A wealthy young playboy flees his repressive family and joins forces with a gang Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Durian Durian AKA Liu lian piao piao (2000) Fruit Chan, Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao
Hong Kong life from the perspective of a young northern mainland Chinese woman working as a prostitute in Hong Kong. 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 »
The Young Rebel AKA Hou sheng (1975) Lung Ti, David Chiang, Chuan Chen
Fatherless as a child, Hsiang supports his mother. 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 »
Springtime in Pattaya AKA Chun man Ba Di Ya (1976) Chia-Hsiang Wu, Kun Li, Ping-Ou Wei, Shek-Ching Law
Handsome and young, Shih Hsing flew to Bangkok with his close friend Ping Ho Read More »
The Yellow Muffler AKA Yu nu xi chun (1972) Umetsugu Inoue, Betty Ting Pei, Hua Tsung, Paul Chun
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find Read More »
The Red Lotus Society AKA Fei xia a da (1994) Stan Lai, Li-Wei Chang, Wen-Min Chen, Leon Dai
Ahda sells language tapes by day and attends cram school at night, but his real passion Read More »
UFO in Her Eyes (2011) Xiaolu Guo, Ke Shi, Udo Kier, Mandy Zhang
A Beijing Police officer comes down to Three-headed-bird village to investigate the UFO sighting. Read More »
The Singing Escort AKA Qing chun wan sui (1969) Umetsugu Inoue, Betty Ting Pei, Jimmy Lin Chong, Hsin-Yen Chao
A young woman hides from her father by being a nightclub singer in Japan. Read More »
Apartment for Ladies AKA Nu zi gong yu (1970) Umetsugu Inoue, Betty Ting Pei, Fan Yang, Lily Li
Who wouldn’t want to visit an all-girls dormitory? Certainly not Hong Kong audiences Read More »
Banana Paradise AKA Xiang jiao tian tang (1989) Tung Wang, Shih Chang, Kai-Chun Chen, Lung Fang
“Door Latch” and his friend followed the KMT army and moved to Taiwan in 1949. 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 »
Honey Pupu AKA Xiao shi da kan (2011) Hung-i Chen, Prince Chiu, Ralf Chiu, Bridget Dennison
Taipei, 2010. Radio show hostess Vicky (Peggy Tseng), who likes going round the city photographing buildings Read More »