Set during the twilight of the Cultural Revolution, Chen Kaige’s third film, King of the Children Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Red Persimmon (1997) Tung Wang, Shih Chang, Jing-ping Chao, Cheer Chen
In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. Read More »
Strawman (1987) Tung Wang, Chun-Fang Chang, Po-Chou Chang, Sheng Li Cho
During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation Read More »
The Fall of Otrar (1991) Ardak Amirkulov, Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, Bolot Beyshenaliev
This historical epic charts political intrigue among the Kipchaks Read More »
Weekend Lover (1995) Ye Lou, Nai An, Hongshen Jia, Xiaoqing Ma
The film follows a young man, A Xi who is recently released from prison. Read More »
Bitter Money (2016) Bing Wang, Ling Ling
A vivid slice-of-life depiction of migrant workers, both male and female, wasting their lives away through monotonous labor in small Read More »
Games Gamblers Play (1974) Samuel Hui, Michael Hui, Betty Ting Pei
Michael Hui and his brother Sam play two fellows who meet in jail. Michael is a real conman and Sam has aspirations to be one. Read More »
The Private Eyes (1976) Michael Hui, Samuel Hui, Ricky Hui
Private Eyes revolves the characters in a private detective agency headed by Wong Yuk-See (Michael Hui) with two employees Read More »
Kuei-Mei, A Woman (1985) Yi Chang, Hui-Shan Yang, Hsiang-Ping Hu, Li-Chun Lee
Arriving in Taiwan in the 1950s, Kuei-mei makes a disadvantageous marriage to a widower with three unruly kids and a bad gambling habit. Read More »
Legend of the Mountain (1979) King Hu, Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains. Read More »
Come Drink with Me (1966) King Hu, Pei-Pei Cheng, Hua Yueh, Chih-Ching Yang
A ruthless band of thugs kidnaps a young official to exchange for their leader who has been captured. Read More »
A True Mob Story (1998) Jing Wong, Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Suki Kwan
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss’s life in a gang fight. Read More »
11 Flowers (2011) Xiaoshuai Wang, Jingchun Wang, Wenqing Liu, Guo Liuxing Zhong
11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. Read More »
Shanghai Dreams (2005) Xiaoshuai Wang, Yuanyuan Gao, Bin Li, Hao Qin
In the 1980s, encouraged by the government, a large number of families leave Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country, in order to develop local industry. Read More »
A Young Woman Named Xiao Yu (1995) Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Marj Dusay, Tsung-Hua To
A Taiwanese comedy set in Lower Manhattan which chronicles the travails of two Taiwanese illegal aliens as they try to get a green card. Read More »