A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Green Tea AKA Lü cha (2003) Yuan Zhang, Wen Jiang, Wei Zhao, Lijun Fang
Well, apparently Wu Fang (Wei Zhao) is a young lady on a mission. Read More »
True Colors (1986) Kirk Wong, Lung Ti, Brigitte Lin, Raymond Bak-Ming Wong
A criminal has come out of hiding only to find that his old partner has become a priest Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang
Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »
The Red Detachment of Women AKA Hong se niang zi jun (1961) Jin Xie, Qiang Chen, Niu Tie, Xin-Gang Wang
In 1930s, Wu Qionghua was a housemaid of Nan-ba-tian, a cruel warlord of a village in Hainan Island, China. Read More »
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 1: Rust (2003) Bing Wang
Filmmaker Wang Bing spent three years charting the decline and decay of one of China’s major industrial regions Read More »
The City of Lost Souls AKA Hyôryû-gai (2000) Takashi Miike, Teah, Michelle Reis, Kôji Kikkawa
Japanese-Brazilian Mario and Chinese hairdresser Kei are lovers. Read More »
The Blue Kite AKA Lan feng zheng (1993) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen
On Dry Well Lane in Beijing in 1953, Chen Shujuan and Lin Shaolong marry. Read More »
Song at Midnight AKA Ye ban ge sheng (1937) Weibang Ma-Xu, Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin
China’s first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. Read More »
Electric Shadows AKA Meng ying tong nian (2004) Jiang Xiao, Yu Xia, Haibin Li, Yijing Zhang
For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Read More »