TOKYO FILMeX Competition films

Cities of Last Things
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Taiwan / 2018 / 107 min.
Director: HO Wi Ding

The year is 2056. Zhang is an aging former detective in a near future Taipei who enters a dance hall and beats up the man dancing with his wife. Additionally, he meets his daughter; he encounters a foreign prostitute. Furthermore, Zhang goes to a hospital to enact his vengeance on a certain man.... The film is comprised of three parts. Part 2 portrays Zhang's young adulthood, and part 3 his juvenile years. Zhang's actions seem unbridled, but the circumstances behind them are gradually revealed. The film is outstanding both visually and structurally. Jack KAO, a regular of HOU Hsiao-hsien's films portrays the elderly Zhang. LEE Hong-chi of "Thanatos Drunk" (2015) portrays the young Zhang. Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival's Platform Section and was awarded the prize for Best Film.

Director: HO Wi Ding
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ホー・ウィディン(監督)

市山 尚三(東京フィルメックス ディレクター)
新居 由香(通訳)

台湾、中国、アメリカ、フランス / 2018 / 107分
監督:ホー・ウィディン (HO Wi Ding)

Cities of Last Things
Taiwan / 2018 / 107min.
Director: HO Wi Ding

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