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

Facing an unacceptable reality, a teacher is trying to reclaim relationships with his family, students and former friends. Reassessing his past, he contemplates how to go on with his life.

10 years after the death of his wife Min-Joo (Kim Ji-Su), Hyun-Woo (Yoo Ji-Tae) still suffers from the loss of his true love. 10 year ago, Min-Joo was in a department store when the building horrifically collapsed. Although Hyun-Woo is now a successful prosecutor, his life is still filled with a void. Hyun-Woo then receives a visit a from Min-Joo's father (Choi Jong-Won). During his visit, Min-Joo's father gives Hyun-Woo her diary. Hyun-Woo reads through her journals and notices that she wrote in detail all of the beautiful places she visited while working as a TV tour program director. Min-Joo planned to revisit these places with Hyun-Woo on their honeymoon. Hyun-Woo decides to visit the places marked in Min-Joo's diary. Along the way, Hyun-Woo keeps encountering a mysterious woman (Uhm Ji-Won) and they soon embark on the trip together.

Mizuki’s husband Yusuke went missing for 3 years. He suddenly comes back home one day and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. While...

"Revivre" is about a middle aged man who is stuck between his dying wife and a younger woman he loves. It is based on a novel written by Kim Hoon which is also the Grand Prize winner of the 28th Top Literature Awards.

Vice President Oh is highly respected at his cosmetics company and is a faithful family man. One day, he finds out that his wife has been diagnosed with cancer and later spends every night on the hospital’s extra bed to keep her company after her surgery. Although he is weary from taking care of his wife, he does not show it at work. However, a new female employee, Choo Eun-joo, starts Oh’s mind stirring. Oh dreams of escaping his tedious and suffocating reality with Eun-joo. While in real life he has to go to the hospital and change his wife’s diaper after work, Eun-joo’s existence itself feels like a delight compared to his pitiful existence. Director Im Kwon-taek has directed several films that keenly look into human instinct, and Revivre is another one of them. The will to live, sexual instincts, the light and the darkness of life and fear and desperation about death are illustrated on the screen among other contradictory values, delivering the great director’s wisdom and understanding.

Bua is a successful business woman, who lives the perfect life. When diagnosed with incurable cancer she turns her back on her husband and daughter in order to ease their pain and hide her destiny. In her self-imposed isolation, the only person that Bua lets into her life is June, an undemanding and encouraging freelance photographer. At the end of her life journey, Bua is granted one last chance to discover the profound meaning of passionate love. Da, a hardheaded columnist, has her reputation ruined when her "perfect" boyfriend emails raunchy video clips of her to all her work contacts. In order to escape the embarrassment she immerses herself in work and accepts to write a "trendy" feature about the love life of lesbians in Bangkok. She convinces Be (Kitchya Kaesuwan), a charming tomboy, to be her research subject. During the course of the assignment their relationship turns sexual and Da starts to asks herself if her feelings towards Be could be real love. Bee, who owns a coffeeshop, is a tom living alone. Spurned by her father, she feels guilty. She doesn't ever expect success at love, thinking that the only thing tom can do is making other women happy. Da lives next door to Bee. Though also unloved, she's straight and considers tom abnormal, and she'd never dream of dating one - until something changes her mind.

The story starts because of one journey. Seven people who have never met before climb aboard the same ride that goes into a seemingly endless tunnel. Despite the countless trials, corpses that mysteriously appear, past acquaintances that returned from the dead and an unseen danger threatening to swallow them whole, it's as if they are trapped in an enclosed space where there is no escape.

Contains three films "Good Night Caffeine" directed by Hirotaka Adachi, "Hanabi Cafe" directed by Ami Sakurai, and "BREAK" directed by Otaro Maijo.

Jin-soo (Lee Jung-jae) works as an anchorman for the local weather channel. After a car accident, he develops a curious case of selective amnesia. He finds clues of a past relationship, and finally decides to search out the identity of the woman he loved, with the help of friends and past acquaintances. Yeon-hee (Jang Jin-young), herself trying to erase and forget the memories of a love she once had, seems to be the only one who's helping him seriously.