A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia,Hong Kong,China
• 2016
• 96min

Mrs. K, an upper class housewife, appears to be a beautiful and elegant middle-aged woman focused only on cooking and parenting. But a sudden turn of events shockingly reveals her actual skills are in fighting and survival. The ur...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2016
• 24min

One winter night, the man lying down in an empty room alone cannot get to sleep because of an unidentified noise. The man, whose mother recently passed away, finds the source of the noise later.

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2016
• 46min

Because information that a wanted criminal is hiding in the mountain, the roads up to Mt. Jirisan are blocked. From among a group of climbers, a woman steps out of the line, then a young man begins to follow after her. Is there a ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2016
• 140min

Japanese police officer Lee Jeongchul is mobilized to mop up the Korean independent movement group?ordered to befriend them and gather information to catch the ringleader of the group. He heads to Shanghai with Kim Woojin, a membe...

• Venice Film Festival (Out of Competition)

Midnight Passion

• Japan
• 2016
• 78min

One afternoon, a young woman gets across by bicycle in front of a man pulling a two-wheeled cart. The man named Kosuke avoids a bustle of the city and is living in a mountain lodge. He used to play an active role as a playwright, ...

Special Programs in Focus

• Iran,France
• 2016
• 117min

Abbas Kiarostami presents a man whose interest in death turns into an epiphany that reveals the value of life and nature. A group of reporters from Tehran arrive in a small Kurdish village near the Iranian border, in order to cov...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2016
• 75min

Kianush is a street musician who plays violin on the streets of Tehran. His life is tough as he lives with his cousin and supports his family living in his hometown, but he enjoys his life with music. One day, a piano-playing girl...

World Cinema

• Mali
• 2016
• 105min

Niankoro has for 10 years lived in fear of his jealous sorcerer father. When he becomes an adult, he runs away, taking the “Kore eye” in order to bring it to his uncle, Djigui. On the way, he is accused of being a thief and become...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Thailand
• 2016
• 121min

Nob leads a happy life in a small town with his wife and young son. But when his son dies and his wife leaves him, he is unable to cope. Even others in the village turn their backs on him. He becomes lonely and feels completely de...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan,France,Thailand,Laos
• 2016
• 183min

A captivating film set against the open yet secretive world of red-light districts. Japanese Self Defence Force veteran Ozawa first came to southeast Asia many years ago, then eventually ended up frequently roaming around Bangkok’...