Sega, a Taiwanese born in the years of Japanese rule, felt nearer to Western nationality and culture compared to Mainland Chinese government who took over in 1945. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
The World (2004) Zhangke Jia, Tao Zhao, Taishen Cheng, Jue Jing, Drama
“The World” is a theme park on the outskirts of Beijing, sixteen kilometers from the Chinese capital Read More »
The Stewardess (2002) Tak-Sam Leong, Sam Lee, San-san Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. Read More »
Keep cool (1997) Yimou Zhang, You Ge, Wen Jiang, Gang Jiao, Comedy, Thriller
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover Read More »
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Ang Lee, Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity Read More »
Oxhide II (2009) Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu, Documentary, Drama
Just as in her previous film, Oxhide, the Chinese director films herself and her parents in their rather claustrophobic apartment with documentary realism. Read More »
Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao, Drama, Romance
Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels Read More »
Shanghai jiaqi / My American Grandson (1991) Ann Hui, Kun-Hsuan Huang, Carina Lau, Peng Sun, Drama
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai. Read More »
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 3: Rails (2003) Bing Wang, Documentary
A system of freight railways carries raw materials and finished goods in and out of Shenyang. Read More »
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Part 2: Remnants (2003) Bing Wang, Documentary
Part II, called “Remnants,” and is set in a shantytown whose living conditions mirror the dilapidation of the state-run factories seen in Part I. Read More »