Dawn of the Felines / Mesunekotachi (2017)
Drama
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
Starring: Juri Ibata, Satsuki Maue, Michié, Kazuko Shirakawa
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Mother Lake (2016)
Drama
In 2036, Ryosuke Fujii (31) makes a triumphant return to his hometown as a world famous photographer. An exhibition of his work is on display there and he meets up again with an old childhood friend, Kento. Kento shows Ryosuke a dinosaur he has made based on the legendary "Biwassie", the "Nessie" of Lake Biwa. One summer over 20 years ago, 11-year-old Ryosuke, Kento and his cousin Saki, spotted a mysterious, big, black object, apparently swimming on the surface of Lake Biwa. Naturally, few believed them, but Ryosuke learns that his late mother, Yumiko, a famous photographer, also saw the same creature and she had done a lot of research into the legendary Dragon God, Biwassie.
Starring: Asahi Uchida, Mayu Tsuruta, Maryjun Takahashi
Director: Naoki Segi
Bewitched / Gu (1981)
Horror
While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.
Starring: Fei Ai, Melvin Wong, Fanny Fen-Ni, Lily Chan
Director: Chih-Hung Kuei
Memoirs of a Murderer / Confession of Murder / 22-nenme no kokuhaku: Watashi ga satsujinhan desu (2017)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A television reporter and a detective try to track down a serial killer known as the Tokyo Strangler.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Itô, Kaho, Shûhei Nomura, Anna Ishibashi, Ryô Iwamatsu, Taichi Saotome, Mitsuru Hirata, Ryô Iwamatsu, Kôichi Iwaki, Tôru Nakamura
Director: Yû Irie
Aroused by Gymnopedies / Jimunopedi ni midareru (2016)
Drama | Romance
Commissioned by Japan's Nikkatsu Studio to commemorate the 45th anniversary of its 'roman porno' period, the piece focuses on the has-been director who gets a variety of loose women of different means and ages to share a bed with him in order to make him feel better about himself. At the same time, his lead actress has walked out and his latest means of income is in jeopardy.
Starring: Itsuji Itao, Sumire Ashina, Izumi Okamura
Director: Isao Yukisada
Will You Be There? / Dangshin Geogi Iteojoorraeyo (2016)
Drama | Fantasy | Romance
A surgeon doesn't have much time left due to a serious illness. His wish is to see his girlfriend who died in an accident 30 years ago. The surgeon gets 10 pills from a mysterious old man. The 10 pills allows him to travel in time to the past.
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Yo-han Byeon, Seo-jin Chae, Se-ha Ahn, Sang-ho Kim
Director: Ji-Yeong Hong
The Prisoner / Island of Fire / The Burning Island / When Dragons Meet / Huo shao dao (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung, Yu Wang, Chun Hsiung Ko, Chung-Hua Tou, Barry Wong, Chuan-Chen Yeh, Jack Kao
Director: Yen-Ping Chu
Neko Atsume House / Neko atsume no ie (2017)
Family
A novelist who is struggling with writer's block finds in a cat an unusual way of easing his anxieties and will challenge himself to make the cat visit him again.
Starring: Atsushi Itô, Shioli Kutsuna, Tomorô Taguchi, Tae Kimura, Kayoko Ohkubo
Director: Masatoshi Kurakata
Single Rider / A Single Rider / Singkeul Laideo (2017)
Drama | Mystery
A man who has lost everything in his life travels to Australia in search of his family.
Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Hyo-jin Kong, Sohee
Director: Zoo Young Lee
Yourself and Yours / Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot (2016)
Drama
A foray into the uncanny with a spin on Luis Buñuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire"
Starring: Hae-hyo Kwon, Joon-sang Yoo, Eui-sung Kim, Ju-hyuk Kim, You-young Lee
Director: Sang-soo Hong
New Trial / Jaesim (2017)
Crime | Drama
Hyun-Woo, who is the sole witness to the murder of a taxi driver, is accused of committing the crime and persecuted and prosecuted. He is sentenced to a sentence of ten years. An opportunistic lawyer picks up the case sensing an opportunity, which leads to a struggle to reclaim justice.
Starring: Jung-Eun Lee, Ha-Neul Kang, Hae-suk Kim, Dong-hwi Lee, So-jin Kim, Ha-na Kim
Director: Tae-yun Kim
On the Beach at Night Alone / Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (2017)
Drama
An actress wanders around a seaside town, pondering her relationship with a married man.
Starring: Min-hee Kim, Young-hwa Seo, Jae-yeong Jeong, Seong-kun Mun, Hae-hyo Kwon, Seon-mi Song, Jae-hong Ahn
Director: Sang-soo Hong
Our Time Will Come / Ming yue ji shi you (2017)
Drama | Thriller | War
In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom.
Starring: Xun Zhou, Eddie Peng, Wallace Huo, Deannie Yip, Tony Leung
Director: Ann Hui
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale / Gekijo-ban Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale / Gekijouban Sôdo âto onrain: Ôdinaru sukêru (2017)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Kirito uncovers a conspiracy within Ordinal Scale, a popular VR game developed for a new system called, The Augma.
Starring: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Sayaka Kanda, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kanae Itô, Ayana Taketatsu
Director: Tomohiko Itô
Bionic Boy / Trionic Warrior (1977)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi
An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol agent's badly injured son is fitted with heavy-duty artificial limbs.
Starring: Ron Rogers, Susan Beacher, Carole King, Clem Persons, David McCoy, Joe Sison, Karim Kiram
Director: Leody M. Diaz
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 5 – Pyrophoric Cult (2015)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Motoko and her squad are finally getting closer to Fire-Starter's broker, but things get tense when they're instructed to take a backseat role on a sting operation.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise
The Founding of an Army / Jian jun da ye (2017)
Drama | History | War
The Founding of an Army begins in the spring of 1927 when conservative Nationalist forces began carrying out violent suppressions of Communist party members in Shanghai and other cities. The purges effectively ended the tenuous United Front alliance between the Nationalists and Communists, and created open divisions in the KMT between Chiang Kai-shek and other party factions. In response to the purges, Communists and like-minded revolutionaries, under the planning and leadership of Zhou Enlai, launched a military insurrection on August 1, 1927, known as the Nanchang Uprising. This date marks the founding of the People's Liberation Army and the beginning of all-out civil war.
Starring: Ye Liu, Yawen Zhu, Hao Ou, Zhi-zhong Huang, Jingchun Wang
Director: Wai-Keung Lau
For the Emperor / Hwangjereul wihayeo (2014)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.
Starring: Min-ki Lee, Sung-woong Park, Tae-im Lee, Kim Jong-Goo, Jae-won Lee, Jae-young Han, Lee Yoo Joo
Director: Sang Jun Park
Survival Family / Sabaibaru famirî (2017)
Comedy | Sci-Fi
After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
Starring: Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
Meow / Miao xing ren (2017)
Comedy | Family
An alien lifeform from a faraway planet has been residing on Earth for thousands of years. They transform themselves into cats and populate every area of the globe. Their intelligence and adorability have led to them being treated as kings and queens by their human minions. Xi Xili is the latest visitor from their home planet, Planet Meow. He is an adorable oversized-cat-like being that has come to invade Earth and ensure his planet`s survival. His plans get derailed upon his arrival on Earth when a family in Hong Kong takes him in as their pet.
Starring: Louis Koo, Li Ma, Chutian Liu, Andy Huang, Michelle Wai, Louis Yuen
Director: Benny Chan
