Discoveries from China World Cinema

During the Sino-Japanese War, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De leads the Eighth Route Army in pivotal battles against the Japanese invaders.

On a quest for insect paradise, a courageous ladybug scales new heights for bug-kind, riding on a jet plane, and descaling a giant lizard.

Change of Gangster’ (转型团伙) is a Chinese gangster comedy directed by Francis Ng. The film centres around an actor who is injured in a shooting accident and wakes up believing he is a triad boss. The cast includes Francis Ng, Qiao Shan, Feynman Ng, and Wen Song.

Puff, grew up as a child spoilt by her parents. During the party celebrating her return from overseas studies, she had a romantic encounter with a young university student, it was love at first sight.

A romantic comedy about an obscure screenwriter nearing her thirties and a frustrated musician who accidentally end up in a situation where they have to live together.

'Agent Number Two' Lee Kwok-wai of the resistance troops Red Rattlesnake sets off for Guangzhou to assist Agent Number One in rescuing their comrade Pang Yau-lan from the puppet army. Lee approaches his former lover Lam Ying-tsi, the mistress and trusted aide of the puppet commander Wong Tai-wai, who has fallen prey to the lip service of the beautiful and smart songstress Pak Lai. Following the vandalism of the arsenal, Pak is quick to point the finger of blame at a spy at work. Lam combs their home for clues and finds Lee's recording devices. Furnishing Lee with misleading information, Lam has Lee and associates arrested. Pak appears to their rescue, revealing herself as Agent Number One. The dauntless spy sabotages the enemy's ammunition and communication network, captures the commander before joining her comrades to celebrate a successful withdrawal. (Synopsis based on audiovisual materials)

Goddess of Oblivion Meng Po manages the underworld and takes care of daily affairs. God of Love Yue Lao in the heaven is in charge of marriage and wedding affairs. One red and one white, they were originally unrelated mythological characters, but they are inextricably linked. The movie "The Origin of the Legend of Meng Po" takes fate and mythical love as its themes, and deeply explores the past and present lives of Meng Po and Yue Lao, two mythical figures with extremely high public recognition and conflicting functions.

Di Renjie's first appointment as the emperor of Dali Temple during Tang Gaozong's reign. During the period, many troll murders occurred in the imperial capital Chang'an. At the beginning, Di Renjie didn't believe it at all, but some people alive saw the trolls and caused a series of bizarre cases.

The story of Lu Zhonglei, captain of the Public Security Anti-Narcotics Brigade, during his life-and-death contest with drug lord Ling Shaohua. As the protagonist of the story, anti-drug policeman Lu Zhonglei experienced the test of life and death, physical and mental torture, and the sacrifice of his companions during the dangerous anti-drug arrest process. However, he still did not forget his original intention and was unswerving. In the end, through careful thinking and hard work, With his skills, and with the full support and cooperation of the leadership and other anti-drug police officers, the cunning drug lord Ling Shaohua was hunted down and brought to justice.

After a famous actress is murdered, an unreliable detective and a group of suspects are kidnapped and locked inside a theater. Forced to solve the case within four hours by a masked captor, the detective must uncover the truth as secrets, lies, and hidden motives come to light.

The story follows a small-town youth who becomes the henchman to a debt-collector. His life is complicated by a cold and estranged parent-child relationship, and an ambiguous relationship with a young woman.

Romancing Bullet is a crime movie starring Danny Lee and Max Mok.

Early 1980s. Liu Haizhu, a worker who admired his colleague Zhou Meng, helped the weak and loved to fight injustices. He provoked bad elements and brought danger to his family and friends. After being injured by bad guys and expelled from the factory, Liu Haizhu faced life-threatening challenges. But at this time, this magical man could actually stand up again, facing shocking challenges, shocking the world to complete his wonderful legend.

One of the earliest cinematic adaptation of Chinese classic novel Journey to the West. When seeking for food alone, Tang Xuanzang was kept prisoner by seven spider monsters who took the form of seven beautiful women. The Monkey King and the other two of Xuanzang's disciples managed to rescue him with the help of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva/Guanyin. They renounced the desire for lust and continued the quest for Buddhist Scriptures.

Adaptation of a best-selling novel by Jiang Juechi, Butter Oil-Lamp.

The Avenger, a brooding swordsman armed with a blade marked "Slayer of 1000 Armies" claims he's waiting for a long-missing friend, at an outpost in Northwest China's Sun Valley. The Avenger suffers an intense fear of blood, from being the only survivor of his clan's massacre. The sight of blood propels him into a killing fury. Winter is setting in, so the local horse trader Black Bull, and most of the valley's men, prepare to drive a herd to market, leaving behind Black Bull's girlfriend, a feisty innkeeper.

The greenhouse effect is out of control in the near future, causing Earth's environment to fall apart. People are forced to live in underground settlements to survive, with scientists working for mankind to return to the surface again.

At the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was tyrannical and the people were in desperate straits. The God of Heaven and Shen Gong Bao wanted to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the mortal world by using the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation. In order to fight against the evil forces, Jiang Ziya gathers Yang Jian, Nezha and other immortals to join forces to save the mortal world.

When Li Weiyang's motorcycle crash left his girlfriend with missing front teeth, he struggled to afford implants by negotiating with the at-fault driver and insurers, upending their modest but stable life.

At the beginning of 1942, the Japanese army swept the base area in northwest Shanxi. In order to combat the arrogance of the Japanese army, Li Yunlong led an independent regiment to attack Ping'an County. Japanese troops from all walks of life came to the rescue one after another, and all the troops of our army blocked them. Li Zhenghu was instructed to lead a cavalry company to defend. Relying on the unique terrain, he fought hard with the Japanese army and made huge sacrifices to help Li Yunlong's main attacking force successfully capture the county town of Ping'an, causing heavy damage to the enemy...

Dang Gui saves a woman, Liu Lan and her daughter, who are running away from bandits. Dang Gui falls in love with Liu Lan, but she is taken by the bandits and Dang Gui must take responsibility for raising the girl.

A rental house in Shanghai caught fire. Yu Shengnan, a female professor at the Medical University, found a woman's body very suspicious, so he quickly called the chief inspector Zhong and his partner Han Fei. After preliminary autopsy and on-site investigation, Katsuo and Zhong Lang concluded that the deceased was murdered before the fire...

The film tells the story of the long-lost twin brothers reunited across the country under the reverse promotion of the corporate snatch battle, the inspiration of blood and family, and the involvement of major international cases. , a comic inspirational story to drive away the haze and start a better life.

Long time ago on the Hengduan Mountains, there was a place called The Aroma City. People there communicated by singing and passed messages using aromas. Many years later the city was burned down and a baby called Princess Su Ling Fang was saved from this terror by a Christian priest. Princess Su Ling fang falls in love with Jiang Shaojun, son of a supremely wealthy family. But as Jiang is no angel, there is an infernal contract out on his soul. Jiang unscrupulously manipulates love struck Princess Su and trades her beautiful voice for money. In the end, even though she knows Jiang has used her, Su Lingfang sacrifices her life to save Jiang's soul.

Wilson, an important British official in the Shanghai Public Concession, was shot and killed in a bar.

Fresh off a recent break-up, a woman catches an early menopause, but manages to heal herself mentally and physically through a new love.

A mystery about a gourmet in love with two different women who winds up poisoned.

Yun Fei, a young poet, seeks the advice of an old university friend who lives in the Beijing suburbs, discovering that his friend has gone into business breeding black chickens. Discouraged about his future as a poet, Yun Fei starts a relationship with a colorblind young girl who encourages him to persevere. But even this new relationship is not enough to inspire him to write. It’s at this point that he buys a pirated record whose magical powers bring him the success he’s longed for. However, sudden fame does not seem to solve everything. The first film of Beijing theatre director Meng Jing Hui, Chicken Poets is an insightful and poetic look at materialism and the younger generation in China.

A guerrilla group led by Li Xiangyang are ambushed by the Japanese invasion army during the War of Resistance.

Chun, 28, Taiwanese, goes on a conflict-packed search journey with her Chinese guide, Ming, to find her father's long-lost first love, XiuQian, in China. Chun's father had promised XiuQian 60 years ago that he'd definitely come back to marry her. But not until recently, Taiwan and China were hostile to each other, he was never able to fulfill his promise. Chun and Ming grew up on two sides of the Taiwan Strait and were brought up with different values. They don't hesitate to cut each other down to size. Their turbulent romance unfolds in tears, laughter and a clash of values. The love story of two generations, across the Taiwan Strait, told with touching drama and biting comedy, is a poignant and entertaining road movie.

Liang Xi Mei (Jack Neo) is finally back! Having retired, Liang Xi Mei spends her time looking after her two obedient grandsons. However, Liang Xi Mei still leads a colorful life thanks to her absent-minded BFF Guang Dong Po (Wang Lei), who frequently muddles things up, leaving Liang Xi Mei to resolve the mess; and Lion King (Henry Thia) who is now diagnosed with mild Alzheimer’s, causing confusion and frustrations for everyone. Robert (Mark Lee), Liang Xi Mei’s eldest son also adds to her woes. Robert is a dreamer who often schemes to get rich quick. This causes Liang Xi Mei to find him unreliable and puts all her hopes on her youngest son Albert (Benjamin Josiah Tan). Her favoritism stirs up jealousy within Robert, who vows to strike it rich to win back Liang Xi Mei’s approval.

Huo San Niang as the successor of Huo Jia's head in his tomb was buried with a murderous curse that is accidentally released when encountering an artifact. The film tells the story of how Huo Saniang found the killer who may be the possessor of his beloved companions within the temple cruel and even mysterious to themselves.

Loosely based on The Tale of Darkness, a traditional song of mourning, the film follows Wang Zhun, a director in search of inspiration for his new script, as he embarks on an unpredictable trek across China’s remote Shennongjia mountains in Hubei province with an urbane producer, Ding Hongmei; a young actor named Bai; and his loyal photographer, Du Chun. The journey delivers a relentless series of unexpected physical hardships and subtle emotional ebbs and flows on the protagonists.

This story depicts the treasure hunters Xun Ye, Feng Yao, Cai Qingyun, Wang Yazi, and others who encounter many dangers as they head to seek treasure at Qinling Phoenix Mountain to rescue disaster victims. With everyone’s concerted efforts in the struggle against multiple forces, such as old bureaucrats, local gentry, and foreigners, the sinister intentions of foreigners attempting to encroach on China’s national treasures are ultimately destroyed, and they succeed in averting danger.

The film tells the story of the sleeping ancient giant monster Kui Niu who was accidentally awakened by people. After waking up, the monster showed powerful destructive capabilities. Its existence seriously threatened people's safety. Although the superior prefect organized troops to deal with it, people faced with the giant beast and had various doubts about why the giant beast came. Aning's investigation also made the secret emerge. It turns out that all this is the evil consequences of people's own making.

Girl of the Big House is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Francis Ng

This is a story about seven female prisoners each with different backgrounds, living within the one prison. At the beginning of the story, a new inmate Ding Qing Er arrives with tears streaming down her face, but told that it's too late to cry. The story continues to slowly reveal the lives of the female prisoners, and each of their struggles to have ended up where they are today. There's the mother who's husband keeps giving false promises of taking her and her child to America; the prostitute who was raped; the lesbian who was given up and betrayed by the Red Army; among others, and there's also Qing Er, who is in jail for theft after stealing costly medicine from the hospital for her dying husband. Through the lead of each other and also the kind hearted guards, they learn to form an unbreakable bond, and a way of dignity.

Special agent Xiang Cheng and his men are sent to Russia to investigate a Chinese crime ring.

Mr. Zhao tells the story of a philandering doctor living in Shanghai. His infidelity gets the best of him, however, when his mistress Tian Jing (Chen Yinan) announces she is pregnant, while his wife learns of his affair but refuses to grant a divorce.

It sets in China 1945, a romance develops between the young Ningjing ZHAO (Xun Zhou) and LIN Shuang-Ran, although they are distant cousins ​​and Shuang-Ran is already betrothed. Each will seek to fight against there destiny to try to live each their romantic feelings.

Monkey King and the City of Demons

A struggling, recently unemployed young factory worker returns to his family's laundrette, where he 'borrows' a police officer's shirt and begins successfully impersonating an officer of the law.