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Tag Archives: China
Frozen AKA Jidu hanleng (1996) Xiaoshuai Wang, Hongsheng Jia, Xiaoqing Ma, Yu Bai
A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. 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 »
Beijing Bicycle AKA Shiqi sui de dan che (2001) Xiaoshuai Wang, Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li
Beijing: young men in packs, machismo, class divisions, violence, and indifference. Read More »
Life Show AKA Sheng huo xiu (2002) Jianqi Huo, Höng Tao, Zeru Tao, Yueming Pan
The story of a gorgeous, single girl who runs a restaurant in inland China Read More »
Blind Shaft AKA Mang jing (2003) Yang Li, Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang
Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers Read More »
Us and Them AKA Hou lai de wo men (2018) Rene Liu, Boran Jing, Dongyu Zhou, Zhuangzhuang Tian
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period Read More »
Purple Butterfly AKA Zi hu die (2003) Ye Lou, Ziyi Zhang, Tôru Nakamura, Ye Liu
Manchuria, 1928. During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Itami, a young Japanese man Read More »
The Legend II AKA Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993) Corey Yuen, Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Adam Cheng
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood “The Red Flower” 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 »
Love Battlefield AKA Ai Zuo zhan (2004) Soi Cheang, Eason Chan, Kim-Fai Che, Niki Chow
Yui and Ching are heading for holiday. But on the day they depart, Yui’s car is stolen 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 »
Paths Of The Soul AKA Kang rinpoche (2015) Yang Zhang, Tsring Chodron, Tsewang Dolkar, Jiangcuo Seba
Docu-drama follows the journey of a group of Tibetans on a pilgrimage to Lasa, the holy capital of Tibet. 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 »