London East Asia Film Festival 2019
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- DirectorLee Sang-geunStarsJo Jung-SukIm Yoon-ahKo Du-shimA rock climber tries to save the day when a mysterious white gas envelops an entire district in Seoul, South Korea.
- DirectorNoo-ri ParkStarsRyu Jun-yeolYoo Ji-taeJo Woo-jinGet caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.
- DirectorWi Ding HoStarsJack KaoHong-Chi LeeLouise GrinbergThis is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsEddie GarciaGloria RomeroTony MabesaIt tells the story of an old man who comes out as gay to his children in his senior years, to take care of his ailing lover.
- DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsYoo Hae-jinRyu Jun-yeolJo Woo-jinOver a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
- DirectorSeung-uk OhStarsJeon Do-yeonKim Nam-gilJi Seung-hyunIn order to capture a mob enforcer, homicide detective Jung befriends his girlfriend, Hye-kyung, only to fall in love with her.
- DirectorBora KimStarsPark Ji-huKim Sae-byeokJeong In-giSeoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- DirectorFeng ZuStarsFeng ZuLu HuangMinghao ChenA detective investigating a bizarre murder case begins to fall in love with a surgeon he has met while trying to solve the crime.
- DirectorOliver Siu Kuen ChanStarsAnthony Chau-Sang WongCrisel ConsunjiSam LeeA paralyzed and hopeless Hong Kong man meets his new Filipino domestic worker. The two strangers live under the same roof through different seasons, and as they learn more about each other, they also learn more about themselves.
- DirectorYoon Ga-eunStarsKim Na-yeonKim Si-AhJoo Ye-rimA girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.
- DirectorCongcong TengStarsChen YaoJiuxiao LiXinming YangDiagnosed with ovarian cancer, a 29-year-old journalist who longs for true love ends up writing the biography for an entrepreneur's father, which leads her to embark on an existential journey.
- DirectorYunsung KangStarsKim Rae-wonWon Jin-ahJin Seon-kyuJang Se Chool is the boss of a gang. He has been in love with Kang So Hyun for the past 3 years, even though she constantly rejects him and tries to push him away. Having had enough, she tells him that she can't be with him because she wants to be the first lady of Korea.
- DirectorJingle MaStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiCung LeJeeJa YaninThe rivalry between two bounty hunters intensifies as they both attempt to track down a destructive device known as the "Hand of God."
- DirectorCheuk Pan LeeStarsHanna ChanSabrina CheungCeci ChuiWhen the paths of a gifted female student, a cellist, an autistic teenager, a police officer, a prostitute, a teacher and a dog are entwined the very night a human head is discovered, attempting to crack the intriguing case leads to keywords all starting with the letter 'G'. As the investigation continues, the complexity of the lives of Hong Kong people, the desperation faced by both locals and immigrants living in Hong Kong today are slowly uncovered and a suspenseful multifarious Hong Kong story is revealed.
- DirectorYi'nan DiaoStarsGe HuGwei Lun-MeiFan LiaoA gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam.
- DirectorPing LumpraploengStarsTheeradej WongpuapanRatnamon RatchirathamIn an abandoned 6-meter deep pool, a couple is stranded there with a deadly predator.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsShu QiJack KaoChun-hao TuanThe ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
- DirectorMark LuStarsKaiser ChuangYu-Wei ShaoMeng-Po FuHan. As the duo search for clues to identify the headless victim, they find it all pointing to a top plastic surgeon Kao who seems to have a complex history with Han in the past.
- DirectorChoi Eun-hieKyun Soon JoShin Sang-okStarsRyung Jo KimMi Ran OhYeon Ock SongIn a humble rural village, a man aspires of leaving his home behind and moving to the prosperous city, while his lover wishes to stay and transform the town into an ideal and harmonious community.
- DirectorJung-Wook KoStarsKim FeelJung Hae-kyunJeong Hee-tae"The Culprit" is about a man named Yeong-hoon who tracks his wife's killer and the tale of his search for justice.
- DirectorPei-Ju HsiehStarsSamantha Shu-Chin KoYao-Jen ChangJia-Yin TsaiThis follows a woman who strikes up eclectic friendships with a deliveryman and a cross-dressing student.
- DirectorMidi ZStarsKe-Xi WuVivian SungKimi HsiaNina Wu, a girl who leaves small theatre company in the country for the big city in pursuit of her actress dream. The wait seems to be endless, as she lives a lonely and repressed life combined with hereditary condition, she suffers from minor depression. One day, she gets a role as a heroine in a 70s espionage film. Having decided to devote herself completely to the character, she did everything she could to get the role and she did succeed. When she finally welcomes her long anticipation of fame, series of unfortunate events and threats start to haunt her. Having to struggle her way through gender and sexuality equality, can Nina, like many other minor individual fight against the odds in life and stand undefeated? Or is it just real life that no one can escape from endless hardships?
- DirectorJustin ChonStarsTiffany ChuTeddy LeeOctavio PisanoA young woman who works as a karaoke hostess in Koreatown reconnects with her estranged brother in the final days of their father's life.
- DirectorFruit ChanStarsChloe MaayanCharm Man ChanKeung MakA wondrous prostitute plies her trade while living on a boat in Hong Kong. With a superhuman libido and three loving husbands, she doggedly devotes herself to her work. Using sex to satirize the era, this film brims with intense desire.
- DirectorXue BaiStarsYao HuangSunny SunCarmen SoupStudying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen (the port city of Mainland China), Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cities. To realize the dream of seeing snow in Japan with her bestie, Peipei joins a smuggling gang and uses her student identity to smuggle iPhones from Hong Kong to Mainland. Her family life and friendships begin to fall apart. The daily life of Peipei starts to get out of control.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsRin AsukaShin'ya HamadaAiri MatsuyamaWhen Kyoko was a child her stepfather sexually abused her. She took refuge in the world of fantasy and multiple personalities. Kyoko has three flat-mates now one of whom is a lesbian who is into Kyoko. In turn, Kyoko is beginning to be horny. Unfortunately, this is not helping Kyoko's precarious mental state.
- DirectorMari AsatoStarsKen'ichi AbeKengo KôraYûgo MikawaNaoto was ignored by other people. During his school days, Chihiro was the first person who called his name. Naoto dreams of seeing her again and tries to find her. Finally, after 11 years, he locates her, but she is a totally different person now. Naoto becomes obsessed with her. Naoto sneaks into her house and stays under her bed.
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsMariko TsutsuiMikako IchikawaSôsuke IkematsuA home-care nurse's relationship with the family she has spent years working for is threatened when her nephew is arrested for kidnapping their daughter.
- DirectorSeung-wan HongStarsMoon So-riPark Hyung-sikJo Soo-hyang"The Juror" is about the justification of a court of jurors who discuss an unexpected event.
- DirectorPatrick TamStarsAaron KwokCharlie YeungIan Iskandar GouwAfter his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.
- DirectorPhilip YungStarsAaron KwokJessie LiMichael NingHuman nature begins where truth ends Welcome to the murder without a body
- DirectorYan-Yan MakStarsJosie HoEric KotYuan TianA married teacher/closeted lesbian meets a young, free spirited singer who will allow her to rediscover herself.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsYann Yann YeoJia Ler KohChristopher Ming-Shun LeeA teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
- DirectorDavid ChuangStarsVivian HsuJen-Shuo ChengJoe Shu-Wei ChangThe devil fish which manipulated by Juon-like ghost ''a little girl in red dress'' targets tiger-man's mother. Then, tiger-man tries excising his mother from the devil fish and a little girl in red dress.
- DirectorYûichi HibiStarsYuriko AbeYuri AkikawaMiyoko AsadaFormer pop idol Asada Miyoko plays Satoko, a 50-something club hostess who is lured into the grifting life and becomes lovers with a fellow con artist. After she's betrayed, Satoko flees to Thailand, where she takes up a new identity as a 38-year-old woman named Erica. In her final performance before her death last year, screen legend Kiki Kirin steals the film as Satoko's steelhearted mother - and possibly the person responsible for her daughter's criminal ways. Loosely based on a true story.
- DirectorJoo-hwan KimStarsPark Seo-joonAhn Sung-kiWoo Do-HwanAn MMA fighter helps an exorcist fight evil.
- DirectorKim Yoon-seokStarsYum Jung-ahKim So-jinKim Hye-junTwo teenage girls struggle through their dysfunctional parents' affair.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsAtsuko MaedaShôta SometaniTokio EmotoA young Japanese woman finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
- DirectorLok Man LeungKim-Ching LukStarsAaron KwokTony Ka Fai LeungCharlie YeungThe police department has long been untouchable until tonight when hijackers kidnap 5 highly trained officers. Cryptic messages from the hijackers expose a mole within the task force.
- DirectorLee Won-taeStarsMa Dong-seokJeon Bae-sooKim Mu-yeolA crime boss teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.
- DirectorSang-Hyo YookStarsShin Ha-kyunLee Kwang-sooEsomSe-Ha is intelligent, but confined to a wheelchair, while Dong-Goo is tall and athletic, but has a mental age of 5. Although not blood-related, Se-Ha and Dong-Goo navigate their way through life by filling in for each other's shortcomings.
- DirectorYosep Anggi NoenStarsGunawan MaryantoEcky LamohYudi Ahmad TajudinSiman discovers a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.
- DirectorPema TsedenStarsSonam WangmoJinpaYangshik TsoA family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will.
- DirectorJung Ji-wooStarsKim Go-eunJung Hae-inPark Hae-joonIn 1994 during the IMF crisis, two people meet while exchanging stories on a radio program. They fall in love, but can't quite seem to get the timing right.
- DirectorHing Fan WongStarsAaron KwokMiriam Chin-Wah YeungZeno KooOnce a star in the finance firm, Bowen now spends his nights in a 24-hour fast food joint, where he encounters others who are in a similar predicament. Together, these accidental people must strive to lift one another out of rock bottom.