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2018 SDAFF Spring Showcase

Asia Pop!

Films to make you laugh, cry, and cheer, featuring romance that transcends death, time travelers who rewrite history, and heroes who change the future of democracy.


  1. 1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES

    Jang Joon-hwan / Asia Pop! / South Korea / 2017 / drama, suspense / 129 mins
    The death of a college student by anti-communist witch hunters sparks a community of knowing and unintentional protestors. A rogue prosecutor deviates from the party line. A prison guard crosses the bars separating criminal and civilian. A student falls in love with a campus organizer. As the drama escalates in scope and complexity, the film intensifies with a poignancy far more convincing and urgent than most flag-waving works of Korean nationalism.
    1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Saturday, Apr 21, 2018 5:45PM

    1987: WHEN THE DAY COMES

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Monday, Apr 23, 2018 7:55PM


  2. LOVE EDUCATION

    Sylvia Chang / Asia Pop! / China, Taiwan / 2017 / drama, family, romance / 122 mins
    A comedy of bureaucratic absurdity and a drama of long-dormant romance, LOVE EDUCATION tenderly showcases the face-off between distant relatives battling for the right to move the grave of a family member. Director and star Sylvia Chang captures the tenacious desires of three generations of women who discover that love is a lifelong education resilient to cultural transformation and social upheaval.
    LOVE EDUCATION

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Saturday, Apr 21, 2018 1:00PM

    LOVE EDUCATION

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Wednesday, Apr 25, 2018 5:25PM


  3. MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER

    Asia Pop! / martial arts
    We could tell you what it is, but then we'd have to make sure they are the last words you ever hear again.
    MYSTERY KUNG FU THEATER

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Friday, Apr 20, 2018 9:55PM


  4. TAKE ME TO THE MOON

    Hsieh Chun-yi / Asia Pop! / Taiwan / 2017 / fantasy, music, romantic comedy / 105 mins
    The time travel teen musical rom-com you’ve been waiting for is here. In 2017, a fateful encounter gives the dejected Cheng-hsiang the chance to go back in time twenty years, to when he and his high school compadres were in a rock band called Moon, graduation was imminent, and his lifelong crush Emma hadn’t yet gotten away. Cheng-hsiang has three days to relive his youth and re-route history to prevent the tragedies ahead that only he knows will befall his best friends.
    TAKE ME TO THE MOON

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Saturday, Apr 21, 2018 3:30PM

    TAKE ME TO THE MOON

    UltraStar Mission Valley
    Monday, Apr 23, 2018 5:40PM