Just as in her previous film, Oxhide, the Chinese director films herself and her parents in their rather claustrophobic apartment with documentary realism. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao, Drama, Romance
Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels Read More »
Shanghai jiaqi / My American Grandson (1991) Ann Hui, Kun-Hsuan Huang, Carina Lau, Peng Sun, Drama
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai. Read More »
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 3: Rails (2003) Bing Wang, Documentary
A system of freight railways carries raw materials and finished goods in and out of Shenyang. Read More »
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 2: Remnants (2003) Bing Wang, Documentary
Part II, called “Remnants,” and is set in a shantytown whose living conditions mirror the dilapidation of the state-run factories seen in Part I. Read More »
Xun qiang / The Missing Gun (2002) Chuan Lu, Wen Jiang, Gang Deng, Nina Huang Fan, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hao duo da mi / So Much Rice (2005) Hongqi Li, Dong Han, Yaodong Zhang, Drama
In a game of hide-and-seek with his wife, Mao suddenly decides to leave home. He moves in with Xiao Ri, an acquaintance living in the small town of Liaocheng and the two of them embark on a routine of weird amorous encounters. Read More »
Malu Tianshi / Street Angel (1937) Muzhi Yuan, Dan Zhao, Heling Wei, Xuan Zhou, Comedy, Drama, Musical
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, tried to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller. Read More »
Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime. Read More »
Kong shan ling yu / Raining in the Mountain (1979) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Yueh Sun, Chun Shih, Action, Drama
An esquire brings a female thief and his bailiff to search out a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, in a temple at the mountains. Read More »
Zhong Hua nu er / Daughters of China (1949) Zifeng Ling, Qiang Zhai, Li Bo, Defu Du, Feng Jin, Drama, War
Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Read More »
Lie ri kuang feng / Stormy Sun (1973) Min-Hsiung Wu, Yi Chang, Mi Tien, Ying Bai, Action, Drama
Lee Ta-Yen and his gang murder Hsieh Yu-Lan and her parents after raping the girl. Determined to avenge his family, Han Ching, the family’s sole survivor, goes to the city to search for Lee and his accomplices. Read More »
Hong quan xiao zi / Disciples of Shaolin (1975) Cheh Chang, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, Ming Li Chen, Action, Drama
Impetuous young martial arts master Kuan takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of the revered Shaolin discipline warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill. Read More »
Bu san / Good Bye, Dragon Inn (2003) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Drama, Comedy
A Japanese tourist takes refuge from a rainstorm inside a once-popular movie theater, a decrepit old barn of a cinema that is screening a martial arts classic, King Hu’s 1966 “Dragon Inn.” Read More »
Hong ying tao / Red Cherry (1995) Daying Ye, Ke-Yu Guo, Hsiao-Ling Hsu, Vladmill Nizmiroff, Drama, War
It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the International School. Read More »