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Strawberry CliffKate has a special talent. She can foresee exactly when others are going to die just by looking at their faces. One day, she meets a young man named Jason and informs him of his ti...
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RailwaysA company executive Hajime returns his hometown after learning his mother’s sudden collapse. Moreover, his friend who works at the factory he shut down short time ago suddenly dies...
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The Old Donkey[The Old Donkey] recollects the meaning of land to an older generation of Chinese who lived through rough patches of history. 84-year-old rural villager Old Ma is also called “Old ...
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The Red EagleThis is a remake of the popular Thai series from the ’60s also called [Red Eagle]. Wisit Sasanatieng, who possesses an eye for the most unique cinematic colors, is the director. Mi...
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Reign of Assassins[Reign of Assassins] is loaded with the beauty of technically designed wirework and is brimming with a surrealistic atmosphere. Also, the idea of adapting action blockbuster [Mr. a...
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Sandcastle18-year-old En is thrown into confusion while grappling with his first love with the girl next door, the sudden death of his grandfather, his Alzheimer’s-suffering grandmother and ...
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Son of BabylonAfter the fall of Saddam Hussein regime, news travels that there are surviving Kurd POWs in Southern Iraq. Grandma takes her grandson Ahmed to look for her son who has been missing...
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Strangers in the CityAmong the Japanese films invited to the 15th PIFF, there are a number of directors’ works that have a special relationship with PIFF. In particular, Junji Sakamoto has introduced m...
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Taipei ExchangesWhat kind of image do you think Taipei conveys? Director Hsiao Ya-chuan portrays the city as a place where even the barter trade system can spur an exchange of emotions, and this i...
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Thirteen AssasinsHere is a star-studded samurai film: Miike Takashi’s remake of Kudo Eiichi’s 1963 classic of the same name. Set during the era of the Shoguns, thirteen assassins gather around Shin...