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Not Friends (เพื่อน (ไม่) สนิท, Atta Hemwadee, 2023)

A self-interested teen learns a few lessons in friendship while making a film about a late classmate in Atta Hemwadee’s quirky dramedy.

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Three Women of the North (北の三人, Kiyoshi Saeki, 1945)

Three female radio operators become the backbone of a moribund war effort in the last propaganda film produced before the war’s end.

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The Clinic (ဆေးခန်း, Midi Z, 2023)

Two doctors attempt to stave off the darkness around them in Midi Z’s hypnotic documentary.

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Trouble Girl (小曉, Chin Chia-hua, 2023)

A little girl finds herself caught in the middle when her mother has an affair with her teacher in Chin Chia-hua’s empathetic drama.

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All the Songs We Never Sang (Chris Rudz, 2023)

A young woman finds herself diving into the past after receiving a less than enthusiastic welcome on visiting her mother’s island home in Chris Rudz’s gentle indie drama.

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Mimang (미망, Kim Tae-yang, 2023)

A man and woman wander without direction in a confusing city in Kim Tae-yang’s meandering drama.

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Monster (怪物, Hirokazu Koreeda, 2023)

Gossip and petty prejudice give rise to a series of “misunderstandings” in Koreeda’s probing drama.

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A Weather Report (胴鳴り, Yu Kajino, 2024)

A successful television writer is confronted with the mistakes of his past when the teenage daughter he abandoned before birth suddenly tracks him down in Yu Kajino’s indie…

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Swimming in a Sand Pool (水深ゼロメートルから, Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2024)

A group of high school girls ponder the role of gender in their lives while shovelling the sand in Nobuhiro Yamashita’s charming teen comedy.

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Wash Away (うぉっしゅ, Ikunosuke Okazaki, 2024)

A disconnected young woman begins to rediscover herself while caring for her ageing grandmother in Ikunosuke Okazaki’s lighthearted indie drama.

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13 Bombs (13 Bom di Jakarta, Angga Dwimas Sasongko, 2023)

The authorities find themselves in a race against time when terrorists place a series of bombs across the city in Angga Dwimas Sasongko’s intense action drama.

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Japan Academy Film Prize Announces Winners for 47th Edition

Godzilla Minus One takes Best Picture while Sakura Ando picks up both leading and supporting actress.

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Sumiko 22 (スミコ22, Sawako Fukuoka, 2024)

A young woman fears she’s losing her sense of self but begins to regain an interest in the world through a series os surreal encounters in Sawako Fukuoka’s…

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Amalock (あまろっく, Kazuhiro Nakamura, 2024)

A resentful middle-aged woman’s perspective begins to change when her father suddenly marries a much younger woman in Kazuhiro Nakamura’s lighthearted dramedy.

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Snowdrop (スノードロップ, Kota Yoshida, 2024)

The confrontation with the misery of her life pushes one woman towards despair and desperation in Kota Yoshida’s gritty indie drama.

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The Lyricist Wannabe (填詞L, Norris Wong, 2023)

An aspiring Cantopop lyricist’s path to success if littered with setbacks in Norris Wong’s playful dramedy.

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Blue Imagine (ブルーイマジン, Urara Matsubayashi, 2024)

A young woman finds the strength to fight back against her mistreatment thanks to a sense of female solidarity in Urara Matsubayashi’s timely drama.

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July Rhapsody Coming to Cinemas in the US & Canada May – July 2024

Cheng Cheng Films will bring the film to cinemas in the US and Canada ahead of a VOD release later in the year.

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The Enigmatic Case (碧水寒山奪命金, Johnnie To & Andrew Kam, 1980)

An unlucky wanderer finds himself at the centre of conspiracy in Johnnie To’s feature debut co-directed with Andrew Kam.

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The Sands of Kurobe (黒部の太陽, Kei Kumai, 1968)

Kei Kumai directs a three-hour epic devoted to the sometimes brutal construction of the Kurobe Dam.

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The Lump in My Heart (あつい胸さわぎ, Shingo Matsumura, 2022)

A young woman with a growing desire for independence is thrown into turmoil by a totally unexpected diagnosis of cancer in Shingo Matsumura’s gentle coming-of-age tale

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Green Rain (草雨 / 초우, Chung Jin-woo, 1966)

The false promises of the post-war era are brought home to two romantic youths dreaming of an illusionary future in Chung Jin-woo’s anti-romantic melodrama.

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Article 20 (第二十条, Zhang Yimou, 2024)

A jaded prosecutor re-evaluates his view of justice while investigating the death of a loanshark in Zhang Yimou’s New Year legal dramedy.

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Nightingale (鶯, Shiro Toyoda, 1938)

Residents of a small rural town find themselves caught in a moment of confusion amid encroaching modernity in Shiro Toyoda’s warmhearted drama.

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Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山, Chen Kaige, 2015)

A wandering monk is forced to consider a series of dualities presented by his traditional upbringing and burgeoning modernity in Chen Kaige’s ‘30s wuxia Monk Comes Down the…

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Shadow of Fire (ほかげ, Shinya Tsukamoto, 2023)

The ruins of a firebombed city become a purgatorial space haunted by the tortured souls who cannot escape the traumatic wartime past in Shinya Tsukamoto’s eerie voyage through…

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The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦, Tetsuya Yamanouchi, 1966)

A classic tale of intrigue and revenge leads to revolution against the feudal order in Tetsuya Yamanouchi’s tokusatsu ninja movie.

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The Moon (더 문, Kim Yong-hwa, 2023)

Geopolitical tensions are sparked when a Korean astronaut is marooned in space in Kim Yong-hwa’s futuristic science drama.

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Cemetery of Splendour (รักที่ขอนแก่น, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)

A housewife finds herself caught between two worlds while caring for soldiers afflicted with sleeping sickness in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s mystical drama.

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The Moon Thieves (盜月者, Steve Yuen Kim-Wai, 2024)

A horologist obsessed with a watch worn on the moon is swept into a madcap scam by an outlandish gangster in Yuen Kim Wai’s super slick heist movie.

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The Asadas! (浅田家!, Ryota Nakano, 2020)

An eccentric photographer finds a new sense of purpose following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ryota Nakano’s warmhearted drama.

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Yoko (658km、陽子の旅, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, 2023)

An isolated woman begins to rediscover herself while hitchhiking to her estranged father’s funeral in Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s quietly moving road movie.

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Kinema Junpo Announces 97th Best 10 (2023)

Junji Sakamoto’s Okiku and the World takes the top spot, while the director also picks up a screenplay award though Best Director went to Wim Wenders for Perfect…

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Tokyo Sonata (トウキョウソナタ, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)

Orphaned salarymen are the soulless ghosts haunting an increasingly empty city in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s eerie tale of urban anxiety

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Hoyaman (さよなら ほやマン, Teruaki Shoji, 2023)

The tranquil island life of a pair of brothers is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious woman in Teruaki Shoji’s quirky comedy.

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Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer (어우동, Lee Jang-ho, 1985)

A liberated woman is condemned by an oppressive society in Lee Jang-ho’s feudal drama.

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The Shadow Play (风中有朵雨做的云, Lou Ye, 2018)

An idealistic young policeman finds himself embroiled in conspiracy while investigating the death of a real estate tycoon in Lou Ye’s gritty Sino-Noir.

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The Last Dance (大病人, Juzo Itami, 1993)

A self-involved film director gets a lesson in what it is to live when he discovers that he has terminal cancer in a lighthearted melodrama from Juzo Itami.

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Night in Paradise (낙원의 밤, Park Hoon-jung, 2020)

A fugitive gangster encounters a terminally ill young woman in idyllic Jeju in Park Hoon-jung’s melancholy gangster noir.

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The Storm (大雨, Yang Zhigang, 2024)

A cosmic storm is likened to the chaos of life in Busifan’s beautifully drawn but narratively obscure family animation.

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The Wolves (狼, Kaneto Shindo, 1955)

Post-war desperation drives a collection of otherwise honest men and women towards a criminal act that for all its politeness they are ill-equipped to live with in Kaneto’s…

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One and Only (热烈, Dong Chengpeng, 2023)

An aspiring street dancer from an impoverished background just can’t seem to catch a break no matter how hard he works in Dong Chengpeng’s inspiring dramedy.

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The Call (콜, Lee Chung-hyun, 2020)

Two women united by parental dissatisfaction but divided by time are brought together by a mysterious phone call in Lee Chung-hyun’s eerie horror film.

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Undercurrent (アンダーカレント, Rikiya Imaizumi, 2023)

A woman is confronted by the gap between her illusions and reality when her husband suddenly goes missing in Rikiya Imaizumi’s probing drama.

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Home Sweet Home (我が家は樂し, Noboru Nakamura, 1951)

Struggling family’s sudden windfall ends in disappointment but does not dent their goodness in Noboru Nakamura’s warmhearted shomingeki

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Table for Six 2 (飯戲攻心2, Sunny Chan Wing-Sun, 2024)

Romance becomes even messier when the extended family get involved in Sunny Chan Wing-Sun’s sequel to the popular romcom.

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Twilight Cinema Blues (銀平町シネマブルース, Hideo Jojo, 2023)

A moribund cinema becomes a place of hope for the lost and hopeless in Hideo Jojo’s ode to a struggling institution.

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If You Are the One 3 (非诚勿扰3, Feng Xiaogang, 2023)

The poignant and surreal third instalment in the classic romcom series finds its lovers separated if united in their longing in a seemingly disconnected world.

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