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Tag Archives: Mandarin
Letter from an Unknown Woman / Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin (2004) Jinglei Xu, Jue Huang, Wen Jiang, Huang Jiao
Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. Read More »
The Dragon Tamers / Nu zi tai quan qun ying hui (1975) John Woo, James Tien, Carter Wong, Chang-suk Kim
A young Chinese martial arts student travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Read More »
The Wild Wild Rose AKA Ye mei gui zhi lian (1960) Tian-Lin Wang, Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin
Grace Chang seduces as Hong Kong’s most sensual Carmen ever. Read More »
Hibiscus Town AKA Fu rong zhen (1986) Jin Xie, Wen Jiang, Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu
Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life Read More »
Suzhou River AKA Su Zhou he (2000) Ye Lou, Xun Zhou, Hongshen Jia, Zhongkai Hua
The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty Read More »
Island Etude AKA Lian xi qu (2006) Huai-en Chen, Ming-hsiang Tung, Danny Deng, Saya Chang
Travelling is always the best way to encounter true stories. Ming-Hsang, a deaf, decided to cycle around Taiwan before graduating from the college. Read More »
The Puppetmaster AKA Xi meng ren sheng (1993) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tian-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng
This Hou Hsiao Hsien masterpiece is a portrait of the childhood and adolescence of octogenarian Taiwanese puppet master Read More »
Manhunt AKA Zhui bu (2017) John Woo, Hanyu Zhang, Masaharu Fukuyama, Stephy Qi
Accused of heinous crimes he didn’t commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name. Read More »
Dragon Inn (1967) King Hu, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
The Eunuch of the Emperor has ordered the commander of his army condemned to death for betrayal and insurrection. Read More »