Discoveries from China World Cinema

A gang of masked swordsmen massacre members of the Blue Dragon school.

An unemployed factory worker adopts the child of a desperate prostitute in exchange for 200 yuan a month in child support. When the woman's pimp, a local gangster, not only finds out that he may have fathered the child, but also that he is dying of cancer, he decides that he must adopt the baby - and is willing to resort to violence if necessary.

One hot summer day, A pedestrian, his wife, a village head, a murderer, an official of the county, and a policeman took turns showing up at the main character Chen's melon shed. For the ...

Legend has it that deep in the desert near a small town in the north-west, there is a tomb complex of an ancient country that has disappeared for thousands of years. There are not only exotic treasures in the tomb complex, but also the legendary treasure "Soul Suppressing Mirror".

"Actor" is China's first documentary film to explore the virtues and skills of actors. The film takes the "Twenty-Two Big Movie Stars of New China" as the starting point. It will explore the film experience and artistic achievements of the older generation of artists, explore their insights and thinking about the profession of actors for more than half a century, and pay tribute to the century-old Chinese film with the classic film images they created.

Three con artists who specialise in cheating con artists but are always cheated by con artists

A small Chinese village. For centuries, here, as throughout the country, the working peasantry lived with the dream of owning land. They rose up against the landlords many times, but never achieved victory. And then the dream came true... Dramatic episodes from the life of this village show us how land reform was carried out.

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.

Somewhere in a southern county of China, summer has just begun and it’s already greeted by a series of indecent assault, victims are identical: Girl in one-piece dress. Captain Hu along with Officer Tsai are assigned to crack the case, meanwhile Tsai is suffering from hemorrhoids that makes his life more complicated. Little did Tsai know that he’d reunite with a nurse named Fen whom he first met in the hospital again at a matchup afterwards. Meanwhile, Papa Hu has other issues to deal with; he realizes his teenage daughter has grown up into a young woman overnight, he must now learn to reconnect with an adolescent. Elsewhere, his semi-paralyzed father-in-law has been awfully picky on choosing a desirable nanny. Obviously the old man is seeking for someone young, to make things worse, Hu’s wife, slippery like an eel, has gradually isolated herself from the family.

A Korean TV anchor comes to China to unveil the myth of an ancient stela. In a car accident, she meets the stela's owner, whose grandfather passed it down to him. The owner and the anchor fall in love, but she dreads telling him that she has been diagnosed with a deadly disease.

Taoist Lu Shiyi took over the late night bookstore and found it difficult to manage. Modern people are keen on electronic books. Encountered a rogue Liu Ming and his gang have entanglements. Inadvertently released the book spirit in A Chinese Ghost Story, absorbing human essence and harming the world. Liu Ming took the opportunity of playing games to confuse Li Chenyu with his sister's beauty as an online dating photo and defrauded him of equipment. Li Chenyu is deeply involved, obsessed with Liu Ming's sister, Liu Ming is sucked by the old demon grandmother in the book, the ghost Xiaoqian is Li Chenyu's previous lover, Xiaoqian turns into Liu Ming's appearance, and the love for Li Chenyu increases, and Li Chenyu is deeply involved. G

Tiger Force is all about rival drug gangs and undercover police agents. Nothing amazingly original for the genre. But what make it stand out is its pace, and the quantity and quality of the action.

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A rousing dog and man comedy composed of just 61 shots, and set in Shenyang in northeastern China, where people argue continuously. The film takes off from the premises of an MA student losing his professor’s dog and must enlist his father’s help to retrieve it, lest his prospects of a tutorship vanishes. A biting satire on every conceivable ill in modern Society, and an endearing portrait of a father-and-son relationship.

Devout Buddhists, Norbu and Dolma live with their young son Tashi in a clan in Tibet. Norbu is a highwayman. After Norbu is charged with stealing from the temple, he and his family are banished. Impoverished and marginalized, they can do little when their beloved son becomes ill. Tashi dies of a fever. After a second son is born, Norbu focuses his every action on keeping this child alive, seeking re-admission to the clan for his wife and child, then risking all to save them from isolation and starvation in winter.

Xiaoxing, who was diagnosed with "Ublis syndrome" (in simple terms, she lost the ability to be afraid) did not believe that she had this disease, so she tested herself. Turns out anything scary only amuses her. She has become very "manly" since she stopped being scared. In order to find a brave man to fall in love with, Xiao Xingxin will conduct some tests on the boys after meeting them. In the end, they never meet again, until a timid mushroom-headed boy Danan appears......

The Public Security Bureau investigates an explosion at Chengdu Power Station, which is linked to deaths at St. Paul's Hospital.

When Peppa learned that her family wouldn't be going on vacation this year, she was very disappointed. However, a sudden storm transported her to faraway China! Peppa embarked on a wonderful adventure until she was reunited with her family, and Peppa had the perfect vacation ever.

In the summer of 1917, Mao Zedong and his fellow student Xiao Zisheng, who were studying at Hunan First Normal University, embarked on a journey of poverty with only pen and ink, without a single word. Over the course of more than a month, they traveled to five places, measured the world with their footsteps, and felt the people with their hearts. In the process of opening up the "wordless book" of society, Mao Zedong gradually realized the location of the "great source" he explored day and night. This journey became an extremely important starting point in his life path.

When a celebrated Chinese opera troupe loses its sponsorship funding, the laid-off performers must seek out temporary jobs in a wide spectrum of fields. But all along, they yearn to reunite their company and perform again.

Age is just a number in the romantic comedy Born to Love You. Hong Kong singer-actor Julian Cheung (Natural Born Lovers) and Super Girl finalist Fu Mengni form an unlikely couple in this lighthearted love story between a middle-aged man, who is still hurting from a past romance, and an 18-year-old singer discovering love for the first time. Helmed by new-generation director Hu Chongxi, Born to Love You also co-stars singer Lisa Guo and Hong Kong actress Yvonne Yung.

A suddenly wealthy father signs a contract to hire his own children as "full-time kids," igniting a comedic new family life—while the fortune's origin and the children's hidden secrets stay shrouded in mystery.

Chu Qi and his friend Xu Yiming set out to find his missing sister, Shi San, in Fengming Village. Along the way, they uncover deep-rooted superstitions and oppressive traditions. Determined to bring change, they fight to free the village from its harmful beliefs, delivering a powerful message of breaking superstition.

The demon king, which was sealed by the three major sects (Xianhemen, Jinmian, Qinglian), reinstated the gods and forced the demons to absorb the essence of the common people. When the pure body descended to the mortal world, the robbed baby boy Bai Yulang He was rescued by the Xianhe faction. He grew up in adulthood 18 years later. He finally defeated the demon king through the rebirth and finally killed the demon king with the help of his beloved person (Xie Wenxuan). Since then, in the legends of later generations, Bai Yulang walked the rivers and lakes, descending the demon.

Mailong is working as a photographer for a bridal studio, and his boss is a gorgeous lady who falls for him. However, he cannot accept her love because of his previous extraordinary love story and some complications connected to it.

With her beautiful appearance and kind personality, Snow White is loved by the nation. The Snow Queen (voiced by Gu Zi) sends her to the Kingdom of the Elves in the hope that she will live a happy life there. In an accident, Snow White accidentally fell off a cliff and although she was not injured, she lost her memory as a result. Three cute little pigs, they saved Snow White who had nowhere else to go, and warmly invited her to live with them. Thus, Snow White and the cute three little pigs spent a carefree and happy time. The Snow Queen is always looking for Snow White, and at the same time, the evil Granny Wolf sends her minions, the Hunter and the Black Wolf, to catch Snow White before the Snow Queen does.

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys. Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er has become a toy designer. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese. On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize.

On an urban island in Shanghai, Yoyo starts secretly following Lan Tian. In a parallel world, Lan Tian is quietly observing Yoyo in the distance. Trapped in a twin-towered shopping complex, they experience two variations of encounters, as affections, desires and other feelings start to appear.

The two monkeys are like brothers in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, and Six Ears meets Long Ruyi and gets a string of Buddha beads.

Some people spend money to buy officials, some people spend money to buy love, but... will anyone spend money to buy sickness? A complete geek girl, who has somehow arrived in the other world, becomes an orc saint. Other people's saints heal and save people, while our saints open a restaurant to make money

A man released from prison believes that humanity is composed of half good and half evil. He wants to live a good life but the past drags him back to evil.

Based on the real-life Duan Heyu, emperor of The Dali Kingdom (1108-1147), who, in order to prevent his country from being ruined by internal and external troubles, goes to Western Xia to find the double lute, one of the eight great totems

Qingqing (Athena Chu) is a getai singer, an entertainer who sings for the souls of the departed in boisterous street shows held during the Hungry Ghost Festival. She meets and falls in love with an enigmatic but oddly familiar young man (Chen Hanwei) visiting Singapore, in this simple tale of love, loss and a lifelong friendship that reaches across death.

Follows a mother who has spent most of her life in Dunhuang, a historic city in western China. With the help of artificial intelligence, she embarks on a journey that takes her from western to eastern China.

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.

Yang Gensi leads his team at the Chosin Reservoir to repel eight waves of attacks from the U.S. Marine Corps. With ammunition running low and few men left, he must make sacrifices to defend their position.