic pressure is added to the puzzles of adolescence. Zhuang plans to surprise everyone with a bold gesture. He is just waiting for the right moment...

Jeong-sun as her name lives an uncluttered life with modest behavior even though working at a food factory. Young-soo, a factory colleague, approaches her. As they get closer, they enjoy their secret relationship, and he takes candid shots in beds with his mobile camera. One day, she gets inappropriate stares from others.

One day, when Himuro (Yasukaze Motomiya) and Tamura (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi) go to the office, they're met with a host of adorable pet animals. Asking a guilty-looking Ishizawa (Hiroto Honda) and Yamamura (Kenta Kawasaki) what happened, they learn about Joji (Takashi Kitadai) and his escalating alcoholism, and how his new impulse is to buy pets he finds "cute". Little hedgehogs and leopard geckos, however, are the least of their problems when Joji's post-stupor amnesia gets him in trouble with the independent Masaki Family...

Entering and leaving prison is not unfamiliar to Kaizi, but this time is somewhat different. His girlfriend is pregnant, and the unlucky lot he drew makes Kaizi, who is about to lose his freedom, feel uneasy and fearful. He hopes to be part of his child's growth and wishes that everything remains unchanged when he is released.