Asian Drama

It features three different spooky tales loosely inspired by international folklore. While attending the birthday celebration of the scion of some record company, an ex-hair model who aspires to make a comeback in the entertainment business gets her tresses burnt by a spoiled brat. She walks into a hair salon to salvage her sole pride and joy, only to meet her most macabre end.

(Source: chiswickcinema.co.uk)

Duration: 1 hr. 33 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Jeong Min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoon Ah's public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jeong Min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies of the case.

(Source: HanCinema)

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books. Hirayama also has a fondness for trees and photographs them. More of his past is gradually revealed through a series of unexpected encounters.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Co-production with Germany.

Duration: 2 hr. 3 min.

Set at Shidou Gakuin, a boys' boarding school situated off the beaten track. In the second year at school, Takumi Hayama is allocated a room in a dorm to share with Giichi "Gii" Saki. Gii was brought up abroad and is the school idol with his exceptional academic performance, as well as his good looks. One day, Gii confesses to Takumi that he has been in love with him for some time. This unexpected truth of events unsettles Takumi, however, he comes to realize the true sensitivity of Gii.

Ah Wei, who is tired of his life and desperate for death, finds that his many suicide attempts are continuously being thwarted by four ghosts. Unexpectedly, these ghosts, which refuse to let Ah Wei die, bring into his life new meaning through an unbelievable and moving adventure.

(Source: Chinese = helloghostmovie on Instagram || Translation = olivestulip)

Kuno Totono is a college student with naturally curly hair. He is extremely smart and loves curry, but doesn't have any friends or a girlfriend. Kuno Totono loves to talk and he can often solve difficult problems simply by talking it through. One day, Kuno Totono visits the city of Hiroshima. There, he gets involved with a mystery involving the succession of the Kariatsumari family’s property.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga "Mystery to Iunakare" (ミステリと言う勿れ) by Tamura Yumi (田村由美).

Depicts the love story and conflicts of a couple in a long-distance relationship in the modern, tech-obsessed era that is glued to their screens. Do Ha is a 28-year-old beginner in love and relationships. He goes from being a fan of an indie band to dating its vocalist for five years. During the process, he struggles to balance work and his relationship. Tae In is Do Ha’s lover and the band’s vocalist. While in her twenties, Tae In lived an exciting life, but in her thirties, she finds herself at crossroads between dreams and reality and struggles to cope.

Nozomi Kuroda is in the 2nd grade of high school. One day, she finds a letter in a classroom desk. The letter has only the word "like" written on it. The person who wrote the letter is Jun Setoyama. He happens to be the most popular boy at the high school. Nozomi Kuroda feels embarrassed, but she eventually leaves a reply in a shoe closet at school. This is how their secret exchange diary begins. Nozomi Kuroda soon learns that the intended recipient for the first letter was her best friend. Nevertheless, Nozomi Kuroda is attracted to Jun Setoyama, who expresses his thoughts and feelings unlike her. She's unable to tell him the truth that the person exchanging messages is her and not her best friend.

Fukazawa Kaoru is a manga artist who had just finished an 8 year run for his manga Sayonara Summer. He has no ideas for his next manga, he thinks his editor is giving up on him, and his relationship with his wife Machida Nozomi has hit several bumps. In his depression Kaoru visits a brothel and meets prostitute Chifuyu. He instantly becomes attracted to Chifuyu for her cat-like eyes. After spending time together and building a relationship they decide to head to Chifuyu’s hometown together.

(Source: Panap Media)

Adapted from the manga series "Reiraku" (零落) by Asano Inio (浅野いにお).

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Taeko should have lived a happy life with her beloved husband and her son. However, one day a sad event that suddenly fell breaks the peace of her family and destroys her daily life.

Former actress Sang Won is staying with her friend Jung Soo. One afternoon, a woman visits her, wanting to learn about pursuing a career in acting. Poet Hong Ui Ju has a heart condition, which has driven him to quit drinking and smoking. A young filmmaker who wishes to make a documentary about the poet is staying with him. An earnest young man who admires the poet visits him and asks a number of questions. "In Our Day" intertwines snippets of a single day that Sang Won and Ui Ju experience separately. The characters’ attitudes toward life resonate in some ways—Sang Won values honesty; Ui Ju, fleeting moments rather than right answers or truths.

The individuals that comprise the Tokyo MER team rush to on-site disasters and accidents, performing life-saving treatment thanks to the OR equipped within their vehicle. Their one mission is simple: leave no one dead. But conflicts arise when an unprecedented event rocks Yokohama after a bomb explodes in Landmark Tower, leaving thousands fighting to escape. Although the chief doctor Kitami believes they should not wait and presses for a quick dispatch, the more level-headed Chief Kamoi of the elite Yokohama MER thinks otherwise — they need to wait until the area is safe to enter, or they won’t be able to save anyone.

Devastated by the loss of her skilled neon sign-making husband, a wife decides to carry on his unfinished dream of making neon signs.

The blind "knife-catcher" Blind Cheng, who possesses great skills, meets Ni Yan, a restaurant girl who is brutally murdered and abused. Despite not wanting to intervene initially, he was gradually involved in a huge power of the dark strife, Blind Cheng began to embark on the road to seek justice and revenge, along the way, his true identity was also revealed.

Soo Jin and Hyun Soo are a newlywed couple. Their happy married life soon turns into a nightmare because Hyun Soo suddenly begins to behave abnormally during his sleep.

What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.

(Source: IMDb, Wikipedia)

Duration: 1 hr. 34 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Wang Wenyuan, Xia Fan and their Black Fox commandoes are not afraid of the heavy defense of the Imperial Japanese army after knowing that the rescue of Ma Long Chuan by the Chinese army failed. They must risk their lives to save Soviet military expert Luo Fei from Japanese captivity.

Jung Yeol and Na Ra fell in love with each other and got married. During their marriage, they have grown to hate each other due to their personality differences. They decide to get a divorce. A month later, their divorce will be finalized. But, on the day that they applied for a divorce, they get into a car accident. When they wake up at the hospital, they have both lost their memories and do not remember each other.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

The movie "Dead Silence" is adapted from the fantasy novel "Zi Buyu". The movie tells the story of blacksmith Lu Li, who after several demon slayings, constantly gets rid of his inner entanglements and becomes a real night wanderer

Ten Tigers of Guangdong: Invincible Iron Fist (2022)

Na Mi and Sun Woo, who have been suffering from bullying and school violence throughout their school days, attempt suicide while their classmates go on a school trip. After the silly yet ridiculous suicide failure, the two try to take revenge on Chae Rin, who bullied them most and now lives happily in Seoul. However, their plans go awry. Ridiculously, Chae Rin, the worst bully ever, has found religion and has turned into a genuinely good person. What should they do now?

(Source: BIFF)

Release dates: Oct 09, 2022 (Festival) | Aug 16, 2023 (Cinema)

Duration: 1 hr. 49 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

In-gyu (30 years old) has intellectual disability with a mental age of a 10-year-old. His mother, Ae-soon, takes care of him all day, nagging him all the time. Even though life is hard for the son and his mother, they...

Sun is a 19-year-old boy who is forced to ordain without his consent. His father believes being in monkhood will fix his reckless behaviours. However, Sun’s lack of faith doesn’t help. As a novice monk, he continues to live his life the way he used to do in the outside world, including dating Fai, the local teenager who is yearning for love. But everything is about to change when he gets involved in many mysterious secrets in this temple: the forbidden relationship between a monk and a woman, the encounter with Preta (suffering ghost), the mistakes he is running from, and they’re all coming after him.

A young ethnic Shan man moves from the war-torn Shan State buffering Thailand and Myanmar to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Refusing to return home to fight for the military yet undocumented as a refugee in the new country, he survives through sex work. To escape this bitter reality, he projects himself into the colourful lives of his clients.

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When the ocean's surface begins to boil white-hot and a Japanese freighter Eiko-maru vanishes into the Pacific, the superstitious villagers of Odo Island Fishing mysteriously drop to zero elder fear an ancient legend has come true the legend of Godzilla! Awakened from an eons-long sleep by an H-bomb explosion, the behemoth seeks revenge on the civilized world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Young lovers, Emiko and Ogata, Dr Serizawa find themselves facing this atomic-breath Godzilla.

A romantic human growth drama about Na-eun who believes she is a cosmic being. She refuses to communicate with people because of her wounds, then she meets Seok-min who heals prejudices and wounds with care and love.

Having lost his colleague who was also his brother-in-law to a serial murderer two years ago, homicide detective Jae Hwan is unable to contain his hatred toward the murderer and dives headfirst into hunting the brutal killer. Jae Hwan finally comes face to face with the murderer Jin Hyuk but in the heat of the chase, they get into an accident. Waking up in a hospital, Jae Hwan realizes his body has been switched with that of the murderer. To protect his family and uncover the secret of this body switch, Jae Hwan begins a desperate chase.

Gu Wentong, a middle-aged living alone, meets a young photographer Ouyang Wenhui at work. By chance, Gu Wentong learns the whereabouts of his father, who has been missing for more than 40 years. With the encouragement of Ouyang Wenhui, Gu Wentong chooses to face his father and regains the long-lost father-son relationship.

Xiang Teng Hui puts his heart and soul into nurturing underprivileged children in the local area, giving them a glimmer of hope for the future. However, when past performance videos depicting "cruel and bloody" scenes are leaked, it triggers a reaction from people who are unaware of the truth.

Overnight, public opinion starts to escalate. Xiang Teng Hui's life and the children's future become entangled in a web spun by people claiming to be acting out of kindness, making it difficult for them to break free and return to the quagmire. As for their future, where will their "way out" lead them?