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Pachinko Season 2

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 06:16:00 +0000

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja’s struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989 Tokyo, and the elderly ‘Sun Ja’ who worries about her grandson also intersect.

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18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024)

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:41:25 +0000

Ami, a backpacker from Japan who is four years older than high school student Jimmy, shows up at his part-time job. The two end up spending the summer working at the same store, but Jimmy gradually develops a faint crush on Ami. The two of them grew closer as they rode motorcycles together at night and went to the movies, but suddenly, Ami decided to return to Japan. Ami proposes her "one promise" to Jimmy, who can’t sort out his feelings.

As time passes, Jimmy visits his parents’ house for the first time in a while and finds a postcard that Ami sent him 18 years ago when she returned to Japan. Jimmy’s memories of his first love come back to him, and he takes his first solo trip to Japan to confront his past and examine his present. Jimmy rides the train while listening to songs that remind him of his memories with Ami, and he heads to her hometown. Will Jimmy be able to reunite with Ami?

(Source: Japanese = happinet-phantom.com || Translation = MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the travel essay "Qing Chun 18×2: Riben Manche Liulang Ji" (青春18×2 日本慢車流浪記) by Bluefoxing (藍狐) [2014].
~~ Co-production with Taiwan.

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Meet You at the Blossom [TH]

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:54:32 +0000

Jin Xiao Bao, the son of the wealthiest man in the Jiangnan region, falls in love with icy, white-clothed beauty Huai En due to an unexpected meeting. This young woman he sees as his future wife, however, seems to have aroused a lot of enmity. When he comes to the rescue of an injured Huai En, who’s tainted by an aphrodisiac, the true identity of this beauty is revealed.

(Source: Novel Updates; edited by MyDramaList)

~~ Adapted from the novel "Hua Kai You Shi, Tui Mi Wu Sheng" (花开有时, 颓靡无声) by Shui Qian Cheng (水千丞).
~~ Co-production with China and Taiwan.

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Pattaya Heat (2024)

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:26:41 +0000

Sergeant Chai, a police officer about to retire, was heavily in debt at Simon’s casino, so he offered Sergeant Chai a job to pay off the debt. The job was transporting confiscated gold from Bangkok to Pattaya. Sergeant Chai accepted the offer without knowing that along the way there were Gi, Thot, and Hok who were looking to steal the gold.

(Source: encoreinflight.com)

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Tokyo Vice Season 2

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 19:09:02 +0000

Tokyo Vice Season two takes us deeper into the city’s criminal underworld as Adelstein comes to realize that his life, and the lives of those close to him, are in terrible danger.

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Doi Boy (2023)

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:18:13 +0000

A young ethnic Shan man moves from the war-torn Shan State buffering Thailand and Myanmar to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Refusing to return home to fight for the military yet undocumented as a refugee in the new country, he survives through sex work. To escape this bitter reality, he projects himself into the colourful lives of his clients.

(Source: seaficlab.com)

~~ Release dates: Oct 7, 2023 (Festival) | Nov 24, 2023 (Online)

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In My Mother’s Skin (2023)

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:35:37 +0000

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

(Source: IMDb)

~~ Co-production with Taiwan and Singapore.

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