Movies and TvShows featuring "asian-cast" theme.
Rachel Chu, a native New Yorker, travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family. As she navigates the complex social dynamics and class conflicts, Rachel's relationship with her boyfriend is tested. Despite facing judgment and obstacles, Rachel ultimately chooses love and acceptance over wealth and tradition.
A man named Tatsuhiko moves into an apartment with thin walls and becomes fascinated by the sounds and activities of his attractive neighbor named Emi. He starts spying on her through the walls and becomes obsessed with her. As the obsession grows, Tatsuhiko's voyeuristic behavior takes a dark turn, leading to unexpected consequences.
Terrace House: Opening New Doors is a reality TV show set in Japan, where six strangers live together in a house and form relationships. The show follows their daily lives and the ups and downs of romance and friendships.
Infernal Affairs III is the gripping conclusion to the Hong Kong crime trilogy. The story follows the intense battle between a corrupt cop and a gangster within the criminal underworld. As the protagonist navigates the dangerous world of drug trafficking and violence, he faces the consequences of his choices and struggles to maintain his identity as a policeman. With its captivating plot and intense action sequences, Infernal Affairs III is a must-watch for fans of action-packed crime dramas.
A yakuza enforcer is sent on a mission to find a missing gangster, but encounters bizarre and disturbing situations along the way.
Isao Komori is a college dropout who spends his days cooped up in his apartment playing video games. The highlight of his day is visiting a convenience store where an angel-like high-school girl called Mari visits every night. One morning Komori wakes up in Mari's body. Another "Komori" inhabits his old body, and Mari has disappeared. Komori struggles to maintain Mari's ordinary life and starts to investigate Mari's disappearance.
Freelance writer Harada Ririko and former lecturer on folklore Shimano Hitoshi go around to Tokyo’s hidden spots with horror stories. They encounter many apparitions in places that everyone knows about in the 23 wards. There is the office lady who wanders the subterranean drains of Shibuya ward in search of her missing mother. The mistress who hides a dead body in Koto ward’s Yume no Shima. The riddle of the Ikebukuro woman and romance in old age. The secret of the female CEO who encounter an apparition in a late night taxi plying Minato ward. The doctor’s wife whose fate is at the mercy of Itabashi ward’s tree which is supposed to severe ties between man and woman. The mystery of a woman and the Suzugamori execution grounds related to a crime scene in Shinagawa ward.
The 8-Year Engagement is a movie that tells the story of a couple who get engaged and are excited about their future together. However, their plans are shattered when the woman falls into a coma after suffering from a brain injury. The man waits faithfully by her side for 8 years, hoping for her recovery. As she wakes up with amnesia, they both have to navigate through the challenges of rebuilding their relationship with the memories they've lost.
Lost in Beijing follows a Chinese woman who gets caught in a complicated situation involving extramarital affairs, revenge, and a pregnancy with uncertain paternity. The story explores themes of infidelity, betrayal, and the power dynamics in relationships.
Have a Song on Your Lips is a comedy drama movie that tells the story of a music teacher who helps a middle school student overcome her fears and find her voice through singing. The movie touches on themes of superstition, religion, and the power of music to bring people together. Set in a Japanese school, the movie follows the journey of the music teacher as he helps the student navigate the challenges of school and personal relationships.
Hotel by the River is a drama movie that takes place in a hotel located by a river. It explores the relationships between various characters, including a father and son, against the backdrop of the tranquil scenery.
Miki Takaraishi is a smart and beautiful 24-year-old woman, but her personality is not as good. She falls in love with Yuga Saito who is handsome and comes from a politician family. They see each other romantically, but Yugo Saito dumps Miki Takaraishi. To get revenge on Yuga Saito, she decides to run for prime minister. For her election campaign, she hires Toshiya Kadowaki as her campaign strategist.
In the seaside village of Okinawa, Japan, a Japanese woman working at a small restaurant discovers that her eyeglasses have the power to see people's true intentions. As she navigates through the island's quirky characters and situations, she uses her newfound power to uncover secrets, solve problems, and ultimately find her own happiness.
The Japanese government carries out a program to increase the birth rate in the country. Their program analyzes gene information from its residents and selects a marriage partner for them. Aoi Nisaka is a high school student. She is in a love triangle with childhood friend Yuto Shiba and Sosuke Takachiho. Sosuke Takachiho is appointed by the government to become her husband.
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out for his elderly mother. Suffering from increasing dementia since her husband's death, Mitsue (Harue Akagi) is a constant source of comic energy or annoyance for Yuichi, and he and his son must soon decide if they should put her in a home for the elderly. Jumping back in time, we see how Mitsue (played by Kiwako Harada) tracked the tumult of the latter half of the 20th century, being raised as one of 10 brothers and sisters, surviving the war, and having to push her alcoholic husband (Ryo Kase) along in life. "Pecoross" is directed by the oldest active film director in Japan, Azuma Morisaki, who creates an emotionally complex work that is only the more profound and life-affirming for its cartoonish portrayal.
After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.
The movie features three ghost stories set in Hong Kong, beginning with Vivian, who, after moving into a new place, gets involved in spooky incidents with her neighbours. The next story follows Scarlet, who unknowingly receives a tattoo with sinister secrets. The final story is about a group of university students, who awaken the vengeful spirits of a dead couple while live-streaming their ghost hunting expedition.
Mikami Yota is smitten with the archery of his older schoolmate Kishimoto, a high school senior who heads the archery club. Mikami clumsily conveys his ardent feelings to An, and she tries to respond to his affections. Their feelings are mutual but somehow things don't go smoothly between them, and then other guys appear on the scene to complicate things.
When an Indonesian woman is invited to her cousin's engagement party, she decides to hire an escort to keep her aunties, and their persistent questions about her dating life, off her back.
Those who enter the castle of Ching never return. Forced into slavery, every day becomes a punishing ritual down the Castle's secret gold mine. One worker, Kang, decides enough is enough, and tries but fails to abate the oppressive master Ching. For his efforts, and as a warning to others, Kang's hands are smashed, foiling any more attempts at rebellion. But Kang's determination to destroy the Castle and its keepers only increases, though with two useless hands he is left with just one chance - to learn the 'Heaven Legs' technique and face Ching in one last neck-breaking battle.