Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
Prince of Tears (2009) Yonfan, Hsiao-chuan Chang, Xuan Zhu, Wing Fan
It happened in 1950s Taiwan, during the period known as White Terror Read More »
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) Yimou Zhang, Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. Read More »
Everlasting Regret (2005) Stanley Kwan, Sammi Cheng, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jun Hu
A person’s life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Read More »
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 »