Music gives new life to the deceased in Masaaki Yuasa’s tribute to history, performance arts and hair metal.
Tag: 2021
The Journey to the West: Demon’s Child
The first family of demons take centre stage in Xiong Chen’s retelling of Princess Iron Fan.
Photocopier
A young woman suffers a hangover from hell in Wregas Bhanuteja’s mystery thriller.
Monkey King: Reborn
The monks face off against the most ancient of evils in this fun animated adaptation
Seire
As if raising a child wasn’t stressful enough without ghosts wrecking everything.
Pretty Heart
Terry Ng’s sickly sweet education-themed romantic melodrama might quote high literature, but certainly hasn’t learnt from it.
Goddamned Asura
In Lou Yi-an’s bleak drama, even save spamming won’t get you a happy ending.
Anita
Longman Leung puts on his rosiest lens and delivers a superficial but sweet retelling of Anita Mui’s life.
24
A deceased boom mic operator visits old haunts in Royston Tan’s meditative drama.
Time
First-time director Ricky Ko leads a talented cast in a so-so comedy action drama mishmash.
Child of Kamiari Month
In Takana Shirai’s directorial debut a young girl must travel about 500 miles on foot in order to feed some gods.
Belle
There isn’t a talking candlestick in sight in Mamoru Hosoda’s sci fi fairy tale.