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‘Kokuho’ review: Lee Sang-il’s propulsive, lavish drama is a window into the Japanese art of kabuki theatre
Ken Wanatabe, Ryusei Yokohama and Soya Kurokawa star in Japan’s Oscar submission, which closes Bangkok
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‘Tharae: The Exorcist’ review: Thai horror blends familiar possession narrative with religious folklore
Taweewat Wantha’s gory thriller sees an ancient demon terrorise a Catholic village
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‘Spying Stars’ review: Vimukthi Jayasundara meditates on grief in lyrical Sri Lankan sci-fi drama
A scientist returning from space to bury her father encounters a dystopic world in Busan Competition title
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’By Another Name’ review: A dying filmmaker attempts a final project in South Korean drama
Busan Competition title is latest work from Hong Sang-soo apprentice Lee Jea-han
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‘Gloaming In Luomu’ review: Zhang Lu delivers an enigmatic Chinese small-town mystery
A woman searches for her missing boyfriend in the Korean-Chinese filmmaker’s Busan Competition title
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‘Seven O’Clock Breakfast Club For The Brokenhearted’ review: Seoul-set romance explores love and loss
Moving Busan Competition drama follows a young woman struggling to move on from a relationship
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‘Beautiful Dreamer’ review: Sensitive South Korean drama explores the impact of suicide
A mother and daughter attempt to move on from the death of the family patriarch in Lee Kwang-kuk’s Busan premiere
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‘The Second Child’ review: Lim Soo-jung stars in atmospheric South Korean horror-tinged mystery
A mother and daughter attempt to move on from tragedy in Yu Eun-jeong’s Busan Competition premiere
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‘Leave The Cat Alone’ review: Enigmatic Japanese debut depicts a marriage blown off course
Shigaya Daisuke’s Tokyo-set relationship drama bows in Busan Competition
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‘Funky Freaky Freaks’ review: South Korean debut is frantic tale of high school jealousy and revenge
Hyper-stylised Busan Competition entry is grounded by strong performances
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‘En Route To’ review: A surprise teenage pregnancy fuels this accomplished South Korean debut
Yoo Jae-in’s Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project premieres in Busan Competition
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‘Another Birth’ review: Lyrical Tajikistan drama sees a young girl search for a mythical creature
Busan competition title is first in intended trilogy from US-based Tajik filmmaker Isabelle Kalandar
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‘Baka’s Identity’ review: A trio of Japanese internet scammers attempt to escape their life of crime
Koto Nagata’s low-key crime thriller premieres in Busan Competition
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‘Good News’ review: Byun Sung-hyun turns 1970 hijacking into satirical Netflix thriller
Sul Kyung-gu stars in the ‘Kill Boksoon’ director’s kinetic dramatisation of the hijacking of Japanese Airlines Flight 351
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‘The Ugly’ review: A murder mystery links past and present in Yeon Sang-ho’s calibrated thriller
‘Train To Busan’ director’s Toronto premiere stars Park Jeong-min as a man searching for his mother’s killer
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‘The Sun Rises On Us All’ review: Estranged lovers reunite in Cai Shanjun’s slow-burn drama
The Chinese director explores themes of guilt and betrayal in his Venice competition title
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‘Girl’ review: Actress Shu Qi’s 1980s-set directorial debut explores childhood trauma
The Taiwanese star also writes this bleakly beautiful but muddled drama which plays in Venice Competition
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‘Lost Land’ review: Two young siblings from Myanmar journey alone in search of a better life
Well-intentioned Venice Horizons title from Japanese filmmaker Akio Fujimoto is first-ever Rohingya-language feature
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‘Hijra’ review: Family bonds are tested when a teenage girl vanishes in accomplished Saudi drama
Saudi filmmaker Shahad Ameen’s story centres on a grandmother and granddaughter in search of their missing relative
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‘Secret Of A Mountain Serpent’ review: Lyrical exploration of female desire set in the Himalayan foothills
Indian director Nidhi Saxena draws on folklore for her atmospheric sophomore film