Eastern Tides

EASTERN TIDES: our film series celebrating modern Asian cult classics

Upcoming:
HAPPY TOGETHER (1997) by Wong Kar-wai
SUZHOU RIVER (2000) by Lou Ye
YI YI (2000) by Edward Yang
GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) by Mamoru Oshii

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles

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Großer Saal € 10.50 Tickets
Director
Wong Kar-wai
Cast
Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Chen Chang
Plot Outline

A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles

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Date Time Room Price
Großer Saal € 10.50 Tickets
Director
Lou Ye
Cast
Zhou Xun, Jia Hongsheng, Nai An, Yao Anlian, Zhongkai Hua, Zhang Ming Fang
Plot Outline

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover, who he attempted to kidnap 3 years ago.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles

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Date Time Room Price
Großer Saal € 11.50 Tickets
Director
Edward Yang
Cast
Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Su-Yun Ko, Michael Tao, Shu-shen Hsiao
Plot Outline

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles

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Date Time Room Price
Großer Saal € 10.50 Tickets
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Cast
Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Ohki, Tessyo Genda, Naruki Masahisa, Masato Yamanouchi
Plot Outline

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Director
Wong Kar-wai
Cast
Leon Lai, Charlie Yeung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Michelle Reis, Chan Man-Lei, Toru Saito, Benz Kong To-Hoi, Chan Fai-hung
Plot Outline

An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to him.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast
Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Duan Chun-hao, Doze Niu Cheng-Tse, Jun Takeuchi, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Ko Takeuchi, Hsu Hui-Ni, Rio Peng
Plot Outline

Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Director
Takashi Miike
Cast
Ryō Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi
Plot Outline

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.

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Eastern Tides
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Director
Park Chan-wook
Cast
Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Im Ji-eun, Han Bo-bae, Lee Dae-yeon, Gi Ju-bong, Kim Se-dong, Lee Yoon-Mi
Plot Outline

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.