If you are planning a nice date in Asian style or just want to get closer to this culture, check this list of new films prepared by experts in Asian dating. We focus on novelties that appear at the 23rd Japan Film Festival in Hamburg. Some of them are touching and romantic, and some strange and bizarre. Watch them with your bae and get a nice topic for discussion.
#1. Akane Stands by Sora
Japanese title: アカネのソラ Akane no sora
Sora has lost her job in a Tokyo enterprise and is struggling with a hard time. The woman suddenly meets the friend of her childhood, Akane, who is full of joy and happiness. Sora suffers from her sudden hatred for the successful Akane. Watch the movie that shows such trivial but common problems of people.
#2. Love Song
Japanese title:「なんてね。」 Nantene
Frightened by ghosts who he sees nearby, Sasaki asks a fake psychic Junjiro to exorcise them. At the same time, he meets a beautiful but totally desperate girl Aki who often struggles with suicidal thoughts. The unsuccessful exorcist and the girl change the life of Sasaki, but what stories do all of them hide?
#3. Anonatsu Coconut
Japanese title: アノナツココナツ Ano natsu koko natsu
Takaharu is a college student who works part-time at a donut shop. And his life seems so easy and understandable… until he meets a tiny girl who comes right out of the oven.
#4. Before the Rainbow Falls
Japanese title: 虹が落ちる前に Niji ga ochiru mae ni
The member of an unsuccessful band feels frustrated by his life and band. He desperately;y tries to change things, but his friends and girlfriend accuse him of ruining their normal lives. The character feels miserable and unable to change his life until some sudden changes make him lose even the tiny things he had.
#5. Hana & Ice
Japanese title: 花とアイス Hana to Aisu
Hana is a transfer high school student who is trying to get along with her new classmates. After classes, Hana copes with her loneliness by dancing ballet all alone in the classroom. One day, a boy sees her and approaches fascinated with her dancing. This is when a cute romantic story begins.
#6. Our August 2nd Promise
Japanese title: 8月2日の約束 Hachi-gatsu futsuka no yakusoku
A senior Ito is standing under a tall 500-year-old ginkgo tree. She remembers how 75 years ago she was hurt by an air raid. For all these years, she has been trying hard to recall the memories that she lost on that day. She feels that an important part of her life is missing, but can’t get her memories back. And one day… the tree triggers her memory. 75 years ago Ito was just 16 and made a promise to run away with her boyfriend. On her way to their romantic place, Ito got hurt but now through time and space, they are again together.
#7. Invisible Armageddon
Japanese title: 透明な終末 Tōmei na shūmatsu
It’s a sophisticated fiction story of Morita, a successful man who is diagnosed with cancer. From now on he has just 3 months left to live, and so he decides to commit suicide. While his personal world is crashing, Morita finds out that this is also the last day of humanity. To find rescue, he decides to go to his house in the forest. There he finds a woman he knew sometime before. They have a nice breakfast and spend a romantic time, and Morita feels the desire for life once again. However, he starts to see the mystical keeper of time more and more often. Is it for real or is it the side effect of drugs? Morita tries to find an answer but instead appears at the center of Armageddon. Mankind is dying and now cats will lead the world.
The only way to figure all this out is to check the movie.
#8. Memory
Japanese title: 劇薬 Gekiyaku
This is a thrilling story of a homeless person, Maezono, who has lost his memory and can’t remember even a day of his own past. He meets a woman, Rina, who says that she is the sister of his wife. His wife was killed 2 months ago and no one is even looking for the murderer. Maezono trusts her words and starts to go deep into his memories to get a hint at the killer’s identity. Yet, his discoveries appear to be too shocking.