#Secrets in The Hot Spring

[jyuubin]

SECRETS IN THE HOT SPRING (2018) // Lu Qun & Li-Han (Little Princess) ↳ the stages of splish splash + bonus lu qun being denied back on land

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— ©jyuubin

[cant-fight-kyrumption]

This is so funny I think all homophobic people should be haunted by a gay ghost

[ethelcainsdog]

taiwanese horror-comedies are so so special. to me

[theside-b]

Greg Hsu and Lin He Xuan in

GG PRECINCT | 正港分局 (2024)

[octopisunsets]

Secrets in the Hotspring is a surprisingly cute and heartfelt movie. The two boys really just want to be Xiaojin’s friend. 

And Little Princess wants to be held in his arms

[xinyuehui]

Qie Xiaojin and Pu Yiyong share the same non-existent braincell

Secrets in the Hot Spring. 2018 Oh No! Here Comes Trouble. 2023 Dir. Lin Kuan Hui

[smittenskitten]

The screenwriter and director for onhct also wrote and directed secrets in the hot spring.

That explains a lot

[cankersoregirl]

secrets in the hot spring, pee mak, & marry my dead body all sit at the same table of incredibly well made horror comedy romances

[dreamingofdaggers]

My favorite scene in the whole movie. This is friend group goals for me and I'm all 3 of them I'm my own friend group. I couldn't stop laughing and still can't every rewatch. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[velvetdolor]

Siren’s movie recs!

(Asian cinema edition)

making this for @faerouzia but thought it’d be cool to share (and yes, i posted this on my fanfiction account with little to no shame.)

Rebels of the Neon God (1992)

Rebels of the Neon God is a cinematic masterpiece. I honestly consider all of the films on this list as such but each have their own particular stylistic niches and camera work. If you’ve watched any films by Wong Kar-Wai (Days of being wild, Chungking Express, In the mood for love, Fallen Angels, Happy together, etc) you’d more than likely enjoy this one as well. The film follows a group of teens living in Taipei, two thief’s, a sex worker, and another who follows them throughout their journey. Rebels of the Neon God captures the daily, real life struggles of these characters and the realities of living in a bustling city that gives no room for its inhabitants to navigate life slowly. It’s almost episodical to me? In some way? Rather than it flowing into a central plot line, the film communicates its meaning through a series of happenings rather than it amounting to one fully formed story. There are themes of queer desire that I’ve noted as a queer person myself—and I enjoyed it.

Days of being wild (1990)

Days of being wild is placed sometime in the 1960’s in Hong Kong. This falls within my top three Wong Kar-Wai films, and in my personal opinion, is one of his more underrated works. It lacks in the plot whimsicality of his more notable works but has an underlying intensity I’d categorize with In the Mood for Love. It follows an intricate thread of “almost” loves between Yuddy, a player with a strained relationship with his mother, and Li-Zhen—a box office attendant who we fleetingly pursued before she fell in love with him. Several characters are introduced as we explore the individual but intertwined stories of Li-Zhen and Yuddy. Also Leslie Cheung plays Yuddy…and that’s all I needed to want to see it.

Millennium Mambo (2001)

Millennium Mambo has a special place in my heart. I’ve watched this film as a teenager and I find myself relating to the dead end visions of my youth now that I’m twenty four. The usage of neon pallets and light encompass the beauty of a lot of Asian cinema—(which is interesting since I’ve noticed that a lot of European films utilize shadows, so it’s cool to see some stylistic trends that can define particular genres or storylines) and MM is a visually striking work of art. I’ll never forget how it felt to watch Millennium’s opening sequence for the first time when Vicky walks away with a cigarette in hand with a moving and bleak monologue. The beginning ends with a goodbye and now that I’m older I find myself relating to Vicky and how lost she is, as she attempts to find comfort in tumultuous romances but it doing nothing to guide her out of the discomfort of the unknown.

Katatsumori (1994)

You can find this forty minute film by Naomi Kawase on YouTube. It’s heartwrenching and filled with a palpable message of how fleeting life is without addressing it. Naomi Kawase, who was raised by her great aunt, stitched together a series of vignettes and home videos she’d filmed of her before she moves out of the home she was raised in. I cried while watching it and there wasn’t any scene in particular that seemed motivated to make it’s viewers cry—but a nostalgia that wasn’t mine overwhelmed me. It’s a story that’s beautifully told from the lens of everyday life and communicates the fear of watching our guardians grow old.

Us and Them (2018)

Prefacing for anyone that hasn’t noticed yet—I’m a sensitive person and a crybaby. I’m crying just by thinking of this film. Us and Them follows XiaoXiao and Jiaoqing’s relationship and it’s stages over the next few years, relaying a love that morphs but never leaves, as well as the process of coming to terms with its meaning. It’s an incredibly well-done and bittersweet film that navigates love, loss, and friendship. This is definitely one of my favorite movies—but I’m also an emotional masochist so I’ve watched this several times back to back. Below, I’ll be sharing a screenshot from a Reddit post discussing the film, as the user provided insight on the films use of character arrangements in the title.

Paprika (2006)

Oh my god, Paprika. If you’re familiar with any Satoshi Kon’s works, it makes sense that this is one of his films. Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a dream detective working on a device called the DC Mini— a powerful device that they’d created with hopes of helping psychiatric patients. When it’s stolen, she and her colleague attempt to recover it before all hell breaks loose. Paprika is many things: visually stunning and almost psychedelic in both its coloring and animation— it traverses the dream world in such an enticing way. I thought it was important to recommend at least on animated film!

Exhuma (2024)

And alas, a horror film! This is by far one of my favorite recently released Asian horror movies. Kim Go-eun and Lee Dohyun play their characters phenomenally well. The film follows a duo of skilled Shamans, as they attempt to thwart their clients consequences of excavating the wrong grave. Exhuma has an underbelly to it and covers a deeply rooted and complex historical take about the estranged relationship between South Korea and Japan with mysticism and elements of horror.

Secrets in the hot springs (2018)

Guys, when I tell you this movie positively CRACKED me up— I mean it. I don’t even know where to section this, genre wise, but it’s like a mystery-comedy? The film covers a chance adventure between three teen outcasts as they take a trip to Chieh Hsiao-chin’s family owned Hot Spring Hotel. They’re greeted by the sight of a derelict inn ran by his eccentric grandparents and things eventually start to unfold as they start seeing strange… ghostly appearances during their stay. I haven’t seen enough people talk about this and I genuinely think people should watch this if they like unserious horror.

Siren’s Author Note: Quite bold of me to post this on my fanfiction account but this is a blog I use generally so….

It’s my first time posting film recommendations, so I hope that this exposes any newbies or veteran’s to Asian Cinema if they come across my very small blog. lol

[whomst-art-thou-whomst-whomst]

UH WHAT IS THIS FILM PPL ARE TALKING ABOUT

AND WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS FILM THAT APPARENTLY IS IN MY BELOVED OH NO HERE COMES TROUBLE UNIVERSE???

FAREWELL OTHER PLANS FOR THE DAY

[jyuubin]

SECRETS IN THE HOT SPRING (2018) // Lu Qun, Xiao Jin & Li-Han (Little Princess) ↳ ghost hunting shenanigans + bonus lu qun having a crisis and fainting

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— ©jyuubin

[cant-fight-kyrumption]

If I had a nickel for every time I watched a Taiwanese comedy movie with queer undertones and a core theme about grief I’d have two nickels but its weird that its happened twice

[halloweenhundreds]

Secrets in the Hot Spring is a modern Chinese Scooby Doo episode and everything that implies. A sweet story about family and friendship and shirtless guys. There’s a sight gag early on that made me laugh my full ass off.

[wuxianphobic]

okay my turn