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Tag Archives: Mandarin
Whiplash (1974) Shan-Hsi Ting, Pei-Pei Cheng, Yuan Yi, Ying Ku
The Empress Dowager flees when the allied forces descend upon the capital. Read More »
The Five Billion Dollar Legacy (1970) Umetsugu Inoue, Ping Wang, Margaret Hsing Hui, Feng Chin
Crippled billionaire Lin Zhongyuan mails a letter to each of his long-lost daughters Read More »
The Venus Tear Diamond (1971) Umetsugu Inoue, Lily Ho, Yun Ling, Chih Hsien Po
Legendary jewel thieves “Nocturnal Earl” (Ling Yun) and “Fragrant Night” (Lily Ho) are set on a collision Read More »
True Colors (1986) Kirk Wong, Lung Ti, Brigitte Lin, Raymond Bak-Ming Wong
A criminal has come out of hiding only to find that his old partner has become a priest Read More »
Ameera (2014) Honghui Xu, Collin Chou, So Won Ham, Micheal Han
The film tells the female agent Ameera after a failed mission, private life crisis, conspiracy Read More »
The Drummer (2007) Kenneth Bi, Jaycee Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Angelica Lee
When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Read More »
The Peony Pavilion (1995) Kuo-fu Chen, Pen-yu Chang, Hua-Chien Hsu, Rene Liu
A teenager called Li Li, always got the same dream. In the dream, she falls in love with a scholar. Read More »
Hunting List (1994) Yen-Ping Chu, Ray Lui, Shu-fang Lu, Vivian Hsu
Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding Read More »
Asiapol Secret Service (1966) Akinori Matsuo, Hideaki Nitani, Jô Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka
Jimmy Wang Yu stars in his first major modern-day role, in the same year he revolutionized martial arts cinema in One-Armed Swordsman. Read More »
Wolf Devil Woman (1982) Ling Chang, Feng Shih, Yu-Hsiang Chang
A woman who was raised by wolves seeks revenge on Red Devil, the villain who ordered the murder of her parents. Read More »
The Best of Times (2001) Tso-chi Chang, Wing Fan, Meng-Chieh Kao, Wan-mei Yu
Although their characters and temperaments couldn’t be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. Read More »
Murmur of the Hearts (2015) Sylvia Chang, Isabella Leong, Lawrence Ko, Hsiao-chuan Chang
An artist reunites with her brother after the two were separated years ago when she left Liudau, an island off of Taiwan. Read More »
Deep in the Heart (2014) Yukun Xin, Weimin Huo, Xiaotian Wang, Yun Luo
A young man tries to get away from his family’s overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug Read More »
If I Were for Real (1981) Tung Wang, Kuan-Chen Hu, Alan Tam
It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. Read More »