Kissing the Ground You Walked On

7.7

In the suffocating heat of summer, Chou, a writer who has not written for years, is looking for a tenant to share a spare room in his house. One day, Chiang, a young man who claimed to be an actor, came to rent the…

Oxcart Trails

In 1943 rural Tainan, unflappable A Chun agrees to be a surrogate for the Tien Tou family in exchange for an ox. Thus fulfilling her late husband, Jih Sheng, dying wish to establish their own farm and cultivate a destiny…

Ruri mo Hari mo Tera Seba Hikaru

Kimura Hikaru, a second-year high school student, was leading a hectic life, taking care of the housework in place of her mother, Rie, who suffers from depression. Hikaru would tell Ri,e "You don't have to try so hard,"…

You Are Lit

Under the elevated tracks of Koenji. Two women, Nashida and Hamanaka, dance wildly while showing their armpit hair to an upbeat dance tune. They are best friends like no other. At the public bathhouse "Naminoyu" in…

Alone Together

COVID-19 shook the whole world. In Japan, a state of emergency was declared for the first time on April 7, 2020, and our lives changed forever. On her birthday, April 22nd, Director Yukiko Mishima came up with the…

Primetime Mother

Minda, a 45-year-old mother, wants nothing but to join and win in a popular and high-paying television game show “My Amazing Mama.” But in the Philippines, where thousands of people rely on entertainment shows…

Dogengers: A Day of Ohgaman

In this town, real-life heroes exist. Some work at pharmacies, some at gas companies, some at pizza shops... they live perfectly ordinary lives. These real-life heroes come together for a show that rises up not for…

Isle of Snakes

Once upon a time, three men were shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted island while traveling in a turtle boat to fight a war against the Japanese. The older, more storied one is Mong Hwi, the younger, stronger, and…

The Making of a Japanese

What are the traits necessary to become part of Japanese society? Following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo for a year, we observe a school system that might differ from other countries.…

Three Youths Season 2

7.8

It is a talk show that reflects the real lives of people born after 1995. With Shen Tao as host, together with three youth “researchers” Cao En Qi, Huang Zi Hong Fan, and Mei Jin Yi, the show moves through current…