2025 Back to the Past Watch Challenge

Start Date: 2 Jan 25
End Date: Thai cinema - 6 Dec; Japan 2011 - 24 Nov; LGBTQ+ Asian 2004 - 8 Dec
Thai cinema 1999-2025 (1999 because Nang Nak but can i do this without rewatches?)
Japanese cinema - harder to access, will try 2011 - 2025 + earlier but gaps
LGBTQ+ Asian cinema 2004 - 2025
completed, rewatched, PTW, PTW priority, Gaga sub, plan to rewatch, short film/docu

Thailand  -  2025 - Flat Girls, The Red Envelope, Will You Marry Monk (no subs yet), A Useful Ghost*, Same Day with Someone, new Mae Nak, 2024 - 404 Run Run, Love Stuck, Mae Nak Talu Miti, The Paradise of Thorns, Not Friends, Rider, My Boo  2023 - Death Whisperer, Once Upon a Star, Solids by the Seashore, 14 Again, I Love You Two Thousand, The Undertaker  2022 - Daeng Phra Khanong, The Fabric, Mae Nak Reborn (add to database)  2021 - Come Here (hour long art film); Ghost Lab; One for the Road  2020 -  Love You My Arrogance, The Caved Life, Rak Kham Khan, School Town King, Waning Moon (maybe found subs), Present Still Perfect (xG), Low Season
2019 - Friend Zone, Dew, Pee Nak, Inhuman Kiss  2018 -  Ghost Wife, Brother of the Year, Bikeman 2017 - Mr Hurt; Present Perfect d (xG); Malila (xG); Friendssss 2016 - One Day, Suddenly Twenty 2015 - How to Win at Checkers (Every Time), Senior, The Blue Hour,  Ghost Ship, May Who?  2014 - Teacher's Diary (x2), Summer to Winter (G),  Pob na Pluak,The Couple; Make Me Shudder 2  2013 - By the River, Timeline (G), Pee Mak, Sunset at Chaophraya 2012 -  Yes or No 2, ATM: Er Rak Error 2011 -  Suckseed, Ladda Land (havoc ltbx) The Billionaire 2010 - Hello Stranger, To Sir, With Love 
2009 - 4bia; Oh My Ghost, October Sonata (opensub) 2008 - Chocolate  2007 - Love of Siam; Alone (havoc, ltbx) Ghost Mother, Ma-Mha  2006 - Noo Hin, Dek Hor  2005 - The River of Love, The Tin Mine (os), Ghost Variety, Dear Dakanda  2004 -  The Overture, Citizen Dog, The Sisters/Pee Chong Air, The Siam Renaissance เคแอล (os), Tropical Malady, The Letter  2003 - Safari (add to database), Last Life in the Universe  2002 - Mekhong Full Moon Party, Phra Apai Mani -  2001 - Monrak Transistor, Legend of Suriyothai  2000 -  Bang Rajan, Tears of the Black Tiger 1999 - Friendship Breakdown,  Nang Nak  1995 - Sunset at Chaophraya (havent found subs yet)
1967 Operation Revenge  1957 - Country Hotel  1954 - Santi-Vina  1930 - I am from Siam (UK short)

most Japanese from JFF, short docus, series, (G) via GagaOOLala
Japan - 2025 - Marry My Husband, Honensai: Prayers for the Harvest  2024 - Shinmai Kisha Torokko, A Samurai in Time  2023 - Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabeta (G), Takano Tofuten  2022 - Our House Party (G), Bound by Spirits (Traditional Puppets), Ryukyu Buyo, My Broken Mariko, i am what i am 2021 - Ito, Love and the Great Tug of War, Come Back Anytime 2020 - Under the Open Sky, Project Dreams: Mazinger Z, Mottainai Kitchen, Restart After Coming Back Home (G)
2019 - Bento Harassment , Restaurant From the Sky 2018 - Does the Flower Bloom (G) 2017 -  One Cut of the Dead, Heroine Shikkaku , Teichii  2016 - Her Love Boils Bathwater , A Cappella (G), Tokyo Sentimental 2015 - The Genealogy of Sake, Have a Song on Your Lips, My Love Story, #HandballStrive 2014 - Three Sisters,  Finding the Adolescence (G), No Touching At All (G) 2013 The God of Ramen  2012 - Key of Life  2011 - Bread of Happiness (JFF lists as 2011), A Handful of Salt 
2010 -  From Me to You (b) 2009 - Goemon (b) (violent) 2008 - Gymnasium Baby (G)  2007 - Megane Glasses 2006 - Love My Life  2005 - Always: Sunset on Third Street (S recs for me) 2004 - Swing Girls (b), Be With You (b),  River of First Love (b), Nobody Knows (b) (long & difficult)  2003 - Blue  2002 - Blue Spring (b)  2001 Inugami (dm), Onmyoji (dm) (SK) -  2000 -  Jubunairu (b) 1999  - Nabbie's Love  1985 - Typhoon Club  (1977 - Curse of the Dog God)

LGBTQ+ Other Asian (all Gaga except *) (gaps filled in with Thai + Japan) - 2025 - Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island (Sing. movie edit), Bad to Bed (T movie edit), The Red Envelope (Th) 2024 - Aichaku (J/US), See You (T) 2023 - The Time of Huan Nan (T+). My Partner (Hawaii w/ Phil Tagalog)  2022 - #LookAtMe (Sing) 2021 Matcha & Vanilla  (J/Oz), So Long See You Tomorrow (SK)  2020 - Made on the Rooftop (SK), Stoma (HK,Switz, Ch). Restart After Coming Back Home (J), Coalesce (Camb/France)
2019 - Bilmemek (Turkey), The Teacher (T), Dew (Th) 2018 - Bao Bao  (T), For Izzy (US/with Cantonese)  2017 - Tale of the Lost Boys (Ph/T)  2016 - Our Love Story (SK),  A Cappela (J), Silence (J/Oz), The Greatest Love (Th) - 2015 - How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) (* Thai), Beira Mar (Brazil)  2014 - The Sun, The Moon & The Hurricane (Indo), Anywhere Somewhere Nowhere (T), Finding the Adolescence (J), Summer to Winter (Thai)  2013 - Timeline (Thai)  2012 - Two Weddings and a Funeral (SK), Yes or No 2 (Thai) 2011 -The Dance of Two Left Feet (Ph+),  Seventeen (T)  2010 - The Affair (Ph), Life is Peachy (SK long, avail Viu)
2009 - Permanent Residence (HK), Soundless Wind Chime (HK), Going South (France) 2008 - Drifting Flowers (T), Candy Rain (T)  2007 - The Man in the Lighthouse (Ph), Love of Siam  (* Thai) 2006 - Love My Life (*J)  2005 - Innocent (HK) 2004 - Spicy Beauty Queen Bangkok, Tropical Malady, Down the River (* Thai) 2003 -Blue (*J)  2002  Voice of Waves (T)
2001 - Bungee Jumping of Their Own (* SK) Which works for Other, but this is not a gay movie. It doesn't even have gay characters, not really.)

Start Date : January 6th, 2025

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