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Tag Archives: China
Us and Them AKA Hou lai de wo men (2018) Rene Liu, Boran Jing, Dongyu Zhou, Zhuangzhuang Tian
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period Read More »
Purple Butterfly AKA Zi hu die (2003) Ye Lou, Ziyi Zhang, Tôru Nakamura, Ye Liu
Manchuria, 1928. During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Itami, a young Japanese man Read More »
The Legend II AKA Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993) Corey Yuen, Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Adam Cheng
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood “The Red Flower” Read More »
Crossroads AKA Shi zi jie tou (1937) Xiling Shen, Dan Zhao, Yang Bai, Ban Lü
Four students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Read More »
Love Battlefield AKA Ai Zuo zhan (2004) Soi Cheang, Eason Chan, Kim-Fai Che, Niki Chow
Yui and Ching are heading for holiday. But on the day they depart, Yui’s car is stolen Read More »
Springtime in a Small Town AKA Xiao cheng zhi chun (2002) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin
Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan’s school-aged sister. Read More »
Paths Of The Soul AKA Kang rinpoche (2015) Yang Zhang, Tsring Chodron, Tsewang Dolkar, Jiangcuo Seba
Docu-drama follows the journey of a group of Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lasa, the holy capital of Tibet. Read More »
To Live Is Better Than to Die AKA Hao si bu ru lai huo zhe (2003) Weijun Chen, Shenyi Ma, Mei Lei, Ningning Ma
A heartbreaking story from Wenlou, a small village in central China, where more than 30% of the villagers Read More »
The Opium War AKA Ya pian zhan zheng (1997) Jin Xie, Guoan Bao, Liankun Lin, Sihung Lung
Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium Read More »
Old Dog AKA Khyi rgan (2011) Pema Tseden, Yanbum Gyal, Drolma Kyab, Lochey
A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price. Read More »
Super Citizen Ko AKA Chao ji da guo min (1995) Jen Wan, I-Chen Ko, Yang Lin, Ming-Ming Su
At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow Read More »
The Big Parade AKA Da yue bing (1986) Kaige Chen, Qiang Guan, Lu Lei, Chun Sun
Army volunteers train for places in China’s 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit. Read More »
Oxhide AKA Niu pi (2005) Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu
Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait Read More »
Break Through the Wu River AKA Tu po wu jiang (1961) Ang Li, Shutian Li, Chunmian Yu
By the end of 1934, the Red Army in the vanguard of the first Army and Qin Zhang Read More »