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SDAFF 2024 Shanghai Blues
Reviewed by Alicia Glass The amazing 4K restoration of a beloved 1984 classic for its 40th Anniversary, Shanghai Blues tells the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers who, determined to meet up after the war with the Japanese is over, endure all sorts of misadventures trying to find each-other some ten years later! When our soon-to-be-departed soldier and his pretty lady met under the bridge during a raid, they didn’t exchange names. They did, however, manage to save each-other and make a...
Previous featured Events
SDAFF 2015 presents Crush The Skull
Some rather hapless and desperate thieves end up trapped in the house they intended to rob, which it turns out is the lair of a deranged serial killer!
SDAFF 2015 presents The Royal Tailor
The film rather incongruously begins with a modern-day showing of a fabulous hanbok (traditional Korean dress) wedding dress, apparently mistakenly attributed to the only royal tailor of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, Jo Dol-seok.
SDAFF 2016 presents The Mermaid
A hidden mermaid is sent to assassinate the rich developer planning on destroying her ecosystem, but instead manages to fall head over fins for him!