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Busan
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Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, romanized as Pusan before 2000, is South Koreas second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of approximately 3.6 million. The population of the area, including the adjacent cities of Gimhae. The city is located on the southeastern-most tip of the Korean peninsula, located within South Koreas largest industrial area, The Southeast Economic Zone, the city is the cultural, educational and economic center of the region. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth busiest seaport by cargo tonnage. The most densely built up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong River and the Suyeong River, with mountains separating most of the districts, administratively, it is designated as a Metropolitan City. The Busan metropolitan area is divided into 15 major administrative districts, Busan was the host city of the 2002 Asian Games and the APEC2005 Korea. It was also one of the host cities for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, on November 14,2005, the city authorities officially announced its bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics Games. After Pyeongchangs successful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, Busan is considering bidding to host the 2028 or 2032 Summer Olympics, Busan has Koreas largest beach and longest river, and is home to the worlds largest department store, the Shinsegae Centum City. Geochilsan-guk existed in the second and 3rd and 4th centuries as a chiefdom of Jinhan and it was absorbed by Silla and renamed Geochilsan-gun. The word Geochilsan means rough mountain, probably referring to Hwangbyeongsan, the mounded burials of Bokcheon-dong were built along the top of a ridge that overlooks a wide area that makes up parts of modern-day Dongnae-gu and Yeonje-gu. Archaeologists excavated more than 250 iron weapons and ingots from Burial No,38, a wooden chamber tomb at Bokcheon-dong. In 757, Geochilsan-gun was again renamed Dongnae, which it is still called, from the beginning of the 15th century, the Korean government designated Busan as a trading port with the Japanese and allowed their settlement. Other Japanese settlements in Ulsan and Jinhae diminished later, but the Busan settlement, called Waegwan at the time, after the war, diplomatic relations with the new shogunate in Japan were established in 1607, and Busan Waegwan was permitted to be reconstructed. The Japanese settlement, though relocated into Choryang later, continued to exist until Korea was exposed to modern diplomacy in 1876, in 1876, Busan became the first international port in Korea. During the Japanese rule, Busan developed into a hub trading port with Japan, Busan was the only city in Korea to adopt the steam tramway before electrification was introduced in 1924. During the Korean War, Busan was one of two cities in South Korea not captured by the North Korean army within the first three months of the War. As a result, the city became a camp site for Koreans during the war. As Busan was one of the few areas in Korea that remained under the control of South Korea throughout the Korean War, UN troops established a defensive perimeter around the city known as the Pusan Perimeter in the summer and autumn of 1950
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South Korea
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The earliest Korean pottery dates to 8000 BC, with three kingdoms flourishing in the 1st century BC and its rich and vibrant culture left 19 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, the third largest in the world, along with 12 World Heritage Sites. Annexed into Imperial Japan in 1910, Korea was divided after its surrender in 1945, peace has since mostly continued with the two agreeing to work peacefully for reunification and the South solidifying peace as a regional power with the worlds 10th largest defence budget. South Koreas tiger economy soared at an average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful, today, it is the worlds fifth largest exporter with the G20s largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency, high personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC. It is the third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance. It is the worlds largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science, the name Korea derives from the name Goryeo. The name Goryeo itself was first used by the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo in the 5th century as a form of its name. The 10th-century kingdom of Goryeo succeeded Goguryeo, and thus inherited its name, the modern spelling of Korea first appeared in the late 17th century in the travel writings of the Dutch East India Companys Hendrick Hamel. After Goryeo was replaced by Joseon in 1392, Joseon became the name for the entire territory. The new official name has its origin in the ancient country of Gojoseon, in 1897, the Joseon dynasty changed the official name of the country from Joseon to Daehan Jeguk. The name Daehan, which means great Han literally, derives from Samhan, however, the name Joseon was still widely used by Koreans to refer to their country, though it was no longer the official name. Under Japanese rule, the two names Han and Joseon coexisted, there were several groups who fought for independence, the most notable being the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Following the surrender of Japan, in 1945, the Republic of Korea was adopted as the name for the new country. Since the government only controlled the part of the Korean Peninsula
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Ahn Sung-ki
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Ahn Sung-ki is a South Korean actor. Starting from the 1980s, he appeared in nearly 100 movies and he was a later graduate of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Because of his ability to speak foreign languages, UNICEF appointed Ahn as a representative. He acted twice as the President of South Korea in the movies the Romantic President and he had military service after graduating from university as an artillery officer which he volunteered for. On 23 June 2012, Ahn, along with Lee Byung-hun, became some of the first Korean actors to leave their hand and foot prints on the forecourt of Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and he was recommended by the Korean Film Producers Association for his body of work. 미워할 수 없는 남자 안성기 Ahn Sung-ki, The Man You Cant Hate, Ahn Sung-ki at the Internet Movie Database Ahn Sung-ki at the Korean Movie Database
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Tang Wei
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Tang Wei is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution, Tang was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China and raised in Hangzhou, Zhejiang to Wenzhounese parents. She is the child of a former stage actress and painter. In an interview, she explained that she travelled around China and learned to paint. Tang graduated from a vocational high school in her hometown in 1996, where her teachers described her as athletic. She had no plans to become famous, she aspired to become an archaeologist or lawyer. Tang made the decision to enter the entertainment industry after doing some modelling in 1997 and she graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2002. Shortly after her university graduation, Tang met Stan Lai during one of his trips to China. He was impressed by the actress, and was quoted as saying, The number of stars may not be good actors, a lot of actors may not be good stars. He proceeded to recommend her to several directors and was thus cast in more roles, nonetheless, Tang starred in a TV series, Policewoman Swallow and a brief university drama, Che Guevara. After working with a diverse group of actresses, she also appeared in TV dramas Leaving Seafront Street, East Meets West. In July 2006, Tang was selected more than 10,000 actresses to appear in Ang Lees Lust, Caution as Wong Chia Chi, co-starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Joan Chen. She learned both Shanghainese and the related Suzhou dialect during that time, and was trained in a formal style of dressing and acting. Tang won the Best New Performer Golden Horse award, Tang was also nominated for the Independent Spirit Award, and was present at the ceremony in Santa Monica, California in February 2008. She received wider fame throughout and beyond China after this role, in March 2008, Chinas State Administration of Radio Film and Television ordered a media ban due to Tangs performance of sexual acts in Lust, Caution. Because of the controversy instigated by the statement, this was followed by discontinuing most of Tangs forthcoming TV commercials to endorse various snack foods and cosmetics. A play director named Stan Lai, who was her professor at Central Academy for Drama and she was set to star in Tian Zhuangzhuangs budget period film The Warrior and the Wolf, but was replaced by Maggie Q. In February 2009, during her absence from the movie industry, from November 2009 to March 2010, Tang filmed with Hyun Bin in Late Autumn, directed by Kim Tae-yong
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Busan International Film Festival
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The Busan International Film Festival, held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from 13 to 21 September 1996, was also the first international festival in Korea. The focus of the BIFF is introducing new films and first-time directors, another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan was established to connect new directors to funding sources, the 16th BIFF in 2011 saw the festival move to a new permanent home, the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City. The Busan Cinema Center is an about USD150 million structure designed by Austria-based architecture collective Coop Himmelblau, a Window on Asian Cinema, A showcase of brand new and/or representative films by the talented Asian filmmakers with their diverse points of view and style. New Currents, The only international competition section featuring the first or the feature films by the future leading directors of Asian cinema. Korean Cinema Today, Selected Korean feature films are shown in two sub-sections, Panorama and Vision and these two sub-sections recognise the current production trend of Korean cinema and anticipate its future. Korean Cinema Retrospective, Revisiting the history of Korean cinema by spotlighting films of a notable director or films with a significant theme. World Cinema, Presentation of new works by world-renowned filmmakers along with the years best films that help understanding the recent trends in world cinema. Wide Angle, A section dedicated to showing outstanding short films, animation, documentaries, open Cinema, A unique outdoor screening venue where a collection of new films, combining both art and mass popularity, are shown along with internationally acclaimed works. Flash Forward, Flash Forward is set to discover yet-surfaced cineastes and this section is an eclectic collection of first or second films of up-and-coming filmmakers from non-Asian countries. Midnight Passion, Midnight Passion presents films of diverse genres selected for entertainment value from all over the world to meet the audience at night, special Programs in Focus, A retrospective and special showcase of films of a certain notable director or genre. Asian Cinema Fund, The Asian Cinema Fund is a program to help activate more independent film productions. It supports projects in various stages and categories, from script development, ACF also aims to be a cornerstone in the foundation of a pan-Asian network by providing a meeting place for Asian filmmakers. The 900 million won Asian Cinema Fund will be used to support to seven projects in script development, five post-productions. The Script Development Fund is aimed at helping screenwriters complete their scripts and it will offer an opportunity to make for a more creative and fine-tuned project. The Post-Production Fund is made possible through the support of Korean post-production companies. With this fund, the director is invited to Korea to work on sound and it will help the director complete his or her film in 35mm
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Busan Cinema Center
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The Busan Cinema Center is the official, exclusive venue of the Busan International Film Festival, where its opening and closing ceremonies take place, located in Centum City, Busan, South Korea. The about USD150 million center opened on September 29,2011 almost three years after construction began, as of July 2013, it has the Guinness World Record for the longest cantilever roof. The center was designed by the Austrian architectural design firm Coop Himmelbau, the center comprises three buildings, Biff Theater with the Small Roof, and Dureraum Square with the Big Roof. The Busan Cinema Center, built on a 32,137 m² plot, occupies 54,335 m² of performance, dining, entertainment, the center has two steel roofs. The Big Roof is 163 m long x 60 m wide with an 85 m cantilever portion, the Small Roof covering the outdoor theater BIFF Theater has a span of 70 m and an area of 66 m x 100 to 120 m and weighs 1,236 tons. The Big Roof is the longest cantilever roof certified by Guinness World Records, the ceilings of the Big and Small Roofs are clad with 23,910 and 18,690 LED lights respectively
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Chinese people
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The Han Chinese, Han people or simply Han are an ethnic group native to East Asia. They constitute approximately 92% of the population of China, 95% of Taiwan, 76% of Singapore, 23% of Malaysia, Han Chinese are the worlds largest ethnic group with over 1.3 billion people. Similarly, the Chinese language also came to be named the Han language ever since, in the Oxford Dictionary, the Han are defined as The dominant ethnic group in China. In the Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania, the Han are called the dominant population in China, as well as in Taiwan, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the Han are the Chinese peoples especially as distinguished from non-Chinese elements in the population. The name Hanzhong, in turn, was derived from the Han River, which flows through the regions plains. The river, in turn, derives its name from such as Tianhan, Yinhan, Xinghan or Yunhan, all ancient Chinese poetic nicknames for the Milky Way. This gave rise to a commonly used nowadays by overseas Chinese for ethnic identity – Huaren. The term is used in conversation and is also an element in the Cantonese word for Chinatown. The vast majority of Han Chinese – over 1.2 billion of them – live in areas under the jurisdiction of the Peoples Republic of China, where they constitute about 92% of its population. Han Chinese also constitute the majority in both of the administrative regions of the PRC—about 95% and 96% of the population of Hong Kong and Macau. There are over 22 million Han Chinese in Taiwan, they began migrating from the coastal provinces of mainland China to Taiwan during the 13th to 17th century. At first, these migrants chose to settle in locations that bore a resemblance to the areas they had left behind in mainland China, hoklo immigrants from Quanzhou settled in coastal regions, and those from Zhangzhou tended to gather on inland plains, while the Hakka inhabited hilly areas. Clashes between these groups over land, water, and cultural differences led to the relocation of some communities, of about 40 million overseas Chinese worldwide, nearly 30 million live in Southeast Asia. They are collectively called Nanyang Chinese, according to a population genetic study, Singapore is the country with the biggest proportion of Hans in Southeast Asia. Up until the past few decades, overseas Han communities originated predominantly from areas in southern China, christmas Island has a Chinese majority at 70%, large Chinese populations also live in Malaysia and Thailand. Prior to the 1965 split, Malaysia and Singapore used to have the largest overseas Chinese population in the world and this position has since been taken by Thailand. The prehistory of the Han ethnic group is closely intertwined with both records and mythology. Han Chinese trace their ancestry from a confederation of late neolithic/early bronze-age agricultural tribes that lived along the Guanzhong, the Yellow Emperor is traditionally credited to have united with the neighbouring Shennong tribes after defeating their leader, Flame Emperor, at the Battle of Banquan
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Japan
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Japan is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea, the kanji that make up Japans name mean sun origin. 日 can be read as ni and means sun while 本 can be read as hon, or pon, Japan is often referred to by the famous epithet Land of the Rising Sun in reference to its Japanese name. Japan is an archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. The four largest are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku, the country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions. Hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and Okinawa being the southernmost one, the population of 127 million is the worlds tenth largest. Japanese people make up 98. 5% of Japans total population, approximately 9.1 million people live in the city of Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Archaeological research indicates that Japan was inhabited as early as the Upper Paleolithic period, the first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other regions, mainly China, followed by periods of isolation, from the 12th century until 1868, Japan was ruled by successive feudal military shoguns who ruled in the name of the Emperor. Japan entered into a period of isolation in the early 17th century. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan is a member of the UN, the OECD, the G7, the G8, the country has the worlds third-largest economy by nominal GDP and the worlds fourth-largest economy by purchasing power parity. It is also the worlds fourth-largest exporter and fourth-largest importer, although Japan has officially renounced its right to declare war, it maintains a modern military with the worlds eighth-largest military budget, used for self-defense and peacekeeping roles. Japan is a country with a very high standard of living. Its population enjoys the highest life expectancy and the third lowest infant mortality rate in the world, in ancient China, Japan was called Wo 倭. It was mentioned in the third century Chinese historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms in the section for the Wei kingdom, Wa became disliked because it has the connotation of the character 矮, meaning dwarf. The 倭 kanji has been replaced with the homophone Wa, meaning harmony, the Japanese word for Japan is 日本, which is pronounced Nippon or Nihon and literally means the origin of the sun. The earliest record of the name Nihon appears in the Chinese historical records of the Tang dynasty, at the start of the seventh century, a delegation from Japan introduced their country as Nihon
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India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and it is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, in the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a border with Thailand. The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE, in the following millennium, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed. Social stratification, based on caste, emerged in the first millennium BCE, early political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta empires, the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as southeast Asia. In the medieval era, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived, much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate, the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire. The economy expanded in the 17th century in the Mughal empire, in the mid-18th century, the subcontinent came under British East India Company rule, and in the mid-19th under British crown rule. A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century, which later, under Mahatma Gandhi, was noted for nonviolent resistance, in 2015, the Indian economy was the worlds seventh largest by nominal GDP and third largest by purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the major economies and is considered a newly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, a nuclear weapons state and regional power, it has the third largest standing army in the world and ranks sixth in military expenditure among nations. India is a constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system. It is a pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society and is home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu, the latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi, which translates as The people of the Indus, the geographical term Bharat, which is recognised by the Constitution of India as an official name for the country, is used by many Indian languages in its variations. Scholars believe it to be named after the Vedic tribe of Bharatas in the second millennium B. C. E and it is also traditionally associated with the rule of the legendary emperor Bharata. Gaṇarājya is the Sanskrit/Hindi term for republic dating back to the ancient times, hindustan is a Persian name for India dating back to the 3rd century B. C. E. It was introduced into India by the Mughals and widely used since then and its meaning varied, referring to a region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan or India in its entirety
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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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Thailand
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Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately 513,000 km2, Thailand is the worlds 51st-largest country and it is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 66 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and has switched between parliamentary democracy and military junta for decades, the latest coup being in May 2014 by the National Council for Peace and Order. Its capital and most populous city is Bangkok and its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The Thai economy is the worlds 20th largest by GDP at PPP and it became a newly industrialised country and a major exporter in the 1990s. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy and it is considered a middle power in the region and around the world. The country has always been called Mueang Thai by its citizens, by outsiders prior to 1949, it was usually known by the exonym Siam. The word Siam has been identified with the Sanskrit Śyāma, the names Shan and A-hom seem to be variants of the same word. The word Śyâma is possibly not its origin, but a learned, another theory is the name derives from Chinese, Ayutthaya emerged as a dominant centre in the late fourteenth century. The Chinese called this region Xian, which the Portuguese converted into Siam, the signature of King Mongkut reads SPPM Mongkut King of the Siamese, giving the name Siam official status until 24 June 1939 when it was changed to Thailand. Thailand was renamed Siam from 1945 to 11 May 1949, after which it reverted to Thailand. According to George Cœdès, the word Thai means free man in the Thai language, ratcha Anachak Thai means kingdom of Thailand or kingdom of Thai. Etymologically, its components are, ratcha, -ana- -chak, the Thai National Anthem, written by Luang Saranupraphan during the extremely patriotic 1930s, refers to the Thai nation as, prathet Thai. The first line of the anthem is, prathet thai ruam lueat nuea chat chuea thai, Thailand is the unity of Thai flesh. There is evidence of habitation in Thailand that has been dated at 40,000 years before the present. Similar to other regions in Southeast Asia, Thailand was heavily influenced by the culture and religions of India, Thailand in its earliest days was under the rule of the Khmer Empire, which had strong Hindu roots, and the influence among Thais remains even today. Voretzsch believes that Buddhism must have been flowing into Siam from India in the time of the Indian Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire, later Thailand was influenced by the south Indian Pallava dynasty and north Indian Gupta Empire. The Menam Basin was originally populated by the Mons, and the location of Dvaravati in the 7th century, the History of the Yuan mentions an embassy from the kingdom of Sukhothai in 1282
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Indonesia
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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the worlds largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At 1,904,569 square kilometres, Indonesia is the worlds 14th-largest country in terms of area and worlds 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea. It has an population of over 260 million people and is the worlds fourth most populous country. The worlds most populous island, Java, contains more than half of the countrys population, Indonesias republican form of government includes an elected legislature and president. Indonesia has 34 provinces, of which five have Special Administrative status and its capital and countrys most populous city is Jakarta, which is also the most populous city in Southeast Asia and the second in Asia. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, other neighbouring countries include Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Despite its large population and densely populated regions, Indonesia has vast areas of wilderness that support the second highest level of biodiversity. The country has abundant natural resources like oil and natural gas, tin, copper, agriculture mainly produces rice, palm oil, tea, coffee, cacao, medicinal plants, spices and rubber. Indonesias major trading partners are Japan, United States, China, the Indonesian archipelago has been an important region for trade since at least the 7th century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models from the early centuries CE, Indonesian history has been influenced by foreign powers drawn to its natural resources. Indonesia consists of hundreds of native ethnic and linguistic groups. The largest – and politically dominant – ethnic group are the Javanese, a shared identity has developed, defined by a national language, ethnic diversity, religious pluralism within a Muslim-majority population, and a history of colonialism and rebellion against it. Indonesias national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, articulates the diversity that shapes the country, Indonesias economy is the worlds 16th largest by nominal GDP and the 8th largest by GDP at PPP, the largest in Southeast Asia, and is considered an emerging market and newly industrialised country. Indonesia has been a member of the United Nations since 1950, Indonesia is a member of the G20 major economies and World Trade Organization. The name Indonesia derives from the Greek name of the Indós, the name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850, George Windsor Earl, an English ethnologist, proposed the terms Indunesians—and, his preference, in the same publication, one of his students, James Richardson Logan, used Indonesia as a synonym for Indian Archipelago. However, Dutch academics writing in East Indies publications were reluctant to use Indonesia, they preferred Malay Archipelago, the Netherlands East Indies, popularly Indië, the East, and Insulinde
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Bed (film)
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B-E-D is a 2012 South Korean film directed by Park Chul-soo, based on the short story of the same name by novelist Kwon Ji-ye. Starring theater actors Jang Hyuk-jin, Lee Min-a and Kim Na-mi, the film is an erotic relationship drama about three people. B, whose life begins on the bed and ends on the bed, has an affair with married woman E and later, after she breaks up with him, he marries D, the film features frequent full-frontal nudity. B-E-D made its premiere at the 17th Busan International Film Festival in 2012. B is desperate because he knows he cant get enough of E, E wants to be liberated from her everyday boredom. However, she doesnt want to cross the borders of her own life, D tries to be realistic and rational. The stories of three characters whose joy, passion and despair overflow in one bed are tangled like a puzzle, and a fearless and unhesitating exploration of human desires. Jang Hyuk-jin as B Lee Min-a as E Kim Na-mi as D Noh Yoon-ah Lee Seong-wook Bae Jang-soo Nudity in film B-E-D at the Korean Movie Database B-E-D at the Internet Movie Database B-E-D at HanCinema
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Dangerous Liaisons (2012 film)
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Dangerous Liaisons is a 2012 Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho loosely based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. This version is set in 1930s Shanghai and stars South Korean actor Jang Dong-gun and Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi, the film screened in the Directors Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and the 2012 Busan International Film Festival. Fenyu, a young widow whos just arrived from Northeast China where the Japanese are making incursions, is staying at the home of Madam Du. Jieyu wants revenge on Jin, for dumping her in favor of a schoolgirl. Yifan turns down Jieyus request, partly because he has another quarry in his sights—the quiet, Yifan accepts the challenge, but finds the virtuous Fenyu apparently immune to his charms. Meanwhile, Jieyu employs a different strategy to get her revenge on Jin, despite Jieyus strenuous efforts, the relationship is never consummated, but when she finds out about it, Beibeis mother, Mrs. Zhu, forbids her daughter to see Wenzhou anymore. With time running out, Jieyu suggests to Mrs. Zhu that Beibei should spend some time at Madam Dus estate—and secretly arranges for Yifan to be there. Mission finally accomplished, Yifan refocuses on seducing Fenyu, but finds himself in deeper waters than hes ever experienced
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National Security (2012 film)
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Calling the film the most painful experience in my 30 years as a filmmaker, director Chung Ji-young wanted the audience to reflect on the theme of torture. He said he found the courage to make the film so that Korean viewers will engage with our sad history, if we triumph over the past, we can move forward with unity and reconciliation. During the first three days he is allowed no food or sleep and told to write an essay on his life to date. On the fourth day, in order to find out why he resigned from the YFD, head interrogator Park Nam-eun starts water torture, and on the next day waterboarding. On the sixth day, torture specialist Lee Du-han, known as The Undertaker, starts a deadlier form of water torture, by the 11th day Jong-tae writes whatever they want him to, but Lee says its full of inconsistencies and unusable in a court of law. The next day, after finding Jong-tae tried to out a note to his wife, Lee resumes a more painful version of water torture. Director Chung Ji-young said, Its a low-budget movie, so there wasnt a lot for publicity and marketing, but I also think those 300,000 people went out of their way to see the movie. Thats a truly meaningful number for us, official website National Security at the Internet Movie Database National Security at the Korean Movie Database National Security at HanCinema
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Bahman Ghobadi
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Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian film director, producer and writer of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1,1969 in Chovar, Ilam, Ghobadi belongs to the new wave of Iranian cinema. He was born in Chovar, a Kurdish city in Iran and he belongs to the Malekshahi tribe. His family moved to Sanandaj in 1981, Ghobadi received a Bachelor of Arts in film directing from Iran Broadcasting College. After a brief career in photography, Ghobadi began making short 8 mm films. His documentary Life In Fog won numerous awards, bahman Ghobadi was assistant director on Abbas Kiarostamis The Wind Will Carry Us. Bahman Ghobadi founded Mij Film in 2000, a company with the aim of production of films in Iran about its different ethnic groups and his first feature film was A Time for Drunken Horses, the first Kurdish film produced in Iran. The film won the Caméra dOr at the Cannes Film Festival and his second feature was Marooned in Iraq, which brought him the Gold Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival. In 2006, Ghobadis Half Moon won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Irans renowned actors Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi and Hedyeh Tehrani acted in this movie. The music of the movie was made by Irans musician Hossein Alizadeh, the film, which was a collaborative project by Iran, France, Austria and Iraq, was shot fully in Iranian Kurdistan. However, it narrates the story of a group of Iranian Kurdish musicians who would like to travel to Iraqi Kurdistan, in 2006, Index on Censorship gave Ghobadi an Index Film Award for making a significant contribution to freedom of expression through his film Turtles Can Fly. In May 2009, his film No One Knows About Persian Cats won an Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize ex-aequo when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and this film chronicles the hardships facing young Iranian musicians seeking to evade censorship
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The Gardener (2012 film)
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The Gardener is a poetic film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. It is the first film in decades to be made by an Iranian filmmaker in Israel, the film is about an Iranian filmmaker and his son who travel to Israel to learn about the role of religion in the world. While the son out to the Wailing Wall, the Dome of the Rock and Christian sites. The film is similar to Gabbeh and The Silence in style, the Gardener is set in the newly recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Baháí World Centre buildings in Haifa and Western Galilee, and in various religious sites in Jerusalem. Times of India, Exiled from his homeland, Iranian New Wave director Mohsen Makhmalbafs film The Gardener explores how different generations view religion, the film adopts an experimental approach of both father and son conversing while filming each other. -The Times of India Iranian Icons, This film shows two different views on the religion. The director camera tries to portrait the example of two different generation of Iran through this story, - Iranian Icon Voice of Russia This film speculates the meaning of life and faith. Its God in Heaven meets 1950s MGM Technicolor, beauty, beauty, beauty, what Adam and Eve saw before Eve bit into the apple. There are several controversies surrounding the film, BBC notes that this is Makhmalbafs most controversial film to date. Both official and non-official Iranian media has been following and reporting on the story since Makhmalbaf first announced the film, press TV, Irans English channel, first reported the film calling him a fugitive filmmaker. Press TV also ignored the presence of Makhmalbaf as a Jury of the festival, other local newspapers accused him of selling out to the Bahais and/or the western powers, and claimed that Bahais had bought him a house in France. Iranians are not allowed to travel to Israel and thus Makhmalbaf, the filmmaker also talks about a religion that is a taboo subject in Iran and has its own consequences, such as that received by Shirin Ebadi for taking up the case of this group. In addition, Mohsens decision to present the film at the Jerusalem Film Festival in contravention of the BDS campaign caused some controversy, the letter was also critical of Irans state-sponsored oppression of the Baha’i community. A group of 250 social and cultural activists signed a letter to support him, many Israelis appreciated that he came and presented his film. Adrina Hoffman of The Nation wrote that what shocked everyone was that he kept saying I love you, the film sold out for its initial screenings and other screenings were scheduled after the festival. Makhmalbaf responded on BBC, saying that boycotts do not change peoples hearts, and dialog is a better way of understanding each other
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and his award-winning films include Kandahar, his latest documentary is The Gardener and latest feature The President. Makhmalbafs films have been presented at international film festivals in the past ten years. The director belongs to the new movement of Iranian cinema. Time selected Makhmalbafs 2001 film Kandahar as one of the top 100 films of all time, in 2006, he was a member of the Jury at the Venice Film Festival. Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 shortly after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sixth President of Iran, Makhmalbaf was born in Tehran on May 29,1957. After serving five years of his sentence, he was released in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, Makhmalbaf is a major figure in Iranian cinema. His films have explored the relationship between the individual and a social and political environment. As a result, his work serves as a commentary on the historical progression of the Iranian state. Makhmalbaf has worked in genres, from realist films to fantasy and surrealism, minimalism. In 1981, he wrote the screenplay for Towjeeh, directed by Manuchehr Haghaniparast, in 1982, he wrote the screenplay for Marg Deegari, directed by Mohammad-Reza Honarmand. He made his first film, Tobeh Nosuh, in 1983, and Boycott, the latter tells the story of Valeh, a young man sentenced to death for Communist tendencies, and is widely believed to be based on Makhmalbafs own experiences. Makhmalbaf portrays human despair, exploitation, and resilience in The Cyclist, a movie about Nasim, Nasim agrees to ride a bicycle in a small circle for one week straight in return for the money he needs to pay his wifes medical bills. Time of Love is Makhmalbafs ninth feature film and the first film of what he calls his third period and it is a romantic trilogy that offers three variations of the same story. The film follows the nomadic Ghashghai people, whose bright, bold carpets tell stories, the main thread features a young woman who loves a mysterious stranger but is forbidden to marry him. The film is romantic and non-realistic, with events seeming to leap around in time and space, Makhmalbaf took time off from directing in 1996 to form the Makhmalbaf Film House, a school for young filmmakers. It quickly became a production house for the increasing number of filmmakers in his family. In 1997, his 17-year-old daughter Samira directed The Apple, using him as a scriptwriter, Makhmalbafs wife, Marziyeh Meshkini, worked as assistant director to her daughter and then took up directing herself
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Wu Nien-jen
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Wu Nien-jen is a scriptwriter, director, and author. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and he starred in Edward Yangs 2000 film Yi Yi. Wu is a supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party and has filmed commercials for the party. Wu was born into a miners family in 1952 and raised in the mining town of Jiufen. He went into the army after high school, and after being discharged in 1976 and he started writing short stories for newspapers in 1975, when he was still an accounting major. Wu has since more than 70 screenplays that were made into films. Wu has also set the record for winning the most Golden Horse Awards to date, including a collaboration with the internationally acclaimed Hong Kong director Anne Hui on her film Song of Exile and his novels and screenplays have also made him one of Taiwans best-selling authors. He started making a name for himself on the Taiwanese literary scene with a series of popular and commercially successful short story collections, including Grab on to Spring. Other popular novels by Wu include, Special of the Day, Taiwan, Tell The Truth, Year-old a person to travel, These people, one of Wus role models and mentors as a writer was Cheng Ching-wen, who wrote the short story collection Three-Legged Horse. Wu said of the mentorship provided by Cheng, Cheng Ching-wen was really a kind of model for me. I was twenty-something when I was discharged from the military, at the time, it was extremely difficult to find a job if one was not well educated. I knew that taking on an apprenticeship to learn a trade would require more time than just entering the university. I knew Cheng Ching-wen and consulted him when I was trying to decide what to study, Cheng was working in a bank and writing fiction in his spare time. His job at the provided financial stability for him and his family while writing acccommodated his own interests. He once told me, You can only tryly enjoy writing as an act of creation when there is no financial burden hanging over your head. This really resonated with me, and I decided to apply for something that would help me to find a job - business school became my first choice. But I never went into business because by my senior year I was already working for CMPC, I did eventually finish my studies, however. By 1981, Wu had won his first Golden Horse Best Screenplay Award for writing Ching-chieh Lins Classmates, Wu also ended up winning a Best Screenplay Award from the 1993 Asia-Pacific Film Festival for Toon Wangs historical film, Wu yan de shan qiu
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Tsai Ming-liang
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Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian Chinese filmmaker. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has directed many short films. Tsai is one of the most celebrated Second New Wave film directors of Taiwanese cinema and his films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards. Tsai was born in Malaysia of Chinese ethnic background and spent his first 20 years of his life in Kuching, Sarawak, after which he moved to Taipei and this, he said, had a huge impact on mind and psyche, perhaps later mirrored in his films. Even today, said Tsai, I feel I belong neither to Taiwan nor to Malaysia, in a sense, I can go anywhere I want and fit in, but I never feel that sense of belonging. Tsai graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Culture University of Taiwan in 1982 and worked as a producer, screenwriter. From 1989 to 1991, he directed several telefilms, two of these, All the Corners of the World and Boys, starred his muse, Lee Kang-sheng. Tsais first feature film was Rebels of the Neon God, a film about troubled youth in Taipei, it starred Lee as the character Hsiao-Kang. Lee went on to appear in all of Tsais feature films through 2013, Tsais second feature, Vive LAmour, is about three people who unknowingly share an apartment. The film is slow-paced, has little dialogue, and is about alienation, Vive LAmour was critically acclaimed and won the Golden Horse Awards for best picture and best director. Tsais next film was The River, in which a family has to deal with the neck pain. The family is similar to the one appears in Rebels of the Neon God and is played by the same three actors. The Hole is about two neighbors in an apartment, in Tsais next film, What Time Is It There. A man and a meet in Taipei before the woman travels to Paris. This was Tsais first film to star Chen Shiang-chyi, who would star in his few films alongside Lee. Goodbye, Dragon Inn is about people inside an old cinema that is closing down, for this film, Tsai included even longer shots and fewer lines of dialogue than in previous films, a trend that continued in his later work. The Wayward Cloud is a sequel to What Time Is It There, in which Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi meet again and start a relationship while Hsiao-Kang works as a pornographic film actor. This film, like The Hole, features musical numbers between Tsais typical slow pace
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Kim Tae-yong
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Kim Tae-yong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. After his feature directorial debut Memento Mori, he helmed the critically acclaimed Family Ties, although he initially wanted to pursue writing, Kim Tae-yong eventually graduated from Yonsei University in 1994 with a major in Politics and Diplomacy. He first became involved in Korean cinema through a friend, who was an assistant director of an independent production, inspired by the vibrant atmosphere that came with working on a set, Kim then enrolled at the Korean Academy of Film Arts in 1996. He met and became friends with fellow director Min Kyu-dong while at KAFA, in 1999, Kim and Min received the offer to direct Memento Mori as a sequel to the horror film Whispering Corridors, and so began Kim’s foray into commercial cinema. In some ways, Memento Mori might be considered the most influential Korean horror film of the 2000s, although it was not a box-office hit, the film is frequently cited by young filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. His intimate portrayal of an unconventional but non-dysfunctional family garnered multiple domestic. Kims third feature film Late Autumn was a remake of Lee Man-hees 1966 classic Manchu set in Seattle and it was also critically acclaimed and became the highest-grossing Korean film in China. Kim then joined the project and re-directed Crossroads of Youth by performing Korea’s oldest known silent film with live narration. Kim married Chinese actress Tang Wei on July 12,2014, a formal wedding ceremony was later held in Hong Kong, with only immediate family members as guests. The couple first met in 2009 when he directed her in the film Late Autumn and this is the second marriage for Kim, he and his first wife divorced in 2011. Picnic Have a Cup of Tea, or See a Film and you Are More Than Beautiful Late Autumn Take Action, Now or Never. Cinema Paradise Girl on the Run Family Ties On the Road, Two Pass Me Memento Mori Pale Blue Dot Free to Fly You Are More Than Beautiful Late Autumn Take Action, Now or Never
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Ann Hui
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Ann Hui On-Wah, MBE is a Hong Kong actress, director, producer and occasional screenwriter. She is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers amongst the Hong Kong New Wave and she is known for her controversial films about social issues in Hong Kong. Hui has won awards for her films, including, Best Director and Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She was honored for her lifetime accomplishments at the 2012 Asian Film Awards, on 23 May 1947, Ann Hui was born in Anshan, Liaoning province, Manchuria to a Chinese father and a Japanese mother. In 1952, she moved to Macau, then Hong Kong at the age of five, Hui then received a Masters in English and comparative literature at the University of Hong Kong until 1972 and later, studied at the London Film School for two years. Before receiving her degree, Hui studied and did her thesis on the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, when Hui returned to Hong Kong after her stay in London, she became the assistant to the prominent Chinese film director, King Hu. Her breakthrough directorial work began with several series and short documentaries on 16mm for the Television Broadcasts Limited television station. During 1977, Hui produced and directed half a dozen films for the Independent Commission Against Corruption, two of these films were so controversial that they had to be banned from airing. A year later, Hui directed three episodes Below the Lion Rock, which depicts the lives of people from Hong Kong, under the public broadcasting station, the most recognized episode of Hui’s is Boy from Vietnam, which is the start of her Vietnam trilogy. After a few years in the industry, Hui finally directed her first feature-length film. In the 1980s, Hui’s career was growing on the cinema circuit. The most popular films for that time were Eastern variations of Hollywood oriented gangster, but Hui did not follow the trend and preferred to create more personal films. Many of her best films involved themes pertaining to cultural displacement, in particular, her central characters are often individuals who are forced to relocate to another country and shown to be struggling and learning to survive. Hui tends to explore the reactions to different environments and their responses to their return home. Her best known works, which fall under this category, are The Story of Woo Viet, although Hui has directed some generic films, another common theme she works with is family conflict, such as in the film My American Grandson. One of her most personal work is Song of the Exile, the film depicts the story of a young woman, Cheung Hueyin returning to Hong Kong for her sisters wedding after studying film in London for a couple of years. The Hueyin and her mother, who is Japanese, do not seem to have a steady relationship, in the 1990s, Hui’s work began to target more commercialized films. Her directing career has slowed down a bit, as she focused more on work for other filmmakers
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Ishaqzaade
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The official trailer was unveiled on 15 March 2012, whilst the film was released on 11 May 2012. It received positive response from critics, and managed to do well at the box office. The title of the film is modeled on common Hindi slangs ending in zaade for example, the title may be loosely translated as Rebel Lovers. Ishaqzaade depicts the love story of two defiant, rebellious individuals. The Chauhans and the Qureshis are two families whose rivalry and mutual hatred for one another goes back generations. Parma is a good-for-nothing local enforcer, grandson of the patriarch chauvinist and his grandfather often takes digs at Parma for being the useless son of his widowed daughter-in-law. This makes Parma try to prove himself worthy, Zoya, a practising Muslim who offers Salat five times a day, is the trigger-happy, hot-tempered, only daughter in a traditional Muslim house full of brothers, along with her parents. She desires to go into politics like her father, but this dream is constantly laughed at by her family since she is a woman. When the local elections take place, Parma and Zoyas canvassing efforts lead to a clash between them, which results in Parma being slapped across the face by Zoya, while Parma is enamored by Zoyas fearlessness, Zoya is intrigued by his raw charm. They fall in love after an series of incidents bring them together, after marriage, Parma and Zoya consummate the marriage by having sex in an empty train. Afterwards, Parma reveals that he tricked Zoya into marrying him and he slept with her in order to take revenge against her clan, and repay the humiliation she caused him by slapping him earlier on. Zoya is left heartbroken and devastated, as Parma joins his family in a celebration of becoming a man, Zoya attempts to invade the celebration in order to to shoot Parma, but is intercepted by his mother, Parvati, who urges her to calm down. Parvati tells Parma that he must honour his marriage vows and do right by Zoya, Parma realizes his mistake and protects Zoya from being murdered by his family. Parma and Zoya go on the run from their families and take refuge in a brothel, at first, Zoya is still furious with Parma for his deception and even believes that he was trying to sell her to the brothel. She attacks him with a piece of glass, cutting his arm badly. The brothel Madame allows them to stay while Parma recovers and Zoya begrudgingly nurses him and he asks her for forgiveness and though she refuses to grant it, she shows that she still loves him through little actions of affection. However, their mutual grief soon brings them together, giving their love a second chance, the two renew their marriage vows in a proper ceremony at the brothel. Zoya decides to try reconciling with her family, and takes Parma to her home to win over her father and they are instead met with hostility and gunshots when Zoyas father puts a gun to her head, threatening to kill his own daughter
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Habib Faisal
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Habib Faisal is an Indian Hindi screenwriter and director. He is best known for his debut, Do Dooni Chaar. He co-wrote Siddharth Anands Salaam Namaste and he also wrote director Shaad Alis Jhoom Barabar Jhoom starring Abhishek Bachchan and Preity Zinta, and Siddharth Anands Ta Ra Rum Pum starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee. He also wrote Band Baaja Baaraat which was released in late 2010, Faisal then went on to direct his second film, Ishaqzaade, starring debutant Arjun Kapoor, and Parineeti Chopra in their first lead film, which released on 11 May 2012. The film received positive response from critics, and managed to do well at the box office. He then wrote Bewakoofiyaan, which was directed by Nupur Asthana and featured Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor and his next directorial venture was Daawat-e-Ishq, which had actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles. Daawat-e-Ishq released worldwide on September 19,2014, an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, he has directed the television serials Lavanya and worked in New Delhi as a camera person with NDTV
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Brillante Mendoza
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Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino film director. He was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga and he took Advertising Arts of the then College of Architecture and Fine Arts at the University of Santo Tomas. He has directed sixteen films since 2005 and he won the award for Best Director for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. His 2009 film Lola won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival and his 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and his film Taklub has been selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. On July 25,2016, he directed the first State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte, brillante Mendoza at the Internet Movie Database
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Nonzee Nimibutr
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Nonzee Nimibutr is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Nonzee is a relative of Lieutenant General Phachoen Nimitbutr, Director of the Signal Department of the Royal Thai Army, Nonzee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in visual communication design from the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Silpakorn University in 1987. Classmates included Wisit Sasanatieng and production designer Ek Iemchuen and he started his career as a director of television commercials and music videos. He made his debut with 1997s Dang Bireleys and Young Gangsters. The story was set in 1956 in Bangkok and follows the adventures of a gang of young criminals and it was named best picture at the Thailand National Film Awards and was nominated for a Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival. His next film was Nang Nak, a based on a popular Thai ghost story. The moodily framed horror film won awards, including best picture at the Thailand National Film Awards. Both Young Gangsters and Nang Nak were hits at the box office and were credited with reinvigorating the Thai film industry. With his third film, Jan Dara, Nonzee began a trend of film production in the Thai industry. He also sought funding from studios outside Thailand, ahead of its release, Jan Dara was controversial because its sexual subject matter, involving incest, rape and abortion, tested the bounds of Thailands 1930 Censorship Code. The film was released with the cuts for the films commercial run in Thailand. He co-founded his own company, Cinemasia, with his production partner. In 2005, he directed a film, The Ceiling for the Asian Film Academy. The 18-minute, English-language film starred South Korean actors is the story of a writer who climbs into the crawlspace above her apartment. His next film, Queens of Langkasuka, is an epic historical-fantasy involving pirates, the film was originally to be called Queens of Pattani, but the name was changed to avoid possible political overtones stemming from the South Thailand insurgency and Pattani separatism. The film stars Jarunee Suksawat, Ananda Everingham from Shutter, Dan Chupong from Kerd ma lui, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Winai Kraibutr and Sorapong Chatree. Hes also produced Noo Hin, The Movie, a adaptation of the popular Thai comic book by Padung Kraisri. Cinemasia – Nonzee Nimibutrs production company Nonzee Nimibutr at the Internet Movie Database Nonzee Nimibutr at the Thai Film Database
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Girlfriend, Boyfriend
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Girlfriend, Boyfriend is a 2012 Taiwanese film directed by Gillies Ya-che Yang. The film released on August 8,2012, of the film, director Yang stated that while he did not intentionally set out to make a gay movie, but a political one, one which happened to include a gay character. He further stated that homosexuality and politics both in fact represent the theme of freedom, in the 1980s, high school students Aaron, Mabel and Liam are best friends and also caught in a love triangle. As the three go through the turbulent times, when social revolution takes hold over martial law, their relationships go through many ups. The New York Times cited the performance of Gwei Lun-Mei as a highlight, saying that she was by turns brazen and uncertain, fragile and steely. In comparison, the Los Angeles Times panned the film, stating that it to connect, Girlfriend, Boyfriend at Rotten Tomatoes Girlfriend, Boyfriend at the Internet Movie Database
