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A Balloon’s Landing (我在這裡等你, Angel Teng I-Han, 2024)
A dejected Hong Kong writer longs to find the path back to paradise if in the most ironic of ways, but finds something quite different after accidentally being…
Bushido (碁盤斬り, Kazuya Shiraishi, 2024)
A stoical ronin’s peaceful life is disrupted by a face from the past in Kazuya Shiraishi’s elegantly lensed period drama.
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (หลานม่า, Pat Boonnitipat, 2024)
A cynical young man discovers another kind of love caring for his grandmother in Pat Boonnitipat’s poignant drama.
Taiwan Film Festival in Australia Returns for 2024
In Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, and Adelaide 25th July to 14th September.
Rei (莉の対, Toshihiko Tanaka, 2024)
As the opening title cards of Toshihiko Tanaka’s Rei (莉の対, Rei no Tsui) somewhat paradoxically explain, Rei is a kanji character that has no real meaning on its…
The Escaping Man (绑架毛乎乎, Wang Yichun, 2023)
A housekeeper’s attempt to kidnap her boss’ son does not go to plan in Wang Yichun’s ironic dramedy.
Frankenstein Father (프랑켄슈타인 아버지, Choi Jea-young, 2024)
A teenage boy confronts his paternal legacy but finds it largely hollow in Choi Jae-young’s pointed familial drama
Cha-Cha (チャチャ, Mai Sakai, 2024)
A free-spirited artist develops an attraction for an emotionally distant chef in Mai Sakai’s quirky tale of unrequited loves.
The Guest (301호 모텔 살인사건, Yeon Je-gwang, 2023)
We’re under surveillance all the time, so when we really need someone why is that no one seems to be watching? Yeon Je-gwang’s slasher drama The Guest (301호…
The Cursed Land (แดนสาป, Panu Aree & Kong Rithdee, 2024)
A wounded man is confronted by a scarred land in Panu Aree & Kong Rithdee’s eerie horror.
Ice Cream Fever (アイスクリームフィーバー, Tetsuya Chihara, 2023)
A series of lost young women find refuge at the ice cream parlour in Tetsuya Chihara’s adpatation of the Mieko Kawakami.
Fly Me to the Moon (但願人長久, Sasha Chuk Tsz-yin, 2023)
A pair of sisters find themselves exiles in their own home in Sasha Chuk Tsz-yin’s poignant familial drama
For Alice (給愛麗絲, Chow Kam Wing, 2024)
“I don’t know if I’m really lucky or really unlucky,” a young woman wonders after a series of narrow escapes amid the otherwise dismal circumstances of her life…
Blue Period (ブルーピリオド, Kentaro Hagiwara, 2024)
An ennui-ridden teen finds the world opening up to him after he discovers the power of art yet fears he can’t live up to his new epiphany in…
Customs Frontline (海關戰線, Herman Yau, 2024)
Who knew life as a customs official could be so dangerous? Those at the centre of Herman Yau’s high octane drama certainly do put themselves on the front…
Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2024 Programme
In Montreal July 18 to Aug, 4.
Kubi (首, Takeshi Kitano, 2023)
Apparently in gestation for a couple of decades, it’s unsurprising that Takeshi Kitano gave himself the role of Hideyoshi in a long-awaited historical drama adapted from his won…
Whale Bones (鯨の骨, Takamasa Oe, 2023)
A brokenhearted office works finds himself chasing a digital ghost in Takamasa Oe’s eerie drama.
The Box Man (箱男, Gakuryu Ishii, 2024)
Those who obsess over the Box Man, become the Box Man, in Gakuryu Ishii’s adaptation of the Kobo Abe novel.
Six Singing Women (唄う六人の女, Yoshimasa Ishibashi, 2023)
A man finds himself trapped in a strange place after travelling to the mountains in the wake of his estranged father’s death in Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s surreal dra
Between the White Key and the Black Key (白鍵と黒鍵の間に, Masanori Tominaga, 2023)
A jaded bar musician is confronted by his younger, more idealistic self in 1980s Ginza in Masanori Tominaga’s surrealistic adaptation of the memoirs of jazz musician Hiroshi Minami.
Radio Queen (ラヂオの女王, Shigeo Yagura, 1935)
The conflict between warring neighbours of differing dispositions deepens when their children want to get married in Shigeo Yagura’s modernising comedy.
Homunculus (ホムンクルス, Takashi Shimizu, 2021)
Is the world we see merely a self-created illusion, or do we each share a concrete, objective “reality”? It’s a question which seems to obsess the antagonist of…
A Good Lawyer’s Wife (바람난 가족, Im Sang-soo, 2003)
Sexual repression and rigid patriarchal social codes slowly dissolve a “normal middle class” family in Im Sang-soo’s extremely frank treatise on contemporary gender roles.
Zero (零戦燃ゆ, Toshio Masuda, 1984)
The Zero Fighter has taken on a kind of mythic existence in a romanticised vision of warfare, yet as Toshio Masuda’s Zero (零戦燃ゆ零戦燃ゆ, Zerosen moyu) implies its time…
Soul (失魂, Chung Mong-Hong, 2013)
A young man loses consciousness and wakes to declare he is no longer himself in Chung Mong-Hong’s eerie horror.
JAPAN CUTS Announces 2024 Lineup
At Japan Society New York from July 10 to 21
Every Trick In The Book (鳩の撃退法, Hideta Takahata, 2021)
A down on his luck writer finds himself at the centre of a mystery only how much is truth and how much fiction in Hideta Takahata’s literary mystery.
A Wife’s Heart (妻の心, Mikio Naruse, 1956)
When plans to start a new business go awry, a dejected wife finds herself at a crossroads in Mikio Naruse’s martial drama.
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (야차, Na Hyeon, 2022)
An idealistic prosecutor is dragged into conspiracy after being send to investigate suspicious reports from China in Na Hyeon’s high octane thriller.
Summer Vacation 1999 (1999年の夏休み, Shusuke Kaneko, 1988)
Four teenage boys confront jealousy and desire during a haunted summer in Summer Vacation etherial drama.
Techno Brothers (テクノブラザーズ, Hirobumi Watanabe, 2023)
Hirobumi Watanabe has sometimes cast himself in his films as a misunderstood, struggling filmmaker at the mercy of his own thwarted ambitions and the vagaries of the Japanese…
Three Old Boys (三叉戟, Gao Qunshu, 2024)
Three veteran cops face the fallout of a 20-year-old crime in Gao Qunshu’s retro buddy cop drama.
Female Yakuza Tale (やさぐれ姐御伝 総括リンチ, Teruo Ishii, 1973)
Revenge completed, Ochi finds herself swept into conspiracy in the sequel to Nofumi Suzuki’s Sex and Fury
Sex and Fury (不良姐御伝 猪の鹿お蝶, Norifumi Suzuki,1973)
An orphaned daughter takes revenge against the corruptions of the late Meiji society in Norifumi Suzuki’s pinky violence classic.
Hovering Blade (彷徨之刃, Chen Zhuo, 2024)
The wheels of justice turn too slowly for the father of a murdered girl in Chen Zhuo’s vigilante thriller.
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (十階のモスキート, Yoichi Sai, 1983)
A beaten-down beat cop’s existential crisis progressively deepens after he throws himself into financial ruin to buy a computer in Yoichi Sai’s debut feature.
A Fine, Windy Day (바람 불어 좋은 날, Lee Jang-ho, 1980)
Three men find themselves displaced in a rapidly developing society in Lee Jang-ho’s social drama.
Mom, Is That You?! (こんにちは、母さん, Yoji Yamada, 2023)
Disillusioned with the salaryman dream a middle-aged man returns home to his mother only to find her busy with a life of her own in a touching drama…
Don’t Call it Mystery (ミステリと言う勿れ, Hiroaki Matsuyama, 2023)
Totono is one again swept into intrigue in this big screen instalment of the TV drama.
Missing (ミッシング, Keisuke Yoshida, 2024)
The mother of a missing girl finds herself in an uneasy relationship with the media in Keisuke Yoshida’s empathetic drama.
(Ab)normal Desire (正欲, Yoshiyuki Kishi, 2023)
Excluded from mainstream society, those isolated by desires seen as atypical find solidarity in community in Yoshiyuki Kishi’s sensitive drama.
Great Absence (大いなる不在, Kei Chikaura, 2023)
A forced reconnection with his estranged father forces a young man to contemplate the great absences of life in Kei Chikaura’s poetic drama.
Matched (マッチング, Eiji Uchida, 2023)
A wedding planner finds herself isolated after being linked to a series of serial killing targeting newlyweds who met on apps in Eiji Uchida’s eerie thriller.
Stay Mum (かくしごと, Kosai Sekine, 2024)
On returning to care for estranged father, a woman finds herself taking care of a neglected little boy in Kosai Sekine’s maternal melodrama.
All the Long Nights (夜明けのすべて, Sho Miyake, 2024)
Mismatched colleagues struggling amid contemporary corporate culture find unexpected solidarity in Sho Miyake’s gentle human drama.
Kanasando (かなさんどー, Toshiyuki Teruya, 2024)
A young woman gains a better understanding of her parents and her culture when told her estranged father has not long to live in Toshiyuki Teruya’s poignant island…
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (青春18×2 君へと続く道, Michihito Fujii, 2024)
Screenshot Apparently inspired by a real life viral blog, the latest from the prolific Michihito Fujii, 18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (青春18×2 君へと続く道, Seishun 18×2 Kimi e to Tsudzuku…
Blind War (盲战, Chris Huo Suiqiang, 2022)
After losing his sight in an explosion, a former swat officer must battle his way to the top of a human trafficking network in a fictional South East…
Fly Me To The Saitama -FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE- (翔んで埼玉 ～琵琶湖より愛をこめて～, Hideki Takeuchi, 2023)
Osaka is on the March in the sequel to the popular comedy.