Ah-Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
All the Wrong Spies AKA Wo ai Ye Lai Xiang (1983) Teddy Robin Kwan, George Lam, Brigitte Lin
In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo Read More »
The Illegal Immigrant AKA Fei fat yi man (1985) Mabel Cheung, Wanting Zhang, Yung-Cho Ching, Fu-Sheng Wu, Chung-yu Liao
Cheung, an illegal immigrant in a completely Chinese area of New York Read More »
The Big Parade AKA Da yue bing (1986) Kaige Chen, Qiang Guan, Lu Lei, Chun Sun
Army volunteers train for places in China’s 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit. Read More »
Oxhide AKA Niu pi (2005) Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu
Daily life in an impossibly cramped Beijing apartment takes on epic proportions in this, intimate portrait Read More »
Break Through the Wu River AKA Tu po wu jiang (1961) Ang Li, Shutian Li, Chunmian Yu
By the end of 1934, the Red Army in the vanguard of the first Army and Qin Zhang Read More »
The Days AKA Dongchun de rizi (1993) Xiaoshuai Wang, Xiaodong Liu, Ye Lou, Hong Yu
The Days is Wang Xiaoshuai’s 1993 debut. Filmed in black-and-white, The Days follows Read More »
Lost and Found AKA Tin ngai hoi gok (1996) Chi-Ngai Lee, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Kelly Chen, Michael Wong
Lam meets Mr. Worm, the chief of a lost-and-found company Read More »
The Singing Thief AKA Da dao ge wang (1969) Cheh Chang, Lily Ho, Jimmy Lin Chong, Chia Essie Lin
A jewel thief decides to turn over a new leaf. He starts anew as a professional singer. Read More »
Five Girls and a Rope AKA Wu ge nu zi he yi gen sheng zi (1990) Hung-Wei Yeh, Jing Ai, Shih Chang, Ying Chang
Five girls grow up in China during the first years of the twentieth century. Read More »
The Devil’s Mirror AKA Feng lei mo jing (1972) Chung Sun, Pei-Pei Shu, Dan Lau, Chia Chien Li
The Jiuxian Witch and her Bloody Ghouls Clan are planning domination of the Martial Arts world. Read More »
Love Education AKA Xiang ai xiang qin (2017) Sylvia Chang, Zhuangzhuang Tian, Yueting Lang
A dying old lady reminisces about her happier moments. Read More »
Moonlight Boy AKA Yue guang shao nian (1993) Wei-Yen Yu, Te-Chien Hou, Elaine Jin, Yuan-Chi Lu
The titular boy in the moonlight is actually the young spirit of a man Read More »
Kill Zone 2 AKA Saat po long 2 (2015) Soi Cheang, Tony Jaa, Jing Wu, Simon Yam
Hong Kong police officer Kit (Wu Jing) goes undercover in order to catch Mr. Hung (Louis Koo) Read More »
Murmur of the Hearts AKA Nian nian (2015) Sylvia Chang, Isabella Leong, Lawrence Ko, Hsiao-chuan Chang
An artist reunites with her brother after the two were separated years ago when she left Liudau, an island off of Taiwan. Read More »