A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yoichi SAI
• Japan
• 2004
• 144min

Yoichi Sai′s Blood and Bones is centered on a man who is hated and abandoned by everyone. His name is Kim Sun-pei. The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola depicted empty dreams and s...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nguyen-vo MINH
• Vietnam,Belgium,France
• 2004
• 102min

Based on a traditional Vietnamese atmosphere, the film speaks about the double-sided values of all that exists. In 1940s′ Ca-Mau, a southern Vietnamese province under French ruling...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yanyan MAK
• Hong Kong
• 2004
• 124min

Butterfly is a love story. To be exact, a homosexual love story of a woman who has to deal with her dual sexual orientation. Flavia, a 30 year-old high school teacher, leads quite ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• HOU Hsiao-Hsien
• Japan,Taiwan
• 2004
• 104min

This homage to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ozu′s birthday is paid by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Hou tries to portray the real life of today′s Japan, just as Ozu did. Yoko, a documen...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Sudhir MISHRA
• India
• 2003
• 110min

For Sudhir Mishra, it seems to be possible that people living in different places can console each other. In pouring rain, Aman Kapoor, an investment consultant, stays on the quiet...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Chao WANG
• China,France
• 2003
• 95min

Life is, sometimes, like a bondage you can never be free of. This is why many myths and legends have commonly used ′original sin′ and ′cruel fate of life′ as their main theme. In t...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Ahmad Reza DARVISH
• Iran
• 2004
• 137min

Duel is a film completely different from conventional movies in terms of style. Most other Iranian films that have gained international recognition are documentary films focusing o...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Atiq RAHIMI
• Afghanistan,France
• 2004
• 105min

An elderly man sets out to reach his son with his grandson. The great wind of dust filling the screen seems to stifle the viewers. In the mountains of northern Afghanistan, Dastagu...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Xiao Jiang
• China
• 2004
• 98min

This is the Chinese version of Cinema Paradiso. Beautiful memories about movies have a huge influence on the individual, regardless of space and time. Jiang Xiao′s debut film Elect...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yue LU
• China
• 2004
• 105min

In the summer of 1974 when the Cultural Revolution sways the fate of ordinary people, Xing Yu and Si Mong happen to bump into each other on a bus. That short moment decides their d...