تاجر شهری، لیو یو‌شنگ، برای مراسم خاکسپاری پدرش، معلم روستا، به روستای زادگاهش در شمال چین باز می‌گردد. او درمی‌یابد که مادر سالخورده‌اش اصرار دارد که همه آداب و رسوم مرسوم تدفین را رعایت کنند، علیرغم این واقعیت که زمانه بسیار تغییر کرده است، و این کار مردم بسیاری را درگیر حمل جسد پدرش به روستا، مسیر خانه، می‌کند. همانطور که یو‌شنگ در مورد پیچیدگی‌های موجود در سازماندهی چنین شاهکاری بزرگ بحث می‌کند، داستان جادویی چگونگی اولین ملاقات پدر و مادرش و دور هم جمع شدنشان را به یاد می‌آورد.
داستان یکی از بزرگترین شمشیرباز و نگهبان سلطنتی چوسون ، Tae-yul را روایت می کند که در نتیجه درگیری بین سلسله های Qing و Ming مجبور به پنهان شدن می شود اما در عین حال از زندگی جدید خود در انزوا خوشحال است. . بزرگترین شمشیرباز جوزون پس از کور شدن در کودتا علیه پادشاه ، دور از عذاب شهر خود مخفی می شود. اما هنگامی که قاچاقچیان دخترش را می دزدند ، او چاره ای ندارد جز اینکه یکبار دیگر شمشیر خود را براند.
چین، قرن سوم قبل از میلاد. یک «مرد» (لی)، پس از کشتن سه تن از دشمنان امپراتور - «آسمان» (ین)، «شمشیر شکسته» (چیو- وای) و «برف پرنده» (مان- یوک) - به حضور امپراتور چین (مینگ) شرف یاب می‌شود. اما امپراتور گزارش «مرد» را باور نمی‌کند و می‌گوید هدف اصلی او کشتن امپراتور است...
سرنوشت دو زن – هر دو مبارزانی با کفایت – در دوران «سلسله ی چینگ» در هم گره می خورد؛ یکی «زی یی» و دیگری «یئو» که سرانجام به یک رویارویی خشنونت بار و شگفت انگیز کشانده می شوند ...
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.
A family of Irish immigrants adjusts to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craft to sail away, he vows to return for her one day. A lucky stroke brings him to land upon the island of the legendary Johnny Lingo, the wealthiest trader in the islands, and after years of service to him, Tama has learned much about life and himself as he dreams of honoring his pledge to Mahana.
Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
An incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler but he is coached to cheat all the time.
A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
Teddy Yu is a former secret agent turned chiropractor who thought he left his past behind. He teaches martial arts to his two kids. However, his past catches up to him as a rogue agent demands to know the whereabouts of an agent known as Dragon. Now, father and children must team up to stop the rogue agent and his goons.
A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunging the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family's dark fate. Still loyal to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army's greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive, non-stop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they fight to reclaim the fallen throne.
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?