Police attempt to stop Nationalist agents from destroying public buildings in Ruancheng after the Red Army occupies the city.
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Police attempt to stop Nationalist agents from destroying public buildings in Ruancheng after the Red Army occupies the city.
An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the waning days of the Qing dynasty to the eve of the People's Republic.
Set in 1979, a high rank navy political commissar's daughter's marriage creates trouble.
This simple romance story does not mean much to westerners, and in fact, does not even mean anything to Chinese today, but it was a big thing when it was made, not long after the end of Cultural Revolution in which even the personal romance was restricted. This movie is one of the pioneers of personal liberalization in advocating people seeking out their love following their own hearts, not from other people.
Lin Gensheng comes to work in the desert.
Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture
Our Field depicts the lives of five sent-down youths during the Cultural Revolution and follows their continuous search for meaning during the subsequent years.
A squadron of the armed police force is responsible for escorting a group of serious criminals on a special train.
Sixteen-year-old An-ran gets into repeated trouble because she refuses blind obedience to authority, openly challenging and correcting a teacher who makes a mistake in class. She is different.
This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this film re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty, including footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed 2,200 years ago for his tomb.
Another classic film from Shanghai Animation Film Studio, "Saving Mother" was one of the most popular animations in China. The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chen Xiang. His mother was a goddess and his father a mortal. His uncle, Erlang Shen, punished Chen Xiang's parents because their marriage was against the rules of the heavens. Chen Xiang's mother was locked in a mountain until her son split the mountain and saved her.
Beauty saloons compete with each other.
Austin Wai plays Sum, a secret agent posing as the security chief of a remote mining colony where several employees have disappeared without a trace. At first Sum is impressed by the almost superhuman efficiency of the mine's workers, but soon becomes suspicious of the zombie-like manner in which the miners perform their duty. His worst fears are finally confirmed by the colony's resident physician (Deborah Sims), who has been forced to mix a powerful drug into the miners' meals that increases their strength while making them mental slaves of the company. Sum and the doctor prepare to expose the deadly secret, but with every other member of the colony out to get them, they may not live long enough to tell it.
Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.
This film focuses on three important characters from the famous Chinese classic novel "The water Margin "-The three brothers, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoer Ruan Xiaoqi were brothers of the original Northern Song Dynasty Shandong Prefecture of Jeju Shijie village of fishermen, all blessed with outstanding courage and martial art skills, The three brothers helped fight the oppression by the evil Minister Kao Chu and robbed his wealthy cohorts and donated their plundering’s to the cause being fought by Lin Chung and the other heroes from, “The Water Margin”. Brilliant action from both Iron monkey stars Chen Kwan Tai & Yu Rong-Guang.
A disfigured musical genius roams a traditional Chinese opera house, punishing those who offend him.
Melodrama originally released as two-part films, part one "Soul of Ruins"(废墟之魂) and part two "After the Storm" (暴风雨后).
The story of a love which develops unknowingly between step-brother and step-sister in a wealthy, respectable family in turn-of-the-century China.
In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. This time, all the warriors' arrows turn into dust and the man is drowned
An poor shipyard worker falls in love with a girl from a cadre family, and their romance is strongly opposed by the older generation.
Two police officers investigate the case of an actress, who was shot dead by a prop gun on the set of a movie.
An adaptation of Weng Meng's 1953 novel.
During the Sung Dynasty, there is an order of monks enforces their own regulations harshly. Even when the evil Jins attack, and martial arts supremo Zhi Xing helps fight them off, he is punished for practicing fu without permission. The local militia, loyal to the Emperor, is led by a sword fighting beautiful woman, who teams up with some of the monks. One of these monks also has the power to summon animals and birds to help in the fighting.
After a kind-hearted woman saves a python from being hunted and killed, the snake protects her in turn. When that same woman gives birth to a baby girl, scorned by the people in her village, the snake's protection extends to her as well, being taken in and protected by the snakes of the jungle when the village no longer welcomes them.
A couple with baby try to re-unite after illegally seeking refuge in Hong Kong.
A healer, Lau Ching, falls in love with opera performer Fa Ying Hung, but their romance is shattered when a martial artist using dark magic seeks revenge.
Swordsman Xu Tianxiong gets a message from dying gold miner Tao Jin Wang, then leads the confrontation against the treacherous gold store owner Ba Zhangui.
In this martial arts action-drama, a swordsman named Toh Hong travels home after a long battle to discover his wife and children have been brutally murdered.
This film shows the legend of the Martial artist Dongfang Xu. Dongfan Xu takes Shenzhang Li as his master to learn the Eight Trigram Palm. In order to rescue Yu Rong, his daughter, he defeats the Russian Hercules, who kidnaps Yurong.
In the mid-30s, Kuomintang Sichuan rhubarb Division Commander Liu Shaoji colludes with Japanese invaders. He sends the cloud boat's beauty to the Si-chuan Opera. The Si-chuan opera entertainer steps forward in sharp opposition with warlord's wicked running dogs. Mu Xiaolou sacrifices himself up to take the righteous path and confronts the Japanese invaders.
A kind-hearted village girl attempts to raise a child whose father was taken as a political prisoner.
Early life of Senior General Geng Chen of the People's Liberation Army