It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
The Missing AKA Bu jian (2003) Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Chieh Chang, Tien Miao
A grandmother is looking for her grandson, a teenager for his grandfather. Read More »
Games Gamblers Play (1974) Samuel Hui, Michael Hui, Betty Ting Pei
Michael Hui and his brother Sam play two fellows who meet in jail. Michael is a real conman and Sam has aspirations to be one. Read More »
Rebel Boxer AKA Ma Su Zhen bao xiong chou (1972) Shan-Hsi Ting, Hung-Min Chen, Jimmy Wang Yu, Sha-Li Chen, Nancy Yen
Believing that her brother has been murdered, a martial artist (Nancy Yen) sets out to avenge him. Read More »
Temptress of a Thousand Faces AKA Qian mian mo nu (1969) Chang-hwa Jeong, Tina Chin-Fei, Liang Chen, Pat Ting Hung
The Temptress of the title attempts to take over the world. Read More »
Blue Skies AKA Yan yang tian (1967) Chun Hsieh, Peter Chen Ho, Pei-Pei Cheng, Margaret Tu Chuan
Hsiao Yun’s rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she’s forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. Read More »
Not One Less AKA Yi ge dou bu neng shao (1999) Yimou Zhang, Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian
In a remote mountain village, the teacher must leave for a month Read More »
In Our Time AKA Guang yin de gu shi (1982) Yi Chang, I-Chen Ko, Te-chen Tao, Edward Yang, Emily Y. Chang, Sylvia Chang, Chi Chen, Sheng-wen Lan
Four short films from four different directors, spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s. Read More »
Legend of Tianyun Mountain AKA Tian yun shan chuan qi (1980) Jin Xie, Jianlan Shi, Fuli Wang, Shi Wei-Jian
The film describes the frustrated experience and love of Pan Laowu Read More »
Drifters AKA Er di (2003) Xiaoshuai Wang, Yihong Duan, Yan Shu, Zhi-Liang Wang
The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. Read More »