Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
A popular English teacher, Mizuguchi Risako has been kidnapped three days before the high school's graduation ceremony. Four high school seniors received a mysterious challenge letter, asking them to solve the mystery of the kidnapping case within 72 hours. The four students are Kurokawa Yoshiki, his childhood friend Takahata Ayane, sports all-rounder Ogita Junpei, and school's beauty contest winner Komatsu Mio. The four students were wondering why they're the only ones who received the letter, but later gradually found out the "other face" of Mizuguchi which she has been hiding.
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
The ISS, the International Space Station has gone silent. The crew is in distress. Simultaneously, a decapitated and waxed body is found on a roof in Kazakhstan. Positive identification leaves no room for doubt: the body belongs to an American astronaut currently on a mission on the ISS. A French astronaut, dismissed from the space program, and a Kazakh cop, disowned by his ranking hierarchy, set out to solve this mysterious paradox.
In this work, the Iraqis will have a superhero emerging from the womb of love and war, to embody the ambitious Iraqi dream of ending injustice, violence and corruption in the country.
At work, techniques are used for the first time in Iraq, and a unique tale, accompanied by a lot of imagination and emotions, and many stars of Iraqi drama.
End of the winter season in “Les Cimes”, a small ski resort in the Swiss Alps. As the snow melts, the body of a murdered woman appears near the French border. At the head of the investigation, Inspector Sterenn Peiry, however, keeps a dark secret...
The action takes place from April to December 1986. The Ukrainian department of the KGB of the USSR becomes aware of the interest shown by foreign intelligence services in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. To establish the whereabouts of an experienced CIA officer, Albert Lenz, who is suspected of espionage, on the territory of Pripyat, Lieutenant Colonel of military counterintelligence Andrey Nikolaev arrives in the city.
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Sara disappeared two years ago and since then in the village, Trinquet, they have not heard from her again. Pep, who has always been in love with her, decides to go out to look for her, in a desperate attempt to understand how and why he ran away.
Leading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee Kang-sheng (“Days,” “Goodbye, Dragon Inn”) are attached to “Twisted Strings”, a TV anthology series backed by HBO Asia and streamer Catchplay.The seven-part series is written and directed by Golden Horse-nominated director, Huang Xi (“Missing Johnny”). Hou is attached as the series executive producer. Lee, who has appeared exclusively in films over the past 30 years, notably those of famed Malaysian director Tsai Ming-liang, stars.
When a doctor receives her namesake as an abused and injured patient, she is instantly invested in the latter's story and is determined to bring her justice. Sabrina is the heart-wrenching saga of one woman stepping up for another woman and a tale of universal womanhood.
A plane crashes on an island, only one survivor remains who ends up "Lost in Blue", he builds a raft to survive, you will accompany him on his psychological journey, as he is alone and as time goes by , the crazier he gets and the fewer memories of what happened he has.
Dr. Prakan is a well-known surgeon dedicated to saving people’s lives. However, while he is trying to save lives he is constantly visited by the last person he could ever want to see. Death will show up every day trying to take the souls of the people that the doctor is trying to save. They work for completely opposing sides. One must collect the souls of the dead, the other must save lives before they reach that state. Is it possible to fall in love with the one thing you try to avoid, and how can the love story between death and a Doctor last?