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Paul Kazee - November 3, 2004 04:37 AM (GMT)
I may have missed listing one or two...

Black Friday
Drama; Dir: Anurag Kashyap; Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Pawan Malhotra (142 min.)
Black Friday explores and dissects the terrorist attacks which shook Mumbai in 1993 by retracing the Indian police investigation. It is a fictional account of a city well-known for tolerance that implodes from the religious tensions between two cultures.

Blood and Bones
Drama; Dir: Yoichi Sai; Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Hirofumi Arai, Tomoko Tabata, Joe Odagiri (144 min.)
In 1923, Kim Shun-pei left Cheju, an isolated island in the far South of Korea for Japan, dreaming of making his fortune in a new land. Contrary to his hopes, a brutal life of discrimination awaits him there. An epic story of one man's rise and fall.

Born To Fight  
Action/Adventure; Dir: Panna Ritthikrai; Cast: Dan Chupong, Noppol Komarachoon, Santisuk Promsiri (95 min.)
A group of villagers are attacked by border terrorists. The only way to rescue the villagers is to fight with their sports talent that's mixed with martial arts

Bride & Prejudice  
Dir: Gurinder Chadha; Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews (120 min.)
A Bollywood-inspired re-telling of Jane Austen's classic tale of marriage and manners when a daughter is determined to marry for love, transplanted to modern-day India, England and America, complete with lavish musical spectacle.

Bunshinsaba - Ouija Board  
Horror; Dir: Byung-ki Ahn; Cast: Gyu-ri Kim, Se-eun Lee, Yu-ri Lee (92 min.)
On Yoojin's first day at her new school, she gets picked on by her classmates. Along with other victims of hatred, Yoojin puts a curse on the 4 girls tormenting them through the Ouija board. The next day, one of the tormentors bursts into flames...

Burning Dreams
Documentary; Dir: Wayne Peng; Cast: Liang Li, Yang Yang (75 min.)
Director Wayne Peng presents the exhilerating feature film Burning Dreams, a time portal that takes the audience through five decades of sensual thrills with electrifying dances across the nostalgic and modern cityscapes of Shanghai.

Chased By Dreams  
Drama; Dir: Buddhadeb Dasgupta; Cast: Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rimi Sen, Raima Sen, Rajesh Sharma (95 min.)
The film is woven round the dreams of three characters and their journeys and dreams. Paresh, the central character with a 16mm projector; Chapal who dreams of making it rich in Dubai, & Amina a pregnant widow who dreams of returning to her homeland.

Commitment (The)  
Thriller; Dir: Montri Kong-Im; Cast: Wirrithipa Pukeepprasong, Prangthong Chapgdham, Pinsuda Tanpairoh (90 min.)
Teenagers Pin, Mos, and Muay don't believe in ghosts. One night after a party they decide to explore a haunted house. Then they visit a spirit house that's scarier. Then they all have bad luck and horrible accidents seem to follow them around.

Contemporary Styles of Kung Fu  
Documentary; Dir: Li Cham Choi; Cast: Gordon Liu Chia-hui (88 min.)
Gordon Liu Chia-hui hosts this compelling documentary on The Big Five Forces of Kung Fu. It introduces the guiding principles and philosophies behind them, and is a must-see for all martial-arts aficionados.

Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World  
Romance; Dir: Isao Yukisada; Cast: Takao Osawa, Kou Shibasaki, Tsutomu Yamazaki (139 min.)
The disappearance of his fiancee puzzles Sakutaro. He travels to Shikoku in search of her, to a town where he experienced his first love, Aki, a high school classmate.

Day on the Planet (A)  
Drama; Dir: Isao Yukisada; Cast: Rena Tanaka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ayumi Ito, Shuji Kashiwabara (110 min.)
In this small world of ours, we are all connected. Filled with unexpected meetings awaiting all of us, we go through our days, unaware of them, while tomorrow always comes, bringing with it a brand new day.

Devilman  
Action/Sci-Fi; Dir: Hiroyuki Nasu; Cast: Hisato Izaki, Ayana Sakal, Asuka Shibuya, Yusuke Izaki (116 min.)
With the power of a demon and human spirit, Akira shoulders his destiny of 'battle' to protect Miki, his girlfriend and to save humanity from Armageddon.

Doll Master (The)  
Horror; Dir: Yong-ki Jeong; Cast: You-mi Kim, Eun-Kyoung Lim (90 min.)
Six people are invited to a gallery of dolls. The gallery is in a beautiful forest and it is like a fairy tale. Then there are strange noises at night and the dolls seem to keep an eye on things and almost seem human.

Electric Shadows  
Drama; Dir: Xiao Jiang; Cast: Jiang Yihong, Xia Yu, Li Haibin, Zhang Haoqi (95 min.)
From one of China's newest voices in cinema and new wave of young female directors comes this charming tale of a small town cinema and the lifelong influence it had on a young boy and girl who grew up there and years later meet by chance in Beijing.

Empress Chung  
Animated; Dir: Nelson Shin; Cast: (110 min.)
Shim Chung, a sweet little girl who seemed to have an unfortunate life but with great faith and determination, finally recovered her father's eyesight and became the empress of the empire.

Eye II (The)  
Horror; Dir: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang; Cast: Shu Qi, Eugenia Yuan, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Philip Kwok (94 min.)
The sequel to The Eye, the worldwide horror sensation; The Eye 2 has opened to massive business in Asia. Once again the Pang brothers explore the troubled and complicated relationship between the spirit world and the living.

Family (A)  
Drama; Dir: Jeong-chui Lee; Cast: Ae Soo, Jyun Joo, Ji-bin Park, Hee-soon Park (96 min.)
A pickpocket comes back home after being in prison for 2 years. Her family consists of a father who lost sight in one eye and an 8 year-old brother. Though her father loves her, he is reluctant to show it and makes a tragic deal with a local gangster...

Fighter In The Wind  
Action/Adventure; Dir: Yunho Yang; Cast: Donggeun Yang, Aya Hirayama, Masaya Kato, Taewoo Jung (120 min.)
Story of Oyama Matsutatsu, who founded Kyokushin Karate and conquered the world with his bare hands.

Fighting Fish  
Martial Arts; Dir: Jamal Aattache; Cast: Kim Ho Kim, Chantal Janzen, Jennifer de Jong, Ron Smoorenberg (90 min.)
Fighting scenes that REALLY stand out in this exotic mysterious and deadly martial arts movie.

Flavors  
Romantic Comedy; Dir: Raj Nioimoru, Krishna D.K.; Cast: Reef Karim, Anjan Srivastava, Pooja Kumar (114 min.)
A sort of 'Bend it Like Bekham' and 'Love Actually' about Indo-American life, 'Flavors' is a spirited, funny look at romance and culture among Indians living in America.

Flower and Snake  
Psychological Thriller; Dir: Takashi Ishii; Cast: Aya Sugimoto, Hironobu Nomura, Renji Ishibashi, Kenichi Endo (115 min.)
Based on the novel by Dan Oniroku, the master of S&M novels, the story of Shizuko's descent into a world of rape, lesbianism and bondage after her husband's betrayal.

Flying Boys  
Drama; Dir: Young-joo Byun; Cast: Gye-sang Yoon, Min-jung Kim (100 min.)
A boy learns what he can do and what he can't at the end of his teenage days ... through a ballet class.

Formula 17  
Comedy; Dir: DJ Chen (Chen Yin-Jung); Cast: Tony Yang, King Chin, Jimmy Yang, Jason Chang (93 min.)
Tien is an innocent 17-year old who goes to the big city for a summer of love and adventure. On his very first night in Taipei, he locks eyes with the irresistible and irredeemable Bai, rumored to be the biggest playboy know to man.

Ghost House  
Comedy; Dir: Sang-jin Kim; Cast: Seung-won Cha, Seo-hee Jang (123 min.)
Pil-gi finally finds the house of his dreams, but he has unexpected company in a ghost that wants him out of his own home. The ghost insists that she can't leave the house until she finds out where her husband is. So, Pil-gi must help her...

Ghost (The)  
Horror; Dir: Kim Tae-kyung; Cast: Kim Ha-neul, Ryu Jin (98 min.)
My dead friend comes to me! Ji-won tries to live a normal life, considering her lost memory as an umbrella left behind on the bus. She is exhausted by serial deaths of her friends and nightmares and realizes everything is connected to her lost memories.

Hana and Alice  
Drama; Dir: Shunji Iwai; Cast: Anne Suzuki, Yu Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku (135 min.)
Hana (Anne Suzuki) and Alice (Yu Aoi) are childhood friends. Alice is unrestrained and free-spirited. Hana is always picking up the pieces as a result of it. But there are good things that Alice brings too, like Hana's first ever crush.

Hidden Blade (The)  
Drama; Dir: Yoji Yamamoto; Cast: Masatoshi Nagese, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa (132 min.)
Director Yoji Yamada of "The Twilight Samurai" creates another samurai drama set in the rapidly changing period at the end of the samurai era, with tension, betrayal and love.

Huadu Chronicles: Blade of the Rose (The)  
Action/Adventure; Dir: Corey Yuen, Patricia Leung; Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlene Choi, Jaycee Chan, Jackie Cha (107 min.)
A beautiful young maiden is forced by the emperor to become his concubine although she is in love with another man. As a result she learns to hate all men and usurps the emperor by setting up a new circle where women rule and men serve.

Hypnotized  
Drama; Dir: Kim In-shik; Cast: Kim Hye-soo, Kim Tae-Woo (110 min.)
A fatal love story between a psychiatrist and a schizophrenic which ends up with tragic consequences.

Infection  
Horror; Dir: Masayuki Ochiai; Cast: (98 min.)
A hospital is facing a financial crisis. One day a patient dies from malpractice, but the doctors cover it up. From this point forward the hospital is controlled by a curse.

Initial D (select footage only being screened)  

Install  
Drama; Dir: Kataoka K.; Cast: Aya Veto, Shichinosuke Nakamura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Rei Kikukawa (94 min.)
Based on the best-selling and award-winning novel by Risa Wataya chronicling a teenage girl's erotic journey of self-discovery through the liberating anonymity of internet erotica.

Jam Films S  
Various; Dir: Yuichi Abe Hitoshi Ishikawa, Kenji Sonoda Ry; Cast: Koyuki , Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, Rina Uchiyama (118 min.)
7 new directors made the sequel to "Jam Films." Enjoy Sci-Fi, comedy, action, erotic, edgy, futuristic and romantic 7 shorts in "JAM FILMS S". Also directed by Ryo Teshima, Masaki Hamamoto, and Daizabro Harada.

Jiang Hu  
Action/Suspense; Dir: Wong Ching Po; Cast: Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen (83 min.)
Hong, a gangland boss, is rumored to be retiring. His subordinates Figo, Tall Guy and Big Lungs, and Lefty are all making plans to take over Hong's empire. Yik, a taciturn young hood, gets the job of taking out a big-time gangster, then falls for Yoyo.

Kamikaze Girls  
Drama; Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima; Cast: Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya (103 min.)
Super adventure of two incongruous girls! Meet Momoko, an ardent loner who wanted to be born in Rococo era of France, and the uber-rebel Ichiko, a motorcycle-gangmember.

Last Quarter  
Fantasy; Dir: Ken Nikai; Cast: Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroki Narimiya, Hyde , Ken Ogata (113 min.)
A girl trapped inside another woman's memories. The door to return is the once-in-nineteen-year "last quarter of the moon."

Letter (The)  
Drama; Dir: Pa-soon Jantrasiri; Cast: Anne Thongprasom, Uttaporn Teemakorn (105 min.);
After reading a letter about her grandmother's death, Dew went to Chiang Mai where she met Ton, an officer at an agricultural research center. They marry and then Ton dies after a long illness. Dew then mysteriously receives a love letter from Ton.

Lizard Woman  
Horror; Dir: Manop Udomdej; Cast: Pete Tonchue (95 min.)
Famed Thai novelist Kwanpailin discovers that truth is stranger than fiction. After the publication of her latest book 'The Evil Lizard,' she finds herself haunted by its main character, a supernatural reptile, that threatens her and all around her...

Lorelei (Promo Reel only)
Action/Suspense; Dir: Shinji Higuchi; Cast: Koji Yakusho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Toshiro Yanagiba, Yu Kashii (8 min.)
Toward the end of the Pacific War, a secret mission is assigned to a Japanese naval submarine captain. It is to sink a U.S. transport ship that is carrying an A-bomb. He organized crew of 70 men with a German-made scouting device called "Lorei System".

Love, So Divine  
Romance; Dir: Inmoo Huh; Cast: Sangwoo Kwon, Jiwon Ha (105 min.)
A theological student faces the choice of his life: whether to remain faithful to God or choose to marry a girl who he has fallen in love with.
Lovely Rivals  
Comedy; Dir: Gyu-sung Gang; Cast: Jeong-ah Yeom, Se-young Lee, Jee-hoon Lee (115 min.)
Mi-ok is an elementary teacher that is quite notorious with the students. One day a student challenges the teacher over a handsome looking new teacher. The fighting over him causes some hilarious situations.

Mail  
Horror; Dir: Iwao Takahashi; Cast: Takamasa Suga, Chiaki Kuriyama (110 min.)
Based on the comic book series from Kadokawa, psychic detective Akiba and his enigmatic 19 year old female assistant, Mikoko, root out and release the restless spirits that terrorize this world.

Marebito  
Thriller; Dir: Takashi Shimizu; Cast: Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa (92 min.)
Masuoka is a cameraman possessed by the desire to understand fear. He wanders the Tokyo streets, a voyeur, looking for clues. He meets a man who commits suicide. Trying to understand why he died he meets a young girl imprisoned by robots called Dero's.

Moonlight Jellyfish 
Romance; Dir: Kohsuke Tsurumi; Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aya Okamoto, Ryo Kimura, Renjii Ishibashi (113 min.)
The younger brother suffers from a disease without a cure. The older brother chooses to live in the dark side of society, dedicated to supporting his younger brother. The older meets a woman, like a sun, who opens him up in this tragic love story.

MPD-Psycho  
Horror; Dir: Takashi Miike; Cast: Naoki Hosaka, Tomoko Nakajima, Reiko Miura, Nae Yuki (112 min.)
When police fail to catch a serial killer who is targeting high school girls, retired policeman Kazuhiko Amemiya is called in to use his strange but unique skill, his multiple personality.

Mr. Gam's Victory
Drama; Dir: Kim Jong-hyun; Cast: Lee Brom-Soo, Yoon Jin-seo, Gong Yoo (110 min.)
A touching drama of a pitcher, Gam Sa-yong, who lived through the 80's, the golden days of Korean baseball.

Musumedojoji  
Drama; Dir: Yukiko Takayama; Cast: Fukusuke Nakamura, Riho Makise, Toru Kazama, Takamesa Suga (112 min.)
Searching for answers to her twin's suicide, Haruki is drawn into the fascinating world of Kabuki theatre and falls for its mysterious and seductive leading star.

My Brother 
Drama; Dir: Ann Kwon-tae; Cast: Won Bin, Shin Ha-kyun (110 min.)
Jong-hyun has a handicapped brother, and he grows up feeling ashamed to have a handicapped brother in his family. As time goes by, he learns to see his brother's innocent, pure soul and begins to love him.

My Mother the Mermaid  
Drama; Dir: Heung-shik Park; Cast: Doh-yeon Jeon, Hae-il Park (110 min.)
A romantic travel back in time to re-discover one's own parents in their youth.

Nin X Nin - The Ninja Star Hattori  
Action/Adventure; Dir: Masayuki Suzuki; Cast: Shingo Katori, Rena Tanaka, Gori , Shiro Ito (100 min.)
Hattori, a youthful Ninja, journeys from the country to Tokyo where he takes it upon himself to select someone as his new lord and master. The lucky individual is Kenichi, but the thing is that he's still in elementary school...

One Dollar Curry  
Romantic Comedy; Dir: Vijay Singh; Cast: Vikram Chatwal, Gabriella Wright, Smriti Mishra, Trevor Stephens (91 min.)
A young sikh arrives in Paris in search of political refuge. He has lost everything that he possessed in his country except his sense of humour and imagination.

Overture (The)  
Drama; Dir: Itthi Soontorn Vichailak; Cast: Anuchit Saphanphong, Adul Dulyarat, Arratee Tanmahapran, Narongit Tosa-nga (104 min.)
Filled with exhilarating musical performances and set against a backdrop of sweeping historical changes in early 1900's Siam, The Overture follows the life of a gifted "ranad" (wooden xylophone) virtuoso from his humble beginnings to court musician.

Premonition  
Horror; Dir: Norio Tsuruta; Cast: (95 min.)
A man receives a newspaper that predicts ill-omened future events. Based on the cult-classic comic book titled "Kyofu Shinbun" (Newspaper of Terror).

Ravaged House - Zoroku's Disease (The)  
Horror; Dir: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri; Cast: Satoshi Morishita, Marie Kawaguchi (63 min.)
In a rural village, a young man leads an unassuming life until, suddenly, he is ravaged by a bizarre disease that deforms him. Fearful of the villagers reactions, his parents lock him up. His sister tries to save him by escaping, but to what end?

Rice Rhapsody
Comedy; Dir: Kenneth Bi; Cast: Lylvia Chang, Martin Yin, Melanie Laurent, Maggie Q (110 min.)
A single mother worries that her child might be gay like her two older brothers...

Robot Stories  
Science Fiction; Dir: Greg Pak; Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Wai Ching Ho, Greg Pak, Sab Shimono (85 min.)
Winner of over 30 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart. Four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies, robot toys, android office workers, and digital immortality.

Romance Of Their Own  
Romance; Dir: Kim Tae-kyun; Cast: Cho Han-sun, Kang Dong-Won, Lee Chung-ah (113 min.)
True romance of the teens...Han-kyung, a rustic girl, comes to live with her mom. Attracted to her pure charm, the popular guys begin to fight over her. The result is a tragic love triangle which leaves everyone crying.

R-Point  
Horror; Dir: Soo-chang Kong; Cast: Woo-sung Kham (106 min.)
During the Vietnam war, patrol soldiers are sent to R-point after receiving radio signals from soldiers who had disappeared half a year ago. Their horrifying journey begins in the cursed jungle where distinguishing between human ghost is impossible.

Runin  
Drama; Dir: Eiji Okuda; Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka, Kazuhiro Nishijima, Mariya Ito, Eiji Okuda (118 min.)
In 1830, the ex-geisha Toyngiku, convicted of arson, dreams of escaping the penal island Hachije. When newly-arrived Kisoburo offers her a way out, their love drives them toward tragedy and immortality.

S Diary  
Romantic Comedy; Dir: Kwon Jong-kwan; Cast: Kim Sun-ah, Kim Soo-ro, Lee Hyun-woo, Kong Yoo (110 min.)
Jini writes a diary recalling her past boyfriends. That S Diary contains all her secret love stories about sex, and love affairs.

Scarlet Letter (The)  
Romantic Thriller; Dir: Daniel H. Byun; Cast: Han Suk-Gyu, Lee Eun-Joo, Sung Hyun-Ah, Uhm Ji-Won (115 min.)
Every love has to be paid...A competent detective Ki-hoon, who has a graceful wife and a passionate lover, takes a murder case. While he investigates the mysterious widow, he becomes lost between two loves, which leads him to a final disaster.

School Wars: Hero  
Drama; Dir: Ikuo Sekimoto; Cast: Shoei , Emi Wakui, Asahi Uchida, Sayaka (118 min.)
Based on a true story, Yamagami, a rugby player takes a teaching job at a school wrecked by violence. The students in the rugby club hate him, but he teaches them the art of the rugby tackle, and they eventually pull together and are rugby champions.

Secret War (The)  
Action/Sci-Fi; Dir: David Kim; Cast: Dong Jin Kim, D.C. Armsstrong, Jim Florentine, Patrick Lung Kong (82 min.)
Opposing forces are at play in this action-packed, suspenseful sci-fi film that deals with the world of military espionage.

Shochiku Co., Ltd. (Studio Promo Reel)  
(30 min.)

So Cute  
Drama; Dir: Su-hyun Kim; Cast: Suk-hoon Kim, Ji-won Ye, Jae-young Jung, Sun-woo jang (115 min.)
A shaman has 3 sons, all by different mothers and all of the same age. This infamous 'sex dog' no longer possesses the sexual powers he once did, and is reduced to living pathetically with his sons. One day one of his sons picks up a girl named Soony...

Some  
Thriller; Dir: Youn-hyun Chang; Cast: Soo Koh, Jee-hyo Song (117 min.)
A narcotics squad leader is suspected of involvement in a drug incident. A young investigator who worked undercover for the squad leader returns to clear his name. In the investigation, he meets a traffic reporter who has the key to the incident...

Spin Kick  
Action/Adventure; Dir: Kook Nam; Cast: Doug-nan Kim, Bin Hyun, An Jo (108 min.)
The prestigious history of Manseh High's taekwondo team is at risk when all the team members are hospitalized after a fight with a gang. Now the gang has to be trained for the tournament or else all of them will be expelled...

Springtime  
Drama; Dir: Jang-ha Ryu; Cast: Min-shik Choi, Ho-jung Kim, Yeo-jung Yoon, Shin-young Jang (125 min.)
To trumpeter Hyeon-woo, life seems to remain forever locked in winter. In desperation, Hyeon-woo signs up for a position teaching a children's wind ensemble at a small junior high school in a distant Dogye village.

Story of X-Circle (The)  
Comedy/Thriller; Dir: Thanakorn Pongsuwan; Cast: Leo Put, Bangkot Kongmalai (110 min.)
The story is about Club X, formed by men from different careers and status. They spend their time in the club enjoying pornography. They sneak some scenes of a celebrity. The police begin to investigate the club and use a female officer as a decoy.

Swing Girls 
Comedy; Dir: Shinobu Yaguchi; Cast: Juri Ueno, Naoto Takenaka, Miho Shiraishi (105 min.)
From the team that made 'Waterboys, this time out they examine the world of high school jazz bands set in a far-flung town in Northern Japan in which a group of musically clueless girls are going to need to learn to play... and quick.

Three...Extremes  
Horror; Dir: Fruit Chan Takashi Miike, Park Chan-Wook; Cast: Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe, Miriam Yeung, Lee Byung-Hun (125 min.)
Three...Extremes is the sequel to the successful Pan-Asian horror omnibus Three

To Catch A Virgin Ghost  
Horror Comedy; Dir: Shin Jung-won; Cast: Lim Chang-jung, Lim Eun-Kyung, Kwon Oh-jung (102 min.)
Peaceful village, horrifying people...Seok-tae runs away with a huge diamond and comes to a peaceful village. When Yang-e comes after him all of the towns people lie about everything. These people turn out to be scarier than a ghost!

Tony Takitani  
Drama; Dir: Jun Ichikawa; Cast: Ogata Issey, Takahumi Shinohara, Rie Miyazawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima (75 min.)
Tony had a solitary childhood since his mother died young and his father was away with his jazz band. One day he meets Eiko who becomes obsessed with buying designer clothes. When he asks her to stop and she doesn't, the consequences are tragic.

Two Guys  
Comedy; Dir: Hun-soo Park; Cast: Tae-hyun Cha, Joong-hun Park (95 min.)
A casanova suffering from huge debt and his usurer team up to make big money and rescue themselves.

Umizaru  
Dir: Eiichiro Hasumi; Cast: Hideaki Ito, Ai Kato, Ken Kaito, Tatsuya Fuji (120 min.)
Two divers, 40 meters underwater, one tank with 30 bar - enough for one to return safely. What would you do? The creators of 'Bayside Shakedown' take you underwater for a stirring human drama.

University of Laughs  
Comedy; Dir: Mamoru Hoshi; Cast: Kiji Yakusho, Goro Inagaki (121 min.)
Based on the award-winning two-man play by popular playwright Koki Mitani about an unlikely friendship that builds between a much troubled writer for a comedy troupe and his nemesis, a police censor.

Whistle (The) (This one sounds intriquing.)
Drama; Dir: Alongkot Auephaibul; Cast: Jessadaporn Pholdee, Natthaweeranuch Thongmee (100 min.)
At the blow of a toy whistle, a young woman is rescued time and again by a childhood friend only to discover that the young man lies comatose in a hospital bed.

World (The)  
Drama; Dir: Jia Zhang-ke; Cast: Tao Zhao, Taisheng Chen, Jue Jing, Zhongwei Jiang (140 min.)
Xiaotao is living out her dreams at World Park, where visitors can see famous monuments without ever leaving the Beijing suburbs. The dancer performs in lavish shows at replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, etc. Despite the magic things change.

Yesterday Once More  
Romantic Comedy; Dir: Johnnie To; Cast: Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng (90 min.)
A gentleman robber and a cat burglar try to outwit each other only to find their old flame rekindled.

Yoshino's Barber Shop  
Drama; Dir: Ogigami Naoko; Cast: Motai Masako (96 min.)
In the small town in Japan, all the boys had the same hairdo.




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