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The Looming Storm is a 2017 Chinese neo-noir suspense film directed and written by Dong Yue. The film was screened at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. Duan Yihong won Best Actor Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival and Chinese Film Media Awards 2018.
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There was a strong wave of independent and incredible arthouse cinema that came out of nowhere during the 2010s, primarily from an unexpected Mainland China. These films were focused on various aspects of life within China, often roaming around the industrial zones, within the chaotic small cities coated in snow and harsh rains. Perfect locations for crime dramas that explored broken characters within even more brok…More
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