Best Asian Movies of 2023
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- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuChuxiao QuThe blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsMinami HamabeRyunosuke KamikiMunetaka AokiPost-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsSakura AndôEita NagayamaSoya KurokawaA mother demands answers from her son's teacher when her son begins acting strangely.
- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsTeng ShenJackson YeeYi ZhangA pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.
- DirectorChihiro ItôStarsKentarô SakaguchiAsuka SaitôKôdai AsakaMysterious young man Miyama has the ability to sense the thoughts of other people. The secrets of his background linger emerge when he confronts the thoughts of Kusaka, his junior in high school, and the past that he ran away from.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
- DirectorJunta YamaguchiStarsRiko FujitaniManami HonjôGôta IshidaOn a calm winter's day, a mountain inn becomes trapped in a time loop.
- DirectorTien-Yu FuStarsHsiao-Fen LuMeng-Po FuMing-Shuai ShihFor 40 years A-Rui has been running a barbershop. One day, she receives a phone call from the family of an old client who moved away, asking if she would be willing to travel to give the bedridden old man a haircut.
- DirectorLay Jin OngStarsKang Ren WuJack TanKim Wang TanAbang and Adi are undocumented orphans in Malaysia. While the older brother who is deaf has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets their relationship's fragile balance.
- DirectorTae-hwa EomStarsLee Byung-hunPark Seo-joonPark Bo-youngSurvivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHitoshi OmikaRyô NishikawaRyûji KosakaTakumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature.
- DirectorThien An PhamStarsLe Phong VuNguyen ThinhVu Ngoc ManhA man returns to his hometown, where he's haunted by past memories and desires.
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsLok Man YeungCharm Man ChanTing Yip NgRevolves around a fortune teller and a murderer.
- DirectorWei ShujunStarsYilong ZhuChloe MaayanHou TianlaiChief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.