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Tag Archives: China
Legend of Tianyun Mountain / 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 »
Frozen / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »
The Legend II / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »