

Come and Go
2021-11-19 · 158 min · Not rated
Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.
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- Directors
- Kah-Wai Lim
- Production companies
- Cinema Drifters
- Countries
- Japan, Malaysia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Lee Kang-shengXiao Kang
Manami UsamaruMayumi
Liên Bỉnh PhátNam
Makiko WatanabeYoshiko Tomioka
Seiji ChiharaKatsuhiko Tomioka
Mousam GurungMousan
Nang TracyMimi
JC CheeWilliam
Jakujaku KatsuraShinji Iida
David Siu Chung-HangChang Liang
ShogenRyuji Sawada
Lee Tae-rimLee
Orson MochizukiKenji
GouziLao Huang
Suzu HonjoSelf
Nobu MorimotoPrincipal of the Japanese Language School
Nagiko TsujiParticipant in the Demonstration
Chieko MisakaChang's wife
Ryushin TeiNightclub Customer
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