FEFF17
Movies from 17th far east film festival
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- DirectorMami SunadaStarsHayao MiyazakiYumiko MiyoshiToshio SuzukiFollows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
- DirectorJackie ChanStarsJackie ChanPai WeiBiao YuenA talented martial arts student goes after his expelled brother, who get into bad company.
- DirectorDaniel LeeStarsJackie ChanJohn CusackAdrien BrodyWhen corrupt Roman leader Tiberius arrives with a giant army to claim the Silk Road, Huo An teams up his army with an elite Legion of defected Roman soldiers led by General Lucius to protect his country and his new friends.
- DirectorKwon LeeStarsHyun Jun KimJo Kyeong-sookGreena ParkEun Jin has been unlucky in her six relationships. With her seventh man she is determined to make it work, even if he is a bit awkward and unromantic. But is he hiding something?
- DirectorShûichi OkitaStarsHaruko NegishiChigusa YasuzawaYuriko OginoSeven women of varying backgrounds sign up for a guided trip to a remote waterfall. Expecting relaxation and a quiet setting far away from busy city life, some are looking for a place to clear their thoughts, some to commune with nature, and some just for photographic opportunities. Their guide goes missing and leaves them stranded, with insightful and comic results.
- DirectorTom WallerStarsVithaya PansringarmDavid AsavanondPenpak SirikulThe story of Thailand's last prison executioner.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsSubaru ShibutaniFumi NikaidôSarina SuzukiAs a band plays for a crowd in a certain town square in Osaka, a young man rushes the stage, grabs the microphone, and begins to sing. The crowd is blown away by the man's singing voice, but after the performance, band manager Kasumi discovers that the man has no memory of his own life other than his talent for singing. Kasumi becomes interested in working with him anyway, and gives him the nickname "Pochi Otoko" (dog man). Before long, Pochi Man is accepted as the lead vocalist of a band, but a major problem from his past will soon come back to haunt him.
- DirectorChris MartinezStarsAnne CurtisCristine ReyesSam MilbyChildhood best friends who are both geniuses in school eventually become bittersweet rivals for campus athlete Mark Ferrer. Zoe Tuazon is a rich, overweight and aggressive mestiza; Aica Tabayoyong is a poor, nerdy, nearsighted student with a bad case of teenage acne. In an effort to outsmart and outclass each other, Zoe and Aica each undergo cosmetic surgery and become ravishing vixens engaged in ugly confrontations.
- DirectorHo-Cheung PangStarsXun ZhouXiaoming HuangYi-Lin SieWhen a woman decides to take it upon herself to win back the love of her live, she realizes she'll have to sink to using her female prowess -- and becoming what she despises the most -- a woman who flirts.
- DirectorDo-yun LeeStarsJi SungJu Ji-hoonLee Kwang-sooThree friendships turn sour due to a mishap. Their relationships with each other are forever changed.
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
- DirectorHark TsuiStarsJet LiRosamund KwanSiu Chung MokArriving by train in Guangzhou, 1895, the trio fight off White Lotus followers, who want to kill all foreigners and the cute, European dressed 13th Aunt. It's not kung fu master Dr. Wong's (Jet Li) last fight.
- DirectorBruce LeeStarsBruce LeeChuck NorrisNora MiaoA man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.
- DirectorSammo Kam-Bo HungStarsSammo Kam-Bo HungFat ChungLung ChanA rickshaw driver's wife and his rich client are secret lovers, and they decide to get rid of him without being implicated, so they hire a powerful sorcerer to kill him, but the sorcerer's colleague intervenes to protect him.
- DirectorYann KungStarsShang-Yi WenPeijia HuangShih-Sian WangA normal summer morning in "Outstanding Pool House," Shine is getting ready for school. Shine is a beautiful and chic girl, but there is a bit of melancholy in her face. Six months ago, her parents died in a terrible car accident and left her nothing beside this pool house. Now, Shine even needs to face the fact that she will be sent to a foster home if there is no one from the family that can come and take care of her. Feng, Shine's uncle, an ex-expert in billiards knows this and decides to come home and takes care of his niece. However, Shine does not appreciate this since, first of all, she is not familiar with his uncle at all. Secondly, after losing everything for gambling, Feng drinks and smokes all day, and those are what Shine hates the most. All in all, how can these two people find the way to reconnect with each other through billiards, and how can they see the love that runs in their veins for making them the family?
- DirectorJK YounStarsHwang Jung-minYunjin KimOh Dal-suAmid the time of Korean War, a young boy's vow to take care of his family marked the beginning of a lifelong promise spanning 60 years.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsShôta SometaniAtsuko MaedaRoy 5tionOver one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo - where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight - the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
- DirectorWonsuk LeeStarsHan Suk-kyuGo SooPark Shin-hyeStory of a rivalry between two tailors Dol-Seok, who is the best master artisan in charge of royal attire and Kong-Jin - genius like designer, born with dexterity and an excellent sense, plunges the court into scandal and tragedy.
- DirectorTeddy ChanStarsDonnie YenBaoqiang WangCharlie YeungA martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
- DirectorYew Kwang HanStarsAlaricMarcus ChinJulian HeeWhen condoms becomes the containers of three tales of love, lust and seduction.
- DirectorYang LuStarsChang ChenQianyuan WangYuan NieThis is a movie set in the late Ming Dynasty. The 3 main characters are all elite guards for the palace. One of their fellow guardsmen goes bad. His former companions must now forget their bond and apprehend him. But are they being lured into a larger conspiracy against their emperor?
- DirectorFrant GwoRandy LiuStarsDongyu ZhouKenny LinNatsuko AoikeMy Old Classmate was an extraordinarily popular song composed by Gao Xiaosong in 1994. After 20 years, the movie My Old Classmate utilized the same name to recall all the romantic memories for several generations. The movie focused on a pair of young couple with pure love and their struggles in different varieties of obstacles during their growth, which expressed the sorrow in a soft way. The movie turn out to be a masterpiece, which got over 450 million RMB as the perfect end.
- DirectorKang Hyeong-cheolStarsChoi Seung-hyunShin Se-KyungKim Yoon-seokGo-ni's nephew, Ham Dae-gil, enters the gambling underworld only to be used as a scapegoat in a deal gone wrong. Now he's planning his revenge by entering one big fatal game.
- DirectorHerman YauStarsCharlene ChoiSimon YamRyan LauSara involved in an investigation and her editor afraid of offending powerful politicians and businessmen, against it. Sara exiles herself to Thailand. There She meets child prostitute Dok-my and Sara becomes haunted by her memories.
- DirectorPeter StricklandStarsSidse Babett KnudsenMonica SwinnChiara D'AnnaA woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lesbian lover.
- DirectorChin-Lin ChiangStarsVivian SungBruce HungVivian ChowCollege freshman Si-Ying gets a part-time job at a coffee shop. She falls for Ze Yu, a guy who always sits in the same spot at the shop. Meanwhile, A-Tuo, a college senior develops feelings towards Si-Ying, who only sees him as a friend.
- DirectorPo-Cheung LeeStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongCharlene ChoiYou-Nam WongAn aging hoodlum wants to turn over a new leaf and decides to invest in a tea-house. However, when the tea-house stands in the way of a development project supported by a rival gang, he must call upon his old gang friends to save his tea-house.
- DirectorLeonardo Cinieri LombrosoStarsEric KhooBrillante MendozaGarin NugrohoSoutheast Asia Cinema: When the Rooster Crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, and Pen Ek Ratanaruang give voice to a region rich with traditions, ethnic groups, languages, politics, and religions. It is cinema at its purest form, fighting for freedom of expression, documenting real lives of ordinary people, giving voice to the underdogs and the outcasts. The amalgamation of these aspects gives birth to an ultra-neo-realistic cinema language currently unique to films from this region.
- DirectorHan HanStarsShaofeng FengChen Bo-linWallace ChungThree men living in the Eastern most island of China go on a road trip to the Western most end of the country, and facing crises of love, friendship, and faith on their journey to the West.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsKim Myung-gonLee Bo-heeSok-Yang ChooA young man travels to various regions of South Korea to scatter the ashes of his dead wife.