A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yojiro Takita
• Japan
• 2008
• 131min

A cellist named Daigo returns home to Yamagata to look for a new job after his orchestra was disbanded. He is employed by a mortician company, but Daigo can’t even tell his wife wh...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Pan Jianlin
• China
• 2008
• 85min

Fu-gui decides to sell his organs to make money for his father’s operation. He took several examinations and sold his kidney but never got the promised money. He came home without ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mouly Surya
• Indonesia
• 2008
• 110min

Alisha, a daughter of a rich family, has never had a relationship with anyone else with the exception of her dolls. She is tormented nightly by the nightmare of her mother who kill...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Prasanna Vithanage
• SriLanka,India
• 2008
• 90min

This film has everything to make you feel warm in your heart. Sandiya Rani, a former star, makes a living by providing a secret place for celebrity couples. One day a scandal is le...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Inudou Isshin
• Japan,Korea
• 2008
• 116min

The new film by Isshin Inudou, director of Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish(2003) and La Maison de Himiko(2005), captures the life and romance of Asako, a single comic artist in her ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Francis Xavier Eusebio PASION
• Philippines
• 2008
• 96min

A gay schoolteacher, Jay is brutally murdered and the story begins with a reality TV show that documents Jay’s death. While the show features his death, grieving family, interviews...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Soman Nair Priyadarsan
• India
• 2007
• 117min

The film follows a father’s simple dream of wanting to drape his daughter in a silk sari. In the late 1940’s, Kanchivaram is a town in Tamil Nadu known for its fine silk saris. Its...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Saman Salour
• Iran
• 2008
• 75min

A taciturn loner, Behrouz, and his fast-talking cousin decide to make some money installing bootleg satellite dishes in private homes. Though a potentially lucrative business, such...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Ishii Katsuhito
• Japan
• 2008
• 94min

This is a heart-warming traditional drama directed by director Katsuhito Ishii, renowned for his films rich in individuality including The Taste of Tea. This film, a remake of the ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Eric KHOO
• Singapore
• 2007
• 82min

n the opening credits, a drunken man appears. He repeatedly shouts ‘another drink’, finally biting the glass when the bartender refuses to give him another drink. This man is Franc...