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Tag Archives: China
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai, Shichang Da, Jie Deng
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
East Palace, West Palace (1996) Yuan Zhang, Si Han, Jun Hu, Jing Ye
In China, homosexuality isn’t illegal, but homosexuals are routinely persecuted by police and arrested for “hooliganism”. Read More »
The Road Home (1999) Yimou Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Honglei Sun, Hao Zheng
City businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village in North China for the funeral of his father, the village teacher. Read More »
Little Red Flowers (2006) Yuan Zhang, Bowen Dong, Yuanyuan Ning, Manyuan Chen
Qiang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. Read More »
Eight Women Die a Martyr (1987) Guangyuan Yang, Ying Cai, Kou Qiaoling, Chi Sujing
“Eight Women Who Martyred Themselves In The River” is a true-to-life incident, now immortalized in the Peoples Republic of China. Read More »
The Horse Thief (1986) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Peicheng Pan, Daiba, Jiji Dan, Drashi
The story of Norbu, a horse thief, who is thrown out of his tribe in an effort to purge it of evil. Read More »
Lost in Beijing (2007) Yu Li, Bingbing Fan, Dawei Tong, Tony Ka Fai Leung
Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Read More »
Ordinary Heroes (1999) Ann Hui, Kang-sheng Lee, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Kwan-Ho Tse
Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Cantonese-language film directed by Ann Hui. Read More »
Little Toys (1933) Yu Sun, Lingyu Ruan, Congmei Yuan, Li-li Li
Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. Read More »
Ameera (2014) Honghui Xu, Collin Chou, So Won Ham, Micheal Han
The film tells the female agent Ameera after a failed mission, private life crisis, conspiracy Read More »
Winter Vacation (2010) Hongqi Li, Jinfeng Bai, Lei Bao, Hui Wang
An ordinary village in Northern China, the last day of the winter vacation. Read More »
Deep in the Heart (2014) Yukun Xin, Weimin Huo, Xiaotian Wang, Yun Luo
A young man tries to get away from his family’s overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug Read More »
The Women From The Lake of Scented Souls (1993) Fei Xie, Gaowa Siqin, Yujuan Wu, Baoguo Chen
If money can’t buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Read More »
Temptress Moon (1996) Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin
Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Read More »