Han Yew Kwang

Han Yew Kwang / Unarmed Combat

In 2002, Yew Kwang’s 35mm short film The Call Home won the Best Short Film Award at the 15th Singapore International Film Festival. The Call Home went on to clinch Audience Choice Award at the 18th Singapore International Film Festival. In 2005, Yew Kwang made his audacious and wildly funny debut feature Unarmed Combat. In 2007, Yew Kwang made his second feature film 18 Grams of Love which won the Public Award for Best Film and the Young Jury Award at the 13th Lyon Asian Film Festival and the Public Award at the 5th Ofensiva International Film Festival.

Director’s statement:
A friend of mine told me about an interesting Japanese documentary whereby some housewives are obsessed with and are taking part in a local arm wrestling event. I began to wonder how their husbands felt about that. Would they oppose their wives' obsession? What would they do? Therefore I decided to make this film to examine and explore the theme of obsession, and to satisfy my own curiosity.