Five Flavours Film Festival 2019
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1. Tumbbad (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
Directors: Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi, Adesh Prasad | Stars: Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date, Ronjini Chakraborty
Votes: 28,414
2. Sang Krasue (2019)
122 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
In a far-away village, lived an innocent teenage girl, "Sai" who later discovered herself inheriting the curse of "Krasue". At night, her head would detach from her body and hunts for flesh... See full summary »
Director: Sitisiri Mongkolsiri | Stars: Phantira Pipityakorn, Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang, Sapol Assawamunkong, Surasak Wongthai
Votes: 1,349
3. Door Lock (2018)
102 min | Thriller
A thriller that begins with a murder incident with a trace of a stranger entering the house of Kyung Min who lives alone in the one room.
Director: Kwon Lee | Stars: Hyo-Jin Kong, Kim Ye-Won, Seong-oh Kim, Hong Nae Lee
Votes: 1,769
4. Balloon (2019)
102 min | Drama
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
Director: Pema Tseden | Stars: Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso, Yangchuk Tso
Votes: 409
5. Made in Hong Kong (1997)
109 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Autumn Moon (Sam Lee), a low-rent triad living in Hong Kong, struggles to find meaning in his hopelessly violent existence.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Sam Lee, Neiky Hui-Chi Yim, Wenders Li, Ka-Chuen Tam
Votes: 2,096
6. Fagara (2019)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman from Hong Kong has to reunite with her sisters to settle debts after her father dies.
Director: Heiward Mak | Stars: Sammi Cheng, Megan Lai, Xiaofeng Li, Linda Jui-Chi Liu
Votes: 432
7. The Flowers of Evil (2019)
127 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A college student steals the panties of a girl he likes and gets witnessed, which sets off a chain of events that send his life and the lives of others around him out of control.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Shiori Akita, Honora, Marie Iitoyo, Kentaro Ito
Votes: 226
8. Going the Distance (2016)
117 min
Director: Yujiro Harumoto | Stars: Yumi Endô, Shinichirô Matsuura, Nobu Morimoto, Maki Taki
Votes: 19
9. Little Cheung (1999)
118 min | Drama
In 1997, Little Cheung is a street-wise nine-year-old boy living in a bustling neighbourhood of Hong Kong, just before the reunification with China. His parents are always working at their ... See full summary »
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Yuet-Ming Yiu, Wai-Fan Mak, Yuet-Man Mak, Robby
Votes: 543
10. Nina Wu (2019)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama
Nina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life ... See full summary »
Director: Midi Z | Stars: Ke-Xi Wu, Vivian Sung, Kimi Hsia, Li-Ang Chang
Votes: 723
11. Heavy Craving (2019)
89 min | Drama
This follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student.
Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh | Stars: Samantha Shu-Chin Ko, Lene Lai, Tsu-wu Hsieh, Yao-Jen Chang
Votes: 127
12. The Red Phallus (2018)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
We all live in one story but different realities. Or perhaps, we all live in one reality but different stories. And in between, there is just a mask.
Director: Tashi Gyeltshen | Stars: Tshering Euden, Dorji Gyeltshen, Singye
Votes: 231
13. Mr. Long (2017)
129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Professional hitman Long takes on an assignment in Japan. When things go awry, he has to flee. Badly injured, he takes refuge in a deserted part of a small town.
Director: SABU | Stars: Chen Chang, Shô Aoyagi, Yi Ti Yao, Run-yin Bai
Votes: 1,281
14. Still Human (2018)
115 min | Drama
A paralyzed and hopeless Hong Kong man meets his new Filipino domestic worker who has put her dream on hold and came to the city to earn a living. These two strangers live under the same ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Crisel Consunji, Sam Lee, Cecilia Yip
Votes: 1,109
15. Durian Durian (2000)
116 min | Drama
Hong Kong life from the perspective of a young northern mainland Chinese woman working as a prostitute in Hong Kong.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao, Wai Yiu Yung
Votes: 669
16. Bulbul Can Sing (2018)
95 min | Drama
Exploring their sexual identities in the face of the patriarchal rules of their Assamese village, a teenager and her two friends are rocked by tragedy.
Director: Rima Das | Stars: Pakija Begam, Arnali Das, Manabendra Das, Manoranjan Das
Votes: 304
17. Jinpa (2018)
86 min | Drama
On an isolated road passing through the vast barren plains of Tibet, a truck driver, who has accidentally run over a sheep, chances upon a young man, who is hitching a ride. As they drive ... See full summary »
Director: Pema Tseden | Stars: Jinpa, Genden Phuntsok, Sonam Wangmo
Votes: 584
18. The Gun (2018)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Toru Nishikawa is a university student. One day, he picks up a gun on the riverside and takes the gun home. He is excited and thrilled by having the gun. Toru is attracted to Yuko Yoshikawa... See full summary »
Director: Masaharu Take | Stars: Lily Franky, Janryu Fujiwara, Junpei Goto, Kyoko Hinami
Votes: 47
19. Wet Season (2019)
103 min | Drama
A teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Jia Ler Koh, Christopher Ming-Shun Lee, Shi Bin Yang, Yann Yann Yeo
Votes: 841
20. Repossession (2019)
96 min | Drama, Horror
50-year-old Jim has constructed a perfect life in the world's most expensive city. When he is unexpectedly laid off, he desperately clings onto the symbols of his success, while wrestling with resurfacing demons from his past.
Directors: Ming Siu Goh, Scott C. Hillyard | Stars: Gerald Chew, Amy Cheng, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Rachel Wan
Votes: 22
21. And Your Bird Can Sing (2018)
106 min | Drama
A love triangle that captures all the magic and melancholy of a summer, concentrating on the fleeting moments and encounters experienced by its three protagonists.
Director: Shô Miyake | Stars: Tasuku Emoto, Shizuka Ishibashi, Tomomitsu Adachi, Shôta Sometani
Votes: 486
22. Three Husbands (2018)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy
A wondrous prostitute plies her trade while living on a boat in Hong Kong. With a superhuman libido and three loving husbands, she doggedly devotes herself to her work. Using sex to satirize the era, this film brims with intense desire.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Chloe Maayan, Charm Man Chan, Keung Mak, Man-Lei Chan
Votes: 321
23. Throw Down (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Director: Johnnie To | Stars: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Votes: 1,508
24. Hollywood Hong-Kong (2001)
108 min | Comedy
A prostitute named Tong Tong enters the life of a man who runs a barbecue pork restaurant and quickly begins to ruin his life, as well as the life of his two rotund sons, and a local gangster.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Xun Zhou, Glen Chin, You-Nam Wong, Sze Ping Leung
Votes: 660
25. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 17,911
26. Zombie for Sale (2019)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Horror
When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
Director: Lee Min-jae | Stars: Jong-ryol Choi, Se-ah Jang, Jae-yeong Jeong, Ga-ram Jung
Votes: 1,171
27. Blue Hour (2019)
92 min | Drama
Thirty-year-old professional woman Sunada is a commercial agency director in Tokyo Japan. However, despite what others may think, she is unhappy with her job, career trajectory or the ... See full summary »
Director: Yuko Hakota | Stars: Denden, Kaho, Daisuke Kuroda, Kaho Minami
Votes: 159
28. Believer (2018)
Not Rated | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.
Director: Hae-Young Lee | Stars: Cho Jin-woong, Sung-ryung Kim, Jun-Yeol Ryu, Seung-Won Cha
Votes: 1,930 | Gross: $0.37M
29. Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a world where people are discriminated based on their birthplace, a resident of the much-reviled Saitama Prefecture embarks on a revolutionary campaign to improve things for his home.
Director: Hideki Takeuchi | Stars: Fumi Nikaidô, Gackt, Yûsuke Iseya, Brother Tom
Votes: 630
30. Maggie (I) (2018)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
She wants to believe for everything.
Director: Ok-seop Yi | Stars: Lee Joo-Young, Kyo-hwan Koo, Moon So-Ri, Ju-Young Lee
Votes: 440
31. Where We Belong (II) (2019)
130 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Sue, the crazy girl that feels as if she was born in the wrong place. But the craziest thing she's ever done is that she is about to leave everything behind, including Belle.
Director: Kongdej Jaturanrasamee | Stars: Jennis Oprasert, Praewa Suthamphong, Saheoiyn Aophachat, Prawit Boonprakong
Votes: 566
32. Furie (2019)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Veronica Ngo stars as an ex-gangster who is lying low in the countryside after becoming a mother, but she can't escape her violent past when her daughter is kidnapped.
Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Veronica Ngo, Mai Cát Vi, Thanh Nhien Phan, Pham Anh Khoa
Votes: 3,948 | Gross: $0.59M
33. Born Bone Born (2018)
111 min | Comedy, Family
It is the anniversary of the death of the wife and mother of an Okinawan family and the Shinjos have congregated back on the island. It is time to honour the dead by practicing the ritual ... See full summary »
Director: Gori | Stars: Ayame Misaki, Eiji Okuda, Michitaka Tsutsui
Votes: 47
34. Dumplings (2004)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror
Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer - a fading actress - is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Pauline Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Bai Ling, Meme Tian
Votes: 8,756
35. Demolition Girl (2019)
88 min | Drama
A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.
Director: Genta Matsugami | Stars: Yota Kawase, Aya Kitai
Votes: 31
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