Chinese Movies&TV

English name：Forever Enthralled Broadcast time：December 4, 2008 Starring：黎明（Leon Lai Ming）、章子怡（Zhang Ziyi）、陈红、孙红雷、王学圻、英达、余少群、安藤政信（あんどう まさのぶ）、潘粤明、吴刚 director：陈凯歌（Chen Kaige） Introduction The film "Mei Lanfang" is a drama film written by Yan Geling, Chen Guofu and Zhang Jialu, directed by Chen Kaige, and co-starred by Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Hong, Sun Honglei, Wang Xueqi, Yingda, Yu Shaoqun, Ando Masanobu and others. The film was released in mainland China on December 4, 2008. The film tells the legendary life of Mr. Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera. The story revolves around the two people. Qiu Rubai, who regards himself as Mei Lanfang's guide and protector, cannot stand the love between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong, so he directed the assassination of Mei Lanfang behind the scenes. Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Forever Enthralled".Directed by Chen Kaige and starring Leon Lai and Zhang Ziyi, the film Forever Enthralled was released on December 4, 2008. It was adapted from the biographical literature My Father Mei Lanfang, a book written by Mei Lanfang’s son Mei Shaowu. Combining story, real history and fiction, the film narrates the artistic achievement as well as the romance of Peking opera master Mei Lanfang. It is divided…

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…

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…

English name：Legendary Amazons Broadcast time：November 18, 2011 Starring：张柏芝（Cecilia Cheung）、任贤齐（Richie Jen）、刘晓庆、郑佩佩（Pei-pei Cheng）、周海媚（Kathy Chau）、陈紫函（Emily）、金巧巧、于娜、刘冬（Alice Liu）、杨紫彤（Ashley）、大岛由加利（Oshima Yukari） director：陈勋奇（Frankie） Introduction Today, I'd like to introduce a Chinese film, Legendary Amazons (杨门女将之军令如山yángménnǚjiāng zhī jūnlìng rú shān)(2011).It is based on the stories of the Yang Clan Generals (杨氏将军Yáng shì jiāngjūn). The film is directed by Frankie Chan and stars Richie Jen, Cecilia Cheung, Cheng Pei-pei and Liu Xiaoqing. The film is based on the same source material as the 1972 Hong Kong film The 14 Amazons. Plot  The film is set in early 11th century China during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (宋朝Sòngcháo). The emperor neglects state affairs and indulges in personal pleasures, while the government sinks into corruption and war continues to rage on at the borders of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty is being invaded by the armies of the rival state of Western Xia (西夏Xī Xià). Yang Zongbao is the last man standing in the Yang clan, a family of generals who have dedicated their lives to defending the Song Dynasty from foreign invaders. He apparently dies in battle tragically when the treacherous Imperial Tutor Pan refuses to send reinforcements to aid him. Yang Zongbao's widowed wife Mu Guiying leads the other widows of the Yang…

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

English name：Flowers of Shanghai Broadcast time：October 1, 1998 Starring：刘嘉玲（Carina Lau）、梁朝伟（Tony Leung Chiu-Wai）、李嘉欣（Michele Monique Reis） director：侯孝贤（Hou Hsiao-hsien） Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Flowers of Shanghai (海上花hǎi shàng huā). So let us have a brief introduction. Flowers of Shanghai is a 1998 film, made in Taiwan, directed by Guangdong-born Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝贤Hóu Xiàoxián) starring Hada Michiko (羽田yǔ tián), Annie Shizuka Inoh (伊能静Yī Néngjìng), Shuan Fang, Jack Kao (高捷Gāo Jié), Carina Lau (刘嘉玲Liú Jiālíng), Tony Leung (梁朝伟Liáng Cháowěi), Rebecca Pan (潘迪华Pān Díhuá), Michelle Reis (李嘉欣Lǐ Jiāxīn) and Vicky Wei (魏筱惠Wèi Xiǎohuì). It was voted the third best film of the 1990s in the 1999 Village Voice Film Poll. Plot In four elegant brothels, called "Flower Houses", in fin-de-siècle 19th-century Shanghai (Qing dynasty), several affairs are described. The action involves four drunkards, and takes place mostly in candlelight. Preparation and consumption of opium and tea are at the center of the business operations. Subtitles note that the girl Crimson is in Huifang, Pearl is in Gongyang, Emerald is in Shangren, and Jasmine is in East Hexing. The relations of the rich gentlemen with the courtesans is partly monogamous and is held to an obligation of many years. The life of the graceful, well-bred girls, who were young when bought, resembles in certain respects a life of slavery. Because…

Street Angel ( 马路天使; Mǎlù tiānshǐ) is a Chinese film released in 1937. The film was directed by Yuan Muzhi and stars the popular singer Zhou Xuan. This dark comedy—a still hilarious and irresistible love story—may not seem like a milestone, but “Street Angel” (《马路天使》 Mǎlù Tiānshǐ) was the first Chinese movie not about high society. For the first time, it gave voice to Shanghai’s laboring classes. It was produced in 1937, and tells the story of a pair of sisters, Little Yun and Little Hong, refugees from the Japanese invasion of Northern China, who’ve migrated to Shanghai to start life anew. The city doesn’t greet them well. To pay the rent, the older sister is forced into a life of prostitution. The younger sister, being groomed for the streets, reluctantly sings in a low-brow teahouse to the snickers of drunken, lecherous customers. We know—it doesn’t sound like much of a comedy. Through indomitable optimism and can-do spirit, they befriend a motley crew of misfits and social dregs—Little Chen the trumpeter, Old Wang the newspaper hawker, a street peddler, a barber and a dwarf—and strive together to fight for a better tomorrow. ?Shanghai, the city, swings along to the beat…

English name：Ocean Heaven Broadcast time：June 18, 2010 Starring：李连杰（Jet Li）、文章、桂纶镁（Kwai Lun Mei）、高圆圆、董勇、朱媛媛 director：薛晓路 Introduction Today,we are going to talk about a movie,Ocean Heaven (海洋天堂hǎiyáng tiāntáng).It's about chinese Kongfu. Ocean Heaven is a 2010 Chinese-Hong Kong drama film starring martial arts superstar Jet Li (李连杰Lǐ Liánjié）in his first full drama role. It also co-stars Taiwanese actress Kwai Lun-mei, who previously starred in Jay Chou's Secret. The movie was filmed in Qingdao at the Qingdao Polar Ocean World and received promotion from the Qingdao council. It was announced that it was to be released in spring 2010, but the release date was pushed back to 24 June 2010, which opened the 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival（上海电影节Shànghǎi diànyǐng jié）on 2 June. Jet Li wants this film to get a good message across and promote the works with autism as well as the works of his charity ‘The One Foundation’. Xue Xiaolu, a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy（北京电影学院Běijīng Diànyǐng Xuéyuàn）, wrote and directed the 7 million yuan (US$1 million) movie. The first-time director has been a volunteer for 14 years with Beijing Stars and Rain, a non-governmental educational organization for children with autism. The story was mostly based on her personal real life and experience. She said, "With the addition…

The piano in a factory--Gānɡ de Qín The Piano in a Factory (Chinese: 钢的琴, Pinyin: Gānɡ de Qín) is a 2010 Chinese drama film. The film is directed by Zhang Meng, and stars Qin Hailu and Wang Qianyuan. Director：Zhang Meng It tells the story of a father, Chen Guilin, who works very hard to realize his daughter's dream of owning a piano. Although Chen encounters a lot of hardships, he never gives up and is always optimistic. Although it's a good film, but it just received a poor box office with only 4 millian RMB.  Ironically, it won Special Recommendation of Jury in 3rd Sydney Chinese Film Festival and the actor Wang Qianyuan won Award for Best Actor in 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival. Wang Qianyuan：Award for Best Actor in 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVH8ias0v-4

English name：The Ideal City Broadcast time：September 18, 2013 Starring：房祖名（Jaycee Chan）、王太利（Wang Terry）、黄瀞怡（Albee Huang）、刘岳、谢芳、杨地（TONYYOND） director：孙渤涵 Introduction "A City" is a youth love movie adapted from Han Han's novel of the same name, directed by Sun Bohan, and starring Jaycee Chan, Wang Taili, Huang Zongyi, Liu Yue, Xie Fang, Yang Di, etc. The film was released in mainland China on September 18, 2013. The film tells the story of Lin Xi, who dropped out of school, and fled from Shanghai to a town with his friend Jian Shu because of a gang fight. Jian Shu and Lin Xi lived in the Yangtze River Hotel and wandered around the city all day. Later, they met a new friend Wang Chao, and the three of them started a journey. Plot Because the computer in the dormitory was paralyzed by virus, "I", as a college student, met Uncle Jian, a senior who was good at repairing computers. After that, we had the idea of ​​starting a business, but we took a crooked approach and ended up being expelled from school. Uncle Jian and I were idle, and after trying various ways to make money, we all failed. Then we hired elementary school classmates to help fight…

Lust, Caution is an espionage thriller film directed by Ang Lee in 2007. It based on the novella of the same name published in 1979 by Chinese author Eileen Chang.《色，戒》是2007年由台湾导演李安所执导的一部剧情电影。改编自著名华人作家张爱玲于居于上海时所著的同名短篇小说。 In 1940s Shanghai, beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. But China is occupied by invading Japanese forces and things are not always what they seem in wartime. Jiazhi's life is a front. A patriotic student radical, her mission is to seduce a powerful employee of the occupying government and lead him to the assassin's bullet. Yet as she waits for him to arrive at their liaison, Jiazhi begins to wonder if she is cut out to be a femme fatale and coldly take Mr. Yi to his death. Or is she beginning to fall in love with him? A passionate tale of espionage, deception and love, "Lust, Caution" is accompanied here by four further dazzling short stories by Eileen Chang.故事发生在第二次世界大战抗日战争期间的上海与香港。当时汪精卫于南京成立日本在华的傀儡政府，对抗重庆国民政府。故事描述一名大学话剧团里的年轻女团员，扮演贸易商的太太，密谋色诱并暗杀汪精卫政府的特务头目，双方在政治、权谋、性之间尔虞我诈的故事。《色戒》是张爱玲极少数用前卫手法探讨女性心理及情欲的作品。 Lust, Caution captured the Golden Lion from the 2007 Biennale Venice Film Festival, making Lee the winner of the highest prize for the second time in three years. When Lust, Caution was played in Lee's native Taiwan in its original full-length…

English name：Woman Sesame Oil Maker Broadcast time：February 1993 Starring：斯琴高娃（Stchingowa）、伍宇娟、陈宝国、雷恪生 director：谢飞 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Woman Sesame Oil Maker (香魂女xiāng hún nǚ). So let us have a brief introduction. Woman Sesame Oil Maker is a 1993 Chinese film in the Mandarin language. In the English speaking world it has been released in the UK under the title Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (the more literal translation) and more recently on DVD as Woman Sesame Oil Maker. It is adapted from a novel by Zhou Daxin (周大新Zhōu Dàxīn), "The Fragrant Oil Mill by the Lake of Scented Souls" (香魂塘畔的香油坊Xiāng Hún Táng Pàn de Xiāng Yóu Fāng). The film is adapted and directed by Xie Fei (谢飞Xiè Fēi ) and tells the story of a woman in a small village in Hebei (河北Héběi ) who runs a small sesame oil business that becomes unexpectedly successful, but who then uses her money to buy for her mentally disabled son a peasant bride. Plot Illiterate villager Second Sister Xiang (香二嫂Xiāng èr sǎo ) was sold as a tongyangxi (童养媳Tóngyǎngxí ) to her present husband, a man with a lame leg, when she was seven. She has an intellectually disabled son Dongzi (东子Dōngzǐ ), who suffers from epileptic fits and is now grown up,…

The Warlords--Tóu Mínɡ Zhuànɡ The Warlords(Chinese:投名状，Pinyin：Tóu Mínɡ Zhuànɡ), previously known as The Blood Brothers, is a 2007 epic war film directed by Peter Chan and starring Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The film was released on December 13, 2007 simultaneously in most of Asia, except Japan. Director: Peter Chan The film is set in the 1860s, during the Taiping Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty in China. The story, based on the assassination of Ma Xinyi in 1870, tells of three sworn blood brothers who eventually turn against one another due to the harsh realities of war and political intrigue. Andy Lau(L), Jet Li(M), Takeshi Kaneshiro(R)  When asked why he chose to move away from his familiar turf of romance films, Director Peter Chan said that The Warlords is actually not a martial arts film at its heart, though it contains elements of the martial arts. He added that he had made a wish to make a film depicting men's affections after watching John Woo's 1986 film A Better Tomorrow over twenty years ago, and has now finally gotten the chance. His goal is thus to "lead [his] audience to reclaim [the same kind of passion]" as in A Better Tomorrow, which he said is lacking…

English name：The White Haired Girl Broadcast time：March 11, 1951 Starring：田华、陈强、胡朋、张守维、李百万、李壬林 director：王滨、水华 Introduction The White-Haired Girl (白毛女; Bái Máo Nǚ) is a Chinese opera, ballet, (later adapted to Beijing Opera and a film) by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. The first opera performance was in 1945, with Wang Kun playing the lead role. The film was made in 1950. The first Beijing opera performance was in 1958. The first ballet performance was by Shanghai Dance Academy, Shanghai in 1965. It has also been performed by the noted soprano Guo Lanying. Plot It is the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival. The peasant girl, Xi'er, in the village, Yanggezhuang, Hebei Province, is waiting for her father to return home to celebrate the Spring Festival together. Her girl friends come to bring her paper cuttings with which they decorate the windows. After the girls leave, Xi'er's fiance, Wang Dachun, comes to give two catties of wheat flour to Xi'er so that she can make jiaozis. In turn, Xi'er gives a new sickle to Dachun as a gift. Yang Bailao, Xi'er's father, has been away to avoid the debt collector from the despotic landlord, Huang Shiren. He returns home at dusk, with no…

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 wuxia film. the film was directed by Ang Lee and Lee assembled a team from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Mainland China. The film was based on the fourth novel in a pentalogy, known in China as the Crane Iron Pentalogy, by wuxia novelist Wang Dulu.The film was a surprising success worldwide.《卧虎藏龙》是2000年最卖座的一部武侠电影。本片由李安指导。他组成一个来自中国大陆、台湾和香港的团队来拍摄《卧虎藏龙》。本片依据中国小说家王度庐所撰写的武侠小说《卧虎藏龙》为基础，再进行改编的电影作品。这部武侠电影在全世界获得令人惊讶的成功。 With Chinese dialogue and English subtitles, the film became the highest grossing foreign film in many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, and was nominated in 10 categories at the Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Director. It ended up winning Best Foreign Language Film and three technical awards. The success of Crouching Tiger demonstrated that Lee's artistry had a general appeal; it also inspired such established directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige to explore wuxia films for Western audiences.华语对话配合英文字幕的这部电影在许多国家成为有史以来最卖座的外国电影，包括美国和英国在内，并获得奥斯卡奖10项入围（包括最佳影片奖、最佳外语片奖与最佳导演奖），成为史上入围奥斯卡奖最多奖项的外国电影。《卧虎藏龙》最终获得最佳外语片奖及三个技术奖项。《卧虎藏龙》也成为美国历史上票房最高的外语片（收入为1.28亿美元），并成为全球华语片收入最多的电影。《卧虎藏龙》的成功证明李安的电影艺术具有普遍性的吸引力，并为西方观众拓展华人武侠电影的魅力。 The film is set in the Qing Dynasty during the 43rd year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. Li Mu Bai is an accomplished Wudang swordsman. Mu Bai, intending to give up his warrior life, asks Shu Lien to transport his sword, also referred to as the Green Destiny, as a…

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…

Is he god, warrior or simply a naughty boy? The Monkey King’s conflicting personas are part of what makes the character so special, but Sun Wukong (孙悟空) in “Uproar in Heaven 3D” (大闹天宫 Dà Nào Tiāngōng) definitely has more of the latter. After all, this is a feature-length cartoon. The protagonist of Wu Cheng’en’s (吴承恩) classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” (西游记), Sun Wukong is a brave yet mischievous monkey assigned to protect the monk Xuanzang during his pilgrimage to India. Thanks to an array of TV dramas, movies, comics and videogames, his adventures are well known in China, across all generations, particularly those who grew up watching the 1980s TV series (with its epic theme tune) starring Liuxiaolingtong. “Uproar in Heaven 3D” is a remake of another visualization of the Monkey King story, the original “Uproar in Heaven”, which was considered a landmark picture in the potted history of Chinese animated film. The original Uproar focused on the first seven chapters of the epic novel, covering the birth of this miraculous monkey and his rise to become the monk’s divine protector. For producer Wan Laiming (万籁鸣), bringing what he considered to be one of the greatest Chinese narratives…

English name：Sacrifice Broadcast time：December 4, 2010 Starring：葛优、王学圻、黄晓明、范冰冰、海清、鲍国安、张丰毅、赵文卓（Chiu Man-Cheuk）、王瀚、赵文浩、陈飞宇（Arthur Chen）、李东学、彭波、董文军 director：陈凯歌（Chen Kaige） Introduction "The Orphan of Zhao" is a costume film directed by Chen Kaige, written by Chen Kaige and Zhao Ningyu, and starring Ge You, Wang Xueqi, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing, Hai Qing, Bao Guoan, Zhang Fengyi, Zhao Wenzhuo, Wang Han, Zhao Wenhao, etc. The film was released in China on December 4, 2010. The film is based on the ancient Chinese legend "The Orphan of Zhao". It tells the story of a folk doctor named Cheng Ying who accidentally saved the orphan of the Zhao family when the Zhao family was tragically exterminated in the Spring and Autumn Period. He even sacrificed his own son to die in place of Zhao Gu. After that, he carefully raised Zhao Gu and assisted him in revenge. As of April 5, 2024, the film has accumulated a global box office of US$29,093,560. Plot In the Spring and Autumn Period, Tu Angu, the most powerful Commandant of Jin State, controlled the politics, economy and military. He launched a coup in the palace that made Emperor Jinggong believe that Zhao Shuo was the mastermind of the coup. Jinggong fell into the trap and ordered…

Broadcast time：2013 Starring：觉安 director:余孟庭 This is a documentary about three Tibetans who face a big challenge that could determine their lives. The struggle they are faced with is whether they should enter the modern world or go back to their hometown. After Jue’an finished her internship as a substitute teacher in her hometown, she started to hesitate about whether she teach in her hometown or work as a Tibetan doctor after her graduation. Her two childhood friends, a novice monk and a would-be-businessman-cum-painter, also grapple with which direction their lives will take in the daily lives of a new generation of Tibetans. 这是一部关于年轻人成长的纪录片。觉安是藏医班的学生，实习期间回到家乡做藏文代课老师。即将毕业的她，是留在草原教书，还是通过考试取得藏医工作，觉安在犹豫。同龄的嘎玛和多吉是草原上一起长大的小伙伴，藏历新年他们来到觉安家中，谈论着自己对未来的理想。是离开或留在草原，他们的梦想能否在二十岁的夏天里实现呢？

English name：Breaking the Willow Broadcast time：2003 Starring：张继青、王芳、 赵文林 director：杨凡 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Breaking the Willow (凤冠情事fèng Guān Qíng Shì ). So let us have a brief introduction. A documentary on the legacy of China’s traditional kunqu opera (昆曲Kūnqǔ ), BREAKING THE WILLOW tells the story of two Chinese women of different dynasty and society, and their personal link to a bejeweled Phoenix Tierra. Cui (崔Cuī ), a woman of humble background dreams her husband to gain her the Phoenix Tierra but when the dream comes true, it turns out to be too late. Hsiao Yu (霍小玉Huò Xiǎoyù), a beautiful songstress from a royal decent of the past dynasty, meets the First Scholar and falls in love. The day after their wedding, the husband is called for the frontier. The fallen Princess wears the Phoenix Tierra to bid him farewell with poets. The film is amazing and its director is also very famous in China. Plot In Breaking the Willow, tells the story of two Chinese women, of different dynasty & society, their personal link to a bejeweled Phoenix Tierra. Cui, a woman of humble background, who divorce her husband to marry again for comfort, who dreams her husband will gain title…

To Live -- Huózhe To Live (Chinese: 活着; pinyin: Huózhe, Lifetimes in some English versions) is a Chinese epic film directed by Zhang Yimou in 1994, starring Ge You, Gong Li. It is based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. Having achieved international success with his previous films (Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern), director Zhang Yimou's To Live came with high expectations. It is the first Chinese film that had its foreign distribution rights pre-sold. Director: Zhang Yimou The story describes the struggles endured by the son of a wealthy land-owner  (starred Ge You) after the Revolution fundamentally alters the nature of Chinese society. The contrast between his pre-revolutionary status as a selfish fool who (literally) travels on the shoulders of the downtrodden and his post-revolutionary status as a persecuted peasant are stark. Ge You The film was banned in mainland China by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television due to its critical portrayal of various policies and campaigns of the Communist government. Zhang Yimou was also banned from filmmaking for two years. To Live was screened at the 1994 New York Film Festival before eventually receiving a limited release in the United States on…

English name：The Park Broadcast time：June 21, 2007 Starring：李佳、王德顺、王学兵、徐韬 director：尹丽川 Introduction In recent years, the Chinese park has become a venue where concerned parents convene to discuss potential partnerships for their children. Set in a Kunming park, first-time director Yin Lichuan（尹丽川 Yǐn Lìchuān） focuses her story on this matchmaking ritual, with a delicate story of a father-daughter relationship. June is a journalist approaching her 30th birthday who lives with her boyfriend Doudou, a young musician who doesn't have a stable job. When her father comes to visit her from her hometown, June feels as if her personal life has been intruded upon. Her father, not satisfied with her younger boyfriend, takes it upon himself to find her a new boyfriend. And so he heads to the park every day to meet like-minded elderly people, who have similar concerns for their children. Rather than protest, June finds it easier to go along with her father and as a result meets many strange men, merely fueling the unspoken conflict between father and daughter that takes place every day. The movie is reminiscent of Ang Lee's（李安 Lǐ An） early films, such as Pushing Hands（推手 Tuī shǒu） or Eat, Drink, Man, Woman（饮食男女 Yǐnshí nánnǚ）, which both explore Chinese family…

Title: The Bronze Swallow Terrace Directed by Zhao Linshan Written by Wang Bin Starring: Chow Yun-fat, Liu Yifei, Qiu Xinzhi Editing by Cheng Long Studio Changchun Film Studio Release date(s) September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26) Plot: In the Gengzi year, the celestial phenomenon of "four stars in one" coincided, foreshadowing a change of dynasty. Cao Cao's (Chow Yun-fat) subordinates, especially his son Cao Pi (Qiu Xinzhi), hoped to take this opportunity to push Emperor Xian to the throne and Cao Cao to the throne; at the same time, the forces opposing Cao Cao also stepped up their actions. No one knew what kind of earth-shaking events would happen in the Han Dynasty when the four stars were in one. In Guanzhong, behind the prisoner camp of Ma Chao and Han Sui, the young man Mu Shun (Yu Muhong) and the young girl Ling Ju (Liu Yifei) were abducted by an iron cavalry and taken to a huge mausoleum for brutal training. They will be molded into iron-blooded dead soldiers to complete an ulterior and stunning mission. Five years later, Cao Cao burying Guan Yu and returning to Tongquetai (now Linzhang County, Handan City), Ling Ju appeared beside Cao Cao in a…

English name：Postmen In The Mountains / Postiers dans les montagnes Broadcast time：1999 Starring：滕汝骏、刘烨、陈好、赵秀丽、龚业珩、党浩予 director：霍建起 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called That Mountain, That Man, That Dog (那山那人那狗nà shān nà rén nà gǒu). So let us have a brief introduction. That Mountain, That Man, That Dog is a 1999 Chinese film directed by Huo Jianqi (霍建起Huò Jiànqǐ ). It is based on the short story of the same name by Peng Jianming (彭见明Péng Jiànmíng ). Postmen in the Mountains tells the story of an old man who for years served as the postman for rural mountain communities. Retiring, he hands over his job to his son, but accompanies him on the first tour. Together, they deliver mail on a 230 li (about 115 km) long walking route, into the rural heart of China and in the process the son learns from the mails' recipients more about the father he hardly knew. Plot The film is set in the mountainous regions of the western Hunan (湖南Húnán) province in the early 1980s. At the film's start, a young man begins his first journey as a postman at the mountainous rural areas of the aforesaid regions. His father, a veteran postman forced to retire due to a bad…