These are fifteen films you shouldn’t miss at the London East Asia Film Festival which will take place from October 19 – 30, 2022 in London, UK.

As a single mother, Yuriko Kasai (Mieko Harada) raised her son Izumi Kasai (Masaki Suda) alone. Izumi Kasai is now an adult and works for a record label, but Yuriko Kasai suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. She is even losing memory of her own son. Izumi Kasai takes care of his mother and recalls long ago memories with his mother, but he faces a case that took place in the past. That case is something that is unforgettable to him. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 25, 2022 | Tuesday | Chiswick Cinema | 20:00 pm Buy Tickets →
October 27, 2022 | Thursday | The Cinema at Selfridges | 18:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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The leading clown role in a renowned theatre troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the Underworld. As he relives his vivid memories one last time before entering the afterlife, 50 years of art, struggle and love play out against the background of 20th century China’s tumultuous history. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 21, 2022 | Friday | ODEON Luxe West End | 17:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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After young Tutu kills a bear to save his little brothers life, he is considered an outcast as bears are sacred to the Lonki tribe. Years later Tutu and Linzi struggle to get by and work as lumberjacks near the forest they grew up in. When they both fall for the same woman, it drives the brothers apart. While Linzi connects more and more with nature and the forest, Tutu chooses another path. Through their story, we experience the deep connection of all living things and witness the mysterious retribution wrought by nature on humans who wound it. The film gives us an opportunity to contemplate our relationship with  Mother Earth. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 29, 2022 | Saturday | ODEON Luxe West End | 17:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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In Oh Se-yeo’’s Fanatic, the filmmaker follows former fans of Korean stars accused of crimes who are “suffering more because they loved them.” A former fan herself, Oh started the project out of spite, which eventually became therapeutic, revealing conversations with friends and other friends that are ultimately heartfelt, contemplative and, at times, hilarious. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 26, 2022 | Wednesday | The Cinema at Selfridges | 18:00 pm Buy Tickets →

On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family, friends, victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment? (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 22, 2022 | Saturday | ODEON Luxe West End | 18:30 pm Buy Tickets →

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Ji-wan is a 49-year-old female film director. After her 3rd film was shunned by audiences, she has been struggling for her 4th film. However, it is also shunned by the investors. Moreover, she is in difficulties because her husband stops supporting her financially. Meanwhile, a request comes from the film archive asking her to restore an old film made in the 60s by newly dubbing it. Ji-wan accepts the request to earn money. After watching the film, she realizes it’s nearly impossible to proceed the dubbing without the script. She tries to find the script, but after finding it, she notices some scenes were cut off and Ji-wan decides to find the film footage of missing scenes. On the journey back to the 60s, Ji-wan meets the old filmmakers who enable her to take a glance at the world and life through their eyes. Then she begins to ask herself questions. What is movie to her? And what is life? (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 21, 2022 | Friday | ODEON Luxe West End | 18:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Park Pyong-ho and Kim Jung-do of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency are tasked with finding a mole within the agency, and learn of a grand plot to assassinate the South Korean president in this spy action drama. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 19, 2022 | Wednesday | ODEON Luxe Leicaster Square | 19:30 pm Buy Tickets →

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July 26th is Teruo Saiki’s birthday. This story that begins on July 26th, 2021, portrays the six years of a couple’s relationship in reverse, from its end to its beginning, by revisiting the same day of each year of their relationship. Teruo, who gave up his career as a dancer due to injury, and Yo, a taxi driver. Among the birthdays that these two characters spent together, some were special, some were not. Just remembering those sweet days that are now gone forever. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 23, 2022 | Sunday | ODEON Luxe West End | 17:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Hong is a shy young man who lives with his control-freak mother, Meiling. After a disastrous blind date, Hong’s cousin decides to bring him to a sex hotel. Although Hong is not ready to lose his virginity, he finds himself attracted to the sex hotel’s assistant manager, Lele. Charming and warm, Lele is a single mom to a son of around 20 years old. As a beautiful woman who works at a sex hotel, she is often troubled by unwanted attention. However, Lele enjoys the company of Hong and the extra special bond developing. Meiling and Lele’s son stumble upon the relationship. The two lovebirds are forced to face the reality and decide if they want to be with each other… (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 23, 2022 | Sunday | ODEON Luxe West End | 18:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Truck driver Xu Dong has to send his beloved dog away when his pregnant wife, Meiling, approaches her due date. By coincidence, Ma Qianli, a real estate developer heavily in debt, now becomes the new dog owner. When later confronted by debt collectors, Ma has to cook the dog to treat them. The death of the dog turns the two frustrated men into foes. Xu seeks vengeance with rage though after several failed attempts, he finds himself sympathizing with Ma’s plight and impossible to carry on with the plan. Meanwhile, Meiling finds out about Xu’s love affair. Inextinguishable hatred spreads among the three. Just like the Manchurian tiger who has grown used to being fed by the zoo keepers, people are also trapped in their mundane absurdity of life, bathing under the sun that shines through the cage. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 20, 2022 | Thursday | ODEON Luxe West End | 17:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Yi-jung lives with her mother Su-kyung, but they do not get along well with each other. While out grocery shopping one day, they fight as usual and Su-kyung’s car ends up hitting Yi-jung in the parking lot. Yi-jung does not believe Su-kyung’s claim that the car suddenly accelerated on its own and thinks her mother hit her on purpose. Now, Yi-jung wants an apology from Su-kyung for everything that happened in her life. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 28, 2022 | Friday | The Cinema at Selfridges | 18:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Chun Hua, who broke with his father and left home for many years, received the news of her grandfather’s death. She had to take her daughter to her grandfather’s funeral. Her father, whom she hadn’t seen for many years, was still cold and even rude. He gave her and her daughter a long face. At night, there seemed to be some terrifying secret hidden in the house. On the first seventh day, the one who returned turned out to be…(LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 23, 2022 | Sunday | ODEON Luxe West End | 21:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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Ying Wa Girls’ School was founded by the London Missionary in Hong Kong at the turn of the last century.  For over 120 years, the school has proudly stood on the opulent hillside of the Hong Kong island, overlooking the beautiful Victoria Harbor and turning  out generation after generation of fine young students.  Notwithstanding, as time went by, the campus, which was designed and built way back in 1950, had become inadequate to meet the scope and needs of modern education.  And so, after rounds of negotiations between the school committee and various government departments and funding bodies, it was decided that the old campus was to be completely torn down after 2011, and a brand new campus with modern facilities would be built on the original site. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 27, 2022 | Thursday | Chiswick Cinema | 20:00 pm Buy Tickets →

With widening wealth disparities between Asian countries and increase in migrant labor, a new social conflict has emerged. The injustices and harsh conditions faced by those who crossed borders to overcome their poverty are now being passed on to their children. They are in Taiwan, in the Philippines, in Thailand, in Malaysia, in Indonesia, somewhere else, but nowhere else. This film is about undocumented immigrant children, a second generation of undocumented immigrants who are living like shadows. (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 23, 2022 | Sunday | ODEON Luxe West End | 11:00 am Buy Tickets →

In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace. They take each other’s hands and seem to have finally found their place in the world until Fumi is arrested for kidnapping. Fifteen years later, the lonely two are reunited both still suffering from the stigma as the victim and perpetrator of “a pedophile case”. Will the society give a place to their unshakable bond they have formed.No borders in catching the bad! Another exciting and tension-filled round up! (LEAFF 2022)

Screening:
October 22, 2022 | Saturday | ODEON Luxe West End | 15:00 pm Buy Tickets →

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