Discoveries from Asian World Cinema

Famous novelist Ngan (Michael Hui) is leading a comfortable life living on the royalties of his published novels. He has now placed all his attention onto his daughter Sophia (Miriam Yeung). Sophia has reached a suitable age for marriage and is still searching for her Prince Charming. She has a crush on Frankie (Lau Ching Wan), her boss and a playboy. Due to some accident, Frankie decides to stay at Sophia's home for a while, Then, Sophia and Frankie became lovers and are planning to get married! Ngan Loves his daughter so much that he knows he must destroy their love before it is too late. Sophia must make a life and death decision between Frankie and her father...

Yukami Makoto is a high school boy whose hobby is visiting hot springs. His 100th hot spring visit is at Miyama-kan, an inn run by four poster girls: Tokura, Akino, Tsutsuji and Mitomo. There, Makoto spies Yuri, a goddess of the hot springs, and unexpectedly usurps her powers. Makoto ends up working at the inn.

The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later pass and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

The second part of Sound! Euphonium: The Final Movie.

The number of subscribers equals the level of influence! Are my followers my worth? Michelle, Jacky, and Gthan are film students struggling to break into the industry, so they decide to start their own channel, "No Depth of Field"! The channel features two charismatic KOLs: Yannis and Sugar. By chance, Yannis guest-stars on a famous large-scale channel, "Stack Upon Stack," boosting their video click rates. Just as they think their channel is finally taking off, Yannis grows suspiciously close to "Stack Upon Stack's" mastermind, Kuang哥... It turns out Yannis is secretly planning to jump ship to "Stack Upon Stack" and team up with their star, Kimchi! The team tries every trick in the book to keep Yannis, but birds choose the best trees to perch on, and Yannis ultimately leaves. To fill the gap, they tirelessly scout for new talent with viral potential and unexpectedly discover the quirky, unique Anna. Together, the five of them venture into the boundless world of the internet!

Joe, a reckless cab driver, accidentally hits someone with his taxi. The person he hit is May, a sweet girl who walks with a limp due to one of her legs being longer than the other. Joe mistakenly thinks that he's paralyzed May for life; so in order to make it up to her, he works for her family, helping them run their grocery store. Soon, Joe falls in love with May, but she's slow to return his affection.

Kasumi doesn't know what love is and she doesn't have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister's marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she met a man who is just seeking a friend.

Four people form an unlikely alliance to sting a three-man credit-card scam operation. Behind the front of an electronic appliance store, Mr. Chiang and his bumbling nephew Wuchi, aided by a technical wizard called Blond Chiang, operate a high-tech credit-card scam. Sisi, one of their victims who works for the bank whose cards are being forged, joins forces with Do Do, a spirited collection officer for a finance company, with Wu, a good-looking petty thief who owes Do Do's company money, and with Lulu, Sisi's friend who lives in Wu's apartment. Wu pretends to work with Chiang, Lulu pretends to like Wuchi, Do Do dons peasant dress, and the trap is set.

Lun decides to get back in touch with his former high school flame Siu-Yuet , but finds out that she is dead and that he unintentionally caused her suicide. Siu-Yuet's ghost appears demanding retribution, and Lun and his friends are forced to carry out a number of tasks to placate the girl's vengeful spirit. A ghostly romance with several twists follows.

A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.

The 7-year-old girl Zhang Wang and her father Zhang Guohua depended on each other. Although their lives were poor, they were still very happy. One day when Zhang Wang suddenly had a nosebleed, he went to the hospital for an examination and found out that he was diagnosed with acute leukemia.

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together at the beach.

In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.

Ji-yeong and Woo-hyeon is on a fun, casual relationship. However, Woo-hyeon finds out that his friend Min-soo likes Ji-yeong and decides to be a stepping stone between them. Will Min-soo and Ji-yeong be able to date after many twists and turns? Or will Ji-yeong go back to Woo-hyeon's arms? The story of two men surrouding Ji-yeong's heart begins.

Wong Fei-Hong tires of his life pretending to be a kung fu master, and decides to visit Canton in anonymity, letting his student pretend to be Wong Fei-Hung. However, a crooked businessman and an upright Wong Fei-Hong admirer complicates matters.

Brave cat Pero once had a bet with treacherous multimillionarie Grumon that he can travel around the world in 80 days. The stake is high, in case of success Grumon will give all of his fortune to Pero, but in case of failure Pero becomes slave of Grumon for the rest of his life. Pero departs together with his faithful friends behemoth Kato and brave Small Mouse. Grumon tries everything to prevent their arrival to the finish.

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.

A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...

Seon-hwa is a new student at an elite medical school, and she is initiated into a dissection class headed by Dr. Han along with five other students, including her boyfriend Ki-beom. After the first class the students all start to share the same nightmare involving a one-eyed surgeon, and one by one they start to be murdered, the victims being discovered with their hearts removed. Seon-hwa and Ki-beom are convinced that these events are related to a beautiful cadaver with a rose tattoo on her breast, and they begin an investigation to uncover her identity.

Ah, my body's on fire! Roku, a company employee, learns that his ex-girlfriend, Nanako, has broken up with her lover and heads to her parents' house, only to be told that she has died. Roku meets Nanako's childhood friend, Emi, spends the night with her, and returns to Tokyo...

Since Six was 18, he no longer knows what freedom is. He’s trapped in a wheelchair. His father, a taxi driver, drives him every day out to the streets to sell chewing gum. That’s how Six spends his days. Till he gets to meet a quiet girl, Noodles, who always shuts herself away in a small stationery store. Six barges into her world. He adds a touch of pheromone to the colorful but icy stationery store. Suddenly, everything becomes interesting.

Misa's father, the Minowa clan leader, was killed by assassins from the rival organisation Shinsui Rengo. She decides to live her life as a yakuza and together with her boyfriend Ryuji, she is building up the gang. However, the betrayal of the acting chairman, Izawa, who was a close associate of her father, is discovered. A takeover in collusion with the Shinsui Union is taking place behind the scenes.

Myung-soo, who opened a new karaoke room. She promotes the store by giving rice cakes to her local aunts. In order to take over the strong-looking Myeongsu, the pretty neighborhood ladies start a meat attack. Myung-soo inherits her stamina and leaves the shop to her junior Yoon-il, and Yoon-il is happy at first at the attack of her aunts...

A team of cops has the mission to protect a witness from being killed. After several killing attempts, the cops will realize how dangerous is the duty they have been assigned to.

When Kai begins a multi-tier attack in order to eliminate Airi, both Ryotaro and Yuuto try to stop him, with a Imagin deciding to help in trying to make sure that the past and future is protected... Special director's cut edition of episodes 47-49 of Kamen Rider Den-O.

Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.

They have the reputation of being the top martial arts team in the world. They have combat techniques which can control the very elements. They have a small penguin. They are the Ninku, full of martial art prowess, low on brain power, and totally devoid of the respect they deserve.

Early nineties ACGS knock-off with Wu Ma as an expert demon hunter and Joey Wong reprising her role as the otherwordly enchantress falling in love with a human.

A shipment of a narcotic more dangerous than opium is about to be distributed across the country by a corrupt pharmaceutical company. In the face of foreign and domestic enemies, can Wong Fei-Hung stop the spread of this dangerous narcotic and save lives in time?

A Korean high school student and a married sculptor embark on a sexual odyssey soaked in sadomasochism and love.

"Mrs K" is a story of a woman who gives everything that she has to protect her husband and daughter when enemies from her past come hunting her.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, domestic warlords supported and supported their troops and independent forces. Among the numerous forces, Lei Hong, the Guangdong warlord, is the most shameless. He colludes with foreign forces and betrays Chinese intelligence. All domestic righteous people want to kill them quickly. Guo Tian, President of Shanghai Jingwu Association, sent the imperial court to Guangdong to assassinate Lei Hong, but he failed. In the assassination, the court met Xiuhui (Lei Hong's concubine) and fell in love. The Japanese Imperial Army representative Ichiro Yamamoto arrived and met Lei Hongquan's family. But Yamamoto came to China to take over all of Lei Hong's affairs, even his wife and concubine. Lei Hong learned that he was furious and designed to kill with a knife. In Xiuhui's funeral, Lei Hong invited Guo Tian and others to attend, trying to catch them all. Who is the final winner?

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

The city is infested with mysterious parasites that bore into their human hosts to increase their host's power and sexual desires. A beautiful girl, Suzune Arizono is a vet with a specialty in parasites, and who fights daily to end the plague. Before long, she learns that an evil organization, the Kito Zaibatsu, is behind the explosive growth of this ferocious parasite. She also learns that her long-missing father, Dr. Arizono, is also involved. In order to crush the Kito Zaibatsu's ambition and to see her father again, Suzune takes on the fight without regard to the danger involved.

A college student's relationship is going nowhere until she meets a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts.

Ji-yeong is a good looking, slim and big-breasted insurance planner who is really bad at her job. Dae-cheol, her school friend, suggests she sells some insurance at the friends' reunion where alot of wealthy friends will show up. Ji-yeong doesn't really feel like it but she dresses up sexily and goes to the reunion. For some reason, her results at work are getting better and better every time she goes to the reunion...

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles with nurses and colleagues at the hospital. Koichiro Shimada then encounters a boy soldier severely wounded mentally. This changes Koichiro Shimada’s fate.

Yukio is a typical high school student in every way except that he's an only child in a family of five. This is because he has four fathers, each with their own unique personalities and interests. The only thing they share in common is their love of their son. When Yukio witnesses a robbery, he becomes involved in a bizarre string of incidents involving his fathers.

On the morning of the winter solstice, Tang Yu's son disappeared in the stairwell; gambler Yuan Wu hid his father's body; and two unsolved cases involving the assault.

The story of two warring generals fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Joo-man starts an affair with the younger Jin-nyeo and drives out his wife, Soon-jeong. Soon-jeong, who was kicked out to an empty house, meets a robber, Do-sik. At first, she was bullied by Do-sik, but she turned it around and began abusing him instead. Do-sik suddenly falls in love with Soon-jeong, and the two eventually plot to kidnap Joo-man and Jin-nyeo.

The Amamiya Brothers, Masaki and Hiroto, keep looking for their older brother Takeru who disappeared one year ago. The three Amamiya brothers lost their parents when they were young. Since then, they relied only on each other. On the anniversary of their parents' death, Masaki and Hiroto expect Takeru to appear. Instead, they meet a person who has a clue on Takeru's whereabouts.

Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

K-pop sensation BTS embark on their 2019 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' Tour, as the seven members begin to candidly tell personal stories they have never voiced before.

This documentary follows the unstoppable all-female Japanese idol group, AKB48. With a complicated balance of competition and friendship among the members, their bond is strong. The footage was taken from over 1000 hours of recorded videos throughout 2010 and includes personal interviews with select members revealing each of the girls' struggle, joy, growth, and dream.

A woman is found dead and three other women, incarcerated at a psychiatric hospital. The body belonged to the wife of the hospital President, Dr. Kiriyama who has gone missing since the day of the murder. As Detective Hayashida and his partner start to investigate the case and interview the women linked to the victim, they soon find themselves tangled in a web of the women’s lies and deceptions.

Accompanied by his friend Miyata, Sano returns to Izu, a seaside resort in Japan where five years before he fell in love with his wife Nagi.

In medieval China, three sexy serpentesses need the essence of virgin males to defeat the evil Yinsan Monster, so they go on a quest which leads them to an inn occupied by an impotent landlord and a western Christian missionary with revitalising properties.

This movie is the compilation of the mini-parody episode trailers that ran at the end of every Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight episode, which featured characters depicted in their chibi forms.

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged gambling game. Of course, the local gangsters attempt to kill him, and the adventure begins. It turns out a blacksmith named Senzo examines Zatoichi's cane sword, and discovers it to be forged by his old mentor. Senzo discovers the sword is at the end of its usefulness and will break when it is used next.

With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too, thereby losing her last chance to have any grandchildren. With help from a friend she takes in a female French foreign exchange student, who ends up teaching the family a lot about life, acceptance, and love.

The Metropolitan Police Department '0'section, known as an organization in the police department that investigates a closed case. Well-trained detective in the '0' section, Rei, is looking for her memory that was lost during the training, while also investigating a human traffic which young woman being a victim. One day, classified killer virus was seized by rising terrorists. To investigate this case, public safety sent Sarah Kodama who specializes in molecular biology and computer, to work with Rei but Rei refuses to work with Sarah. Sarah was curious about mysterious Rei, so she starts to collect Rei's information and goes to see Rei's former boss, Asami. However, the man who appeared in front of Sarah was an assassinator who contemplates destruction of '0' section. What happens to Sarah...!? What is in Rei's lost memories!?

Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.

Orphan girl Mei is adopted by a wealthy family and receives the ticket out of the orphanage. The girl finds herself with a sister who has arrived at the family under similar circumstances. They bond and become close. Things take a turn for the worse, however, when the family's fortunes take a nosedive allowing the family to keep no more than one of the girls. That means someone has to trod back to the orphanage. Well, neither is volunteering.

Yasuhiko is a transfer student to a classroom with Miyuki. She barely notices him until he suddenly appears before her in the library. The truth comes out: Yasuhiko is from the future. Bound by this special secret, they become closer and closer. Yasuhiko reveals that this trip is inspired by a book from Miyuki’s era, a book, she later learns from her future self, that she authored. On the day of his departure, Miyuki makes a promise, that she will write that novel to treasure this unforgettable summer, just as her future self says. Ten years later, the book is about to be published. As Miyuki waits to reunite with her past self, nothing happens! Did something go wrong in the past? Are there more secrets to come?

Kaibutsu-kun's father, the Great Monster King, suddenly complains of pain in his chest and collapses. It turns out that the rival Demon King has placed a curse on him with the "Demon Sword". Kaibutsu-kun and his three companions head into enemy territory, Demon Land. Prince Demokin, the son of the Great Demon King, appears. Out of curiosity, he invites the monsters to the temple where the demon sword is located.

A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.

As two Japanese high school students, Rena and Yuko, navigate their first uncertain sexual experiences, they travel across Japan, discovering how choices they face can both separate and unite them.