3 Films & TV Shows Set In Asia During The 2040s

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  Couple From The Future

  🇷🇺 Russia The 2020s The 2040s

  Near future, 2040. Eugene and Alexandra have been married for 20 years, their relationship is like a dried apricot. Divorce from them also does not work, because in the future, divorce is a very expensive service. But fate gives them a chance: Eugene and Alexandra fall into the past, on the very day 20 years ago, when the lover and young Zhenya proposed to the lovely Sasha. Now a couple from the future wants to separate themselves in their youth, but it won't be easy. The young will fight for their love.

  Released in 2021 •
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  Looper

  Missouri Kansas Shanghai The 2040s The 2070s

  Hunted by your future, haunted by your past. — In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

  Released in 2012 • 118 minutes
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  Voices of a Distant Star

  Saitama Prefecture The 2040s The 2050s

  A love story that transcends time and space... — It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru waits. The two lovers, worlds apart, desperately strive to remain connected as the gap between them widens at a frightening pace.

  Released in 2002 • 25 minutes