Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
China
Runtime:
89 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (1406 Reviews)
Director:
Kaige ChenKaige Chen
Lan Ke (novel)
Ziliang Zhang (screenplay)
'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns that the happy songs he was sent to collect do not exist; the songs he finds are about hardship and suffering. He returns to the army, but promises to come back for the young girl, Cuiqiao, who has been spell-bound by his talk of the freedom women have under communist rule and who wants to join the Communist Army.
Released Date:
2003-09-23
Languages:
Mandarin, Japanese
Countries:
China, Hong Kong
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (3704 Reviews)
Director:
Ping HeRichard Epcar (dubbed version)
Ping He
Rui Zhang
North of the vast 8th century Tang dynasty Chinese empire, the commercially and culturally priceless silk route is controlled by 36 friendly Buddhist kingdoms. Their are threatened by Turkic nomad tribes, the caravans also by brigand bands. Japanese scholar Lai Qimay not return home until the emperor is satisfied with his missions to retrieve refugees from the barren border lands. The last is competent imperial lieutenant Li, who was proscribed for refusing to execute Turkic prisoners. He now lives among fellow warriors for hire as caravan escorts. Lai Qi and Li reach a gentleman's agreement to postpone their lethal duel till after the safe arrival of a caravan including a young Buddhist monk and his mysterious freight. When Turkic warlord Khan's daughter's hand seals an alliance with brigand sword master An, the only way out is trough the grimly dry Gobi desert.
Released Date:
2009-12-18
Languages:
Mandarin, Cantonese, English
Countries:
China, Hong Kong
Runtime:
139 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (5837 Reviews)
Director:
Teddy ChanJunli Guo
Tin Nam Chun
Joyce Chan
Tung Man Chan (concept)
James Yuen
Bing Wu
In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.
Released Date:
2010-09-28
Languages:
Mandarin, English
Countries:
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (5661 Reviews)
Director:
Chao-Bin SuGenres:
ActionSet in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
Released Date:
2012-07-27
Languages:
Chinese
Countries:
China
Runtime:
122 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (1589 Reviews)
Director:
Kaige ChenSacrifice (Orphan of Zhao Family): To save the only child of the Zhao Family, whose whole clan is massacred at the hands of a nefarious minister, a doctor sacrifices his own son, and later becomes intent on seeking vengeance against the minister after the child grows up. For generations, the Zhao family has wielded power, even extending over the king. In a well-planned coup, their mortal enemy TU'AN GU (Wang Xue Qi) slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. However, a solitary Zhao baby survives the massacre, and is hidden and taken home by CHENG YING (Ge You), the doctor who delivered him, to live with his WIFE (Hai Qing) and their own newborn baby. Set on revenge, and raising the Zhao child as his own, Cheng Ying bides his time, enrolling himself and the Zhao orphan (whom he calls Cheng Bo) into the service of the Tu'an Gu household. Tu' an Gu grows very fond of Cheng Bo and makes Cheng Bo his godson, unaware that Cheng Ying has been plotting to use the boy as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age. But as the day draws closer, the boy's true identity is discovered...
Released Date:
2013-07-19
Languages:
Mandarin
Countries:
Taiwan, China, Hong Kong
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
(728 Reviews)
Director:
Jay ChouGao and his friends are the happiest kids in the city of Galilee. Living on the rooftops of this bustling metropolis, sometimes life can be tough, but they still churn out songs all day, and dance under the stars at night. But when Gao meets his dream girl, a billboard beauty named Sian, fate takes him on a wild ride through the high and low parts of the town he loves.
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