Discoveries from China World Cinema

After ten months of drought, Empress Wu orders to put up Dragon Balls as sacrifice to pray for rain. During the transportation of the Dragon Balls on sea, they get ambushed by "Shark people". Di Renjie is then called to solve this case.

Zhou Fang, the young master of Tongming Hall on the Shanghai Bund, fights Longde from Chamber of Commerce to avenge the murder of his father.

In order to improve his fighting power, Sun Wukong asks Old Master Taishang to upgrade the Golden Cudgel. However, the cauldron was destroyed and the cudgel fell to the earth and disappeared. In order not to annoy Sun Wukong, he decides to send a child named Silver Horn to the mortal world to find the Cudgel. In a fight with a bandit, Yinkaku befriends the village bully Haewa, who has lost his magic power. Under Yin Horn's coercion, Haeva agreed to help find the whereabouts of the Cudgel. At the Old Demon River, Haeva is forced by the Nine-Headed Insect to reveal the prototype of the Cudgel at the moment of crisis, thus solving the nightmare that has been haunting Haeva for 18 years. However, the sudden appearance of the Monkey King brings more doubts to Silver Horn and Haeva, whether there is a sudden change in the heavenly court, who is destroying the alchemy furnace and who is holding the Cudge

Cheng Xiaoyu's parents are divorced, and in the eyes of her classmates she is a problem teen. Influenced by her parents and oppressed by social reality, Cheng Xiaoyu neither believes in family affection, nor in friendship, nor in love. She gave up her pursuit of the future and indulged herself, often going to game venues, hotels, discotheques. Wearing famous brands, smoking, drinking, worshiping money, skipping classes, fighting, going to nightclubs, playing with men, and basically doing all the bad things that can be done when young, in the eyes of her and her sisters, their own responsibility is to give up responsibility. Pubescence is a 2011 Chinese teen sex comedy film directed and written by Guan Xiaojie, starring Zhao Yihuan and Wang Yi. It is the first film in the Pubescence theatrical series. The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels: Paradise Lost, Pubescence 3, and Pubescence 4.

Chen is a dedicated social worker who has allowed her job to dominate her personal life. Inadvertently, she neglects her devoted husband Lo-Wei and their young son. Although he dislikes his wife's patients ("they're just street trash"), Lo-Wei is tolerant of his wife's workaholic situation and he takes the opportunity to develop a strong unity with his son, Chia-Pu. Then, Lo-Wei's sister offers to babysit the child while the parents respond to an emergency case. While they're gone, one of Chen's "delinquents" breaks into the house and rapes the sister. During the assault, baby Chia-Pu climbs out of the window and falls to his death. Lo-Wei is over-the-edge with grief. His brain snaps. He withdraws into himself, except at night when he stalks the "street trash," gruesomly killing them...

A Chinese girl is passed between three families from the age of 6 to 18, receiving each time a new name and identity. As she searches for belonging and the possibility of love, she has to navigate between the weight of her past and the uncertainty of her future, until she finds her own way.

Brings viewers into a small Chinese city and inspires familiarity with the rhythms of everyday existence, with people's dreams, shortcomings and illusions in a way that is universal.

Zhao Yiyi has been secretly in love with Xu Jiashu. She is finally able to confess her love after the college entrance exams and they start a long-distance relationship that tests their love for each other throughout the years.

The woman thief Pak Siu-yin was discharged from prison and Inspector Chan has set a trap for Bak to lure the head of the gangster Yim Fong, who used to threaten Pak to commit crime for his gang.

Set during the 'War of Resistance Against Japan'. The squad leader of a platoon and his medic become separated from the rest of the team and find themselves behind enemy lines.

Zhao Yumin is a Taek-won-do coach , whose had hard times since his best student Han was killed during an underground championship . Zhao almost gave up when Ling appears at his door , insisting that Zhao must train her for the championships, and became the first woman fighter to lead a man's division.

"The Biography of Sakyamuni Buddha" reproduces the journey of Sakyamuni from the birth of a prince, his renunciation, ascetic practice, seeking the Tao, until he became enlightened under the bodhi tree and became a Buddha more than 2,000 years ago.

Hundreds of thousands of years after the collapse of civilization, the world is a post-tech wasteland, and is inhabited by humanoid tribes. The Peace held between them is threatened by the return of Wushen, an evil shape-shifting ghost of modern technology. Wushen threatens to enslave the world population. Zhuma, a ten-year-old girl is the heroine of the story, accompanied by Zhanggong, her lion-like Tibetan Mastiff dog. Chosen, and helped by a ethereal goddess she must assemble a band of allies from the surviving tribes to fight Wushen, and stop him from gaining control over an ancient power.

Tomb-Keeper of the Yellow River

The film was created by a small Chinese animation studio named Wolf Smoke as a test bed for a new style and process. Kung Fu Cooking Girls is an eight and a half minute short that combines three things that most men love: beautiful women, Chinese food, and kung fu.

n the 1970s, Hong Yingzhen is born into the martial arts family of the Hong Blade Sect in the Chinatown of H Country. Yet despite his lineage, he grows up achieving nothing of note and is mockingly labeled a “good-for-nothing” by those around him. By chance, Hong Yingzhen reunites with an old classmate, Bao Dian, and is introduced to Brother Bao, the leader of the Zhongxiao Hall, unwittingly becoming entangled in a dangerous conspiracy. Meanwhile, the reclusive martial arts master Wuchen sees through Hong Yingzhen’s mediocrity and recognizes him as a hidden prodigy. Wuchen unlocks his blocked meridians, setting his true potential free.

Based on the beloved children's book, elementary schooler Wang Bao discovers a wish-granting gourd that gives him the ability to make his dreams come true. Due to the gourd's erratic nature, Wang Bao confronts his own dishonesty amongst his peers and family, and realizes that you might not get everything you wish for.

“Meeting the Giant” traces a young teen’s encounter with a group of young Chinese basketball players who are brought to Singapore and groomed to play to win. After his initial resentment, he learns to look beyond the superficial veneer of the players’ nationality and understand their private struggles as well as the sacrifices their families had to make to give them a chance at a better life. As the young players gradually integrate and adapt to the local culture, the teen forms close bond with them.

The film tells the story of a group of patriots, represented by Master Hai Neng, Mengjie, and Situ Jun, protecting Buddhist treasures in Leshan on the eve of liberation.

After seven years of living and studying in Poland, Mo returns to her parents in China. She quickly finds herself back in the family's perpetual patterns, but she feels out of place. Her parents' usual care, though well-intentioned, often triggers conflicts with her, while relatives chime in with questions about when she'll take the next step in life. Meanwhile, her relationship with her boyfriend is far from smooth, and then there's the matter of the mole below her eye. According to traditional Chinese face reading, its tear-like appearance will bring misfortune. What will happen if she simply leaves it as it is?

Sun Xiaolei, a drama school student, is facing the first important competition in his life, but the delay in changing his voice makes him anxious. In the process of preparing for the competition, Xiaolei accidentally became friends with two competitors - Shi Jiahui, a boyish old girl, and Xie Tianci, who was born in a famous Beijing opera family. In the long summer, the three teenagers are about to face a "reversal" of puberty.

The bumpy little van was snowing outside, letting passenger Zhang Zhongqing remember the day when he first came to Yanshou Village 30 years ago. That day was the beginning of love and sin in his life... Thirty years ago, he and Lin Hanxue of Yanshou Village had a private life. On the way to elopement, the lover is willing to be arrested in order to save him, to complete his escape. However, this scene of leaving alone in the eyes of Lin Shiying is more like an irresponsible abandonment. He separated his daughter from the world and separated the rumors of outsiders.

Underground boxer Lin Feng is hunted by the Bangkok triad when he refuses to fight in an illegal match. He escaped successfully but lost his memory. While Feng begins a new life, the triad finds him and hires a top boxer to beat him. As Feng suddenly regains his memory in the process, he vows to take down the triad.

The cowardly and fearful Shushan disciple Jiu Jian came to Baxie Valley to find Jianxin in order to save his master. Here he met Mo Lige, who awakened his strength in his heart, and a group of people who lived in Baxie Valley. With the help of everyone, the lovely people in the Evil Valley, Jiujian finally got rid of the distracting thoughts in his heart and grew up to be a brave swordsman who defeated the evil villain Yan Chongtian

The expedition team headed by Zhuo Ran, in order to find out the cause of his father’s bizarre death, embarked on the road to find the legendary ship coffin, but accidentally awakened the bloodthirsty migratory locusts and started a contest between life and death and human nature

In the 12th year of the Yuan Dynasty of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the demon ravages and confuses the sentient beings. In addition, when the natural disasters occur, the people are miserable. The Emperor Zhao Xu Mingzhen Moss commanded Zhang Qianqing's demon teaching, and the national teacher Mo Fan told Zhang Qian that the general rudder was in Zhangzhou.

Wu Shiju, a father searching for his daughter, and Lao Liang, an aging cop searching for himself, engage in an endless journey between two counties on the southwestern border of China amid rumors of an impending apocalypse.

The story follows Sui Yuan, a scholar traveling to Beijing to pursue his studies, who accidentally stumbles into the "mandarin duck hot pot" trap set by the carp demon Jiang Xiaoyu and falls in love with her. Centered around the Yangtze River, the story reinterprets hot pot culture and creates a bizarre and colorful world of demons.

Chinese film directed by Gang Xia.

A feisty foursome of 13 year old ballerinas and best friends is ready to move up to the next level. Tragedy strikes and their lives take very different turns. They end up dancing together again years later, not as planned though.

This series invited 10 of the most anticipated actors of 2019 to present exciting short films with their 'most beautiful performances'.

Qian was bent on experiencing love and fully committed to every relationship, but all the men she met were unreliable. Qian's best girlfriend, Tingting, also suffered in love, but as time goes by, Qian and Tingting gradually went on to different life trajectories…

An evil force has trapped the villagers of Qing Ya and spirited them away to a realm in the clouds. There, guarded by fierce dragon-like creatures, they must toil endlessly to satisfy the whims of the cloud-dwelling gods.

After a white shark, also known as an ogre shark, is injected with a GMO medicine, it turns into a dangerous bloodthirsty mutant that can outwit even the king of nature. A group of hapless lovers of playing with the laws of nature will have to stop the shark or die from its teeth. But no matter how terrible the vengeance of nature is, there is a much more terrible force, from whose punishment can not escape even a mutant who survived in battle with...

Another legendary general from The Great Ming Dynasty - Yu Dayou (1503-1579). Young common wujinshi from Fujian became main enemy of Japanese pirates.

Dragons in the night ,hideing in the darkness of the shadows of the night, lying in wait for the Prince of the dragons to be born , I should say hatched, they can hear the sounds of the pecks many miles away; it takes several thousand years for the egg of a Dragon to hatch , all the beasts of the wilderness,waiting for the moment the magnificent one will arrive —Sheila Johnson

Prosecutor Li Yan uncovered hidden truths while handling a juvenile crime case. Collaborating with Zhou Hao, she exposed the crimes of minor Zhao Mingjie and championed justice for the victim's sister Wang Ya, ultimately advancing judicial reforms.

Agent Wen goes undercover to locate weapons for an arms dealer. He's attacked after finding them, so he teams up with his partner to recover the munitions and prevent disaster.

Gam Sui is a naive and traditional wife whose sailor husband, Lik, is rarely home. Lik receives a letter from Sui with the wonderful news that she is pregnant. Lik is outraged, as he has just been told he is sterile. Lik first plans to secretly return home and kill Sui, then he suspects his best pal Mo Mo, so he decides to do them both in. To further complicate matters, an airheaded pregnant mainlander named Baby shows up and moves in. She claims Lik is her man. Lik's efforts to remain hidden and carry out his plans are frustrated by a local madman who follows him around. Questions arise. Could Mo Mo really be the father ? Though a dispirited cripple, Mo Mo has secretly been in love with Sui for over a decade and, given the turn of events, this could be the time to tell her.

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Shaw Brothers star Ting Hwa Chung plays the legendary and mythical Monkey King in this lavish and epic action classic.

For wedding planner Zhang Yang, tying the knot is out of the question as he seems to bring doom to whomever he falls in love with. That's until he meets talent agent Lin Chuchu.

Jong-gyu, an exorcist, faces off against the nine-tailed fox monsters that seduce people in a brothel and take their lives. Some of them escape and annihilate his wife and village. Enraged, Jong-gyu engages in a decisive battle, but is pushed back by the monsters, and a white hermit helps him. The sage hands Jong-gyu the sword of demon slayer and tells him to train so that the sword can show its true value and disappears. Jong-gyu, an exorcist who lost everything, searches for the king of monsters, fights a tough battle, and finally faces the final showdown with the great demon king of the underworld.

Thousands of years ago, the green snake gradually gained enlightenment under Daoqing, and came to want to stay with Daoqing. However, because of its obsession with Daoqing, Daoqing entered the tribulation of reincarnation and suffered a lifetime of death. In order to resolve Daoqing’s calamity, the Green Snake has been searching for Daoqing’s reincarnation for hundreds of years...

Yu began to worry about his ex girlfriend and hesitated to make a decision on an abortion or allowing a birth of their baby. This also sparks a conflict accidentally with his present lover.

This is a story about family and love. Xue (Huang Cuiru) and her lover Wei (Wang Kai) bought a cute puppy, Snowy. Taking care of the puppy makes their relationship stronger. Unexpectedly, Wei is transferred to Beijing because his performed well at work. Only after three years he can return to Hong Kong. But Xue has the opportunity to sing at Tokyo, and is not ready to give it up, refusing to go to Beijing with Wei. Xue and Snowy live together, depending each other and learning new life experiences.