The director of Gu Shi talks memory, isolation, and storytelling... After premiering her short film Three at the 77th Cannes ...

Lund Fantastic presents a Japanese genre retrospective in collaboration with TOEI... Lund Fantastic Film Festival returns for ...

Revelry and renunciation of the samurai spirit swirl into a yin yang of intrigue in the latest hit jidaigeki epic... 16th of January 1810, Kobiki-chō district — modern-day Ginza — Edo. Fresh off of a ...

easternKicks began very much as a hobby, a place to throw all my enthusiasm for Asian film outside of my day job as a graphic designer and share it with the world… The site launched in mid-2002. The ...

A roundup of East and South East Asian films from the 2026 programme… Singapore’s first wuxia is a stunning but narratively fractured reimagining of the myth of Chang Er, the fairy maiden on the ...

The auteur on Philippines tragic history, his fascination for vaudeville and the need for artists to compromise… Lav Diaz is one of the most fascinating figures in contemporary cinema. He’s been able ...

死の棘. Japan 1990. Directed by Kohei Ohguri. Starring Ittoku Kishibe, Keiko Matsuzaka, Takenori Matsumura, Yuri Chikamori, Midori Kiuchi, Akira Yamanouci. 115 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.

夜がまた来る [lit. “The Night Comes Again.”] Japan 1994. Directed by Takashi Ishii. Starring Yui Natsukawa, Kippei Shiina, Jinpachi Nezu, Minori Terada, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kimiko Yo. 108 mins. In Japanese ...

대호, Daeho, aka The Great Tiger. South Korea 2015. Directed by Park Hoon-Jung. Written by Park Hoon-Jung. Starring Choi Min-Sik, Jeong Man-Sik, Kim Hong-Fa, Kim Sang-Ho, Hyun Seung-Min. 139 mins. In ...

黑店. Hong Kong 1972. Directed by Teddy Yip Wing-Cho. Starring Shih Szu, Tung Li, Ku Feng, Dean Shek Tin, Kong Ling, Kwok Chuk-Hing, Wei Tzu-Yun, Yang Chi-Ching, Wang Hsieh, Yu Feng and Wu Ma. 87 mins.

Ming-Yeh Rawnsley looks at how monumental the actress has been in a country’s cinema… There are many interwoven reasons why women have long been overlooked in film historiography. A key factor lies in ...

重案組. Hong Kong 1993. Directed by Kirk Wong. Starring Jackie Chan, Keny Cheng, Law Kar-Ying, Christine Ng. 107 mins. In Cantonese with English subtitles.