Highlights, Creative Taiwan

CLOSING NIGHT: ARRESTED MEMORY

Swiss Premiere

Sabu

Taiwan, Japan

2026, 87'

Genre

ACTION

Recommended Age

12 years

VO. Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese

ST. English, French

With

Ethan Juan, Reika Kirishima, Moon Lee

With the support of the Taiwanese Cultural Centre in Paris and the Geneva Office of the Taipei Cultural and Economic Delegation

The wild and frantic escape of Lee, an amnesiac police officer who, after being assigned a mission of the utmost importance, forgets why he’s in the midst of a group of fearsome criminals...

Still traumatized by a case that went wrong, Lee, a veteran police officer in Taipei, now secretly suffers from memory loss. After being transferred to a modest police station, he is tasked with solving the kidnapping of a Japanese businessman’s child. With his memory playing tricks on him just as much as fate, Lee unwittingly finds himself caught up in a tangled web between criminals and law enforcement. In the tradition of Japanese director Sabu’s previous works, Arrested Memory is a ballet of frenzied action sequences, coupled with an absolutely exhilarating, blood-soaked comedy. With its sharp sense of rhythm and brutal choreography, this joyful chaos brings the 2026 edition of GIFF to a spectacular conclusion!

Damien Brodard

Direction

Sabu

Image

Jai Ip

Editing

Matthieu Laclau

Music

Junichi Matsumoto

Sound

Tu Chun-Tang, Tu Duu-Chih

Production

LHB Films, Fourier Films