Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Comedy ; Drama ; Romance
A long anticipated princess is born to a Chinese Emperor and his wife. However their joy turns to bewilderment when it is found that the princess suffers from an unusual birth defect-- an overpowering body odor. The princess grows up in a happily naive seclusion until she reaches a marriageable age. When attempts to marry her off fall flat the desperate royal family initiates a competition to...
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama ; Romance
Ten years after illegally immigrating to America Slim Sammo Hung returns to China to find his family. But he finds that his country has changed beyond recognition and that he needs the help of a woman and her brother to find his way home. Acclaimed at film festivals the world over Mabel Cheungs followup to An Autumns Tale is a bittersweet comedy about the joys and sorrows of a homecoming....
Country: Other Asia
Genre: Drama
Story: After winning five awards in the recently held Cinemalaya Awards and now our official participant in this year’s Toronto International Film Festival Ekstra The Bit Player is one of the most buzzed local films of the year.EKSTRA A Bit Player is a drama-comedy film which follows a seemingly usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another taping day of a soap...
Country: Japan
Genre: Horror
Ekusute begins in bloody unsettling fashion with the discovery of the body of a young girl whose organs have been harvested and hair shaven to make extensions. The corpse ends up in the hands of morgue watchman and hair fetishist Yamazaki Osugi Ren who excitedly discovers that the girls hair is still growing. He uses her long and silky hair to make extensions which he sells to customers...
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama ; Crime ; Thriller
Every two years senior members of Hong Kong’s oldest Triad The Wo Shing Society elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates. Lok respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. His rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this by going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition – influencing the vote with money and violence. When Wo Shing’s...
Country: China
Genre: Drama
For no apparent reason a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment he discovers is a shrine to his favorite escape the movies. He finds her diary - a screenplay of her life built around scenes from favorite films - and it sets off his...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama ; Thriller
A phone conversation occurs between a man and a woman. They both state their love for each other and that they will do this so they can be together. The woman is in a hotel room with a view of the port. The man is inside of a parked car with a view of the ocean. A man named Colonel appears and hands the man a box with a loaded gun inside. The Colonel states its a present from the witch. The...
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