Discoveries from Asian World Cinema

Wen Rou is a female director who tells screenwriter Yu Le a story about a girl named Wen Rou and her intense relationship with her boyfriend Xiao Fei.

The Master's late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.

Godenzi plays an acrobatic thief who, after taking part in an elaborate burglary, is double-crossed by her partner (Aurelio) and is captured by the police. On her release from prison, Godenzi discovers that her betrayer is now a highly influential criminal in the area and commands a posse of hired thugs. With a new partner by her side, Godenzi looks to avenge her imprisonment and steal the valuables her former partner had double-crossed her for.

A gangster and a corrupt police officer travel to the tiny remote island of Mapado to hunt down a young woman who has run off with a winning lottery ticket. Upon arriving, they discover that no one lives there except for five old women who have not once seen a man for 20 years. Both men soon experience a nightmare of hard labor and harassment.

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.

Tang Bohu's mother sends him to study at Qingfeng Monastery, but he can't bear the austere and monotonous life at the monastery. So, his three good friends secretly take Tang Bohu out for an excursion, where they run into Qian Qian/Qiu Xiang. Tang Bo Hu immediately falls for her, but later, she gets accused as being a spider spirit and is about to be burned to death by a priest...

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not lose his virginity before he turns 18 and Ranmaru does everything he can to prevent that. However, when Rihito starts to show interest in a classmate, Ranmaru's desperate fight to preserve the boys virginity begins.

After being convicted for fraud, one month has passed since Choi Chang-hyuk's release from jail. But this time around he's got an elaborate plan cooked up. It's the biggest bank heist in history that'll make any thief have a wet dream. The best five thieves come together to form a team.

A group of friends go through a series of horrifying events. A suicide that happened two years earlier is revealed.

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!

After killing his brother, Prince Yamato is banished from his father's kingdom until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against an evil god that has been ravaging the Earth in the form of an enormous hydra. Will Yamato ever return home to reclaim his rightful place on the throne?

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100 million Baht upon completion.

After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser.

An adolescent human drama of high school students who are troubled with their own concerns but gradually find a method of survival through Hotai Club.

In 1995, the year before the comprehensive gun ban policy was implemented, the tranquility of Mangya Town was shattered. A notorious bandit leader, who had hidden a massive treasure, broke out of prison. Forty-three ruthless outlaws gathered from all directions, joining their leader, Beishan, in blockading Mangya by force. The entire town was plunged into a desperate crisis—cut off from fuel and communication! The bandits wanted both money and lives. Gunfire erupted across Mangya as a massive sandstorm loomed on the horizon. Facing impossible odds—one gun against eighty-eight—the gang also turned on each other in a brutal "dog-eat-dog" power struggle. Surrounded by enemies, with sandstorms blotting out the sun and death hanging by a thread—how can they turn the tide?

After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple receives strange videos and realizes someone has been filming their daily life — even in their most intimate moments. The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur but the family starts to crumble as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes watching them from all sides.

When a rich middle-aged housewife discovers that her husband has been cheating on her she goes out with two friends to a male brothel in mainland China. There she meets male gigolo Bill. Her friend also has an eye for Bill.

Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.

A group of people searching for a magical tree in a mysterious jungle, find they are not alone. Something is watching them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

A young geisha/prostitute working in Tokyo's entertainment district earns a measure of reknown through her powerful vaginal muscles. This newfound fame, however, also earns her the enmity of a rival geisha house. The two houses choose to settle the dispute through a series of athletic contests between the young star and the rival house's main attraction, with the backing of the houses' wealthy patrons as the prize.

Fumiko, mother of two and wife to an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In her final stages, Fumiko meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her experiences.

The story centers on the steadfast eldest son, the caring and alluring nurse eldest daughter, the ambitious, fast-rising second son, and the vivacious, free-spirited youngest daughter. United by the heavy burden of an enormous debt inherited from their late parents a decade ago, their fragile stability is upended when the irresistibly beautiful and enigmatic Rinko appears on the scene as a marriage prospect for the eldest son. Her seductive allure triggers a chain reaction that sends shockwaves through the family, igniting passions and secrets in a swirl of scandalous incestuous desire.

A young merchant returns secretly to his city to avenge the treachery of his companions... Film released in French on VHS under the title Operation Black Belt

A knight in a suit of golden armor battles with a magical beast out to destroy the world.

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki and General Rokurota take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain – in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.

Kumazawa Jiro, a tax-worker, is tricked out of a large sum of money by the swindler Himuro Makoto. With the help of his best friend, a detective, Kumazawa tracks down Himuro and teams up with him and sets out to extract JP¥ 1B in unpaid tax from a large corporation that is hiding tax evasion.

A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.

A respected teacher’s life unravels after a brutal assault and a public humiliation. Now, he must choose between silence and revenge.

This story is centering around a Ming Dynasty brothel that steams with secret erotic myths, trysts and twists of pleasurable indulgence. A shaw production

High schooler Asaya Kanata throws himself into creating music videos. One night, he is stunned by the voice of a woman performing live on the street in the rain. The singer is Yū Orie, who abandoned her musical career and has just started working as a teacher at Kanata's high school.

As Sato’s plan enters its second phase, known as the “Purge,” key political and military figures begin falling one by one. With the operation rapidly advancing toward its final stage, the Japanese government remains steadfast in its refusal to negotiate with terrorists. Behind the scenes, the police, special forces, and even the United States Department of Defense begin making moves of their own. Meanwhile, high school student and fellow Ajin Kei Nagai devises a desperate strategy to stop Sato once and for all—but can he succeed before the final phase begins?

Haru and Reo perform as musical duo Haru-Reo. With their indie music, they suddenly get popular. Even with their newfound success, they decide to disband the duo. Haru-Reo go on one last tour together. Their roadie Shima goes with the girls on the tour.

The beautiful yet naive Jasmine has second thoughts about her arranged marriage with the most eligible bachelor in town because she is secretly in love with the dog-loving math prodigy Fong. One night, she is attacked on her way home. She wakes up and finds herself trapped in a room and tied to a bed naked. She was raped but managed to escape, and this leads to murderous outcomes.

An assignment is issued to a lady sniper to destroy the mafia. The second-in-command of the Akita-kai, a yakuza group based in the Kanto region, is stabbed to death by a hitman from the Kansai-based San'yu-kai, which is aiming to expand into Kanto. Around the same time, Komoro Hisashi, the Akita-kai's action squad leader, is warmly welcomed back by the Akita-kai chairman, who has just returned to freedom after 14 years. However, concerned about the San'yu-kai's movements, he advises him to lie low for a while. Meanwhile, Shinjo, who was a young member 14 years ago, has risen through the ranks to the point of having his own gang. Amidst all this, Komoro meets and falls in love with a nurse named Akie...

After the death of his father who had left the house and his family, his debt was inherited by Sang-woo who is unable to cope with the debt. So he finds another heir, a half-brother and his mother, to fend off the debt of his father.

When Ah Yao returns to Malaysia for his father’s funeral, he expects grief, not chaos. But everything turns upside down when the religious police storm in, claiming his father—who secretly converted to Islam—must be buried in an Islamic cemetery. Refusing to let go, Ah Yao and his siblings set out on a wild, darkly comedic journey to reclaim the body, confronting cultural clashes, family secrets, and absurd obstacles along the way.

A rampaging swordsman slices and dices his way across China on a bloody mission to cut down every warrior in his way, and claim the blade of the legendary Supreme Swordsman in this Shaw Brothers classic starring Derek Yee and Jason Pai Piao, and directed by Keith Li Baak Ling. But when the son of a slain sword maker emerges as an unexpected challenger, the ruthless killer realizes that he may have finally met his match.

Set in the late 1980s, this family drama is about an 11-year-old boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and learns from him how to survive in a rapidly changing world as well as things his poor father would never be able to teach him.

On July 27th, university student Aoi Hinata has an accident. When she wakes up, Aoi Hinata finds herself in a classroom from one week before the accident.

Yeong-cheol and Ha-ni are talking at a cafe. Yeong-cheol is fond of writing so Ha-ni keeps on asking questions about it… Yeong-cheol entertains this questions while also making approaches to Ha-ni… Ha-ni seems to have a plot in mind for Yeong-cheol… The last 4 parts are complete and can be uploaded, then Ha-ni seduces Yeong-cheol who wouldn’t say anything about the story… She ties the sleeping Yeong-cheol to a chair and tells him that the story he wrote is turning into reality. Yeong-cheol couldn’t believe it…. He throws abusive words towards Ha-ni… Yeong-cheol who stubbornly said he couldn’t change his writings, and Ha-ni who wants to redeem his boyfriend and the people around her… What could their ending be?

Pandora and Akubi are crossing dimensions to collect the "fragments of disaster," which have the power to destroy worlds. The first half of the film takes place in the setting of an American Western and the second half of the film takes place on a snowy mountain where mysterious spirits exist.

A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.

It’s easy to promise ‘for better or worse’ in a wedding vow, but how many marriages can truly weather every storm? Sachi decides to study for the bar exam with her boyfriend Tamotsu as an act of solidarity. However, Sachi ends up becoming a lawyer, while Tamotsu, who fails the exam repeatedly, is relegated to stay-at-home dad.

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio must compete for the lead role in Martin Scorsese's next film.

Cheung Ka Shing, an inventor who participates in illegal road races in his spare time. Their relationship blossoms into romance, but when Kitty's father goes into hiding and leaves behind over ten million dollars in unpaid debt, she leaves Hong Kong without telling Shing where she's going. Shortly thereafter, Shing strikes it rich when he is paid ten million dollars by a Japanese computer firm for a chip he has invented, but money does little to relieve his aching despair in Kitty's absence.

For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that will cure his wife who, back in Chung Yuan, is slowly killing all of the members of the Eight Big Clans. Something Cho did to her early in their marriage has turned her hair white and driven her mad. Cho's nephew, Kit, marries Lyre; they are deeply in love. On their wedding night, Ni-Chang, the bride with white hair, kidnaps Lyre and takes her to her harem of fighting women to indoctrinate her against Kit. Kit tries to lead a rescue party, but they are up against formidable opponents. Can Cho come in time with the blossom to soften Ni-Chang's heart?

Enjoy the timeless Canto-pop pieces in the Thank You Concert of Mark Lui, who single-handedly composed and produced many of Hong Kong's greatest hits in the past twenty years of his career. Held in July 2013 at the Hong Kong Coliseum, his all-star concert was supported by Leon Lai, Kelly Chen, Janice Vidal, Andy Hui, Miriam Yeung, Dicky Cheung, William So, Stephy Tang, JW, Aarif Lee, Rubberband, Candy Lo and more. You can revisit hits such as "Love Song," "Please Break Up with Me," "Please Teach Me How Not To Love Him," "Anniversary," "Heat and Shine" and "Big Story in a Small City" all in one go.

Tatsuya Uesugi is the twin brother of Kazuya, pitcher of the Meisei High School baseball team. Irresolute about his feelings towards baseball, his next door neighbor, and his brother; Tatsuya ends up joining his school's boxing club. From the sidelines, he quietly watches the ascension of Kazuya.

Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?

Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It’s time for the Reaper to go to work.

Set on an alternative Earth, Superheroes are celebrities and a high rating TV show rates their achievements, awarding them points until an annual King of Heroes is crowned. Old-school hero Wild Tiger is assigned a new partner with very different views on the heroes role in society but soon a vigilante criminal presents them with a serious problem.

During the chaotic final days of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Ling refuses to believe the rumors that his sister Wu Shuang has become a malevolent spirit. Using a forbidden resurrection technique, he brings her back to life and devises a cunning plan in the shadowy Temple of the Plague God to uncover the real villains and restore justice.

Based on Keigo Higashino’s award-winning novel, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X follows a professor (Wang Kai) assisting in a murder investigation, only to find that a longtime rival and friend (Zhang Luyi) from his early university days may be involved.

Zhou Yi is about to leave on holiday with her boyfriend Woody, until an argument makes Zhou Yi to dump him at the airport. Their breakup is being witnessed by her ex-boyfriend.

Tough cop Ken Li (Cheng) is at the top of his game, but he's going to need some help to solve a grisly crime that the offender, a respected police officer, doesn't even remember committing. He seeks out Jack Lai (Lai), a former psychologist now in disgrace and behind bars, who has an uncanny ability to bend people to his will. Making an uneasy truce, this unconventional pair set out on a mission to find the man responsible, a master of hypnotism who will stop at nothing to get his revenge!

When a private detective is murdered, a former colleague and a trainee detective are sent to investigate. Along the way, they uncover a tragic truth that triggers memories from their own haunted pasts.