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Tag Archives: Mandarin
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 »
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) Joan Chen, Xiaolu Li, Lopsang, Zheng Qian

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 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 »
The Venus Tear Diamond (1971) Umetsugu Inoue, Lily Ho, Yun Ling, Chih Hsien Po

Legendary jewel thieves “Nocturnal Earl” (Ling Yun) and “Fragrant Night” (Lily Ho) are set on a collision 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 »
The Drummer (2007) Kenneth Bi, Jaycee Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Angelica Lee

When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Read More »