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"Politics and religion are not allowed here. We only talk about women." But after a few glasses of Kaoliang liquor, CAO's rules are naturally forgotten. Every night for 30 years, CAO would sit in front of his house and have a few drinks, and it has become a place for older men to gather. After retirement, their conversations are full of conflicts between old and new values and "masculine" topics. CAO and his buddy LAI chit chat about their inner feelings that have to be spilled out.

The luxurious pink and yellow homes towering above the upscale residential neighborhood may have been a symbol of her late father's wealth. The story begins when an economically successful family suffers from the death of their mother and loses their home. In that house, not seen for a long time, the scenery that should have been present has disappeared... Memories are gradually revived in the lost space.

Tibetan girl Yuzhen returns to Lhasa from her studies in the mainland to attend her grandmother's funeral. Unexpectedly, the plateau reaction prevents her from lighting the lamp for her late grandmother. In her dream, she finds her grandmother in a temple, and what happens along the way creates some subtle connections with real life.

Kazuto Suwabe, who is making a living by committing a crime using hypnosis, struggles to shorten the distance with Mei Makino, who had been thinking about it for a long time

You must have heard a story of ‘Red Mask,’ who asks a person if she looks pretty and rips their mouth like hers. This film is an interesting reinterpretation of this old story set in the COVID pandemic era, swinging smoothly between horror and comedy.

Chuushingura is based on a true story from the Genroku era, and has been retold in all kinds of fiction. In this interpretation, this tale, which has been universally loved since time immemorial, is presented by the Takarazuka Revue of the love and fantasy-filled Reiwa Era in a way that’s sure to entertain. The times of Kuronosuke and Kira align, and love shines in the heart of Edo, in a clock romance ticking away in a world of baroque rock.

In this series of short films, the phrase "Gay Agenda" is reclaimed from the religious right and transformed into a celebration of gay culture. Sit back and enjoy "Shanghai Night", "My Own Life", and "A Proper Man".

A girl called Christy is missing. The case haunts Detective Max, time and time again, leaving him with a sense of remorse. Following a trail, Max arrives at an abandoned school where he finds traces of a cult ritual and a murder scene. Suddenly he finds himself in a stylish bar where he sees his former colleague and Christy. Meanwhile the murderer is lurking behind... Will Max find hope and redemption from the dismal past? Shot in black and white, this mysterious thriller employs the stylistic elements of neo-noir and horror to recreate our urban terrors of missing people.

Incoherent snippets randomly noted like a shopping list. They are real and also delusory.

Seoul, 2042. A foreign man has a debt to pay, and is forced to participate in an underground fighting ring that uses the internationally banned fiber wave technology. With this tech, any man can control another man in the fighting arena. He now has the chance to pay off his debts if he wins the next fight. But will the underground let such a prized fighter escape?

Traumatised by the doomed rights movement in Garan, former activist Decem seeks refuge and solitude in the forest, fleeing his homeland and all those he held dear. Relief is however short-lived. As time passes, nostalgia and loneliness creep upon the exiled youth. Decem remains trapped in recurrent nightmares of the past and continues to plunge into despair, living with a constant sense of peril. The challenges of living in the forest along with the wildfire in the mountains eventually make him reconsider the path ahead. Mirroring the disturbed youth’s inner turmoil with the sinister wild nature, the psychological drama relates the tormented state of the exiled body and soul.

A movie about two young men who are college friends solving problems with people around them during the coronavirus pandemic.

The story of 2 people that have been friends for multiple lives, while one of them is on a mission to save the nation. In order to succeed, both of them have to revisit their old memories of their past lives.

2022 release

Kashira, Hatsu, Seseri, Tan, and Kimo are the five students of the food stall circle who are trying to somehow bring back some fun in a world in turmoil. One day, a regular customer, Nagi, comes to the food stall circle. She says that she has not been able to contact her sister Kokoro for several days, and everyone in the food stall circle goes to look for her...

After a robbery gone wrong, two teens attempt to lay low at a local ghost mask festival, only to learn that there’s no hiding from your sins… no matter what mask you wear.

Evening performance of the concert "Lyrical Lily x Merm4id Godo Live Nyan-Nyan Shake!" held at Zepp Haneda in Tokyo on April 24, 2021.

A documentary chronicle that follows a number of denizens of the underground as they drift around individually and collectively, looking for (and speculating upon) a new cultural ‘scene’. The post-punk music they love proclaims slogans of resistance and revolution, but what we see is the groping for a sustainable lifestyle familiar from much youth culture worldwide. That lifestyle, in this case, involves queer sexual identity, drugs, ephemeral relationships, patched-together fashions, weighty discussions of art and theory, the tasting of foods, and copious amounts of alcohol

Experimental short film consisting of only still images.

Seoul Cinema will be closing down soon. The last screened film, The Widow, shows scenes that depict what Seoul looked like long ago. After watching it, I walk along the same streets shown in the film. The famous statue of General Yi Sun-shin, which was said to have been moved, is still in the same location. I feel like I’ve already walked this road with someone else before. While a lot of things change, something of the past always remains. I decide to fall in love with these remnants.

Fengfeng and his friends accidentally get into trouble with the Kunlun Ruins, an ancient miracle containing 'hundreds of gods'.

miwa's live performance of her 2022 concert "REVIVAL" at Tokyo International Forum Hall C on 9/25/2022

An affair couple in a love hotel in Japan draws the activity of a medium who came to investigate the ghost appearing in the room.

The 70th installment of the popular horror documentary series!! The photographers were visiting my grandmother's house, who said they had just died recently. There is a Shinto altar in the house, and it was said that the photographer should not turn on the lights in the room as if he enters the house first.

The second part of the Ensemble Stars! main story, it adapts the stories Summer Live and Revenge Match. It ran from February 19th-March 13th 2022.

You drift through outer space with your buddy and end up in an abandoned interstellar town. The remaining residents of this town live without gravity nor contact with the rest of the universe. You get separated from your buddy, but the townspeople give you little clue as to his whereabouts. Who is your buddy, exactly?

Stark though it is, the roof terrace with its low ochre-red wall and washed turquoise abstract seems the nearest thing to a garden among the forbidding cliffs of mass housing that rear up all around. Like bold tendrils of organic life, three young girls appear with jump ropes and show off some individual fancy licks, before switching to a stately coordination mode. Their bright white ropes make squiggles in the air like waved sparklers at night, while wrists and feet maintain a rock-steady beat. The joy of skilled movement, of pure synchrony, illuminates their faces.

A rare pod of futuristic houses lines a semi-abandoned neighbourhood outside Taipei. UFO Houses, featuring oval-shaped contours, manifests a utopian vision of the past: the future is light, colourful, and sentimental.

A boy wakes up with a toy in his hand. Which leads himself to the forgotten historical incidents and other people's shared memories.

Drug dealer Guo-hao hopes to make big money by an unknown cocaine deal so that he and his girlfriend can leave their life of crime behind. But he soon realized that the whole thing is not that simple.

Following her father’s death, Ye Won hangs out with her friends, but her mind is elsewhere.

Sequel to 'แด่สิ่งที่ไม่แปรเปลี่ยนชั่วนิรันดร์ (2020)', The third installment of the documentary that continues to follow the lives and concepts of a group of street art artists who paint King Rama IX in various buildings during the monsoon political conflicts that are getting more intense everywhere.

A concert starring Makaze Suzuho.

Miracle City Koza is a time-slip rock'n'roll entertainment where the America-occupied Okinawa of the 70's and the present age intersect.

Oh Minwook’s Eternal Brightness, adapted from Jo Gapsang’s novel Eye of the Night, narrates the past and the present lives of the characters who have lived through the contemporary history of Korea, from the Korean War in the 1950s to the Busan-Masan Democratic Protests calling for the Park Chung-hee administration’s Yushin regime in October 1979.

Through the power of music, diverse individuals forge bonds, transcend barriers of race and ideology, and strive to hold a concert — overcoming conflict and chasing their dreams in the process.

Youngsoon defected from North Korea in 2007. Her husband killed himself and her eldest son is in North Korea. She does her best for her little son who came with her. But he thinks that his mother only loved his big brother in the North and resents her for having brought him to South Korea only to be stigamatised as North Korean defector. Youngsoon, who was born as the daughter of a South Korean prisoner of war detained in North Korea, was always poor and her only hope was her eldest son with exceptional talents. To her, her little son is more work than hope.

Wang Wei, an intern about to go on a business trip, is illegally detained by a neighbour couple with a gangster. After a night of struggle, he finally escapes the control o the outlaws and regains his freedom.

A group of uniformed Japanese schoolchildren make their way to class. But what they will be taught when they get there is a subject increasingly under government scrutiny. EDUCATION AND NATIONALISM traces growing government intervention in Japanese history and social science education over the last decade — a process embraced by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

"Liang Wenxiu, you will be allowed to enter the Forbidden City when you grow up and will eventually become the emperor’s trusted confidant in running the country. You are destined to engage in learning, spread knowledge, and support the emperor." ── The story starts in Hebei, China, during the end of the Qing dynasty in the late 19th century.

Ruby and her friends are going on a school trip with Teacher Iruka to Sichuan Province in China. However, there is something unnatural about the tour conductor, driver, and guide on their sightseeing bus as it heads towards its final destination.

Wan Hong-Yuan and Chen Jyun-Kai have been friends for years. One just broke up with his girlfriend, the other can't find a job. They decide to go to the mountain.

Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 2nd LoveLive! ～What a Wonderful Dream!!～) is Liella!'s second solo live concert.

One summer, I was filming by the seaside, and I met him. I was playing as a floating dead body. He thought that I committed suicide by drowning, and “saved” me by the seaside. I fell in love with him right away. We went to watch all the movies I loved; I talked to him about my fascination with death. I asked if he would come to my funeral after my death. He could no longer bear with that and left me. After all the incidents, I sit in the theater, looking at the big screen, watching our stories taking place, and realize that everything is my imagination. Yet, I would love to stay in that fictional story.

A music performance by the Star Troupe, starring Tenju Mitsuki. The show opens with "星を継ぐ者" from "The Dragon Star," followed by "夢を見れば" from "Enter the Revue", Tenju Mitsuki's first stage performance. After an MC corner, the audience was mesmerized by a song from "Romeo and Juliet" and the final song "ten∞ten TIME" featuring lyrics written by Tenju Mitsuki herself.

Conflicts reach their boiling point during a mass protest. Law enforcement stationed at these demonstrations are made to work overtime; long hours away from their families have since become the norm. Police sergeant Ah-Wen, who is thrust into the heart of these clashes, struggles to find a balance between his already precarious marriage, and the high pressure and strenuous conditions of his working environment.

Experimental short by Keiji Aiuchi.

A director of a news program was called to an emergency meeting in the boardroom of a TV station on the 27th floor. The reason for the emergency meeting was to discuss whether or not to air a news story he had produced on the covid-19 vaccine. At the same time, in the basement of the TV station, the news about Covid-19 vaccine was being re-edited due to censorship. But then an incident occurred. Suddenly, the door closed, and they could not leave the room. The program directors were baffled. Who is in charge? Who is keeping them locked up? A human drama unfolds between heaven and earth. It soon develops into a revenge drama filled with hatred...

A documentary about Taiwanese legislator.

After the COVID-19 time, the weather gradually turned cool and the octogenarian couple led a quiet life. The couple realized that there were only three people left in their generation after stumbling upon a photo. So they decided to visit their relative who lived in another city.

As they play carefree music, their musicianship is met with surprise, wonder, and sometimes even laughter. Captivating all who watch, Otoasobi Project’s rich variety of expression reshapes the concept of improvised music. Formed in 2005 in Kobe, Japan, Otoasobi Project has some 50 members, including people with intellectual disabilities, musicians, and music therapists, who pursue music and well-being through improvised performances. After many years of numerous workshops, concerts, and other activities, they even held their first tour in the UK in September 2013. The movie “Whereabouts of Sound” depicts the appeal of the improvised music Otoasobi creates, and the beauty of its natural, honest expression.

The 72nd installment of the popular horror documentary series! ! The actor's contributor was practicing reading the script with the help of his friends when he auditioned for the movie. At that time, a mysterious existence that I never imagined will appear! It is clear that the unexpected fact that the interview team will proceed with the investigation...In addition, it contains a lot of horror psychic images.

“All sadness leaves a trace of happiness. All regrets leave a corner of satisfaction.” When an all-powerful repairman meets the girl who has incurable disease, a love story destined to be imperfect re-defines their relationship and regrets.

Mina, a high school student who lost her best friend Hal to suicide before the school festival, lives with self-loathing. She finds hope in a new student, Haruka Kuroda, a drummer, and attempts to give form to Hal's unfinished music. They are about to perform at the festival, and their memorable summer is about to begin.