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Tag Archives: Chinese
Youth (Spring) AKA Qingchun (2023) Wang Bing
Liming is a worker district close to Shanghai – the richest city in China. Read More »
Watermarks: Three Letters from China (2013) Luc Schaedler
Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people Read More »
Mon Mon Mon Monsters AKA Guai guai guai guaiwu! (2017) Giddens Ko, Eugenie Liu, Kent Tsai, Yu-Kai Teng
Shu-Wei is a high school student who is constantly bullied by his classmates. Read More »
Longing for the Rain AKA Chunmeng (2013) Tian-yi Yang, Siyuan Zhao, Jia Fu, Pongpazroj Dej
Fang Lei, a Beijing housewife, is leading a peaceful and affluent life with her husband and daughter. Read More »
Likely Consequence (1992) Edward Yang, Tai-song Chen, Zianqi Chen, David Wang
Filmed performance of Yang’s one-act two-character play which shifts back Read More »
The Kid from the Big Apple AKA Wo lai zi Niu Yue (2016) Jess Teong, Lung Ti, Sarah Tan, Jessica Hester Hsuan
Elders see the younger generations as eyesores because of their overly ‘westernised’ (wild/ care free) behaviour and poor moral’s. Read More »
A Touch of Zen AKA Xia nü (1971) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. Read More »
Dust in the wind AKA Lian lian feng chen (1986) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-fen Hsin, Lawrence Ko
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day Read More »
Balloon AKA Qi qiu (2019) Pema Tseden, Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will. Read More »
Fist Of Fury AKA Jing wu men (1972) Wei Lo, Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
Returning to Shanghai to marry his fiancée, Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) a student of renowned martial arts teacher Huo Yuanjia Read More »
Go Home AKA Sheng dan jing mo (2002) Cheng-sheng Lin
Go Home tells the story of an old Peking Opera master, Zhang Jin He (Liu Pei Qi of The Story of Qiu Ju) Read More »
Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai AKA Disorder (2009) Weikai Huang
“At times the news is more dramatic than the movie.” This is the theme and intent of Disorder. Read More »
Quan ji AKA Duel of Fists (1971) Cheh Chang, David Chiang, Lung Ti, Li Ching
Two men, one a businessman skilled in Kung Fu, the other a kickboxer discover they are brothers Read More »
The Fatal Flying Guillotine (1977) Raymond Lui, Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Shao-Peng Chen
Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they’re tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Read More »