Asian Drama

In the early days of the Republic, legendary martial artist Ye Ruzhou suffers a severe injury, losing her memory and winding up in the impoverished alley of Minfu Lane. By a twist of fate, she crosses paths with the carefree Chen Awang, and the two fall for each other. When local tyrant Zheng Juehou intensifies his hold over the neighborhood, Ye Ruzhou rises to defend her new community. Her actions, however, draw unforeseen danger, and together with Chen Awang, she faces the challenge to protect Minfu Lane’s hard-won peace.

A fatigued man wakes up at a bar with a bartender who will forever change his life as he gets to know more about her. Three criminals have somewhat accomplished their task of kidnapping their target, but their overall mission seems to go nowhere in the end. In the late 1970s, a mysterious woman runs a bar where a deadly situation will affect the lives of everyone. Two killers are looking for their faceless victim, who shows up at a diner every day at 6 o'clock sharp. Four incredibly talented Korean filmmakers, four intriguing cinematic visions, four astounding stories revolving around murderers for hire. (Source: fantasiafestival.com) ~~ Adapted from the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway. ~~ Release dates: Jul 24, 2024 (Festival) || Oct 23, 2024 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

The story follows a young man who has been single for a year after his boyfriend suddenly disappeared without a formal breakup. One night, while scrolling through a dating app, he encounters someone who looks strikingly similar to his ex. After a spontaneous hookup, he discovers that this new acquaintance is actually his ex’s twin brother. As he navigates this unexpected twist, he finds himself drawn into a complicated web of emotions. Will he end up choosing between the two brothers, or will he find himself entangled with both?

Duration: 11 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The film depicts a coming-of-age story centered on the two sugar babies, Kotone, who is unemployed, and Sakura, a college student, in the coronavirus pandemic, as they try their best to live at the mercy of frivolous men.

Adapted from the novel "Tsuyu no Ato Saki" (つゆのあとさき) by Nagai Kafu (永井荷風).

Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

This film is about a group of high school students and teachers who get locked in the school after the swimming instructor is murdered. In South Korea, the high school student and swimmer Jeong Tae Yeon is found dead in the pool, apparently a suicide. Two years later, teacher Park Eun Soo joins the high school, where Tae-yeon's stepsister Lee Se Hee is haunted by nightmarish visions and is bullied by the student Eom Ji Yoon. Eun Soo finds it difficult to get respect in the classroom and is backed up by an older teacher, Cha. Se Hee and her classmates are selected for an elite "study camp" held at the school during the summer break where 30 students study for their university entrance exams. The school's swimming trainer is murdered in the showers, and the words "When an innocent mother is killed, what son would not avenge her death?" found scrawled on a blackboard. A voice warns the students that they'll all be killed unless they can answer who is the murderer and why. The students and teachers find they're locked in the school when more deaths begin to happen.

Guizhou province 1975, a year before the end of the Cultural Revolution. Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives in a small town to which his family moved from Shanghai a few years earlier under the government's Third Front movement - to protect nationally important industries from possible attack by the Soviet Union by relocating them inland in remote, mountainous areas. At home, Wang Han lives with his actor father, who encourages him to become a painter so he can "live freely", his strict mother who is always worrying about money, and his younger sister. At school, he has three pals: tall, bespectacled Weijun, chubby "Louse" and little "Mouse". They all spy on pretty fellow student Xie Juehong, whom one day faints after being summoned to see the school's headmistress, miss Zhou. One day, Wang Han is made leader of group gymnastics at his school but is told he must first get a new white shirt; reluctantly, his mother uses valuable clothes coupons to buy the material. Then, playing by the river, Wang Han has his new shirt stolen by a man on the run. The fugitive, who uses it to staunch his wounds, turns out to be Juehong's elder brother, Xie Fulai. He promises Wang Han that one day he'll replace the shirt, as long as the boy doesn't reveal where he's hiding.

Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade.

Sex or love, which is more important? There are three female flat mates: Vivian (Jo Kuk) is frivolous; Kitty (Rain Li) is prim and proper; and Mei Wah (starring Monie TUNG) is ditsy. Through new experiences of love and sex, they find themselves. Vivian is from a wealthy family who enjoys clubbing and socializing. Her life is wild and carefree, but she meets Donald (starring CHAN Fai Hung) who is totally different. He is an extremely pure and honest guy. While in love with him, she finds security and changes utterly, she wants to live a simple life with her new man. However the temptation of outside world comes from the bottom of her heart. How can she make a choice between love and sex? Kitty does everything by the book. She would have married her boyfriend Woody (Kwok Cheung Tsang) if he had not fallen for another. The pain of the break up inspires her to change. She devotes herself to experience the nightlife. The various sexual experiences broaden her horizons. When she meets Woody again she finds she still has feelings for him but she is no longer the same obedient girl as before. Can they rekindle the relationship? Mei Wah is in the habit of relying on others to make decisions for her. She is longing for someone who can truly love and protect her. When she looses her boyfriend Endy, she has a nervous break-down. At the same time her smart talented boss Ms. Lok comes into her life. Mei Wah realizes love can exist between two women and such kind of love is even more attractive and exquisite. However when Endy comes back to her, she feels unable to reject him. How can she handle the two relationships? Three women, with three different love and sex experience, tell us that sex and love cannot be separated. Women¡¦s talk is always thought provoking and stimulating.

“Singer” is a film about pansori, a traditional Korean music genre of expressive singing and storytelling. It will take place in year 1734 during the Joseon Dynasty and tell the story of people in the lowest social status who write and sing songs about their lives while being exploited by aristocrats.

The spear signifies political power, the arrow personal ambition. What happens when the two collide?

Higashiyama Haruto is a 34-year-old Japanese history teacher who combines good looks with an honest and friendly personality.

When he has been assigned to Nitaka High School, a school for advanced students, Haruto immediately attracts the attention of his female students.

But he has a secret that he cannot tell anyone; he wants to be killed by a beautiful high school girl.

Obsessed with such a bizarre desire, Haruto approaches four beautiful girls of different types, Maho, Aoi, Kyoko, and Aika, according to the perfect crime scenario he has devised.

Who among the four is the high school girl that Haruto has been longing to be killed by for nine years?

Eventually, on November 8th, the day of the school festival when the class play is to be performed, the curtain opens on a forbidden stage where Haruto's entire life is at stake...

Adapted from the manga “Joshikosei ni Korosaretai” (女子高生に殺されたい) by Furuya Usamaru (古屋兎丸).

A young peasant girl, desperate for food, makes a promise with a mysterious woman. The woman promises the small girl all the riches she desires, but in return, she will never be with the man she loves. Many years pass, and the woman is rescued by a slave in Warlord's armour, after plunging from atop her palace. She falls for the mysterious man, but a case of mistaken identity, and her obligation to the promise she made many years before, leads herself and her heroes into trouble