Kah-Wai Lim
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Lim´s debut feature film, After All These Years, is a suspense film, starring Wenchao He and Massa Dazhong. His second film, Magic and Loss, starring Kim Kkot-bi and Kiki Sugino, premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. His third film, New World (Shinsekai Story), starring Tomonaga Koumei and Shi Ka, premiered at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
In 2013, Lim made his fourth film, Fly Me to Minami, starring Sherine Wong, Kenji Kohashi and Baek Seol Ah which screened at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. The film was nominated for Grand Prix at the Osaka Asian Film Festival. His fifth directorial, Love in Late Autumn, starring Irene Wan, Patrick Tam and Charmaine Fong was released in 2016. His sixth film, No Where, Now Here, premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2018. His most recent film, Somewhen Somewhere, premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2019.
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Director Jay mysteriously disappears in 2019 and leaves behind a hard disc with the film “No Where, Now Here”. Actress Eva follows his steps to find him after she met Jay at the film shoot in 2018 film.
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Director Jay mysteriously disappears in 2019 and leaves behind a hard disc with the film “No Where, Now Here”. Actress Eva follows his steps to find him after she met Jay at the film shoot in 2018 film.
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Director Jay mysteriously disappears in 2019 and leaves behind a hard disc with the film “No Where, Now Here”. Actress Eva follows his steps to find him after she met Jay at the film shoot in 2018 film.
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Director Jay mysteriously disappears in 2019 and leaves behind a hard disc with the film “No Where, Now Here”. Actress Eva follows his steps to find him after she met Jay at the film shoot in 2018 film.
An unadorned perspective on impoverished life in Okinawa, an island in southern Japan whose modern history was tainted by the bloody battle for the Pacific. 17-year-old Aoi works as a nightclub hostess in order to earn rent money and to provide for her little boy. She also supports her lazy husband Masaya, who has no qualms about giving her a few slaps, particularly after he loses his job. What chance does this young family have to scrape their way out of the social mire, where they were driven by poverty and the imprudence of youth? How dark does reality have to get before it stifles the rays of hope that filter through? An intimate story that presents a less glitzy picture of Japan than is customary, demonstrating that social inequality impacts all corners of the globe.
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Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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Adela has travelled from Macao to Croatia to visit the Museum of Broken Relationships where she left her boyfriend’s iPhone. A few random meetings later and Adela heads for Belgrade to meet someone named Alex who she met on Instagram. While waiting for his arrival, Adela continues to meet a diverse range of people and with each encounter she explores an unfamiliar land, its people, history and culture, all of which are so different from the country in which she was born. This is a quiet adventure where, in discovering new people, a person discovers herself.
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Adela has travelled from Macao to Croatia to visit the Museum of Broken Relationships where she left her boyfriend’s iPhone. A few random meetings later and Adela heads for Belgrade to meet someone named Alex who she met on Instagram. While waiting for his arrival, Adela continues to meet a diverse range of people and with each encounter she explores an unfamiliar land, its people, history and culture, all of which are so different from the country in which she was born. This is a quiet adventure where, in discovering new people, a person discovers herself.
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Adela has travelled from Macao to Croatia to visit the Museum of Broken Relationships where she left her boyfriend’s iPhone. A few random meetings later and Adela heads for Belgrade to meet someone named Alex who she met on Instagram. While waiting for his arrival, Adela continues to meet a diverse range of people and with each encounter she explores an unfamiliar land, its people, history and culture, all of which are so different from the country in which she was born. This is a quiet adventure where, in discovering new people, a person discovers herself.
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Ferdi is an ethnic Turk who runs guest houses and apartments in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He has earned money from the tourism and real estate boom over the past few years and has had the help of his wife Nurdan but despite her faithfulness and his adherence to Islam, he always chases single women who stay at his properties. Nurdan cannot endure Ferdi’s callous treatment of her and after a confrontation, she leaves. Ferdi gradually becomes aware of how much her existence is important to him and decides to go back to her home-town in Macedonia. Will he be able to win back her love or has Nurdan checked out of their marriage for good?
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Ferdi is an ethnic Turk who runs guest houses and apartments in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He has earned money from the tourism and real estate boom over the past few years and has had the help of his wife Nurdan but despite her faithfulness and his adherence to Islam, he always chases single women who stay at his properties. Nurdan cannot endure Ferdi’s callous treatment of her and after a confrontation, she leaves. Ferdi gradually becomes aware of how much her existence is important to him and decides to go back to her home-town in Macedonia. Will he be able to win back her love or has Nurdan checked out of their marriage for good?
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패션 편집자, 가게 주인, 그리고 승무원인 세 주인공들이 세 나라에서 삶과 사랑을 경험한다.
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Ah Jie returns to his hometown after several years and soon realizes that no one remembers him. Even his family denies his relationship to them. Depressed, Ah Jie meets Lao Huang, who tells Ah Jie that he can help uncover the truth to why no one recognizes him.
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Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.
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Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.
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재일 한국인 프로듀서이자 배우인 키키 수기노가 제작과 주연을 맡았다. 키키 수기노와 김꽃비가 홍콩의 외딴 리조트로 여행을 떠난 일본인과 한국인을 각각 연기하며, <똥파리>의 양익준 감독이 카메오 출연한다. 말레이시아의 신예 림 카와이 감독이 메가폰을 잡았으며 일본, 홍콩, 말레이시아, 프랑스, 한국 등 다국적 참여로 완성되었다. 주인공인 두 여성은 여행지에서 함께 시간을 보내면서 미스터리한 경험을 하게 되고, 점차 자기 자신과 서로에 대해 새로운 사실들을 발견하게 된다. 바캉스 영화라는 컨셉에서 시작해 우연히 만난 두 여성이 실은 운명적인 관계로 닿아 있다는 이야기가 즉흥적으로 전개된다. 일본어, 한국어, 영어 등 여러 언어가 교차하는 가운데 젊고 재능있는 영화인들의 새롭고 흥미로운 영화 제작 방식을 엿볼 수 있는 작품이다.
(2011년 와레와레!한일영화축제)
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재일 한국인 프로듀서이자 배우인 키키 수기노가 제작과 주연을 맡았다. 키키 수기노와 김꽃비가 홍콩의 외딴 리조트로 여행을 떠난 일본인과 한국인을 각각 연기하며, <똥파리>의 양익준 감독이 카메오 출연한다. 말레이시아의 신예 림 카와이 감독이 메가폰을 잡았으며 일본, 홍콩, 말레이시아, 프랑스, 한국 등 다국적 참여로 완성되었다. 주인공인 두 여성은 여행지에서 함께 시간을 보내면서 미스터리한 경험을 하게 되고, 점차 자기 자신과 서로에 대해 새로운 사실들을 발견하게 된다. 바캉스 영화라는 컨셉에서 시작해 우연히 만난 두 여성이 실은 운명적인 관계로 닿아 있다는 이야기가 즉흥적으로 전개된다. 일본어, 한국어, 영어 등 여러 언어가 교차하는 가운데 젊고 재능있는 영화인들의 새롭고 흥미로운 영화 제작 방식을 엿볼 수 있는 작품이다.
(2011년 와레와레!한일영화축제)
