Asian Drama

When the world is hit with a naturally occuring virus that spreads among all living things, humans begin to turn into insatiable zombies. In a blink, the world as we know it collapses. Furthermore, the few remaining survivors are unable to use the available food resources. They therefore develop a new crop to support themselves. Survivors depend on one profession, their only hope; someone in this profession must brave the dangers to send and recieve food and packages of necessities. These people are called Riders.

Saeba Ryo is a "sweeper" in the city of Tokyo. He works as a trouble shooter, cleaning the streets of vermin, and helping out desperate people. Sometimes he's a bodyguard, sometimes he's an assassin, whatever Ryo does he does it well. In fact, his only flaw is his hormones - he loves the ladies and sometimes turns into an idiot when he's near them. Thankfully he's got people like his partner Kaori Makimura to keep him in check.

(Source: Mangaupdates)

Adapted from the manga series "City Hunter" (シティーハンター) by Hojo Tsukasa (北条司).

Duration: 1 hr. 42 min.

Ratings: 8.1

After suffering from serial paranormal events, a wealthy family living in LA summons a young rising shaman duo Hwa Rim and Bong Gil to save the newborn of the family. Once they arrive, Hwa Rim senses a dark shadow of their ancestor has latched on the family in a so-called 'Grave Calling'.

In order to exhume the grave and relieve the ancestor, Hwa Rim seeks help from top-notch geomancer Sang Deok and mortician Yeong Geun. To their dismay, the four find the grave at a shady location in a remote village in Korea. Unaware of the consequences, the exhumation is carried out, unleashing a malevolent force buried underneath.

(Source: showbox.co.kr)

Duration: 2 hr. 13 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Mizushima Satoru is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miharu Miyuki, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Mizushima Satoru asks for her cellphone number, but she doesn’t own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Mizushima Satoru & Miharu Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Mizushima Satoru decides to propose her, but, on the day he is going to propose her, Miharu Miyuki doesn’t show up at the cafe.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Analog" (アナログ) by Beat Takeshi (ビートたけし).

Duration: 2 hr. 0 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Ratings: 8.2

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.

This film follows the journey of five individuals who are in high school in the 1990's and show their romantic past through memories when then reunite at their friend's wedding in 2014. A man recounts his life growing up in Beijing during the 1980s and the beautiful woman he broke up with when he was younger.

“Count” will tell the story of former gold medalist-turned-gym teacher Si Heon and rebellious student Yoon Woo as they throw a punch at the unfair world.

(Source: Soompi)

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Three years on and Cat's heart still yearns for Ziyang, the fellow thief she met during a heist at a private party which ended with them both in the swimming pool a little richer. Three years later and Cat has a 9-to-5 life in a high technology company when she gets an SOS message from Ziyang: the Russian mafia are holding him hostage after he failed to steal anti-virus software under contract. Cat contacts her fellow light-fingered sisters from the orphanage of their youth and draws up a plan to steal the virus software herself and get her man back ... with just seven days to complete the mission.

Ay is a mixed race child of a Thai mother and a white man. As she is much taller than others and has brown hair instead of black, she looks distinguished by appearance. She majors in fashion in Bangkok to contribute to the family business of indigo dyeing in her hometown. Toughing out her seniors’ bullying and classmates’ jealousy, she tries to focus on herself. On the other hand, her best friend at school tries to get along with anyone. Ay comes back to her hometown to study dyeing, but the colors fade no matter what she tries. In the meantime, she finds out that her childhood best friend is having conflicts with her family because of to religious issues. Ay finds answers to what is needed for life and art through experiences and relationships with others, especially her two close friends.

(Source: BIFF)

Release dates: October 7, 2022 (Festival) || December 8, 2022 (Cinema)

17-year-old Salya grew up in Japan from an early age, leaving the place where she was born with a Kurdish family. She lived a normal high school life, just like the Japanese of her generation, but at some point she lost her status of residence and her family's daily life changed completely. In Saitama, there is an area where about 2000 Kurds live, and Salya is a high school girl who lives there. It tells the story of her growing up, struggling with her identity when she meets a Japanese boy.

Based loosely on a series of real robberies in the 1990s, Detective Zhong Cheng leads a task force in pursuit of Eagle, a criminal gang led by Zhang Sun aka Falcon. Over the better part of a decade, their cat and mouse game inches them closer to a confrontation.

A famous movie director arrives in a small town to finish his movie script. He sits in front of his computer in his motel, but can't think of anything to write. The director orders coffee to his room and then complains to the delivery girl of his writer's block. The delivery girl then tells the director the story of "Romance Joe". Popular actress Woo Joo-Hyun committed suicide, while Romance Joe worked on the set as an assistant director. Romance Joe hears of Woo Joo-Hyun's suicide and decides to quit his job. He also starts to contemplate suicide. Romance Joe then goes back to his hometown and meets someone that he may be intimately related too ...