Liyan and Yuwen live in post-war torpor, childless but with Liyan’s school-aged sister. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mandarin
The Warrior and the Wolf AKA Lang zai ji (2009) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q, Tsung-Hua To
The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves. Read More »
Lust, Caution AKA Se, jie (2007) Ang Lee, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen
Frustrated in his attempts to assassinate Yee, who is an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai Read More »
Osmanthus Alley AKA Gui hua xiang (1987) Kun-Hou Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam
Ti Hung’s parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Read More »
Dreaming the Reality AKA Meng xing xue wei ting (1991) Chun-Ku Lu, Sibelle Hu, Moon Lee, Yukari Ôshima
An expert assassin – trained since childhood to be the perfect killer – loses her memory during a mission in Thailand Read More »
Fleeing by Night AKA Ye ben (2000) Li-Kong Hsu, Chi Yin, Rene Liu, Lei Huang, Chao-te Yin
Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Read More »
Sex for Sale AKA Mian ju (1974) Tseng-Chai Chang, Han Chin, Tina Chin-Fei, Ti Ai
Lin, a handsome guy from a small village comes to Hong Kong to seek his fortune Read More »
Stage Sisters AKA Wutai jiemei (1964) Jin Xie, Fang Xie, Yindi Cao, Nan Deng
Chronicles the fortunes of two actresses in pre-revolutionary China, who are separated by money and politics. Read More »
A Sun AKA Yang guang pu zhao (2019) Mong-Hong Chung, Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko
A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Green Tea AKA Lü cha (2003) Yuan Zhang, Wen Jiang, Wei Zhao, Lijun Fang
Well, apparently Wu Fang (Wei Zhao) is a young lady on a mission. Read More »
The Opium War AKA Ya pian zhan zheng (1997) Jin Xie, Guoan Bao, Liankun Lin, Sihung Lung
Historical Drama starting in 1839 in Guangzhou where British merchants dealing with opium 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 »
Taking Father Home AKA Bei yazi de nanhai (2005) Liang Ying, Xiaopei Liu, Jie Wang, Yun Xu
A 17 year old boy from a village in the Sechuan province leaves for the big city looking for his father Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang
Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »
Three Sisters AKA San zimei (2012) Bing Wang
Three sisters live alone in a small village family house in the high mountains of the Yunan region. Read More »