Playing Victim (2024)

Game of Chance 3

Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...

Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam

Following Vladimir Klitchsko's retirement after Joshua's last fight and mandatory challenger Kubret Pulev pulling out of the fight with a late injury, Carlos Takam was given just 12 days notice to fight the current WBA, IBF and IBO Heavyweight Champion. Widely regarded on the boxing scene as having one of the toughest granite chins in the business Takam took a considerable height and weight disadvantage into the ring, Anthony Joshua subsequently weighed in for what was then a career high 18st 2lbs and brought massive reach advantage. Before either fighter got into their rhythm this late match up resulted in blood spilled from both sides as old vs new battled in front of 75,000 fans in Cardiff, Wales. This became a world record high attendance for an indoor boxing event.

Friends and Lovers

British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.

Narsimha

Narsimha a young and captive man lives a middle-class life with his family in a quiet neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister to marry an eligible young man in their vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that conflict arise between his neighbourhood and another neighbourhood where he seek refuge in a dwelling area nearby only to return and find out that his whole family has been murder. Without no aim left in life, Narasimha decided to turn to crime and alcohol. He later decided to work for a man-call Suraj Narayan Singh. But when Suraj asks him to kill Ravi Rastogi for falling in love with his daughter, Meenu. Narasimha refuses, and on the contrary joins forces with Ravi, his sister, Anita, to force Suraj to get the young couple married. This kind of conflict escalates to such proportions that Suraj finally gets arrested and lodged in a cell.

Close Game: Reversed War

An unpleasant, but delightful single round contest with the superior! Chairman Kim is an old man who treats his employees very badly. Meanwhile, his assistant, Chang-soo, has to suffer Kim's verbal abuse everyday in the car. One day, Chang-soo drives a drunk chairman Kim home. However, there is only so much Chang-soo can take and the suppressed anger inside him explodes!

West Virginia Stories

Three stories examining what it means to live, find connection, deal with trauma, and do more than just exist, in the rural landscape of small mining town in West Virginia.

Natasha Brock - Psyclus

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The Top Bet

Anita Mui plays the sister of the Saint of Gamblers, and also possesses supernatural gambling abilities. However, she chooses not to use her powers. She decides to come to Hong Kong to retrieve her brother and bring him back to China. There she meets his assistant, Ng, who is without the Saint of Gamblers, as he has headed off on a cruise. Ng asks Mui to compete in the next tournament, but she turns him down. Mui stays at Ng's house, and helps him find another player to compete. But when Mui finds out that the opposition also has supernatural gambling abilities, she throws the gauntlet down and prepares for the match of her life.

Souvenir for the Prosecutor

A seemingly ordinary car accident turns out to be a murder investigation...

Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément... Les Présidents et les Français

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Sín título

Inspired by surrealism, a quiet picnic quickly turns into a portrait of being hunted and seeking escape.

Labbra dipinte

Due rappresentanti di cosmetici stanno promuovendo un nuovo rossetto aromatizzato e vengono coinvolti in una guerra fra ditte rivali.

L'inverno

L'inverno è il racconto cinematografico esistenzialista e sperimentale della solitudine troppo rumorosa di due artisti innamorati: uno scrittore tormentato e bello e una gallerista eccentrica e nevrotica. L'incontro con due nuovi vicini di casa, affascinanti e perversi farà scaturire nella coppia una nuova ondata di turbamenti e gelosie. Come in un gioco di specchi, in un amore in quattro, le difficoltà delle due coppie salgono a galla e i tormenti delle loro esistenze frustrate rendono audace il loro stare insieme.

Quartieri alti

Mantenuto da una ricca e stagionata signora, giovanotto senza scrupoli s'invaghisce di studentessa e per conquistarla scrittura due attori che gli facciano da genitori. La fanciulla scopre l'inganno e, quando messo in condizione di dover scegliere, il giovane opta per un futuro con la ragazza.

Uno Koichiro no joi mo nureruno

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