A Window on Asian Cinema

• KITANO Takeshi
• Japan
• 1997
• 103min

In "Kitano`s world" of men, violence and peace exist side by side. Two detectives leave the police force with Horibe resigning after a shocking injury, and Nishi departing to take ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• WONG Kar Wai
• Hong Kong
• 1997
• 95min

Far out ahead of his numerous imitators, Wong Kar-Wai is pushing forward into new directions and setting himself new challenges. Almost all of Happy Together was shot in Buenos Air...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nonzee NIMIBUTR
• Thailand
• 1997
• 100min

40 years ago gangs ruled Bangkok, Dang Bireley and Young Gangsters is a classic gangster tale full of drop-dead beauties, violent shoot-outs, and tough gangsters with hearts of gol...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Abbas KIAROSTAMI
• Iran
• 1997
• 95min

Abbas Kiarostami puts his alter-ego, Badii on the road again as he did to Ahmad, farhad, and Hossein in his previous films. In Taste of Cherry, Kiarostami looks for the meaning of ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Buddhadeb Dasgupta
• India
• 1996
• 95min

The Red Doors is a psychodrama about a middle aged dentist who has closed the door to his mind. Nabin is obsessed with his stiffening body, connecting this to his estranged wife, N...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jafar PANANHI
• Iran
• 1997
• 95min

The Mirror starts with the simple story of Mina, a little girl who has lost her way home from school. Our filmic expectations are challenged when the film changes midway from ficti...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kumai Kei
• Japan
• 1997
• 114min

To Love is about youthful love, and the need for the human rights of Japanese lepers. Mitsu Morita finds love sith Tsutomu Yoshioka, but they separate when Mitsu is diagnosed with ...