Released Date:
2007-12-12
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
Hong Kong, China
Runtime:
126 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (21936 Reviews)
Tin Nam Chun (screenplay)
Junli Guo (screenplay)
Jiping He (screenplay)
Jianxin Huang (screenplay)
Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)
Oi Wah Lam (screenplay)
Lan Xu (screenplay)
James Yuen (screenplay)
It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.
Released Date:
2009-04-02
Languages:
Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, English, Min Nan, Hokkien
Countries:
Hong Kong
Runtime:
119 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (8686 Reviews)
Director:
Tung-Shing YeeIn China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou loses his Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Tietou saves Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Tietou saves the powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster offers a dirty job to Tietou; in retribution, he promises to deliver the quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Tietou becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants. But his peaceful methods make him unpopular and Tietou starts to lose control over his men which escalates into a giant gang war.
Released Date:
2015-02-13
Languages:
Mandarin, English
Countries:
China
Runtime:
109 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.2 (316 Reviews)
Director:
Jinglei XuJin Tian, a young woman who recently got dumped by her fiance and lost her grandmother, Chen Lanxin. Feeling heartbroken, she travels to Prague, the place where her grandmother once spent years of her life. In her grandmother's belongings she finds a letter from 1970. In Prague, Jin Tian meets Peng Zeyang, a young single father who lives with his daughter and mother. The two develop a mutual attraction during their journey on searching Josef Novak, her grandmother's past lover.
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