A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran,Germany
• 2009
• 87min

A psychological drama reflecting how an unstable mind can destroy one human being. Farid, who runs a jewel shop, has reported Mansour, a thief who came to sell stolen goods five years ago, to the police. Knowing that Mansour has b...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia
• 2009
• 80min

15 short films directed by 15 filmmakers in Malaysia. The filmmakers represent the core of what is known internationally as the Malaysian ‘New Wave.’ The cast consists of numerous celebrities, actors, and even high profile and oft...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 109min

There was a period between the 1920’s and 30’s in Japan when individualistic literature was denied and proletariat novels dealing with socialism and communism were on the rise. The classic masterpiece representative of this prolet...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 116min

Hideo, a middle aged man, lives an ordinary life with his lover, Nozomi, an air doll. One day, while he is at work, Nozomi comes to life and steps out into the world. Working at a video shop, Nozomi falls in love with Junichi, her...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 104min

Skinny as a reed and with tousled hair, teenager Ryo Kawai feels like he’s at the edge of a cliff. He lives alone in a house with no electricity, water or gas, and has just been fired from his work. He can’t go to school because h...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• China
• 2009
• 135min

Despite the film sets against the Japanese invasion of Nanjing in 1937, the director focuses on what is lost in war in its broad sense. He points out that there is no division between soldiers and civilians, not to mention winners...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan
• 2009
• 111min

If somebody doesn’t shed a single teardrop for ten years, what does it tell about his life? A soonto- be retired detective Kuo is living alone in a shabby hotel and is holding tightly his dark past after divorcing his wife and sep...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Taiwan,Hong Kong
• 2009
• 122min

In Taiwan during the 1950’s there was a period known as the ‘White Terror.’ It was a time when the anti-Communist campaign swept the island and hysteria reigned. Prince of Tears, produced by Fruit Chan and directed by Yonfan, is a...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2009
• 94min

This seems to be a story about ghosts, but it’s more of a mystery. In this film, forests hold a special meaning. Once upon a time, a woman was attacked by two men in a forest, and the two men were killed. No one knows who killed t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• SriLanka,France
• 2009
• 85min

A modern myth or legend. Director Vimukthi Jayasundara interprets current Sri Lanka by comparing it to mythology. Halfway through the film, two fishermen discuss a legend about two kinds who execute all the young men in their coun...