Asian Focus

Sponsored by East Asian Languages and Cultures at Washington University

Directed by Tien-yu Fu

For the vast majority of people, getting a haircut is an essential task to which we rarely give a…

Directed by Robert Clouse

“Enter the Dragon” revolves around three main characters. Lee is recruited by an agency to…

Directed by Ashley Sabin, David Redmon

For two decades, New York City cinephiles had access to a treasure trove of rare and esoteric films…

Directed by Changjun Lee

Youngsoon defected from North Korea in 2007. Her husband killed himself and her eldest son is in…

A quartet of deeply personal films from a Pan-Asian diaspora.

Directed by Kaoru Ishibashi, Justin Taylor Smith

In “Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi,” internationally acclaimed composer and songwriter K…

Directed by Wim Wenders

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a…

Directed by Jennifer Takaki

For 50 years, Chinese-American photographer Corky Lee tirelessly documented Asian Pacific Americans…

Directed by Masakazu Kaneko

Sosuke is an aspiring manga artist, though for the moment he’s stuck doing heavy labor on…

Directed by Ran Li

Thirty-year-old college lecturer Shu falls madly in love with theater director Fan in Prague during…