Hachi-gatsu no rapusodî / Rhapsody in August (1991)
Drama
Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Starring: Sachiko Murase, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima, Tomoko Ôtakara, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshie Negishi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Mieko Suzuki, Richard Gere
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Gate of Hell / Jigokumon (1953)
Drama | History | Romance
A samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.
Starring: Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yatarô Kurokawa, Kôtarô Bandô, Jun Tazaki
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
52Hz, I Love You / 52 Hz, Wo ai ni (2017)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
This musical film incorporates a series of romantic stories with beautiful original songs. The stories are set in modern Taipei City, Taiwan, on Valentine's Day. The title is inspired by the 52Hz whale, dubbed the world's loneliest whale because no other whales could hear its unusually high frequency call, thus reflecting the loneliness that might be felt by Taiwanese who are looking for love in the city.
Starring: Chuan-Ying Chuang, Chung-Yu Lin, Mify Chen, Suming Rupi, Cyndi Chao, Nolay Piho, Sandrine Pinna, Chien-Na Lee
Director: Te-Sheng Wei
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
When Shiva, the son of Bahubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom.
Starring: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
The Prison / Peurizeun (2017)
Action | Crime
A troubled ex-cop is imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident. He discovers that the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate who has been running a crime syndicate with the help of the warden and guards which provides them 100% alibi.
Starring: Suk-kyu Han, Rae-won Kim, Woong-in Jeong, Seong-gyoon Kim, Seong-rok Sin, Jae-yoon Jo
Director: Hyeon Na
With Prisoners / Tong qiu (2017)
Drama
After a bar brawl with an off-duty cop, aspiring thug Fan (Neo Yau, Fire Lee's gonzo Robbery) is sentenced to three months in juvenile detention like Hong Kong's Sha Tsui Detention Center, which practices military-style rehabilitation. Insults and abuse are core tenets of the treatment, carried out by the bored, jaded staff, where an occasional true believer lingers among the guards.
Starring: Neo Yau, Kelvin Kwan, Ashina Kwok, Raymond Chiu, Edward Chui
Director: Kwok Kuen Wong
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day / Kiseki: Anohi no sobito (2017)
Drama | Music
Against the protestation of his strict father, Jin leaves home to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Meanwhile, his little brother Hide accepts his father's wishes and aims to become a dentist. But none of them can escape the attraction of music. When Jin's music career hits a snag, he discovers that it is his brother, Hide, and his fellow dental students who exhibit a great natural talent for music, and he pins his hopes on them. But Hide wants to become a dentist…and still sing while fear of his draconian father looms large. So they strike out on a bold plan? To make their CD debut without ever showing their faces to the public.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Masaki Suda, Ryûsei Yokohama, Shioli Kutsuna, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yumi Asô, Ryô Narita, Yôsuke Sugino, Yûna Taira
Director: Atsushi Kaneshige
The Music Room / Jalsaghar (1958)
Drama | Music
Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.
Starring: Chhabi Biswas, Padmadevi, Pinaki Sengupta
Director: Satyajit Ray
Joe, Tomorrow ～20 Years with Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, a Legendary Boxing Champ～ / Jo no ashita (2015)
Documentary | Sport
1995年8月、25歳の天才ボクサー辰吉丈一郎はJBC（日本ボクシングコミッション）の規則により国内で試合が行えず、海外にリングを求めラスベガスにいた。そして2014年11月、次男の寿以輝がプロテストに合格。40歳を過ぎても現役であり続ける彼のボクシング論や、父子の関係、家族への思いが、辰吉自身の言葉によって語られていく。
Starring: Junji Sakamoto, Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi, Rumi Tatsuyoshi, Etsushi Toyokawa
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Ku_on (2013)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Around 200 years ago, a meteorite fell in a village in the Tohoku region. There was no damage immediately after the impact, but after some time,the villagers living in the vicinity experienced genetic mutations and a few gained "special powers". These powers were feared as "cursed powers", and some were murdered, some took their own lives because of the weight of having these powers and others left the village without anyone knowing. However, the extent of the outbreak of these powers was not limited to this. In some cases, the descendants of people, who did not suffer from the outbreak at the time of the impact, suddenly exhibited these powers generations later. An ordinary office worker, Hiroyuki Sano, suddenly exhibits these powers one day. A man who claims to have the same powers as him appears before him…
Starring: Haruna Isaoka, Sou Sato, Nana Seino, Seikô Senô, Hidemasa Shiozawa, Shizuka, Yusei Tajima
Director: Takayuki Hatamura
Swades: We, the People (2004)
Drama
A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Rajesh Vivek, Daya Shankar Pandey
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Shi Fu / The Master / The Final Master (2015)
Action | Drama | Thriller
A Wing Chun master has to defeat 8 martial arts schools to open his own school, yet he has become a chess piece to the local power dynamics.
Starring: Fan Liao, Jia Song, Wenli Jiang, Shih-Chieh King, Leon Dai
Director: Haofeng Xu
Confidential Assignment / Gongjo (2017)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
Starring: Hyun Bin, Hae-jin Yoo, Ju-hyuk Kim, Young-nam Jang, Yoona, Hae-yeong Lee, Dong-hwi Lee
Director: Sung-hoon Kim
Our Meal For Tomorrow / Bokura no gohan wa ashita de matteru (2017)
Drama | Romance
Ryota and Koharu are high school students. Ryota is indifferent to people and says very little. Koharu is not afraid of to speak her mind and she has a bright personality. Since a game of rice bag jump, they begin to date. They date at a fast-food restaurant, realize they love each other at a family restaurant and finally swear their love on a dining table with white rice.
Starring: Yûto Nakajima, Yûko Araki, Karen Miyama, Amane Okayama, Hairi Katagiri, Chieko Matsubara
Director: Masahide Ichii
Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate' / Kaizoku to yobareta otoko (2016)
Drama | History
The grand story of Japan's post-war reconstruction is based on the actual story of an oil company's president, namely Tetsuzo Kunioka, who believed in the power of oil, as opposed to coal, to abet the country's re-emergence. He believes Japan's resurgence must be fueled by oil and not by coal. Japan is weak, in ruins and has a devastated citizenry. Foreign powers watch and the country is isolated, yet the man takes over an oil tanker on a secret mission to the oil-rich Iran.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shôta Sometani, Tôru Nomaguchi, Ryôhei Suzuki, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
The Merger / Ngo moon ting zin ba (2015)
Drama | Romance
An ardent youth Yip Ka-ka, whose adoptive mother Bao Choi-yi was her birth mother Yip Heung-heung's best friend, heads her schoolmates to demonstrate against the demolition of the extraordinary school library. In spite of failure, her optimistic personality causes her to shift focus on the preservation of the valuable books together with her geek-looking teacher Chan Ka-keung. Due to their extreme personalities, they argue a lot and seem like to be quarrelsome lovers through the sifting process of less valuable books. Unexpectedly, Ka-ka discovers her birth mother Heung-heung's diary and the truth of her birth parents' love story…
Starring: Frankie Lam, Patrick Tam, Rachel Lam, Yee Tong, Pinky Cheung
Director: Jimmy Luk
The Handmaiden / Ah-ga-ssi (2016)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Starring: Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo, Tae-ri Kim, Hae-suk Kim, So-ri Moon
Director: Chan-wook Park
Secret / Bu neng shuo de. mi mi (2007)
Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance
Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.
Starring: Jay Chou, Lun-mei Gwei, Anthony Wong, Kai-Syuan Tzeng, Devon Song, Jun Lang Huang, Yuri Chan, Chase Chang
Director: Jay Chou
You Are My Sunshine / Neoneun nae unmyeong (2005)
Drama | Romance
Seok-joong, a farmer in his mid thirties, is desperate to find a wife and settle down. After backing out of a scheme to set him up with a Filipino bride, he falls head over heels in love with local tabang delivery girl Eun-ha, and starts showering her with gifts. Although Eun-ha is initially unimpressed, she is eventually won over by his kindhearted nature, and the two get married. The couple's marital bliss is short lived, however, as Eun-ha tests positive for HIV, and is then tracked down by her abusive ex-husband, who takes her away and forces her back into prostitution.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-min Hwang, Mun-hee Na, Seung-su Ryu, Su-hee Go
Director: Jin-pyo Park
Bodyguards and Assassins / Shi yue wei cheng (2009)
Action | Drama | History
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Xueqi Wang, Nicholas Tse, Bingbing Fan, Tony Leung
Director: Teddy Chan
