New World
3.0
Coco, a Beijing modern girl wants to spend a romantic and fancy Christmas vacation in Osaka. However the place where she gets in is Shinsekai ( "New World" in English, is an old neighbourhood located next to south Osaka city's downtown "Minami " area, as known as one of the most poorest and dangerous area in Osaka.)When she arrives there, she starts feeling regret and frustrated by the encounters and the landscapes which are far beyond her expectation. Suddenly she is involved in an incident surrounds a Chinese family there, meanwhile she starts fascinated by Shinsekai through her wondering. In this short and unusual Christmas vacation, Coco discovers a "Japan " she never knows and a "China" that she is not familiar with.
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Part of Osaka Trilogy by Lim Kah Wai
3 films
Cast
4 people
Kah-Wai Lim Director · Setsuko Shiokawa Production designer
United States release February 18, 2014 · Produced in Japan · Languages Chinese, English, Japanese
Production
Japan
Produced in
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Original title
新世界の夜明け
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Japanese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · March 22, 2011
Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
United States · February 18, 2014
Theatrical
Japan
October 29, 2011 · Theatrical
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