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Featured Films

Check out these featured films playing at the festival.

CAFE ISOBE

Featured/Narrative Feature Competition

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CAFE ISOBE is a Japanese comedy about Yujiro, a dim-witted tradesman, who, after inheriting a small fortune, quits his job and imprudently decides to open his very own cafe. His teenage daughter Sakiko, who has been caring for the poor schlub since her mother split, is mortified by the idea of her clueless dad running a trendy cafe. As expected, the cafe's grand opening is dismal and Yujiro can't understand why business isn’t booming. Things turn around the day he hires (and instantly falls in love with) an alluring but air headed part-time worker named Motoko. Could a new romance be the key to Cafe Isobe's success? Perhaps, but this strange state of affairs worries Sakiko, who has no choice but to keep dear dad out of trouble! --Jason Soeda

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DACHIMAWA LEE

Featured/Spotlight on Korea

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Suave spy Dachimawa Lee teams up with "Bond girls" Yeon-ja and Mary to find a stolen national treasure that contains a list of Korean freedom fighters wanted by imperial authorities. The globetrotting mission becomes complicated when Lee temporarily loses his memory and a Chinese merchant, a quirky Korean vagabond and a Japanese spy get in the way. DACHIMAWA LEE, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, is a quirky action comedy that mercilessly pokes fun at almost everything related to the genre to which it pretends to belong, resulting in an unpredictable mixture of cheesy parodies, unnerving humor and pseudo action sequences.

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Highest Rated Films

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IP MAN

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AJUMMA! ARE YOU KRAZY?

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Most Visited Films

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BARBARIAN PRINCESS

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THE PEOPLE I'VE SLEPT WITH

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Most Scheduled Films

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BARBARIAN PRINCESS

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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

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Updates to the Schedule

Fri. October 16

MOTHER - 8:45PM (New Screening Added!)
RASHOMON - Time changed from 6:15PM to 7:00PM
EARTH DAYS - Time changed from 8:30PM to 9:30PM
DISTRICT 13 ULTIMATUM - Time changed from 9:15PM to 10:30PM

Sat. October 17

THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE - Time changed from 9:00PM to 10:00PM

Mon. October 19

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN - Time changed from 2:00PM to 12:30PM
OLD PARTNER - Time changed from to 1:30PM to 2:15 PM

Tue. October 20

IF I KNEW WHAT YOU SAID - Screening moved to Oct 25th at 2:00PM
WHEAT - Screening moved to Oct 23rd at 12:45PM
DISTRICT 13 ULTIMATUM - Time changed from 9:00PM to 9:45PM