Before Next Spring 如果有一天我将会离开你 China/Hong Kong, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 107 mins. Director: Li Gen 李亘. Rating: 6/10. Well-acted, authentic portrait of Chinese expats in a Tokyo suburb is pleasant but lacks real drama. STORY Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku ward, Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture, Greater Tokyo, Japan, the present day. Li Xiaoli (Xie Chengze), a one-year exchange student … Continue reading Review: Before Next Spring (2021) →
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