Discoveries from China World Cinema

The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.

Japanese pop-stars are kidnapped by gangsters.

"Sandy Ding's WATER SPELL is a bold, abstract journey that takes us into the psychic interior of our very cellular structure... and back. For me, this film is about reincarnation and transformation, on both the spiritual and sub-atomic levels. This is not an easy film, but it is a powerful one."

--Nina Menkes

A rising triad leader faces betrayal from his own and attacks from rival gangs, forcing him to choose between loyalty and survival.

The film revolves around a pair of big-boned, bumbling cops who find themselves at the heart of a drug trafficking case. The agent "J" (Zhang Wen) was shot in the head during an A-level mission, causing damage to the intracranial hypothalamus. During the period of rehabilitating, J gradually became a big fat man of three hundred pounds and suffered from severe narcolepsy, but J still considered himself a ace agent. Finally, J received the task again and went to Japan to retrieve the confidential documents. After the file was obtained, J arbitrarily opened the file and decided to continue the task of hiding the organization for the organization, but he fainted in the izakaya. J who woke up in the hospital got to know the security guard Handsome Hao (Bei-Er Bao), Handsome Hao to prove that he is not a waste of nothing to resolutely join the mission. In the process of carrying out the task, the temporary partner has experienced the ridiculous and dangerous crisis of time over and over ...

The side story narrates the effort of relocating a cultural relic safeguarded beneath an ancient tomb during the Sino-Japanese era. Er Yue Hong undertook this mission by approaching the tomb which on the surface is a heavily pre-occupied Japanese army base. Tapping his skills for Chinese opera and utilizing his connections, he performed as an opera singer while fighting off the Japanese soldiers on the other. With his wisdom and bravery, he strives with his might to recover the relic.

Shen, the CEO of Eachway Fashion house, is tasked to find a relationship in order to fully inherit the company. Enter three promising women, Liu Qing, a promising assistant fashion designer, Xiao Xiang, his mothers choice, and Ning Ning, a trainee in the cleaning department. Ning Ning though a fashion major, replaces her mom after she gets injured at the company. Ning Ning seems to be the perfect breath of fresh air for Shen, but there is more to the story than meets the eye.

A Chinese Department of Health junior clerk Su Zhenghuai is with his eldest daughter Su Wei and son Su Yuexuan are on their way to visit relatives in the provincial city when they meet the long-lost second daughter Su Ling. Unfortunately, the train is attacked by rats. Su Yuexuan is bitten by a rat and goes into a coma. In order to save his young son and many bitten passengers, Su Zhenghuai and Su Wei decide to make the dangerous venture to Xiaobaihe Hospital to get medicine.

A swordsman uses a specialized weapon made from a deformed sword, the lethal hook, to fight an underworld clan to clear his family name and save the girl he loves in ancient China.

A couple (Jian RenZi and Andrew Lin) who has been unsuccessfully trying to have a child for a few years, and decides to resort to an old Chinese fertility ritual, that of the “primer”: to temporarily adopt a child, who will open the way for their own progeny. They adopt a quiet 7-year-old girl (Wang Yifei) at an orphanage whose supervisors (Hui Shiu Hung and Pat Ha) are obviously not telling them everything. The adopted child is silent, asocial and constantly draws disturbingly dark pictures of her previous family. It doesn’t help that her new mother is beset with strange visions that threaten her sanity.

"4 Idiots" tells the story of several rural people who went to live in the city and then struggled. Everyone has a history of blood and tears, but it is also an inspirational history. Going to Beijing for fame and fortune, encounter all kinds of strange and unreliable journeys along the way, and finally find the true meaning of life.

When a woman is forced to work as a teacher in rural mainland China, she sees a clear goal. If she can become a certified, government employee, then she can teach her students and make a better life for herself at the same time. She carries a heavy responsibility, however. For most of her students, the education that they receive in her classroom is the only preparation they will have for the entrance exams to college-the only avenue out of poor, rural life. Can she balance her needs and the needs of so many young, hopeful people?

Humans are said to use only 10% of their brain. What would happen if 100% were activated? Cai Yao, who often finds his life filled with setbacks, constantly dreams of a stroke of luck to change his destiny. One day, by chance, an accident leads him to undergo a cranial perforation and drainage procedure, resulting in an unexpected miracle. His latent brain power is greatly enhanced, granting him superhuman abilities: expanded brain capacity, unlimited financial prowess, telepathy, and winning the lottery with ease. His life takes a dramatic turn, but what awaits him are a series of hilarious and absurd events...

Judge Dee investigates a conspiracy involving a dangerous elixir and supernatural chaos, ultimately exposing a rebel general who used the elixir as a pretext for plotting a military coup against the Empress Wu Zetian.

During the Republic of China era, the descendants of the ancient Jin Guard travel to northeastern China to protect Jurchen treasures from Japanese thieves and uncover the truth behind the Jin Guard's persecution.

Three pairs of lovers arrived at Yunnan at the same time, meets Shibo Yuan tourguide, Liu Hai.

In the underground world, there are not only terracotta warriors and horses, but also a variety of bronze relics, resurrected bronze beasts and an underground creature called the "Earth Horn". The hero, Meng Yuan, is an odd-job figurine in the underground Qin tombs. He works with the mysterious girl Shi Yu to capture the Earth Horn and goes through dangerous situations, but unexpectedly discovers the mystery of the endless battle between the Earth Horn and the terracotta warriors

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.

An Ding, a freelance insomnia therapist meets a beautiful girl at a beach in Shenzhen. After finding out that she needs help in going to sleep, he makes her falls to sleep on her beach chair and sticks on her chest his business card sticker. In a nightclub he meets his goddess who disappears after he comes back from the toilet. That same woman goes to his clinic to seek treatment accompanied by her girlfriend Xiao-chen and An Ding finds out her name is Miao Tiao. Miao Tiao works in an insurance firm. Later, in the same nightclub Miao Tiao and Xiao-chen are saved by An Ding and his friend Fei from two male patrons of the nightclub that are harassing them. Thus begins a one-sided love affair between An Ding and Miao Tiao. The movie ended happily with Miao Tiao finally accepting An Ding's love and reciprocates. (via Wikipedia)

A father who cannot cure his own stubborn illness, a professor mother who struggles with existential questions, a son who is confused and precocious, a giant tortoise that suddenly leaves, and a sentimental grandfather who passed away. The uncle cannot finish reading THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. The aunt won't get married. The grandfather is his own daughter's enemy. The uncle does not want to return from the Philippines. And an unborn child. Summer goes, and autumn comes. Things remain, but people change.

Chinese horror film directed by Zhang Jing.

An Ran, a music teacher, and Song En, a boxer, both teach at the same remote water school at different times. Through a magical diary, they begin an unexpected connection, leading to a blossoming romance.

The year is 1366. The emperor makes a deal with a neighboring Manchu emperor, leading to a plot to frame patriotic General Shung in a court martial. Shung believes he will receive a fair trial and goes along willingly. But some of his supporters are not so trusting, and they shadow him on his journey to the palace & now the trouble really starts.

Snow Leopard Secret War is set in 1943, when the war in the pacific was still going on, causing the Japanese army to be affected and had to switch to defense mode. However, they were carrying out another battle plan, a large-scale attack began, they also tasked agents with lying in the area and illegally transporting weapons. . At this time, the leader of the Independent Troupe Tiger Tou Son Bat Lo Luu Vien found the spies and successfully prevented an impending war.

The story centers on a secret society that plots to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and resume the Ming monarchy. The organization gains the support of numerous righteous martial clans, but the Qing government has its own plans of squashing the rebellion. The scheming prince of Qing poisons the rebels' central figure, Chi Zi Qiang (Jimmy Wang), and uses the antidote to force him to surrender. Being the hero that he is, Chi would rather cut off one of his own arms to save his life than submit to the prince. He then, single-armedly, defeats all the Manchurian minions...

The film mainly tells the story of ordinary high school student Lu Fan who was accidentally involved in the demon battle, and was awarded the top master of the immortal world. He was then forced to take the story of “Xianxia College” to cultivate immortality, love, counterattack and destroy the Mozu.

This romantic comedy follows three introverted guys, ZaiZai, Nick and Jacky. All three are finding it tough when it comes to the matters of love. Jacky, a homey guy only goes out when he sees the opportunity to be with Mindy, an actress. Elsewhere, when ZaiZai comes to the aid of the pretty Diana, his good intentions gets misunderstood and his girlfriend breaks up with him. Feeling guilty, Diana gets confused with her feelings for ZaiZai, and tries to hook up her friend, Lucy with ZaiZai’s best friend, Nick. The two hit it off at first, but as their relationship progresses, Lucy starts to question her relationship with Nick. As the 3 guys deal with their heartache, follow their lives in the city, as they long for the love they find hard to reach.

The film is based on the ancient legend of the shark's tears

One river, three generations, countless failures. In the late 1950s, a group of people living along the Qiantang River fought against fearsome tides for their respective beliefs.

Chinese film directed by Jin Chen.

The stories of four couples reflect Chinese views on love and marriage.

Wu Hongyan is a female bailiff in a regional court in West China dealing with women awaiting execution—more often than not, sentenced for crimes of passion. Every weekend, without much luck, she looks for love at the Good Luck Matchmaking dance, until she meets the husband of one of her prisoners.

Yang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one of the smuggler's parents. To complicate matters further, An was previously romantically involved with the smuggler whose parents were killed.

Gu Li is different from birth, so she has been a troubled "problem girl" since she was a child. In her opinion, this is a manifestation of morbidity. She also often hurts her surroundings because of her "illness", so over time no one wants to be her friend. When she was in adolescence, she was suffering and fell into deep self-blame. Many years ago, Zhang Jiahe and Gu Li were neighbors, and the two were childhood playmates. One time, Gu Li rescued Zhang Jiahe, who was in danger. When Zhang Jiahe wanted to thank Gu Li, he found that Gu Li had moved. Since then, the two lost contact. After many years, Zhang Jiahe was very happy after recognizing Gu Li, and regarded Gu Li as his idol, and when Gu Li was lost, he comforted her and let her regain hope and find a way.

A teenage girl during Japanese occupation of Northeast China joins a group of bandits to get revenge after her friend is brutally gang-raped by the invaders.

Suffering from a terminal illness, a mother finds renewed determination to catch the perpetrator who abducted and killed her daughter ten years ago.

When the dragons perished, the treasure they owned was left deep in the desert. Every ten years, the entrance to the dragons' treasure house would appear in the open in the desert, attracting a group of people with unique skills called desert hunters. The desert has since become a fantasy treasure world of hunters and monsters. In order to get the treasure, one must find three gemstones, Jialan, Hengluo, and Ayu, and put them into the devil's work ball, after which, the door of the treasure house where endless wealth was would open. Carrying the devil's work ball with her, He Xiqing, the only living princess of Dragon, arrived at the hunter inn and hired a top hunter, Jiang Liuhai, at a high price, to look for the treasure with her. Since then, a fantastic adventure story in the desert unfolded.

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When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team works with an oil platform crew, racing against Soviet vessels to recover the boat.

Tianyi, a long-suffering disciple unable to ascend to immortality, follows the Snow Demon to the human world, falls in love, and seeks redemption for past-life mistakes.

Aspiring young detective Xiang Li Xiqi takes on the case of a stolen research paper at school. With help from his friend Ren Shirou, he investigates a web of clues and classmates’ suspicious actions. As doubts rise, Xiang must rely on his sharp instincts to uncover the truth and prove himself.

A journalist probes a corporate pollution scandal and uncovers a secret island lab where her father runs a classified fly DNA experiment, only to find it overrun by giant mutant killer flies.

The story is based on the real case of the “Guangdong Extraordinary Anti-drug Case”-the “GG Project” that shocked the whole country. The international drug dealers represented by Jin Ye launched a fierce battle, and finally won the heroic anti-drug deeds of victory.