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

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.

The joint Korean-Japanese movie "Virgin Snow",starring Korean actor Lee Joon-ki and Japanese actress Aoi Miyazaki, is a story about a high school student named Min (Lee), who goes to Japan to study and falls in love with a young girl named Naname (Miyazaki), whose melancholic personality captivates his heart. The movie also is entitled "First Love" in Japanese.

Heart-breaking romantic tale started from a beautiful lie. Lee Joon Ki plays a Korean student who has only 6 months to live due to an illness, but falls in love with a young Chinese woman in Shanghai. The movie is filmed in China and Italy with many on-location scenes.

Ji Woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak Sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected from North Korea, now living with his past shut away. Ji Woo asks Hak Sung to teach him math, and although reluctant at first, Hak Sung eventually agrees to it. Finding each other in their most difficult times, Ji Woo and Hak Sung open up to one another during their special math lessons, but their friendship is at risk when Ji Woo is framed for an incident in school, and Hak Sung is faced with people prying on his past.

Eva is young, smart, and beautiful. Although she resided in the U.S. for ten years and her uniform is urban cool, and a hundred percent clubbing devotee. You will never guess that she respects the Chinese tradition truthfully by keeping herself a virgin before marriage. On the night Eva arrived in Taipei, her hometown. She headed directly to her good friend Cindy's birthday party right after the plane landed. There, she met Ben. Both of them fall in love quickly. Not long after they went out, they moved in together. Heavy petting was already the most intimate thing they do, Eva guarded her virginity strictly. To unleash Ben's sexual desire, he went to Cindy without Eva’s knowing. Ben eventually boosted Cindy's ego by his selfish action. She thought she beat Eva and outshined any girls. But Cindy never takes it seriously when it comes to love. She wanted every kind of man to fall for her just for self-assurance. With a determined mind, she attempted to get everyone and all kind of men even the mysterious drug dealer, MA, who despises her and literally hates her. There is yet another girl who uses her figure and appearance as a weapon. And that's Hitomi. Despite the fact that she resembles Cindy, Hitomi is much more naive, without any real expectation of herself. All she wanted to be is a film actress. Knowingly she has no pervious training; all she can think of is to use sex as a vehicle to land her on a job.

Deok Ho and his gang make ends meet by racketeering around the country. Han Myeong Hoe, King Sejo's right-hand man, thinks highly of their talents and encourages them to work for the country. Funded by the government, Deok Ho and his men use more theatrical and sophisticated devices to create incredible events, such as a pine tree lifting its branches by itself, sweet rain falling from heaven, and rainbows forming wherever King Sejo goes.

Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member turned high-school teacher is assigned to a private academy full of troubled students. The issue at this high school revolves around an exposé-style influencer who has nearly 2 million followers who specializes in exposing and spreading rumors, causing controversies and uproar, regardless of whether the individuals involved are celebrities or ordinary people. Several teachers and students from the academy have been exposed so far, and due to being targeted so frequently, there are rumors circulating within the school that there might be a culprit impersonating the influencer. As a result, students live their school lives while constantly observing each other’s expressions, becoming increasingly suspicious and paranoid.