Discoveries from China World Cinema

A New York City businessman meets a window washer hoping to commit suicide and decides to market his grief to the highest bidder in this acidic satire on American capitalism, one made even more memorable by the fact that the entire “American” cast are Chinese actors in whiteface. The greedy Mr. Butler (Shi Hui) convinces the suicidal “Charley” that he might as well endorse some cigarettes as he jumps out of his office window, and maybe wear a particular suit too. A true cinematic oddity, this Korean War–era propaganda piece is a satire that Frank Tashlin could envy.

Official Movie Version of the 2020 series “Begin Again” available on MangoTV US starring Gong Jun and Zhou Yutong.

The film tells that in 2050, people will enter the virtual world through VR, including studying, working, shopping, and making friends. Shanghai’s Saito Group is the world’s largest VR company with 2.7 billion online users worldwide.

Bai Feilian, an ancient mythical beast, who was forced to steal many young girls to find true love in order to survive a thousand-year catastrophe. A giant demon beast with the body of a deer and a bird snatches the bride on their wedding night, a girl accidentally breaks into the forbidden area of ​​the demon island, and the woman in red who cries every night in the mysterious underground palace is actually the hero's mother.

Guerrilla fighter Lam Suet-fan is in charge of the operation which succeeds in crippling the traitorous activities of Ting Chuen. An infuriated Ting strikes back, swamping the occupied territory with spies and exposes the singer disguise of Lam's comrade Laura who is made his mistress. Through the discreet help from Ting's cousin Sai-kit who goes undercover as the traitor's house guest, a series of offensives are launched, resulting in heavy casualties in the Japanese camp. With pressure mounting on both sides, guerrilla leader Lady Spy No.1 entrusts the mission of bombing Ting's signal tower to Lam who will then lead the troop in retreat. The mission fails, leading to the arrest of Lam and Sai-kit. Laura puts her life at stake in order to accomplish the mission and before she expires, reveals herself to be their leader and names Lam her successor to lead the troop to its stronghold in the north. (Synopsis based on audiovisual materials)

After military training, new recruits Hao Bing and Xiao Cong join the elite “Sniper Company.” While Hao Bing’s relentless dedication to marksmanship earns him admiration, a crisis unfolds during a tense hostage rescue atop a roller coaster—forcing these sharpshooters to prove their grit under pressure.

A pair of embroidered shoes, hidden a death curse, anyone who passed through the embroidered shoes were accidentally killed, no one was spared. An Wen (He Yixuan) was seriously ill and got rid of her husband Pan Hang (Hui Can) and the doctor's care, and fled back to her hometown. An Wen found a pair of embroidered shoes that were circulated and succumbed to death in the old house. The embroidered shoes were worn on her feet, and the death curse on the embroidered shoes was accidentally opened. The curse takes effect and the soul is screaming. The shadows in the old house are everywhere. The evil spirits that can't be riddled go hand in hand, forcing An Wen, who is on the verge of collapse, to make crazy moves and fall into a crisis of sorrow..

A Chinese drama

This is a story between two girls. They met since childhood. Later, their fate was intertwined, and they were separated in misunderstanding and incomprehension. Until the reunion many years later, they unlocked the thread and made a new choice. Chance.

In the future Eastern world, the extraterrestrial Zerg attempt to control human beings, and the danger is on the verge. The justice army led by Amano finally defeated the enemy after hardships. Hopefully, when dawn comes, Amano is regarded as a hero by the world, but he finds that he has become a lamb to be slaughtered behind the scenes, and humanity will face a greater crisis. A Jedi escape started here, and even more unexpectedly, there was a bigger conspiracy behind it.

A battle of a ferocious gang against a hunk-turned pacifier! The entire Special Ops Team was annihilated due to Zhou Yong's mistake. He felt guilty ever since. One day, two children knocked on his door. They were actually the children of the late Special Ops Team Leader, and Zhou Yong was forced to take care of them. The gang that they had engaged before are approaching Zhou Yong and the children for their revenge. With burning anger inside his heart, Zhou Yong plays a cruel game of survival with the approaching gang.

Ji Chang wants to be the best archer in the world. He seeks out a master who is able, at a distance, to shoot a single leaf off a tree. Over several years, the apprentice studies with the master. Finally, after mastering the techniques, as well as his own ambition, he sets off for the mountains, home of a legendary master of archery...

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.

When a new type of drug crosses the border from Myanmar into China, the lives of two brothers travel in different directions. One of them gets involved with the criminal syndicate, while the other turns into an anti-hero!

In a certain offshore area in Southeast Asia, the Chixiao security team under the famous security group accepted the task to rescue Svenson from the illegal imprisonment on Mazars Island, which was illegally controlled by wild wolves. At the same time, Liang Yichuan, the accomplice of wild wolf and the cunning drug lord, had a facelift. Later, he changed the face of Swenson, first, revenge for his dead brother, and more importantly, his fraudulent use of others' identity is more deceptive and concealed. This was an arduous battle. The security officers broke through numerous resistances and risked their lives to rescue Svenson, and at the same time rescued all the players imprisoned by the wolf in the name of the game.

A normal office worker, Wang Cuihua, is transported into a book and becomes a side character. She teams up with the story's main character, who is also a time traveler, to change the plot, solve crises in the alternate world, and ultimately return to modern life together.

About a 16 years old girl who recognize a popular artist as his long lost father and keep stalking him that lead to a lot of trouble later.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Fei finally got together. Xiao Yu became a criminal police officer, while her ex-boyfriend became a drug dealer. The ex-boyfriend wanted to use Xiaoyu's special status to open up a channel to transport drugs to the mainland, and promised Xiaoyu a high salary. Xiaoyu decides to use this as an opportunity to catch them and even break ups with Xiao Fei to make her undercover story more believable.

A drug trafficking gang in Jiangcheng City surfaced. In order to find out the truth, Qi Lin moved Yang Hao to go deep into the drug den to work as an undercover agent. In one dangerous situation after another, Yang Hao and Qi Lin jointly fought against the vicious gang of drug dealers. (Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = MyDramaList)

A CAT III rated film starring Mieu Kieu Vy. The film tells about business relationships and grief in modern Hong Kong society.

Due to the financial crisis, many factories in China are forced to close their doors in late 2008. Zhang Xiaojun loses his job in a shoe factory. One day, a supermarket guard beats him up, thinking Zhang is a thief. In vain, he asks the supermarket manager for financial redress. Zhang’s dearest wish is to return to his village and become a farmer. But right before his departure, the police arrest him. The supermarket manager also has his problems. On a moonlit night, the storylines converge in a teahouse near the city rampart.

Detectives investigate the death of a clerk, murdered before his wedding

In order to repay her life-saving grace thousands of years ago, Bai Suzhen waited for a thousand years until Xu Xian reincarnated, married him, and lived an ordinary life. However, the thousand-year-old demon has been secretly poisoning the people in the town, wanting a revenge. Even though Bai Suzhen leaves, she cannot leave Hangzhou in the hands of demon.

Seer 6 is a Chinese animated fantasy adventure film based on the online game of the same name.

This family tale spans three generations of Chinese trying to understand and come to terms with life's changes. Middlesome relatives stir up a storm. The old and the young find themselves and their values developing and evolving, and new relationships come and go. The eldest family member, Guan, the son of a royal physician of the former Qing Dynasty, has also become a great physician who is able to predict the exact time of a patient's death. His ex-daughter-in-law, Yu, trained by him to be a physician, still stays with the family as his assistant. Her ex-husband, Jin, comes back from the USA with his new girlfriend, Jenny, a beautiful American who is doing a research on the death of Guangxu, the second last Emperor of Qing Dynasty who is Guan's father's patient. Jenny speaks fluent Mandarin, but she has a long way to go before understanding and getting accustomed to the Chinese tradition and mindset. On the other hand, Yu falls in love with her old friend who is a married man.

The nearly outdated actress An Qi has been in the entertainment industry for ten years but is not tepid. She and her agent Amy have a plan. The two carefully planned a hype event, and used Wang Hao, a fan who was too delusional about An Qi, to get rid of it after successfully hyping it up. From the exposure of the indecent video at the film conference, to An Qi's move and arranging for Wang Hao to take care of her, all plans are going smoothly. Finally, one night, An Qi and her neighbors were attacked one after another, and the situation was serious. After the police took away Wang Hao who attacked An Qi, An Qi and Amy quarreled about whether to turn themselves in. Amy unexpectedly discovered that someone had been spying on An Qi, and that someone else was behind the attack on the neighbor.

Four students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Xu contemplates suicide but his friend Zhao talks him out of it. Zhao lives in a shabby room with just a flimsy wall of planks separating him from the room behind. Miss Yang, in town to take a factory job, moves in behind. Her nails into the wall knock Zhao's photos down. The unseen neighbours start playing tit for tat... Zhao gets a job as proofreader at a newspaper. He sees that pretty girl on the tram to work every day. He doesn't know her, but it's Miss Yang... Zhao is assigned to cover labour conditions for the paper. He is sent to a factory, the one where Miss Yang works...

A filmmaker and rapper duo revive Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” protocols - a set of filmmaking “rules” with which groups of strangers can conceive, shoot, and screen a film in just two and a half hours. Against the grim backdrop of the stringent Shanghai lockdown, the event soon turns into a sanctuary for individuals to forge collective dreams.