Chinese Movies&TV

English name：River Without Buoys Broadcast time：1983 Starring：李纬、陶玉玲 director：吴天明 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called River Without Buoys(没有航标的河流méi yǒu háng biāo de hé liú). So let us have a brief introduction. River Without Buoys is a Chinese film directed by Wu Tianming (吴天明Wú Tiānmíng) about three timber rafters during the Cultural Revolution who decide to rescue a former District Director from a labor camp. Plot Rafting down the Xiao River (潇水xiāoshuǐ) in Hunan (湖南hú nán), Pan Laowu (潘老五Pān Lǎowǔ) warns his fellow rafter Shi Gu not to take a wife, because "the wives of rafters are widows even while they live." Pan tells the story of a woman he loved, Wu Aihua (吴爱华Wú àihuá), whom he never returned to after his raft broke up and he fell into debt. The third rafter, Zhao Liang (赵亮Zhào Liàng), is revealed to have a large family (a wife and seven daughters). We learn that Shi Gu is upset because his intended, Gaixiu, has been forced to marry the son of a political leader. During the night, Shi Gu leaves the raft after spotting a fire on shore. When Pan and Zhao find him, he has entered a labor camp and is nursing former district director Xu back to health. We learn that…

English name：The Herdsman Broadcast time：1982 Starring：朱时茂、丛珊 director：谢晋 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called The Herdsman (牧马人mù mǎ rén). So let us have a brief introduction. The Herdsman is a 1982 Chinese film about the life of a herdsman in western China from 1950s through the Cultural Revolution, and his reunion with his father from America. It was produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin (谢晋Xiè Jìn), starring Zhu Shimao (朱时茂Zhū Shímào). Plot In autumn of 1980, an elderly Chinese American entrepreneur, Xu Jingyou ( Liu Qiong (刘琼Liú Qióng)), returns to China, and finds his son, Xu Lingjun ( Zhu Shimao), a herdsman working in Chilechuan Ranch in northwestern China. The father wants to take his son to the United States to inherit his assets. However, the junior Xu is very distant with his father. More than 30 years ago, the father had abandoned his wife and son to do business in America. His mother died of disease and Xu becomes an orphan. After graduating from high school, Xu became a teacher. In 1957, he was classified as a "rightist" and sent to work in a ranch in the underdeveloped northwest. In 1962, when the labor penalty was terminated, Xu stayed at the…

English name：Evening Rain Broadcast time：1980 Starring：李志舆、张瑜 director：吴永刚，吴贻弓 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Evening Rain (巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ). So let us have a brief introduction. Evening Rain reflects the fight between Chinese people and the "Gang of Four" during the ten years of turmoil in China. It was directed by Wu Yigong (吴贻弓Wú Yígōng) Li Zhiyu (李致宇Lǐ Zhìyǔ) , Zhang Yu, Lin Bin (林本Lín Běn) playing the leading role. This movie won the first Golden Rooster for best picture in 1981. Plot During the period that the “Gang of Four” was on the rampage in China, a poet named Qiu Shi (秋石qiū shí) who had been in prison for 6 years was secretly transferred from Sichuan (四川sìchuān) to Wuhan (武汉WǔHàn) by ship under the guard of Li Yan and Liu Wenying (刘文英Liú Wényīng). They met six passengers on the ship – a poor girl named Xing Hua who had to sell herself to pay the debts, a just woman teacher, an old actor of Beijing Opera, a frail old woman who had just lost her son, a young worker that had a clear stand on what to love and what to hate, and a little girl in rags. One night, hopeless about her life, Xin Hua jumped into the river…

English name：Life Broadcast time：1984 Starring：周里京、吴玉芳 director：吴天明 Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Life(人生rén shēng). So let us have a brief introduction. Life is a 1984 Chinese film directed by Wu Tianming (吴天明Wú Tiānmíng ). This film was adapted from Chinese Writer Lu Yao's (路遥Lù Yáo) novel of the same title. Plot Gao Jialin (高佳林Gāo Jiālín) the hero in this film is a zhiqing(知青zhī qīng). He was sent to the coutryside to learn farming, as many other youth at that time. He and the country girl Qiaozhen (巧珍qiǎo zhēn) fell in love with each other. Later on Gao broke up with Qiaozhen for the opportunity to stay in city. However, he finally lost the opportunity and had to go back to the countryside, only to find that Qiaozhen had married someone else. Gao Jialin began to view his life. It reflects the trend of leaving the countryside and pursuing urban life of that period. Therefore this film arouse a lot of attention and discussion. The film won Golden Rooster Award for Best Music, Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress and Best Picture in 1985. This is a very fabulous film. Professional evaluation 1、Director Wu Tianming is somewhat avant-garde in his filming techniques. He uses panoramic…

English name： Broadcast time：March 28, 2012 Starring：娜仁花 director：谢飞、乌兰 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called A Girl from Hunan (湘女萧萧xiāngnǔ xiāoxiāo). So let us have a brief introduction. A Girl from Hunan (湘女萧萧Xiāngnǔ xiāoxiāo) is a 1986 Chinese drama film directed by Xie Fei (谢飞Xiè Fēi) and U Lan (乌兰Wū Lán). The film is based on a 1929 short story, Xiao Xiao (潇潇Xiāo Xiāo), by author Shen Congwen (沈从文Shěn Cóngwén). Plot A Girl from Hunan tells the story of a willful young girl who, at the start of the film, is about to enter into an arranged marriage with a two-year old child, Chun Guan (春官Chūn Guān). Xiao Xiao, the girl in question, is only twelve.Left by her uncle in this remote village, Xiao Xiao is expected to be less of a wife than a mother to her new husband and lives under the domineering control of her mother-in-law. Now sixteen, Xiao Xiao catches the eye of a farmhand, Hua Gou (花狗Huā Gǒu). She lets herself be seduced by him and soon finds herself pregnant. Knowing that the traditional village still executes women for adultery, Xiao Xiao is desperate to abort the baby but fails to accomplish her goal. With her pregnancy clear, Xiao Xiao faces the wrath of her mother-in-law, only…

Chinese name:人鬼情（人·鬼·情）外文名:Ghost Love拍摄日期:1987年导    演:黄蜀芹Screenwriter:黄蜀芹、李子羽、宋国勋Major Awards:Best Screenplay Award at the 8th China Film Golden Rooster AwardsBest Supporting Actor at the 8th Chinese Film Golden Rooster AwardsBest Film at the Brazil International Film and Video Festival11th Annual Cretay International Women's Day Public AwardStarring:徐守莉、李保田、裴艳玲、姬麒麟、王长君、村里、宋忆宁、梁庆刚 “Woman, Demon, Human” is a film you probably haven’t heard of. Released in 1987, it was largely ignored by critics busy fawning over the emergence of some of China’s biggest film talents: Chen Kaige released the classic “Yellow Earth” in 1984 with Zhang Yimou as his cinematographer, then Zhang Yimou went on to release his directorial debut “Red Sorghum” in 1987, which was also the debut of superstar actress Gong Li. Especially in foreign circles, everyone was talking about the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the first class to graduate from the Beijing Film Academy after a tumultuous period in China’s history. Not many people were talking about Huang Shuqin, a director who had graduated from the Academy right before it (even though much of her best work comes from the 1980s). “Woman, Demon, Human” — called 人鬼情 Rén Guǐ Qíng in Chinese — doesn’t have the visual beauty that marks Zhang Yimou’s early films. Huang’s plot is largely…

Spring in a Small Town is a feature film directed by Fei Mu and starring Shi Yu, Li Wei, Wei Wei, and Zhang Hongmei.