Both shows focus on "chess" (shogi for Banjou no Alpha and Go for Hikaru no Go) and how it affects people passionate about it, who sometimes would do anything to follow their dreams

Both are short format dramas that share the same style of cinematography and have the same futuristic vibe to it

Both productions depict rural (nomadic) lives with the same slice-of-lifey documentary feel to them. Both are mostly spoken in a language that's not mandarin

Both movies are directed and written by Wang Toon, and both feature his signature assumed identity plotline on the backdrop of societal and political changes

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Both productions tell the story of the same man - Lee Rock (Lui Lok), a.k.a one of the most corrupted policemen from Hong Kong

Male leads in both productions decide to embark on a cycling journey - in Island Etude it's around Taiwan, while in August it's in Tibet

Both movies focus on self-healing journeys of the respective male lead, as he treks/cycles through Tibet