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A search in a poor, remote village by a wealthy out-of-towner, a Beijing businessman, for the body of his son who’s died in a river-boat accident, turns by film’s end into bearing witness to a rural China that, while placid on the surface, is in fact roiled by powerful socioeconomic currents from afar. That breathtaking terrain-shifting, accomplished with the gentlest of touch by Wang, seeps through every aspect of „River’s Edge“.
Is it possible that a group of people share our culture and fate, but are drifting in another part of the ocean? Taiwanese aboriginal musicians, Suming and Baobu, are invited to New Caledonia for a month of musical exchange. They lived with local Kanak musicians, playing music and sometimes composing together. In the end, they all found that the secret to innovation and globalization is to re-discover one’s own cultural roots.
A pioneer in Taiwan’s contemporary dance scene, Lo Man-fei receives a beautiful tribute from director En Chen, a decade after her passing. Three years in the making, Manfei traces the life and work of the dance legend, including her early days at the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, her studies at New York’s most prestigious dance schools, and the founding of her Taipei Crossover Dance Company. Featuring rare footage of Lo’s graceful performances as well as candid conversations with her closest friends and collaborators, Manfei is a stirring journey into the heart of a true artist and a moving remembrance for a dearly missed member of the Taiwan art world.
Yeong-il is a middle-aged man who lives alone and works at a mechanical factory. A young girl named Bo-ra enters his boring and tedious life. This movie concentrates heavily on the characters and society with just a simple narrative.
Ben Chan stars as a man assign to retrieve a briefcase in order to clear some of his debts to the Fixer.
Junya, the n°1 host in Kabukicho becomes the owner of a cabaret club. He sets his sights on a high-class call girl and intents to turn her into a top-class hostess. In order to become the real king of the night...
Her mother was hospitalized that summer. This day from Aki-chan's summer is tinged with sadness in the company of her trusted Ryukyu dog named Goyapochi.
San is the owner of an old watch and clock shop that has past its prime. He never leaves his store, until an old friend passed away. San finally decides to go hiking, yet ends up with a broken leg. The monkeys in the mountains are making fun of him.
A lake sits beside a quiet town in the mountains. There is a new, big bridge scheduled to open. Yumi feels trapped in her routined life with her husband, after Yo, her daughter, married and moved out. Kazuko, Yumi's mother begins to sort her things as she senses her time is coming. Meanwhile, Yo is frustrated as she starts to recieve less job offers, struggling to cope with the reality against her expectations. The family will take the lead in the bridge's crossing ceremony with their secrets hidden deep within.
The men who have infiltrated and reported on more than 300 haunted places in Japan have ventured overseas! This is the third installment of the never-before-seen Taiwanese version of a new type of psychic documentary that pursues and explores different cultures and strange things!
Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe 2017 production based on Baroness Orczy's novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'
To crush the Kanto-based Aoi-kai aiming for national domination, Shinichi Koda (ISSA), president of Koda Construction, heads from Nagano to Tokyo. At the request of Asagiri (TJ Kayama), he helps the former Hanazono Union leader, now on the run from the Aoi-kai. Shinichi’s former mentor, Takeharu Mori (Tetsu Watanabe), president of Mori Industries, is being driven to the brink of bankruptcy due to an eviction dispute with the Aoi-kai. Seeking a trigger to start the fight, Shinichi asks Mori for his cooperation. At last, the ten brave men are assembled. With his father's banner—the Koda-gumi—raised high, Shinichi leads them into a fierce war against the mighty Aoi-kai. "Now, brave men... it's time to rise."
Sequel to SUPER Horrifying Story.
Old 8mm family film and images of fireworks combined together.
He embarked on a journey of one person, and looking for the intimacy of two people. An accident caused Mu Ran to lose his qualifications as a swimmer, and his brain also lost memory function. From then on, he was decadent and addicted to promiscuity. On the advice of his friend Luzi, he met Su Chen, a Taiwanese masseur, who was in rehabilitation therapy. During the process, their skin-to-skin dating also breeds affection, but he can't remember this relationship. On this day, he decided to travel and came to Su Chen's hometown in Taiwan.
Young men and women enter a small studio, sit, respond to off-screen questions from the crew, and leave. But it turns out that one female subject has a prior, broken relationship with a member of the crew – which brings submerged tensions to the surface.
This documentary follows the daily lives of blind and deaf people: deaf-blind people living alone on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture; a man in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, who chose to live in his community despite the earthquake and tsunami; a young man in Hiroshima who wants to be independent so that he can marry while continuing to practice judo; Professor Satoshi Fukushima of the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology who became the first deaf-blind person to teach full-time at a university in the world.
The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
6 friends want to celebrate a night party, but when they drive through a remote area something crosses their path, causing an accident. They find shelter in a hotel and the nightmare begins.
The average person’s head has up to 100,000 hairs. Each strand may be unique in length and texture but they are said to bear our memories of sorrow and worry. Neighbors come to the old shop “Barber’s Time” to part with both their hair and bad memories. Although Cantonese style haircutting is on the slippery slope to extinction, barber shop owner Hoi-chuen wishes for his son Cheung-fat to manage the shop. Aspiring to be a writer like J. D. Salinger instead, Cheung-fat takes over “Barber’s Time” when his father had an accident. Just like his father, Cheung-fat develops rapport with the customers and provides guidance. His own life also turns around when a runaway girl comes to the shop. A magical heartwarming tale of community support and kindness, the short features Kaki Shum from the film “Weeds of Fire”.
The film tells the touching love story of urban youth Lin Qingyi and Liang Xiaoguang, based on the story of the "Ghost Bride" widely circulated in the people of the Republic of China.
Follows Vietnamese migrant workers, to examine the reasons behind their numerous escapes and to trace the family situations of those who were deported from Taiwan.
King of Pro Wrestling 2017 was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) that took place on October 9, 2017, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and was headlined by Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. EVIL for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Zhang Zhendong was poor and poor. After his grandfather died, he was often bullied by the village chief's son, Bai San, and accidentally obtained a strange book "No Begging". After a small test, Zhang Zhendong became a well-known doctor in the village. At the same time, the evil forces are brewing a big conspiracy. Zhang Zhendong and Liu Yuexiang met, and the two started a journey of escape. On the way, the two avoided the kidnappers all the way. On the way back to the city, I met the kidnappers again. Cai Jingjing, an Internet celebrity female anchor who travels to the countryside, pesters Zhang Zhendong to worship him as a teacher, and follows Zhang Zhendong and Liu Yuexiang into the city. The uninvited guest suddenly arrived, and Zhang Zhendong suddenly understood that there were many conspiracies along the way.
The short's story centers on a boy who finds something shining in a gloomy desert. It gives him a power of light. Guided by the light, the boy is drawn into the connection between the girl he meets and a new world.
Spirits, occult, grotesque, violence, madness, bizarre incidents... Born from the darkness, the shivering astonishing taboo video that is about to be buried in the darkness is a popular series, the 19th installment!
After being sidelined by the gymnastics team, Yu quits and reinvents himself as a Latin dance instructor. He assembles a group of children to compete in the Latin dance competition.
Musical adaptation of the movie with the same name.
Ji-eun goes to Min-kyu's house to celebrate their second anniversary with her boyfriend Min-kyu. But Min-kyu notifies Ji-eun of parting. Unable to accept a sudden breakup, Ji-eun starts a strange cohabitation with Mingyu's family without leaving the place.
This is the second Dream Live for the third season of TeniMyu and is the twelfth Dream Live overall. It featured casts from Yamabuki, Hyotei and Rokkaku, as well as the ninth-generation Seigaku cast.
Every 300 years the Death Eclipse kills all newly born creatures. Men, women, and children, animals and plants, even ferocious monsters - no one can survive the devastation caused by the Eclipse. No one except a child chosen by the destiny. 600 years ago, such a child survived the Death Eclipse, only to become a demon king. During the next Eclipse, a chosen child became a holy king, and he defeated the evil demon king. Now, when the next Eclipse is nearing, nobody knows who the next fortunate survivor will become - a demon or a holy man?
Two Asian performers attempting to make it in New York City are brought together by serendipity, only to become rivals vying for the lead role of Mulan on Broadway.
Coming Soon. Soon Wukong
"Rocky" is a small business that does it all from deliveries to repairs. The company is run out of a small office by Koichi Yamada (Takayuki Suzuki), Yumiko Suzuki (Akemi Darenogare) and Tsutomu Sato (Fumitaka Terai). They also have day-care center for their regular customers. One day, grandparents take a young boy from the day-care center after learning their daughter is raising him by herself.
A concert film documenting Sheena Ringo's performance at the Kanagawa Prefectural Hall.
Chinese movie
Jiabiangou Elegy recounts the persecution of inmates at the Jiabiangou labor camp in Jiuquan, Gansu province, and examines the way the victims’ final affairs were handled. During the Anti-Rightist Campaign of 1957–59, over three thousand people were sent to Jiabiangou for re-education through labor. These people were labeled rightists, counterrevolutionaries, and anti-party dissidents. Over a three-year period, more than two thousand died from abuse and hunger; only a few hundred were rescued in the end. The film includes interviews with the few remaining Jiabiangou survivors and their children, and presents the conflict between the preservation and destruction of memory.
First entry in the "Psychic Yuranbon" film series.
Ayumi learns that her hometown is about to be dammed and sunk, and returns home with her lover Takeshi. However, they get caught up in a "dark manhunt game" being conducted there by powerful people...
Rang and Peng, Two of the most ruthless criminals break out of a high-security jail to recover the "September's Diamond" which was lost to them when they were caught. They also tried to avenge the people who secretly stole the diamond from them.
Usagi has come to the airport to see Mamoru off as he heads to the US to study abroad, but someone shatters Mamoru's body to pieces. In shock, Usagi loses her memory and collapses, but a member of the super idol group the Three Lights is there to catch her. That day, the Three Lights were to star in a music festival. Usagi and friends were planning to perform as well, but a new enemy arrives. Calling themselves "Shadow Galactica," these enemies are Sailor Guardians aiming to steal Sailor Crystals! At the same time, a mysterious young girl named Chibi Chibi and new Sailor Guardians, the Sailor Starlights, also appear, and a battle on an unprecedented scale begins. Sailor Guardians vs. Sailor Guardians! Fittingly the Sailor Moon "final battle" has the future of the galaxy at stake and it starts now!!
A new type of virus makes 'GIMP', the dead that eats human flesh which roams the land. In a school surrounded by fences against Gimps, seven girls; Nonoka, Moe, Emiri, Nagi, Akari, Karin, and Miyu lead school lives. They are only taught how to fight against Gimps, not knowing the world outside of the school. A zombie bites one of the girls in class one day which leads suspicions to grow between the seven girls
In a distant future, humans make the switch to android life. They abolish 'flaws' such as complicated human needs and traits such as the ability to possess and express emotion. However, a system glitch causes 'desire' to resurface in some, including Kai (Rinko Kikuchi; Pacific Rim, Babel), an android shoe-maker. Kai begins to feel an obsession with her craft, like what human beings used to have. One day, an android customer orders Kai to create a special pair of heels. Shut in the atelier, Kai remakes the shoes over and over again until it's perfect. When the customer returns, Kai finds out that one shoe doesn't quite fit. But just as Kai promised to put more work into the pair of shoes, another customer comes to demand her own special pair too.
