Michael Hui and his brother Sam play two fellows who meet in jail. Michael is a real conman and Sam has aspirations to be one. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Rebel Boxer / Ma Su Zhen bao xiong chou (1972) Shan-Hsi Ting, Hung-Min Chen, Jimmy Wang Yu, Sha-Li Chen, Nancy Yen
Believing that her brother has been murdered, a martial artist (Nancy Yen) sets out to avenge him. Read More »
Temptress of a Thousand Faces / Qian mian mo nu (1969) Chang-hwa Jeong, Tina Chin-Fei, Liang Chen, Pat Ting Hung
The Temptress of the title attempts to take over the world. Read More »
Blue Skies / Yan yang tian (1967) Chun Hsieh, Peter Chen Ho, Pei-Pei Cheng, Margaret Tu Chuan
Hsiao Yun’s rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she’s forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. Read More »
Not One Less / Yi ge dou bu neng shao (1999) Yimou Zhang, Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian
In a remote mountain village, the teacher must leave for a month Read More »
In Our Time / Guang yin de gu shi (1982) Yi Chang, I-Chen Ko, Te-chen Tao, Edward Yang, Emily Y. Chang, Sylvia Chang, Chi Chen, Sheng-wen Lan
Four short films from four different directors, spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s. Read More »
Legend of Tianyun Mountain / Tian yun shan chuan qi (1980) Jin Xie, Jianlan Shi, Fuli Wang, Shi Wei-Jian
The film describes the frustrated experience and love of Pan Laowu Read More »
Drifters / Er di (2003) Xiaoshuai Wang, Yihong Duan, Yan Shu, Zhi-Liang Wang
The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. Read More »
Beijing Bicycle / Shiqi sui de dan che (2001) Xiaoshuai Wang, Lin Cui, Xun Zhou, Bin Li
Beijing: young men in packs, machismo, class divisions, violence, and indifference. Read More »
Life Show / Sheng huo xiu (2002) Jianqi Huo, Höng Tao, Zeru Tao, Yueming Pan
The story of a gorgeous, single girl who runs a restaurant in inland China Read More »