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Tag Archives: China
Stage Sisters AKA Wutai jiemei (1964) Jin Xie, Fang Xie, Yindi Cao, Nan Deng
Chronicles the fortunes of two actresses in pre-revolutionary China, who are separated by money and politics. Read More »
Romancing in Thin Air AKA Gao hai ba zhi lian II (2012) Johnnie To, Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao
After a popular actor is jilted at the altar by an actress he travels Read More »
Back to Back, Face to Face AKA Bei kao bei, lian dui lian (1994) Jianxin Huang, Yazhou Yang, Zhenhua Niu, Kesheng Lei, Qiang Li
Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. Read More »
Homecoming AKA Si shui liu nian (1984) Ho Yim, Josephine Koo, Gaowa Siqin, Weixiang Xie
Coral, a Hong Kong woman tortured by city life, went back to her home town to visit her two old friends. Read More »
Love in the Buff AKA Chun Kiu yi Chi Ming (2012) Ho-Cheung Pang, Miriam Chin Wah Yeung, Shawn Yue, Mi Yang
Former lovers Jimmy and Cherie discover that getting over each other isn’t as easy Read More »
All About Women AKA Nu ren bu huai (2008) Hark Tsui, Xun Zhou, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yuqi Zhang
A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women. Read More »
Old Well AKA Lao jing (1987) Tian-Ming Wu, Yujing Liang, Yuqing Liao, Liping Lü
A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. Read More »
Ermo (1994) Xiaowen Zhou, Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge
Women’s roles and consumerism in a Chinese village. The independent Ermo supports Read More »
Crosscurrent AKA Chang jiang tu (2016) Yang Chao, Hao Qin, Kai Tan, Hongwei Wang
In a daze following his father’s sudden death, cargo ship captain Gao Chun falls under the spell Read More »
Spring Fever AKA Chun feng chen zui de ye wan (2009) Ye Lou, Hao Qin, Sicheng Chen, Wei Wu
Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled Read More »
One and Eight AKA Yi ge he ba ge (1984) Junzhao Zhang, Daoming Chen, Xiaoyan Lu, Zeru Tao
Set in the Anti-Japanese War, an instructor who used to be an undercover Read More »
A Mongolian Tale AKA Hei jun ma (1995) Fei Xie, Dalarsurong, Aojirdai, Bayirtcya
Bayinbulag and Somiya are brought up, from a young age, as brother and sister by their adoptive grandmother. Read More »
Grain in Ear AKA Mang zhong (2005) Lu Zhang, Lianji Liu, Bo Jin, Guangxuan Zhu
Cui, a young Korean mother living on the outskirts of Chinese society, has a husband in jail and a son to support. Read More »
Song of Tibet AKA Yeshe Dolma (2000) Fei Xie, Danzengzhuoga, Laqiong, Dawangdui
Stunningly shot on real locations, Song of Tibet is much as its title sounds – a wistful Read More »