As a lease ends, one can’t help but feel lonesome returning the keys. Yet this vacant property turns into an “inauspiciousabode”: As the owner, old and new renters, estate agent and prospective buyer gather—each with different ambitions—a fatal accident descends upon them. Everything’s amok, fate’s gone topsy-turvy. Will misfortune turn into positive gains? Just wait […]
Construction worker Chen San has a daughter who is mortally ill. In order to save her, he must find money. Thus Chen asked his colleague Li Poxiao to create a profile on a crowdfunding page. This online version of his “alternative daughter” becomes an internet sensation, touching the hearts of many… But is that his […]
In 2020, COVID put a halt on the entire world. Normal life turned around 180 degrees: day had turned into night as we embarked in uncharted territory. Building 60 of Tokyo’s Sunshine City is closed because of the pandemic, yet an unexpected guest turns up intent to reach the rooftop as the building’s janitor tries […]
A graphic designer burdened with debt has no other recourse but to become a hitman. His client leaves him with only a spoon, and his target is his long-lost university classmate Wing. One needs money, the other wants to remain alive, so the two decide to “be creative” with a single spoon! The Spoon uses black […]
Born in the 1950s, Lam Chor Tak has lived his life on a fishing boat off the Aberdeen coastline. In his youthful years, salted fish was the means to make a living; Tin Hau Festival feasts included elaborate contests and giant flower plaques. Decades later, Lam switches to fish farming and local tourism. The times […]
During a “fake” renaissance era, four relatively accomplished “Westerners” befriend each other finding camaraderie. Though lost in their ways, they drift through life with a smattering of art. They then decide to emulate the ancients in swearing a blood oath: “We ask not the same year, month and day of birth; but wish to die […]