A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Ghost Meets You (2000) Kwok-Kuen Cheung
Winnie is a wandering soul cursed by the evil master Hui at death. She seduces honest man Kai Mun in order to seek his help to reincarnate. Read More »
The Little Chinese Seamstress (2002) Sijie Dai
Two youths sent for a Maoist “re-education” in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor’s granddaughter. Read More »
The Island Tales (2000) Stanley Kwan, Takao Osawa
The story of seven people stuck on a remote island, quarantined by the government due to a viral outbreak. Read More »
If You Are the One (2008) Xiaogang Feng, You Ge, Shu Qi, Wei Fan
After making a killing, Fen returns to China a rich man. Read More »
The Lucky Guy / Hang wan yat tiu lung (1998)
“Lucky” Coffee Shop is well known for its egg tarts and tea. Waiter Sui, named as Prince Egg Tart Read More »
Queen of Temple Street / Miao jie huang hou (1990) Lawrence Ah-Mon, Sylvia Chang, Rain Lau, Ya-Li Liu
This film attempts to show a more realistic view of prostitution in Hong Kong and, by and large, it succeeds. Read More »
Peacock / Kong que (2005) Changwei Gu, Jing An, Li Feng
The story is set in the 1970s in a small town in China. A middle aged couple has three children. Read More »
The Fall of Otrar (1991) Ardak Amirkulov, Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, Bolot Beyshenaliev
This historical epic charts political intrigue among the Kipchaks Read More »
Beijing Rocks / Bak Ging lok yue liu (2001) Mabel Cheung, Daniel Wu, Le Geng, Shu Qi
A rock and roll story that portrays the decay of political Read More »