Otomo Yoshihide

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago...

Masao Adachi's first new film in six years that secretly started filming at the end of August. About the life of Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected assassin of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

무로마치의 교토, 사루가쿠(무로마치 시대에 성행한 일본 전통 예능)의 일원으로 태어난 남들과는 다른 모습을 한 아이, ‘견왕’. 주위 사람들은 그를 멀리했고 그의 얼굴은 표주박 가면으로 가려졌다. 그러던 어느 날, 견왕은 타이라 가문의 저주로 장님이 된 비파법사 소년, ‘토모나’를 만나게 된다. 이름보다 먼저 노래와 춤을 주고받는 두 사람. 토모나는 비파의 줄을 튕기고 견왕은 발을 굴러 소리를 낸다. 한 순간에 펼쳐지는 두 사람만의 호흡, 두 사람만의 세계. “지금부터 시작하는 거야, 우리는!” 난세를 살아 내기 위해 벗이 된 두 사람은 서로의 재능을 꽃피우고 유일무이한 엔터테인먼트가 되어 사람들을 열광시킨다. 정상에 도달한 두 사람을 기다리고 있는 것은?

병상에 누운 어머니를 모시며 성실하게 살아가는 남자 '요시다'. 말수도 적고 진지해 보이지만 그는 사실 남들에게는 인정받지 못하는 특별한 욕망을 갈망한다. 퇴근 후 언제나 삶의 유일한 낙인 클럽으로 향하는 그. 자신이 '여왕마마'라 부르는 '미호'에게 이 세계에 눈뜨게 된 계기를 털어놓는데…

70대의 노장 댄서 다나카 민의 삶과 춤을 다층적이고 입체적으로 다룬 예술가 영화다. 2017년부터 3년간 5개국을 다니며 90번의 춤을 춘 다나카 민의 여정에 동참한 이누도 잇신은 그의 춤을 ′장르로 규정지을 수 없는 춤′이라 명명했다.

인구 노령화 및 감소로 고통받고 있는 일본 해안의 한 외딴섬에서 일어나는 이야기. 이 섬의 미래는 케이타가 농사짓고 있는 검은 무화과에 달려있다. 지역 사회를 되살릴 수 있는 큰 금액의 정부 보조금을 받을 수 있는 이 새로운 농업은 이곳의 한 줄기 희망이다. 그러나 어느 날 의심스러운 남자가 섬으로 찾아와 케이타 가족을 협박을 하기 시작하고, 케이타는 그의 친구 준과 신이치로에게 도움을 청한다. 그러나 미쳐 날뛰는 남자와 논쟁을 벌이던 세명은 결국 그를 엉겁결에 사고로 죽이게 된다.

This documentary follows a public housing complex set to be demolished in 2017 to make way for the reconstruction of the National Stadium in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Primarily a housing complex for the elderly, the residents average 65 years of age or older. Many live alone, and for decades they had lived together in harmony, helping one another through daily life.

It is the middle of summer in Onomichi in the 1970s, and 22-year-old Akira returns home with Yoshioka, his senior at university. Akira offers his parents' house to Yoshioka, whom he likes, and suggests that they spend their summer vacation together. To keep the senior occupied, Akira comes up with the idea of inviting a girl to go out and play. He asks his childhood friend Fumie to find some girls who are bored, and Miko, who has a bit of an unusual personality, joins him, and the four of them start hanging out. Eventually, Yoshioka's eyes on Meeko grow hotter and hotter, which annoys Akira.

The documentary on Yamazaki Hiroaki, the student died in the First Haneda Incident of 8 October 1967.

홍콩 뉴웨이브를 이끌었던 허안화 감독은 1947년 중국에서 태어나 홍콩으로 이주한 뒤 런던 영화학교에서 연출을 전공하였다. 1979년 장편 극영화 <풍겁>으로 데뷔한 후 2020년 <사랑 뒤의 사랑>까지 왕성한 활동을 하고 있는 허안화 감독의 영화에 대한 열정을 프로덕션 디자이너이자 예술 감독으로 알려진 만림중 감독이 카메라에 담고 있다. 만림중 감독의 감독 데뷔작으로, 이번 기획전에서 상영되는 허안화 감독의 <남인사십>의 미술을 담당하였다. 홍콩 영화를 사랑하는 팬이라면 꼭 보아야 하는 'must-see' 영화!

집으로 가는 막차를 놓친 스물한 살 대학생 `무기`와 `키`는 첫차를 기다리며 함께 시간을 보내게 된다. 좋아하는 책부터 영화, 신고 있는 신발까지 모든 게 꼭 닮은 두 사람은 수줍은 고백과 함께 연애를 시작하고 매일매일 행복한 시간을 쌓아간다. 하지만 대학 졸업과 함께 취업 준비에 나선 두 사람은 점점 서로에게 소원해지고 꿈과 현실 사이의 거리 만큼 마음의 거리도 멀어지기 시작하는데...

회사원 콘노는 이와테 현으로 전근하여, 그곳에서 동료 히아사와 알게 된다. 함께 술을 마시러 가거나 낚시에 가는 등, 마치 늦은 청춘 시절 같은 날들을 보내 던 중, 콘노는 히아사에게 마음을 열어 간다. 그러나 어느 날, 이아사는 콘노에게 아무 말도 없이 갑자기 퇴직하고는 얼마 뒤 불쑥 다시 모습을 나타낸다.

호적도 없고 학교도 간 적 없이 홀어머니에게서 방치된 채 황량한 공터에서 종일 지내는 타로. ‘타로’는 이름없는 사람을 부르는 명칭이다. 고교생 에이지와 스기오는 타로와 어울리며. 위험하고 아슬아슬한 자유 혹은 일탈을 즐긴다. 어느날 에이지는 싸움에 휘말리고 그 결과 총을 손에 넣게 된다.

A companion piece to The Wages of Resistance: Narita Stories, which dealt with the protests against the construction of Narita Airport. Depicts the lives of youth who fought alongside farmers against the nation state. Farmers launched a protest movement after the government decided to build a giant airport on the farming land of Sanrizuka in Narita City. Youth who believed in their ability to change the world supported the farmers' protests. Fifty years have gone by. The camera examines what used to be there and brings to light the past era buried beneath Narita Airport.

“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause...

Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book “Actor, Takuji Kameoka” by Akito Inui, a five-time nominee for Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Satoko Yokohama, a much-admired up-and-coming newcomer, directs the film and we can immediately tell that she is a special talent, with a unique understanding that flows through to her actors and crew.

Pig heads, intestines, megaphones: all these and more have been thrown into crowds of loyal fans following the influential punk band THE STALIN or any of number of Michiro Endo's other bands since 1980. Taking a step in front of the camera, however, Endo offers a very different kind of encounter in this inspiring self-portrait. "Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face" follows the artist, a native of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, on the 2011 nationwide solo tour celebrating his 60th birthday, which was interrupted by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Traveling, performing and talking with fellow musicians and activists, Endo reflects on the past and future of Fukushima, the legacy of Hiroshima, his upbringing and his feelings about his mother, communicated in the song from which the documentary is named.

평범한 고등학생 '나호'에게 어느 날 한 통의 편지가 도착한다. 편지를 보낸 사람은 10년 후의 나. 편지에는 16살의 자신이 곧 전학을 오게 될 '카케루'를 좋아하게 되고 그가 1년 후 사고로 죽게 된다고 예고한다. 누군가의 장난일거라고 가볍게 넘기는 '나호'. 하지만 편지에 적힌대로 일상이 흘러가자, '나호'는 자신의 첫사랑 '카케루'를 지키기 위해 미래의 나로부터 온 메시지를 따르기 시작한다. 후회로 가득한 26살 나의 바람처럼 '카케루'를 살리고 미래를 바꿀 수 있을까?

미즈키의 남편 유스케가 바다에서 실종된 지도 3년이 지났다. 어느 날 그가 갑작스럽게 집으로 돌아왔을 때, 부인은 그다지 놀라지 않는다. 대신, 왜 돌아오는데 이렇게 오랜 시간이 걸렸는지를 궁금해 한다. 그녀는 여행을 떠나자는 유스케의 제안을 받아들인다.

쉽게 사랑에 빠지고 쉽게 이별을 하는 연애 상습 실패녀 ‘시노’(타베 미카코). 다시는 사랑에 빠지지 않겠다고 결심을 하지만 새로 이사를 간 집의 옆집 남자 ‘교시로’(아야노 고)에게 첫 눈에 반하게 된다. 더군다나 교시로는 자신이 새로 아르바이트를 구한 DVD 가게의 점장. 게다가 그에게는 함께 사는 여자 친구도 있다! 함께 하는 시간이 많아질수록, 교시로를 향한 마음을 멈출 수가 없는 시노. 그러던 어느 날, 교시로의 여자친구가 갑자기 떠나게 되고, 시노는 힘든 교시로를 위로해주다가 그와 연인이 된다. 그를 무척 좋아하는 시노. 그러나 행복은 잠시일 뿐, 시노는 교시로의 과거에 집착하기 시작하는데… 이번에 그녀에게 찾아온 사랑은 진짜 사랑일까?

Performance by Takashi Makino with music composed by Otomo Yoshihide. A tribute for Teruto Soejima and Masayuki Takayanagi.

The Wages of Resistance is a feature-length documentary film that portrays an "extended span of time" of the protests against building Narita International Airport which have continued from the 1960's to today through documenting monologues of those whose lives were twisted by the movement.

Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close.

수도원에서 자라 세상에 때 묻는 일 없었던 순수한 여자 프란체스코. 성인이 되어 사회에 나왔지만 어째서 남녀가 사귀고 잠자리를 하는 것인지 이해할 수 없어 의문만 가득한 그녀다. 그러던 어느 날, 프란체스코의 ‘그곳’에 처음 보는 얼굴이 자라난다(?) 그렇게 자신을 '코가'라 칭하는 얼굴과의 기묘한 공생이 시작되는데...

만나자마자 결혼한 ‘츠마’와 ‘무코’의 러브스토리! 젊은 부부 ‘츠마(아내)’와 ‘무코(남편)’는 도쿄에서 시골의 작은 마을로 내려와 결혼 생활을 한다. 소설가인 ‘무코’는 틈틈이 노인요양시설에서 일을 하고, 집안 일만 하는 ‘츠마’는 근처 밭에서 야채를 재배하며 평화로운 시간을 보낸다. 매일 일기를 쓰는 ‘무코’와 그가 쓰는 일기가 궁금하지만 내색하지 않는 ‘츠마’. 첫 눈에 반해 결혼을 결심하고 부모님의 반대에도 불구하고 결혼을 한 ‘츠마’와 ‘무코’는 부부지만 서로의 비밀을 알지 못한다. 그렇게 결혼 후 서로에 대해 조금씩 알아가던 어느 날, ‘무코’ 앞으로 발신자 없는 한 통의 편지가 온다. “제발, 무코씨를 돌려주세요” “제발, 아내를 구해주십시오.” 라는 편지를 받은 ‘무코’는 ‘츠마’에게 도쿄에 갔다 오겠다고 말하고 훌쩍 떠나버린다. 그리고 도쿄에 도착한 ‘무코’는 과거에 사랑했던 ‘미도리’의 남편 ‘나츠베’에게 그녀의 이야기를 듣게 된다. ‘미도리’를 일으켜 줄 사람은 ‘무코’ 뿐이라고 이야기하는 ‘나츠메’와 ‘무코’가 오기만을 하염없이 기다리는 ‘츠마’. 과연 그들은 자신들의 사랑을 끝까지 지켜낼 수 있을까?

The film explores the journeys and philosophies of a select group of experimental musicians including Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, Eddie Prevost, Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura and Christian Fennesz.

Set in Nagano Prefecture, the movie stars Shingo Mizusawa (8000 Miles) as an awkward 28-year-old temporary factory worker named Kaji; a character partially modeled after the perpetrator of the 2008 Akihabara massacre. His social interactions are limited to his postings on internet message boards until he starts hanging out with a co-worker named Tanaka (Shohei Uno) who suffers from the debilitating sleep disorder narcolepsy. The pair become involved in a predicament when they attempt to protect a girl named named Yuri (Ai Tamura) from their other co-worker Okada (Yasushi Fuchikami).

A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.

A fiction set in Kobe city, Japan in 2010, a man and a woman meet the day before the 15th anniversary of the great Hanshin Awaji quake. Both experienced the quake as a child but left soon after the quake. During the course of the long night walk, their life after the quake and the complex relationship to the city of Kobe gradually surface.

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers.

Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.

A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.

From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo's avant-garde music scene is internationally known for its boldness. While introducing some of the greatest musicians of this scene, "We Don't Care About Music Anyway..." offers a kaleidoscopic view of Tokyo, confronting music and noise, sound and image, reality and representation, documentary and fiction.

Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.

아오모리의 시골마을에서 할머니와 함께 사는 어린아이 같이 순수한 청년 요진. 할아버지가 남겨주신 농사법에 따라 농사를 짓지만 수확은 늘 신통치 않고, 밭에서 기르는 배추는 오늘도 벌레 때문에 여기저기 구멍투성이다. 그러던 어느 날 요진은 도쿄에서 온 유치원교사 마치코를 보고 난생 처음 사랑이란 것에 빠진다. 마치코를 향해 온몸을 던져 돌진하는 요진의 초특급 일편단심 첫사랑이 시작되는데… 과연 요진의 바람대로 그들은 서로 좋아하는 사이가 될 수 있을까.

Experimental documentary about Japanese experimental musician Otomo Yoshihide. Includes interviews with multiple musicians, artists, and writers as well as live footage.

During a suicide attack on an airport, the hand grenade of 'M', one of three terrorists, malfunctions, leaving him captured. Exposed to maltreatment in prison, he slowly loses his grip on reality as he is forced to confront his ideological convictions.

"AA" is a documentary about Akira Aida (mostly known as Aquirax Aida), a japanese music critic who introduced free jazz, improvisation, and progressive rock to Japan. It's based on interviews with 12 critics and musicians who had connections with him. This is a documentary that considers the past, present and future of improvisation.

The film follows a young aspiring art university student, who falls in love with the older sister of his girlfriend. The heartrending longing and the true love that the three characters pursue, is pure, but almost painful. Is the person who stands next to you, is the person that gives you true comfort and love? Can you say that you love him/her from the bottom of your heart?

Video by Yasunori Ikunishi, Tetsuya Nagato, and Yasunori Kakegawa. Sound by Filament, AKA Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M.

This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny reflection on what the hell the point is of all this filmmaking business anyway. Shigeru Muroi and Takashi Naito, back then young hopefuls willing to take chances, now among the most established and recognisable actors in Japan, return to play the roles they assumed in the 1982 film, each of their characters having gone their own way. Alongside, another young couple (Honda and the ever-brilliant Eguchi) find themselves in the exact same situation as their older counterparts 25 years earlier. Their paths cross, an opportunity arises: for the elder two to redeem part of their own lives, for the younger couple to find a helping hand in their darkest hour.

Mars Canal - Within absolute silence, a naked man wanders through a dark and depressing landscape recalling the excruciating details of his last encounter with his former lover. Mirror Hell - When a series of women are discovered with their faces burnt and skulls charred, a young detective investigates, discovering that a unique hand mirror is always found at the scene. Caterpillar - A war hero returns home with no limbs and only his eyesight remaining. His beautiful wife, tired of taking care of him, turns to torturing her crippled husband for amusement. Crawling Bugs - A sexy actress is returning home from a successful night on stage, until her limo driver decides that she should be coming home with him.

A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can feel alive only if he keeps painting, but unable to find something to fill his void inside, he tries to drown himself in alcohol. Drawn to Jouji, Kyoko commissions him to paint for her. The two travel to a secluded mountain-side, and there Jouji becomes inspired both by the natural surroundings and Kyoko herself.

Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.

Nor Noise is the first norwegian documentary about noise music. Movie Maker Tom Hovinbøle has from the start in 2001 interviewed a number of artists in the noise genre. The artists relay their thoughts on the phenomenon of noise music - what is it, where does it come from, what is the trade off when replacing traditional harmony and melody for pure audio experience, which possibilities can be explored? The movie explains the historical context of the genre, from the movement of Futurism and Luigi Russolo from before WWI to electronic experiments in the fifties, avantgarde in the sixties, industry and punk in the seventies to the final establishment of the noise genre at the end of the seventies in Japan. Adding to the flavour are concert performances.

An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because Junosuke has one for breakfast every morning. Slightly drunk from the cocktail he had had earlier, Junosuke falls asleep, and wakes up the next morning to find that Miharu had never returned.

해변가에 위치한 여학교. 고3이 된 가야코는 같은 반 친구 엔도에게 자꾸만 관심이 간다. 진로에 대한 고민이 끝이지 않는 다른 친구들과 달리 침착하고 조용한 엔도의 모습이 어른스럽다고 생각하는 가야코. 그녀의 시선은 언제나 엔도를 향하고 있다. 어느 날, 친구들과의 모임에서 가야코는 엔도에게 초대를 받게 된다. 자신과는 조금 다른 세상에 살고 있는 듯한 느낌을 안겨주는 엔도. 그날 이후 가야코와 엔도는 급속도로 가까워지고, 그녀들의 관계는 점차 사랑으로 변해간다.

Each year, at the start of the fall school year in September, Japan suffers from typhoons. That same month, in a small elementary school in a mountainous region, Saburô, a new red-haired pupil has just arrived with the wind. The children of the village thought they recognized in this strange boy who came from the city the spirit that they called “Matasaburô, the wind”. During two weeks of autumn, Matasaburô and the other children will do various experiments in nature.

If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.

Twelve year old Sei has hit puberty and is quickly becoming sexually aware, sometimes not as privately as he'd like; erections in school and other inopportune times plague him. He talks about it with his school friends, Kinta and Nyanko, in between their feuding over the affections of classmate Yumi, but can't figure out what to do about it.

Listen to the fragile sounds in this experimental film. Taki, Toto, and Hajime go to a private school where drugs have taken over their lives. They began experimenting with curiosity but soon find themselves in an inescapable trap. After an accident at school and a trip to the hospital, the three friends find themselves at a crossroads.

In her brother's apartment where he died, Yuki finds a vacuum cleaner with its cord still hooked up to the outlet. She discovers that the circumstances surrounding her brother's supposed suicide are sketchy at best, yet no one has any answers. When she starts having hallucinations involving his ghost, however, she seeks some psychological help, eventually uncovering some things that she may have wished she'd left covered.

Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies.

An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all.

This transnational production featuring a South African- born director, a Dutch leading man, and a Japanese cast and crew tells the story of a passionate love affair between a convict and a porn star, which is undone by greed and private ghosts. Escaping from the Japanese police, Jack meets Keiko, a money-hungry adult film actress and the younger sister of his ex-wife. He takes refuge in her flat and soon they fall in love. Jack is unable to leave her apartment because he quickly learns that both the police and the dreaded yakuza are after the criminal. He grows distraught and despondent, spending hour upon hour alone as Keiko works long hours on the set. At one point, Keiko visits the yakuza don who placed the hit on Jack and agrees to hand him over in exchange for a pile of cash. But she has one stipulation: that she get to spend three days with her soon-to-be deceased lover. The boss agrees only if she engages in kinky sex with him. The deal seems set until unforeseen events occur.

Japanese action film directed by Hiroshi Ando.

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.

Aggie is suffering a great pain after the death of her Grandmother. She has no one else so she moves in with her Godmother and her son, Louie. Aggie does not speak a single word, the pain she is going through is unimaginable, and this portrayal is simply stunning in its sadness and grief. Louie and Wah try to make her feel at home, and soon Aggie's passion for cooking shines through her sadness.

중국 본토의 전직 군대 요원이었던 엥(양자경 분)은 홍콩으로 돌아와 특별한 기술이 없는 탓에 영화의 스턴트 우먼으로 일하게 된다. 그곳에서 만난 파트너 썬더볼트(홍금보 분)와 친분을 쌓아가며 엥은 오직 일에만 매달린다. 그러나 화려한 영화세계에 목숨을 던지며 일하는 스턴트의 삶이란 거칠기 그지 없었다. 힘든 스턴트 생활을 탈출하기 위해 앵은 젊고 화려한 사업가 마이크를 만나게된다. 가라오께 사업가로 그와 관계가 깊어진 엥은 스턴트 생활을 그만두고 그와의 삶을 꿈꾸는데.. 그러나 마이크에게 숨겨진 애인이 있다는 사실을 알게 되고 엥은 비탄에 잠긴다. 그런 엥을 썬더볼트는 다시 스턴트의 세계로 끌어들이고 그녀는 뛰어난 스턴트 우먼으로 다시금 이름을 날리게 된다. 한편 썬더볼트는 팀 멤버로 인해 마피아 대부의 싸움에 휘말린다. 이 싸움으로 그는 죽음을 당하자, 엥은 스턴트를 그만 두고 그의 아들 아룽과 새로운 삶을 시작한다.

호도문은 광동 가극에서 무대 뒤와 무대를 구분하는 가상의 선을 말한다. 일단 배우가 호도문을 넘어서면 자신을 잊고 자신이 맡은 인물이 되어야 하는 것이다. 또한 광동 가극에서는 여성이 남자의 역할을 하는 전통이 있다. " Shining Sword Troup" 의 극단주이며 배우인 랑 김숨은 성공한 남편과 착한 딸을 가진 성공적인 가극배우이다. 하지만 실상은 그녀의 가족관계는 경직되어 있으며 근심으로 가득차 있다. 그녀는 그녀에게 닥친 새로운 운명의 선을 어떻게 건널 것인가? (1996년 1회 부산국제영화제)

When impoverished young bride Youyou (Zhang) collapses from hunger at the door of handsome buccaneer Pan Hao (You Yong), he immediately decides to have her, much to the chagrin of his current squeeze, Widow Ma (Jiang Yanqiang).

Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.

Xiao Dou is a shy and naive mailworker living in Beijing with his sister. When a coworker is fired for reading people's correspondences Xiao Dou takes over the same mail route. He soon finds himself indulging in the same curiosity, eventually developing an obsession. Xiao Dou chooses to spend time reading letters instead of socializing with friends or coworkers. As he becomes increasingly tied to the letters, he begins to intervene in the lives of those who write and receive the letters.

Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. The alleged murderer whom Guan Jian accuses of the crime is his own mother.

The bus driver Nakatsuka Yukihiko saw in his dream the sexual fantasies involving one of his regular female passengers - Noriko Otomo. On the other hand, she sees the same dreams.

The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

A Film by Hideaki Sasaki

When Ryo's partner Makimura is killed, he and Makimura's sister Kaori team up to find out the truth, thus forming a new duo.