Discoveries from China World Cinema

A Hong Kong crime film from 1990 directed by Wilson Cheung Wing-Wa .

Yan Chi Yung joins his fellow triad member Chu Chi Ang in ripping off millions in gambling profits from their underworld boss Tai, returning most of it after taking some for themselves. Meanwhile, a sexy gambler named Ice Chan, whose father was murdered by Tai several years before, arrives from America looking for revenge. She tries to infiltrate Tai's organization by seducing Yan, but really falls for him and fails in her attempt to assassinate Tai behind his back. More trickery and double-crosses follow as Tai tries to get Yan and Chu to help him rip off another gambler, only to have his plans thwarted by a turncoat within his own gang.

Yu Mei is feeling the pressure of living under the shadow of her more successful sister. After a failed suicide attempt, she finds an abandoned statue on the street and takes it home. When she discovers it is a Kuman Thong, she accidentally makes a blood sacrifice to it, unleashing the Jaroona spirit. After the death of a few of her close friends, she enlists the help of some goofy ghost hunters to suppress the spirit, who realise they are out of their depth. They then call the BiXian for assistance, but even she isn't enough to stop the Jaroona. As a final resort, they call upon the BiXian's arch nemesis - Sadako. Now BiXian and Sadako have to put aside their differences and work together to defeat Jaroona and save You Mei.

Leng Yan (Yao Xingtong) is a female doctor studying in Cambridge. Her girlfriends are not ordinary people. There are Ukrainian models with angelic and devil figures, smart forensic women with high-strength kung fu, fortune-telling ladies who have a lot of money to spend their entire lives, and performances of peach blossoms. It is strange that although these girls have excellent conditions, they are always out of love and have repeatedly encountered rotten peach blossoms. In the long run, people have given these people a title-"cold love". 证明 In order to prove that he also has the ability to love and be loved, Leng 玥 and his party decided to take the initiative to attack. By chance, Leng Yan met a man named Cliff (Li William) on the Internet. In reality, he is a coffee shop owner. Leng Yan decided to travel with him under the cliff-mounted radicals.

A criminal syndicate, taking advantage of the civil war and street riots, seizes power in a small third world country. With risk for her life Chinese journalist Hannah decides to infiltrate the refugee camp, but ends up in the hands of international criminals

Yong, head of the security section of the hotpot factory which is about to be demolished, trying to save his brother Hao Zi who owned gambling debts. In the case of salary arrears, he reluctantly took the factory's 'mascot' golden dragon fish ready to cash in to save his brother. Unexpectedly, the USB disk in the stomach of the fish was involved in the the factory land transaction. However, such an important golden dragon fish was stewed and eaten by Hao Zi, and they were forced to be involved in a series of dispute.

Lin Jin, a solider of the New Fourth Army, stayed in Liubao village with his Army. During Lin Jin's stay, he fell in love with a local girl, Ermeizi. However, he had to leave Liubao with his troops for several years. Lin Jin and Ermeizi lost contact during the war after Lin Jin had left Liubao. Years later, Jin returns to Liubao where he finds Ermeizi again.

This short film explores same-sex attraction within the context of power relationships in contemporary China where oppression stems from the socio-economic inequality that leaves the disenfranchised pining for what they cannot have, as a young chauffeur finds himself attracted to his contemptuous and callous boss – without a single word being exchanged between the two men.

This film mainly tells that when a five-member special operation team performs a special task, the superior gives orders to catch the second person of the criminal group alive.

On the surface, Gu Hai runs a high-end car dealership, privately carrying a smuggled car, selling defective parts and components, and controlling the illegal activities of underground cars. His men’s Lin Biao secretly swallowed two million and wanted to leave the city with his sister Lin Yao. Start a new life. However, Lin Biao was discovered by Gu Hai. Lin Biao did not want to say the whereabouts of the money. Gu Hai planned to arrest Lin Yao to threaten Lin Biao. At the same time, Lin Yao, who loves racing, is preparing for an underground racing...

Wang Xi is a section lead in a factory workshop, it is just a cadre of the lowest level. But Wang is strict with himself to make himself an example and manage hundreds of female underlings.

A story about a father who discovers that he is terminally ill and does everything he can to make final preparations for his son. Fei Li lives inside a steel factory and makes a living as a street performer. He cares for his introverted son Liu Di all by himself. Since Fei Li never married, he registered his son under his cousin's name. This year, Liu Di has turned seven years old. Fei Li discovers that he is in the late stages of cancer and he decides to arrange for Liu Di to be adopted by his cousin who, despite being married for years, still has no children. They've set a date when his cousin will come to take Liu Di abroad. As their time of separation draws near, Fei Li's clock is also ticking.

This epic version of the Mulan tale was an early epic, shot on location in Northern China using hundreds of extras. It is the story of Hua Mulan, a young woman who takes her fathers place in the army as he is unwell. She gains glory but must eventually deal with her deception.

Sun Tianlei, the heir of the immortal Overlord Fist, did not do his job every day and was framed by his mortal enemy with a beautiful trick. In a coma, the heartbroken Sun Tianlei found himself mistaken for Sun Wukong by everyone and was held hostage to save his master. However, Sun Tianlei, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, did not dare to fight with the demon king, so he had to escape by various methods. But fate played a big joke with him. The life full of feelings, hatred and longing has never escaped from reincarnation. How will he choose in the face of couples who have been looking for hundreds of years because of love and hatred, brothers and predestined people with their father's imprint? Is everything real or illusory?

An art professor find a piece of stitch work made by his long-missing lover who suffered a lot of hardships.

After stealing the giant diamond Nine Dragon Wall from the Four Seas Group, Kwok Ho decided to wash his hands of the matter after originally wanting to settle his personal grudge. Interpol has been tracking the Four Seas Group for a long time, but due to Leung Sang's status as a barrister, he has been trying to clear Black Snake's name, so there is no valid evidence. Guo Hao steals the Nine Dragon Wall and meets Black Snake's men on the way back. Guo Hao meets Lin Yue by chance and the two of them pretend to be lovers to avoid being traced.

Chen Guan, a poor scholar, gives up the imperial examination to become a novelist of monsters. He meets a silent young swordsman, Cui Chengyu, and together they travel to Changxing County, where the snake plague has resurfaced, and overcome all the difficulties and obstacles.

A young American architect comes to work to China on his thesis and accidentally poisoned himself while taking a hike on the mountain. However, he is miraculously saved and returned to the village by an unknown person. When he awakes, he doesn't know what happened or who saved him. This turn into a obsession to find his savior

Required to retire from his job as a utility man at a Peking Opera theater, Old Han is at loose ends, wandering the backstreets of Beijing looking for something to correct.

After the defeat of the Revolution in 1927, white terror gripped Shanghai. Zhang Renya, an early member of the Chinese Communist Party, risked his life time and again to carry out thrilling yet effective work in Ningbo, Shanghai, Anhui and Jiangxi. With the calmness and meticulousness of a scholar and the toughness and perseverance of a warrior, he regarded the completion of his mission as his highest mission and firmly guarded the "power code" of the Party.

A couple went to Ganga river in search of their lost memories.

In a performance that renders time visible and tangible, Zhou Tao traces his own movements around his apartment with a ball of string hooked to his back that gradually unravels. Slowly but surely, 'time' takes over the apartment: at certain moments creating obstacles and at other times providing physical support. Presented as an excerpt from the longer video work Time in New York.

Tang Mo is driven down to the mortal world by the God of Heaven and becomes a chef in a stall. One day, a mysterious old man invites him to participate in the "Top Chef Competition", promising him a prize of 5 billion dollars. During the competition, Tang Mo's amazing culinary talent attracts the attention of the public, but this also brings about the death of his rival from a gangster background

The film is about the life of a family of seven. Ah Nan is a senior university student, he loves his classmate Dan Niu, a beautiful girl who comes back from Canada. When Dan Niu learns Ah Nan's parents are drunkards and gamblers and his brothers are thieves and blockheads, they break up. After losing his love, Ah Nan drops out. Phoebe, a friend of Ah Nan, her parents die in a plane crash, but she doesn't give up her hope for life. Ah Nan is influenced by Phoebe and is determined to live hard and change the situation. The whole family is influenced by his spirit, they open a boarding house.

The Masseuse is a science fiction love story set in a futuristic Kuala Lumpur between a humanoid masseuse and her technician who has a disturbing past.

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

Because of his lover's refusal to come to the name of Vu - his best friend, Su Su too heartbreaking suicide. Since that tragic event, Vu Yen has always been in his heart, even often dreaming of nightmares.

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Set in early 1980s, Xishan tuberculosis hospital. Three female patients lives in ward 16. A new one moves in and makes others think about their lives.

A medical student is admitted to hospital with a mild neck injury, but her condition deteriorates rapidly and she dies in agony. Her classmates conclude that her death was due to malpractice, but they are blocked at every turn in their investigation.

After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways.

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.

Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of the twentieth century. The story focuses on three brothers and how they respond to the expectation that they will each marry women whom their grandfather has selected for them. The lure of family money on the one hand and modern individualism on the other plays out differently among the young men. Critics consider this movie an indictment against feudal ideas.

Based upon the popular graphic novel by Wu Lin, this is the first Chinese animated film to portray the Holocaust. The film centers around the warm friendship between Rina, a wide-eyed European Jewish schoolgirl and A-Gen, a Chinese pancake seller, who teach each other about their distant worlds as Shanghai struggles beneath its own cruelly portrayed Japanese occupation.

When Plumpy Aunt, who has just made a new dress for her sleeping baby, receives a letter telling her that her mother is seriously ill, she prepares to leave that very night but is so scatterbrained that she starts forgetting things.

ZhouZhou was born with a mental handicap on April Fool's Day to a cellist family. He loves to follow his father to attend all his performances. One day, after on interval of a concert, Zhou Zhou takes the baton and starts to conduct the symphony that he has been listening to for years. The result surprises everybody and obviously reveals his inner musician!