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World Premiere

Openinig Film

The Last Witness
  • Bae Chang-Ho
  • Korea
  • 2001
  • 120min

The 6th Pusan International Film Festival opens with director Bae Chang-Ho′s new film, The Last Witness; a solid drama without an inch of error. The body of an old ma...

International Premiere

Closing Film

Suriyothai
  • Chatrichalerm Yukol
  • Thailand
  • 2001
  • 185min

MC Chatrichalerm Yukol succeeded in recapturing the great epic story of Phra Suriyothai of the Ayothaya Kingdom. This film, which took seven years to complete, is an unprecedented ...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

All about Lily Chou-Chou
  • IWAI Shunji
  • Japan
  • 2001
  • 146min

Shunji Iwai is famous for bringing out forgotten memories from his viewers. He is also famous for doing this with brilliant visual effects. This time his focus is on the ′14-year...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Beijing Rocks
  • Mabel Cheung
  • Hong Kong
  • 2001
  • 110min

A new film by Mabel Cheung, who previously released An Autumn′s Tale and City of Glass. Michael, a problematic child, temporarily moves to China to stud...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

The Cabbie
  • Chen Yiwen,Chang Hwa-Kun
  • Taiwan
  • 2001
  • 94min

The protagonist, Su Daquan, is a middle-aged, unmarried man working for his father′s taxi company whose adventures provide various episodes to this twisted yet comic film. Su Daqua...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Chicken Rice War
  • Cheek
  • Singapore
  • 2001
  • 98min

Singapore′s very first romantic comedy, Chicken Rice War is a fusion film, mixing chicken rice with Shakespeare′s Romeo and Juliet. Fenson and Audrey co...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

The Chimp
  • Aktan Abdykalykov
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • 2001
  • 90min

The last part of Aktan Abdykalykov′s autobiographical trilogy about growing up. The Swing(1993) dealt with his childhood; The Adopted Son(1998) was abou...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Deathrow
  • Joel Lamangan
  • Philippines
  • 2001
  • 113min

The world is hell resembling a jungle. This jungle is so fierce one can never let one′s guard down. If one overcomes one evil human being, there are more to overcome. Sonny, the pr...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Delbaran
  • Abolfazl Jalili
  • Iran,Japan
  • 2001
  • 96min

Delbaran is an international joint project by Iran and Japan, which depicts the life of a young Afghan boy, Kaim, in the Iranian border town of Delbaran. Kaim is a pr...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

A Dog′s Day
  • Murali NAIR
  • India
  • 2001
  • 74min

A Dog′s Day quietly depicts the confusion and disorder caused by a dog donated to a town by a lord who gave up authority and declared democracy. This film indirectly ...

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