First Date

A nostalgic coming-of-age comedy by Peter Wang, "First Date" is essentially "Wonder Years" with a Taiwanese flavor. Wang, who also directed "The Great Wall", fondly recalls his school days in 1950s Taipei in this wan…

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

Canadian doctor Norman Bethune joins Mao's army in China, setting up field hospitals and training medics. Flashbacks show his early life, socialist beliefs, medical innovations, humanitarian work in Spain, and marital…

Nipponichi no Kattobi Otoko

Kurata Kento is a reporter for a local newspaper and Kento's older brother is an elite reporter for a national newspaper. The two reunite and clash over different approaches to reporting. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia…

Lessons from a Calf

7.4

An elementary school in Japan begins an experimental program that frames the students’ curriculum around one single project: the raising of a calf from adolescence to adulthood. Through their work with the calf,…

Mo Hitori no Hanayome

A woman who got married is depressed. Suddenly she finds herself back in time when her mother got married and notices her mother isn't sure whether to get married.

Rock N'Roll Cop

6.0

A Hong Kong cop is sent to mainland China to find a group of killers. Meanwhile, a cop discovers that his former love is aiding the gang of crooks.

Mother of a Different Kind

7.4

Innocent-looking Fung Bo Bo is an overprotective mother/nurse who is bent on revenge at all costs after the death of her son at the hands of police officer Lau Ching Wan. Jojo is a gambling addict who enlists Lau to…

01:00 A.M.

6.2

A film that foretells three modern-day ghost stories, set in the City of Hong Kong. The first segment deals with a popular singer that mysteriously falls into a deep coma, and the public is unaware that his spirit…

One and a Half

8.0

Tells that Ma Bencheng left his beloved wife Du Xia and illegally crossed the border to Hong Kong. In the New Territories of Hong Kong, he was sentenced to eight years in prison for discovering that the foreman had…

A Brief Message from the Heart

4.0

Hiroshi finds his sister Maki's short message to their mother who abandoned them eighteen years ago. He sends it to a collection held by Fukui Prefecture and wins a prize. Hiroshi decides to search for his mother,…