Both are taiwanese new wave films with a complicated love triangle and an lgbt main character. Themes of friendship and (unrequited) love take center stage in both movies. Both also feature Kwai Lun Mei in a main role.
Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.
Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.
Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.
Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.
A young man who betrayed his best friend, Arata, who was secretly in love with his fiancé, Yuri. However, on the day he confessed all of himself, Arata was fallen ill and suddenly left the world unless he endured suffering. After that, Kyo, who is responsible for the death of Arata and loses something, even his own life, keeps admiration for his surfboard, his alter ego, to flow to the beach with the island of Hawaii. I left for a trip. However, as expected, the beach is hard to find. Meanwhile, he gets to know the coffee plantation, led by a beautiful girl Lana who is said to be the incarnation of the god of fire · Pele and finally comes to that beach. And, when he experienced surfing there, he was healed by a mysterious power and regenerated. He arrived home with a surfboard = Arata's soul ceased to be buried.
Summer is a driven HK career woman, who’s dumped by her boyfriend and fired from her job. With little left, she discovers that the Malaysian beach she co-owns with her cousin is desired by a developer for upwards of 4 million US dollars. She travels to Malaysia to sell but discovers that the new co-owner is a beach bum named Mor Mor Cha. Mor Mor Cha refuses to sell, so Summer decides to stay and persuade him into selling the beach.
Three couples pair off after arriving in Manila, Philippines.
The first couple are a middle-aged husband and wife tandem that are taking their first ever trip overseas. The husband has never taken his wife anywhere before, but he has reasons for taking her on their first trip. The husband has a brain tumor and he plans to end his life in the Philippines for insurance money.
Convenience store clerk Jung Hwan is offered a free ticket to the Philippines by a friend. Although Jung hwan is broke he is more than happy to go, especially to forget his ex-girlfriend who dumped him because of his inability to find a better paying job. At the Manila airport, Jung Hwan is stunned when famous Korean pop singer Yu Ga Young approaches him to use his cellphone.
Soo Jin used her entire savings to come to the Philippines. Her home life is a mess and she is in part running away from her family. At her hotel in Manila, she encounters a fellow Korean named Jae Hyuk. Jae Hyuk is a successful businessman that came to the Philippines for family matters.
The first couple are a middle-aged husband and wife tandem that are taking their first ever trip overseas. The husband has never taken his wife anywhere before, but he has reasons for taking her on their first trip. The husband has a brain tumor and he plans to end his life in the Philippines for insurance money.
Convenience store clerk Jung Hwan is offered a free ticket to the Philippines by a friend. Although Jung hwan is broke he is more than happy to go, especially to forget his ex-girlfriend who dumped him because of his inability to find a better paying job. At the Manila airport, Jung Hwan is stunned when famous Korean pop singer Yu Ga Young approaches him to use his cellphone.
Soo Jin used her entire savings to come to the Philippines. Her home life is a mess and she is in part running away from her family. At her hotel in Manila, she encounters a fellow Korean named Jae Hyuk. Jae Hyuk is a successful businessman that came to the Philippines for family matters.
Miyu and Shuya are high school students. They have dated for 2 years. Miyu and Shuya have a promise that no matter what, they will watch a movie together on the first day of each new month. When Miyu and Shuya are on their way to the movie theater, Shuya suddenly cancels their date. Shuya seems like he is hiding something and he acts nervous. Later, Miyu goes to the place where she is supposed to meet Shuya, but she witnesses Shuya getting into a car accident. She panics, but when she wakes up she finds herself on the morning of the accident. Miyu keeps waking up on the day when Shuya got into an accident.
Masaki is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako always gives him a hard time; Haruna is a childhood friend; Alisa has fancied him since a shopping trip in nearby Shibuya; Naoko is still readjusting after a long spell in the U.K.; and Yumi likes practicing basketball with him at night. All wonder who his "special girl" is, but Masaki isn't saying.
Kerou is a sullen teenager who tries to act as a go-between when her shy friend Yuezhen falls in love with Zhang. Kerou approaches Zhang on her friend's behalf, but the boy likes Kerou instead and doesn't want to hear about Yue Zhen. As Zhang is the popular kid at school - a swimmer with an easy way about him - Kerou thinks she should be happy, but she's not. She is beginning to realize she has feelings for her friend Yue Zhen.
