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Like Father, Like Son
Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2013
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
Swing Girls
矢口史靖 · 2004
Lost and Found
李志毅 · 1996
Orange
Kojiro Hashimoto · 2015
A girl mysteriously receives advice from her future self and as a result her group of friends, along with a newly arrived, troubled classmate, learn how to be better friends and a better community.
Love Letter
Shunji Iwai · 1995
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to also be called Itsuki Fujii.
Suicide Club
Sion Sono · 2001
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn''t as simple as he had hoped.
The Asadas!
Ryota Nakano · 2020
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
Blue
Hiroshi Ando
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman''s experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
Blue
Hiroshi Ando
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman''s experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the meanings associated with the colour blue.
Midnight Runners
108 mins · 2017
Two apathetic police academy recruits who become best buddies through the tough training together witness a woman being abducted right before their very eyes. As they were taught in the academy, they quickly report the incident to the police, but the police are in no hurry to jump on the case. So the duo decide to take the matter into their own hands and rescue the woman.
Made in Hong Kong - Hecho en Hong Kong
Luc Schaedler · 1997
La película Made in Hong Kong permite vislumbrar un Hong Kong poco antes de la entrega a China en 1997. Pero en lugar de centrarse en la histeria esperada, el debut documental de Luc Schaedler trabaja hacia la complejidad al permitir que seis residentes diversos hablen de su relación con la ciudad colonial. Sus historias de vida se mezclan maravillosamente con las imágenes del autor. Made in Hong Kong es un retrato muy personal de una ciudad en transición, en el que conocemos las ambigüedades de Hong Kong y sus problemas políticos y sociales, así como las incertidumbres sobre el tiempo posterior a 1997.
Architecture 101
이용주 · 2012
Un arquitecto recibe un encargo de una mujer. Aunque no la reconoce a primera vista, se trata de su primer amor. Decide aceptar el trabajo y, a medida que va pasando el tiempo, rememoran su pasado común.
Kamikaze girls
中島哲也 · 2004
LINDA LINDA LINDA
Nobuhiro Yamashita · 2005
La historia comienza con el inminente concurso que se celebra en el instituto Shibazaki y con la separación de la banda. Su cofundadora, Kei, decide pedir a la estudiante de intercambio coreana, Son, que sea la vocalista del grupo. El problema es que Son no se sabe las canciones y apenas habla japonés y sólo quedan tres días para el concurso.
Liverleaf
内藤瑛亮 · 2018
Little Forest
Yim Soon-rye · 2018
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
Call Me Chihiro
Rikiya Imaizumi · 2023
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Mio on the Shore
Ryutaro Nakagawa · 2019
Mio is 20 years old. Having lost her parents early, she and her grandmother run a traditional inn in Nagano. However, her grandmother gets sick. Mio moves to Tokyo and lives with her father’s best friend, Kyosuke. He runs a public bath. She begins to work at the public bath, but it is scheduled to be demolished to make way for redevelopment.
A Little Red Flower
Yan Han · 2020
The film tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.
The Last 10 Years
Michihito Fujii · 2022
Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love – until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
18×2 Beyond Youthful Days
Michihito Fujii · 2024
Having lost his job and the company he built, a 36-year-old man at rock bottom goes on a wistful solo trip to Japan in search of the love he left behind.
Happy Together
王家衛 · 1997
Lai Yiu-Kai y Ho Po-Wing viven una apasionada relación. Viajan desde Hong Kong a Argentina, pero la llegada al nuevo país parece transformar las cosas y Ho, de repente, abandona a Lai. Éste comienza a trabajar como portero de un bar, con el único afán de reunir el dinero suficiente para volver a su país. Un día Ho reaparece, pero las cosas ya no son iguales...
Drawing Closer
Takahiro Miki · 2024
With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.
Inocencia
Corea del Sur
Una madre que no reconoce caras es sospechosa de envenenar a alguien, su hija decide defender a su madre y revelar la verdad detrás del caso.
Making 'Still Walking'
Yuko Kuroda · 2009
A documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still Walking."
Microhabitat
Jeon Go-woon · 2018
Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.
Departures
Yojiro Takita · 2008
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle: Serial Edition
Shunji Iwai · 2016
A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.
Departures
Kurnia Alexander · 2023
Indra, a graduate student, is having an identity crisis and decides to do the unthinkable when he finds out that Bagas, his lecturer, is about to leave for abroad.
Us and Them
René Liu · 2018
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again. Will they make the most of this second chance and rekindle what they once lost?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Kim Ki-duk · 2003
An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
One Million Yen Girl
タナダユキ · 2008
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
Still Life
Jia Zhangke · 2006
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
Nobody Knows
Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2004
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
Yiyi Far From Home
Yao Yiwei · 2023
Two Chinese girls spend their last day together in Belle-Île-en-Mer, a small island in Brittany, France. The next day, Xiaoba is going back to China and Yiyi wanders through the island on her own. The moon shines bright in the night sky and new encounters might bring her out of her melancholy.
In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-Wai · 2000
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.
Chunking Express
Wong Kar Wai · 1994
One Millon Yen Girl
Yuki Tanada · 2008
Watched
Hear Me: Our Summer
Cho Sun-ho · 2024
A job seeking dreamer Yong-jun works part-time at his parents' lunch box house. Yeo-reum lives only to support for hearing-impaired swimmer sister. One day, Yong-jun meets Yeo-reum while delivering lunch boxes and falls in love at the first sight. Yeo-reum slowly opens her heart to warm-hearted Yong-jun.
Monster
Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2023
When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.
Todo a la vez en todas partes
Daniel Scheinert · 2022
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what''s important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
As the Gods Will
Takashi Miike · 2014
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight
Takahiro Miki · 2022
Maori agrees to date smitten classmate Toru on the condition that they don't fall in love. After all, she can only hold on to memories for 24 hours.
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Nobuhiro Doi · 2021
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
Bailarina
2023
Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.
Alive
2020
Train to Busan
· 2016
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Todo sobre Lily
Shunji Iwai · 2001
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
Parasite in Love
Kensaku Kakimoto · 2021
A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.
Soulmate
Min Yong-keun · 2023
Mi-so and Ha-eun meet in elementary school and quickly become best friends. In high school, Ha-eun meets Jin-woo and starts to have feelings for him, but he starts to have feelings for Mi-so. When they all meet again as adults, they are very different people, but they try to remember what friendship is really about.
Nana
Kentaro Otani · 2005
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.
Drowning Love
Yuki Yamato · 2016
Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.
Past Lives
Celine Song · 2023
Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
20th Century Girl
Bang Woo-ri · 2022
In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.
Olvidado
Corea del Sur
Seúl, Corea del Sur, 1997. Cuando el joven pero extremadamente ansioso estudiante Jin-seok, sus padres y su exitoso hermano mayor Yoo-seok se mudan a un nuevo hogar, hechos misteriosos y aterradores comienzan a suceder a su alrededor, eventos inexplicables que amenazan con arruinar sus vidas aparentemente felices. Incapaz de entender lo que está pasando, Jin-seok se pregunta si está perdiendo la cabeza.
Midnight
Corea del Sur
Kyung Mi quien tiene problemas de audición trabaja como consultora de lenguaje de señas en un centro de llamadas. Una noche en Seúl se encuentra con el asesino en serie Do Sik y comienza una persecución aterradora.
12 Suicidal Teens
堤幸彦 · 2019
Doce adolescentes van a un hospital abandonado para suicidarse, pero al entrar a una de las salas, un joven ya está muerto y nadie sabe quién es.
The World of Kanako
Tetsuya Nakashima · 2014
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Unlocked
Kim Tae-joon · 2023
Un thriller réaliste qui retrace les incidents qui se produisent lorsqu'une employée d'entreprise ordinaire commence à voir sa vie entière menacée après avoir perdu son smartphone contenant toutes ses informations personnelles.
Parasite
Bong Joon-ho · 2019
Tanto Gi Taek (Song Kang-ho) como su familia están sin trabajo. Cuando su hijo mayor, Gi Woo (Choi Woo-sik), empieza a dar clases particulares en casa de Park (Lee Seon-gyun), las dos familias, que tienen mucho en común pese a pertenecer a dos mundos totalmente distintos, comienzan una interrelación de resultados imprevisibles.
Fallen Angels
Wong Kar-wai · 1995
An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.
Capernaum
Nadine Labaki · 2018
After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him.
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Kore-eda · 2018
In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.
Voices in the Wind
諏訪敦彦 · 2020
Haru, de 17 años, emprende un largo viaje a través de Japón para buscar respuestas en una ciudad donde, en 2011, el devastador tsunami se llevó a su hermano y sus padres. Este viaje lleva a la joven, todavía atormentada por la pérdida, desde Hiroshima a Tokio, Fukushima y Ōtsuchi, donde una vez estuvo su hogar. En el camino se encuentra con otras personas y las historias de sus pérdidas.
Perfect Days
Wim Wenders · 2023
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
A Taxi Driver
Jang Hoon · 2017
May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Better Days
Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung · 2019
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
Como Ganar Millones Antes de que Muera la Abuela
2025
