A Window on Asian Cinema

• Pen-ek RATANARUANG
• Thailand
• 2009
• 94min

This seems to be a story about ghosts, but it’s more of a mystery. In this film, forests hold a special meaning. Once upon a time, a woman was attacked by two men in a forest, and ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• YANG Qing
• China
• 2009
• 94min

Working at a supermarket, Junwei secretly loves his colleague, Surien. One night while working together with her, his friend, Sanshui, returns to the supermarket for revenge becaus...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Siddiq BARMAK
• Afghanistan,Japan,Korea,France
• 2009
• 90min

Taliban territory, Afghanistan. Two American soldiers crash their helicopter and get lost in the middle of the desert. The meeting of a Caucasian officer who injured his leg and an...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• YUKISADA Isao
• Japan
• 2009
• 118min

Based on Yoshida Shuichi’s Parade, this film depicts the ‘breaking off of human relationships.’ Ryoshuke, Naoki, Kotomi and Mirai are four young friends who live together in a two-...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yonfan
• Taiwan,Hong Kong
• 2009
• 122min

In Taiwan during the 1950’s there was a period known as the ‘White Terror.’ It was a time when the anti-Communist campaign swept the island and hysteria reigned. Prince of Tears, p...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Riri RIZA
• Indonesia
• 2009
• 124min

A boy is riding a bicycle upon a vast field to go to school. The school will be shut down if the number of students is less than sixteen. A young female teacher is waiting for the ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Shaji KARUN
• India
• 2009
• 127min

This story follows one man and three women. Kutty Srank has relationships with three different women. According to testimony of three women, the true identity of Kutty Srank is dif...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Pen-ek RATANARUANG,Kongdei JATURANRASMEE,Wisit SASANATIENG,Aditya ASSARAT
• Thailand
• 2009
• 108min

This is an omnibus film dealing with the city of Bangkok, created by four directors: Wisit Sasanatieng, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Aditya Assarat, and Kongdei Jaturanrasmee. The first epi...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• YANG Heng
• China,Hong Kong
• 2009
• 112min

[Sun Spots] deals with the imperfect love of a young couple set in a small town in Southern China. A boy living in a boring life becomes a contracted gangster near the city. One da...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• LEE Kang Sheng,NIU Cheng-Zer,Debbie HSU,LEE Chi Y,CHEN Dj Yin-jung,CHENG Fen-fen,CHENG Hsiao-tse,AN Jeyi
• Taiwan
• 2009
• 94min

[Taipei 24H] divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 segments, giving each segment to a filmmaker to tell a Taipei story. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen′s upbeat and comedic [Share the Morn...