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Royal Warriors 皇家戰士 (1986) Dir: David Chung
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Little Blue (小藍, Lee Yi Fang, 2022)
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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.
All About Ing (小伟, Huang Zi, 2019)
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Takashi Kojima【小島崇史】Sakuga MAD
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Ikiru (生きる, Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
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A young woman finds herself quite literally haunted by unresolved childhood trauma in Kelvin Shum’s eerie psychological thriller.
Rashomon (羅生門, Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
A series of witnesses give conflicting accounts of a death in the forest in Akira Kurosawa’s exploration of the limits of objective truth.
Shinyaku Ribon no Kishi, Volume 1 (新約・リボンの騎士)
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Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山, Chen Kaige, 2015)
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A cynical old woman regains her sense of humanity after unwillingly fostering a lost little boy in Ozu’s heartwarming post-war drama
A Dedicated Life (全身小説家, Kazuo Hara, 1994)
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A directionless young man regains a sense of purpose after reuniting with a childhood father figure in Lik Ho’s sporting drama
The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Yasujiro Ozu, 1961)
A small family become increasingly exasperated with the happy-go-lucky patriarch’s inconsiderate and irresponsible behaviour in Yasujiro Ozu’s penultimate film.
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