Wei uncle from the off with her daughter Shirley flee from famine came in the northeast, under the rule of the puppet work in the coalmine. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Sao ren / Young Dudes (2012) Yin-jung Chen, Edison Wang, Tsuyoshi Abe, Larisa Bakurova, Drama
Aspiring rock musician Adam (Wang Po-Chieh) is obsessed with a forthcoming apocalypse, rumoured to be on much the same scale as the biblical flood that led to Noah building his infamous ark. Read More »
Hong mei gui bai mei gui / Red Rose White Rose (1994) Stanley Kwan, Joan Chen, Veronica Yip, Winston Chao, Drama
Chronicles the love life of a man, Zhenbao. He has a steamy fling with the wife of a friend, the saucy and exciting Red Rose. Read More »
Ashima (1964) Qiong Liu, Likun Yang, Baosier, Chaoming Cui, Romance, Musical
Ashima is a brave and beautiful girl of the Sani people, beloved by all. One day as she is down at the lake to fetch water, she hears the sound of a shepherd’s flute coming from the hills across the lake. Read More »
Ni na bian ji dian / What Time is it There? (2001) Ming-liang Tsai, Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-Ching Lu, Drama, Romance
When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a woman on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. Read More »
Ai nu / Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972) Yuen Chor, Lily Ho, Hua Yueh, Betty Pei Ti, Action, Drama
The Four Seasons Brothel is run by a ruthless madam, Lady Chun Yi. Countless young girls have been kidnapped or bought and then sold into a life of servitude, prostitution, and torture at this brothel. Read More »
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Wo hu cang long (2000) Ang Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Action, Drama, Romance
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man’s world. Read More »
Tie luo han / The Iron Buddha (1970) Chun Yen, Yun Ling, Yin Fang, Jeanette Yu Wei, Action, Adventure
A psychopathic serial rapist resumes his murderous rampage after ignoring a compassionate master’s plea to repent leading to his own demise Read More »
To Singapore, with Love (2013) Pin Pin Tan, Swee Chai Ang, Sun Wing Chan, Mr. & Mrs Hee Kim Tan, Documentary
In the 1960s and 1970s, Singaporeans, who were activists, student leaders or Communists were exiled from their country. Read More »
Three Times / Zui hao de shi guang (2005) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Fang Mei, Drama, Romance
There are three stories of women and men: in “A Time for Love” set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool Read More »