Country: Australia
Genre: Short, Drama, Fantasy
In 1995 Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teen mental health clinic. But when a new patient Richard is admitted and the boys are forced to share a room Jonah finds himself forming...
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Short
A humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
I first saw this film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1981 and have often looked for it since without any luck. Of the 50 films I saw in those 16 days including masterpieces by Angelopoulos and Syberbergs Hitler A Film From Germany Yamadas simple story turned out to be my favorite. When it recently turned up in a 5-disk Yoji Yamada box set I immediately ordered it. Well...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Kaoru Matsumoto Kana is just a normal girl living with her annoying brother Taniyama Takeru harried mom Suzuki Sawa Loft and languid dad Furuta Arata Hana until one day her mom just ups and leaves. Soon after her dads new girlfriend Yoko Takeuchi Yuko comes strolling in. Kaoru isnt sure what to make of Yoko who is brash forward good-humored and at times downright uncouth. As...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama
Sang-hyeon Cha In-Pyo is a third-rate comedian who works in a shady nightclub. One day a man comes into the club with his son and a briefcase. The man looks for the owner but hes not around. Later that evening Sang-hyeon witnesses a car accident involving the man that came into the nightclub. The man is dying and he asks Sang-hyeon to take his son and briefcase to his wife. Sang-hyeon goes to...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Tokio Shinya Tsukamoto is a young salaryman who is uncomfortably confronted with his own ineptness when he finds his wife Kumiko drowned in the bathtub one night. He picks up the phone to call an ambulance but puts it down again before dialling the number. Instead he distractedly makes himself coffee before deciding to drain the bath and bring Kumiko to the living room couch. With her dead...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Comedy ; Drama ; Mystery ; Family
Soo-Kyo Yoon Sang-Hyun Dong-Soo Song Sae-Byeok Soo-Geun Chansung Hyun-Jung Lee Ah-Lee and the youngest sibling Kim Ji-Min become a family through their parent’s second marriage. The five siblings get involved in an unexpected case and come to love each other as...
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