A Window on Asian Cinema

• WOO Ming Jin
• Malaysia,Japan
• 2010
• 84min

Like Woo Ming-Jin’s earlier movies, this was inspired by a newspaper story ? this time, a story about a Malaysian-Chinese woman who used Burmese and Indonesian economic migrants to...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• OGIGAMI Naoko
• Japan,Canada
• 2010
• 109min

After her death, mother left Ray with a house, troubled siblings, a granny who cannot speak English and a cat. After moved in with his family, Ray is dying to know why his Japanese...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Vikramaditya MOTWANE
• India
• 2010
• 138min

Rohan, a 17-year-old boy dreaming of becoming a writer, is in a boarding school. One day he sneaks out to see a movie, which gets him expelled. Waiting for him at home is the fathe...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• LEE Sang-il
• Japan
• 2010
• 139min

This year’s PIFF, celebrating its 15th anniversary, presents quite a few Japanese films whose directors have deep relationships with Pusan. It is not beyond the bounds of possibili...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Murali NAIR
• India,France
• 2010
• 87min

This is a masterpiece deserving the title of this generation’s best satire. To a small town farmer, Kalyan, his goat Laila is more precious than his family, including a good-for-n...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• GAO Xiong Jie
• China
• 2010
• 119min

A butcher Liang married a young wife Ciao by paying her family’s debt. However, Ciao refuses to have sex with him with an excuse of preparing the college entrance exam. As his wife...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• KIMURA Yuichi
• Japan
• 2010
• 94min

As one of Japan’s most popular comedians, poking fun at life’s daily trivialities, Yuichi Kimura also demanded attention as a director with his directorial debut film, Counterfeit,...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• LI Weiran
• China
• 2010
• 104min

Shama Town is the fount of this story. It is a place where a Chinese Robin Hood makes a name and the hideout for a guerilla group called a bandit. The people of Shama Town earn the...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• TAN Chui Mui
• Malaysia
• 2010
• 87min

Azam who left the village returns home. He spends the night talking with his childhood friend Ali and his wife Minah at the island. And for fun, Azam dives under the water and disa...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• CHO Li
• Taiwan
• 2009
• 87min

Watching and writing. The camera and the pen. These are normally male-dominated areas. [Zoom Hunting], however, puts both into the hands of women-two sisters. The film begins with ...