
It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the International School. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Huan le ren jian / Change the World (1959) Tian Wu, Dezhang Bai, Qi Guo, Yiwen Guo, Drama

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 »
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 »
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 »