Movie Challenge

Start date: March 16th, 2025

End date: Decemeber 6th, 2025

Korea: 11| Japan: 10 | Thai: 02| China: 02| Philippines: 03| Taiwan: 00| Hong Kong 01

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Movie Watch Challenge 

Category 1
Watch a film from the 20th century- Long Live the Island Frogs- 03/21  *1976
Watch a film from the early 2000s- Honey and Clover- 04/08  * 2006
Watch a film from the 2010s- Love Actually... Sucks!- 03/18  *2011
Watch a film from the 2020s- Citizen of a Kind- 03/16  *2024

4/4 completed- Block Completed

Category 2
Watch a film rated 8.5 or higher- Monster 2023- 04/08 9.0 as of 04/08
Watch a film with less than 1000 watchers- Act- 03/18  *186 as of 03/18
Watch a documentary-Night Scene- 07/12
Watch a film with an actor who has 40+ years in the film industry- The City of Lost Souls- 04/08  *Kikkawa Koji  (41 years)

4/4 completed- Block Completed

Category 3
Watch a film shot in black and white (B&W)- Tokyo Rhapsody- 04/08
Watch a surrealist/arthouse film- Dark Nuns-04/28
Watch an anthology- Phobia 2-10/24
Watch a film by a director who has more than 3 shows/movies rated 8.3 or higher- Under the Parallel Skies- 03/21  *Sigrid Andrea Bernardo (a lot of them is when she was an assistant director, which I am not sure if that counts)

4/4 completed- Block Completed

Category 4: Bonus Round

Watch a film that is on your Plan-to-Watch List- Cells at Work!- 06/14

Watch a film genre that you watch the least (look at stats from last year to complete it)- The Ghost Story of the Snow Witch- 09/16 *Fantasy

Watch a film genre that is in the middle of your stats (look at stats from last year)- Last Summer- 03/21  *Mystery

Watch a film that has an actor/ess you have not seen before (dubuted this year or you have not seen this person before in general) as a lead-Heavenly Touch-09/01  *Paolo Serrano

Watch a film that has an actor/ess that you don't watch often (either you don't like their acting in general or you don't gravitate towards their projects when they are the leads)- Secret: Untold Melody- 06/14  *Won Ji Ah (I like her acting, I just don't gravitate towards her work right away)

5/5 completed- Block Completed

Category 5: Bonus Round 2

Watch a film that is directed by someone you have not watched before- Bullet Train Explosion- 06/17  *Higuchi Shinji

Watch a film that is written by someone you have not watched before- A Brand New Life- 04/29  *Ounie Lecomte (written and directed)

Watch a film that someone from the cast, has worked behind the camera before (director, written, produced, stunt coordinator, etc.)  *NOTE: they do NOT need to star in the movie that they directed (example: in Harbin, Park Jeong Min did not direct the movie, but has directed something else)- Harbin- 06/14  *Park Jeong Min has directed a movie called Unframed

Watch a film that has more than 1 director or a person who is a screenwriter and /or directed the movie- Wall to Wall- 07/26  *Kim Tae Joon both directed and written this movie

Watch a film you have never heard of- Firefighters- 06/14

5/5 completed- Completed

Category 6: Bonus Round 3

Watch a film that is based on a manga/comic- Love Sick Ellie- 10/19

Watch a film that is based on a webtoon-Start Up 2019- 06/19

Watch a film that is based on a true story/event- 1987: When the Day Comes- 06/23

Watch a film that is based on novel/book- Little Nights, Little Love- 05/24  *Novel

Watch a film that is based on a game- Dynasty Warriors-12/06

Watch a film that is based on a song- Hanamizuki- 12/06

Watch a film that is based on a play- The Portrait- 07/05

7/7 completed- Completed