7,312 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia
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Here We Are
🇮🇱 IsraelAharon has devoted his life to raising his son Uri. They live together in a gentle routine, away from the real world. But Uri is autistic, and now as a young adult it might be time for him to live in a specialized home. While on their way to the institution, Aharon decides to run away with his son and hits the road, knowing that Uri is not ready for this separation. Or is it, in fact, his father who is not ready?
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Kyoto Prefecture The 19th CenturySet in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata (Junichi Okada). He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration. --asianwiki
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Double Patty
🇰🇷 South KoreaTheir last minute comeback against the world — Kang Woo-ram is busy preparing to get a job. Lee Hyun-ji is a would-be anchor, but she works at a homemade hamburger restaurant. One night, Woo-ram visits the hamburger restaurant and orders a double patty hamburger, which has a "buy one, get one free" sale. This is how their relationship begins.
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Laila in Haifa
🇮🇱 IsraelThe film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
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Miracle: Letters to the President
🇰🇷 South Korea The 1980sDreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. Ra-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the President.
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Miss Andy
🇲🇾 MalaysiaStruggling for years, 55 year old Andy finally claim herself as woman, despite it was just partially completed. Andy’s dream come true, but she has to pay for the price. Wearing dresses had make her losing her job and her family. It never rains but it pours. The closest friend of her passed away out of sudden, Andy suddenly feel empty!A long day with a little surprise, a mother and a son turn up in Andy’s life, seeing them leaving no where with no identity, Andy decided to keep them with her, without knowing this sympathy has change the story of Andy.
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Couple From The Future
🇷🇺 Russia The 2020s The 2040sNear future, 2040. Eugene and Alexandra have been married for 20 years, their relationship is like a dried apricot. Divorce from them also does not work, because in the future, divorce is a very expensive service. But fate gives them a chance: Eugene and Alexandra fall into the past, on the very day 20 years ago, when the lover and young Zhenya proposed to the lovely Sasha. Now a couple from the future wants to separate themselves in their youth, but it won't be easy. The young will fight for their love.
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Sardar Ka Grandson
🇵🇰 PakistanA devoted grandson's mission to reunite his ailing grandmother with her ancestral home turns into a complicated, comic cross-border affair.
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Drifting
🇭🇰 Hong KongJust out of jail, Fai finds a spot on a street corner where other homeless people welcome him. But he doesn’t get much time to settle in. The police soon chase them away, and their possessions disappear into a garbage truck. Young social worker Ms Ho thinks it’s time to fight this in court. In the meantime, Fai and his friends have other concerns.
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Hand Rolled Cigarette
🇭🇰 Hong KongA retired British Chinese soldier, a young South Asian man, an encounter at Chungking Mansions. Coincidentally, they both offended the same gang boss. What has given them a new lease of life and how do they rediscover themselves through each other’s company…
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Tribhanga
🇮🇳 IndiaTedhi Medhi Crazy — When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained relationship.
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The Medium
🇹🇭 ThailandBe ready for a horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance on the Isan region of Thailand. — A horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not be as benevolent as it first appears.
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Beyto
🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇷 Turkey The 2010sTalented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him to their home village and plan his wedding with Seher, his childhood friend. Suddenly, Beyto finds himself in a disruptive love triangle. A subtle, summerly sensuous love story about three young people by Gitta Gsell.
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Funny Boy
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka The 1970s The 1980sLove was an act of war. — A student must navigate issues of sexuality, identity and family amid Sri Lanka's social turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Ninnila Ninnila
England 🇮🇳 IndiaIn London, Dev, an overweight, genius chef who suffers with muscle spasms, meets Tara and love blossoms, but things take an interesting turn when he crosses paths with Maya.
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1921
ShanghaiRise up, rise up — The story of the very first Chinese movement. 'The Fourth Movement'. A movement initiated by intellectuals. Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.
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Drive My Car
Hiroshima PrefectureYusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
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Outside the Wire
🇷🇺 Russia 🇺🇦 Ukraine The 2030sDefiant by design. — In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
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Belle
Kōchi PrefectureWho are you? — Suzu is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when suddenly, a mysterious dragon-like figure appears before her.
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One for the Road
🇹🇭 Thailand New York The 2010sSome journeys end where they begin. — Boss, an elusive bar owner living in New York, reunites with his estranged best friend, Aood, for a roadtrip in Thailand after Aood has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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The Battle at Lake Changjin
Beijing 🇰🇷 South Korea The 1950sIn the winter of 1950, in the icy and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle between the United States and China was about to begin. China and the United States respectively sent the most elite troop troops to fight-the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers, the 1st US Marine Division, and the 7th Infantry Division.
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The Pioneer
Beijing Shanghai The 1910s The 1920sThe story of Li Dazhao's revolutionary deeds from 1912 to 1927, and the story of the benevolent and revolutionary pioneers who were led by him to devote themselves to the great cause of Marxism
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Krack
🇮🇳 IndiaPothuraju Veera Shankar is a hot-headed circle inspector from Andhra who doesn’t like to hear the word ‘background’. Wherever he is appointed in the state, he brings all the notorious gundas to their knees with his signature policing style. When Shankar is appointed in Ongole, the brutal Katari commits a spine-chilling murder and angers Shankar. How the rivalry between Pothuraju Veera Shankar and Katari turns worse is what Krack is all about.
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