Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
At the Bench
At the Bench

At the Bench

ONE BENCH, FIVE STORIES, COUNTLESS FEELINGS.

Genres

DramaComedy

OverView

In the middle of a riverside park stands a single bench. One evening, a couple of childhood friends who hadn’t seen each other in a while meet up at this bench. Although awkward at times, they sit there exchanging gentle words of affection. And as time goes by more people gather at this little bench: a couple on the verge of a breakup that gets interrupted by an old man, a runaway and her older sister that comes looking for her, and city officers planning on removing the bench. At the Bench is an anthology film showing glimpses of the everyday life of various people that gather by this little bench.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

15 November 2024

Country

Japan

Cast

Suzu Hirose

Suzu Hirose

Riko

Taiga Nakano

Taiga Nakano

Nori-kun

Yukino Kishii

Yukino Kishii

Amane Okayama

Amane Okayama

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Mio Imada

Mio Imada

Nana Mori

Nana Mori

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Riho Yoshioka

Riho Yoshioka

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Similar Movies

5.9

Four Rooms

December 1995 •English

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

7.7

Dreams

May 1990 •Japanese

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

0.0

My Melbourne

March 2025 •English

An anthology of four diverse stories about identity and belonging through prism of love and loss, sexuality, marriage and wish to fulfill dreams.

6.0

The Cigarette Bus

October 2015 •Romanian

An anthology film produced by mc² film, consisting of ten short films centered around the smoking of a cigarette after different major events.

3.0

Intimity

October 2014 •Czech

A romantic film composed of seven intertwining love stories. Couples in love offer a glimpse into their intimate private lives as they deal with emotional problems proportional to their age and nature. Teenagers experience their first romantic love; young artists try to cope with the success and fame that has invaded their privacy; a self-destructive bohemian encounters a pure, religious being; an unfaithful husband must make a fateful decision; a lazy cynic unexpectedly falls in love; self-centered seniors with unsuccessful pasts try together to build a better future, and love disrupts even the world of paid private prostitution.

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

September 1966 •English

Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.

6.5

Return to Horror Hotel

June 2019 •English

Return to Horror Hotel is an anthology feature with 4 segments. One is about giant a bedbugs, one is about a magical charm that turns girls beautiful, one is about a WWII sailor who hasn't aged and one is about a terrorizing severed hand.

0.0

Měsíční údolí

June 1994 •Czech

The common denominator of the five stories, preceded by a brief prologue by Artem Benki, is the setting of a giant open-pit mine in the Podkrušnohoří region in northwestern Bohemia and its surroundings, including the dominant feature of the landscape, the ruined Jezeří Castle.

4.0

A Unique Movie

March 2017 •Korean

Ep.01 My wife's healing Yumi and Hyun-tae are on a journey of reconciliation overnight to overcome bourgeoisie. Eating dinner together I'm going to join the couple who stayed in the next room. Jae-yong informs Lee Hyun-tae that he can overcome boredom ... Ep.02 Soap Scent Eun-su, who was tired of her boyfriend, told a Chinese housekeeper I am at a glance, and both of them cross over the lines I should not cross ... EP.03 Singularity Family The family of Sehun, who is reconciled with other family members, enjoys each other's private life in the evening. Sehun went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and witnessed a scene he could not imagine Sehun himself confesses his family to the absurd fact ...

6.2

New York Stories

March 1989 •English

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.

7.9

Wild Tales

August 2014 •Spanish

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

6.0

New York, I Love You

September 2008 •English

New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

7.3

Gamanam

December 2021 •Telugu

The lives of six individuals across the city change just as the city is reeling under floods. Will they all make it safely to the other side?

7.0

Three Times

May 2005 •Chinese

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.

6.5

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask

August 1972 •English

A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.

5.8

Aanum Pennum

March 2021 •Malayalam

An anthology film that takes you to different eras in the history of Kerala through three stories about relationships and emotions.

0.0

The World of Sholom Aleichem

December 1959 •English

This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.

6.0

Sex Can Be Difficult

December 1962 •Italian

A journalist could marry the daughter of a tycoon, but prefers a relationship with a married woman. An attorney renounces her lover by greed. A soldier tries to approach a widow on a train. A German couple looking for adventure mistakingly aim for the wrong target, yet find love.

6.8

History of the World: Part I

June 1981 •English

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

6.7

Face's a Verb

July 2021 •Chinese

An anthology film of seven short films made during the Training Camp of FIRST Film Festival 2021.