Chinese Movies&TV

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…

"Kuiba" is a domestic fantasy animation series directed by Wang Chuan and launched by Beijing Qingqingshu Animation Technology Co., Ltd. in 2011.The work revolves around the protagonist Manji and others, telling the story of how the heaven and earth work together to fight against the terrible abnormal life - Kuiba, which is born every 333 years in the imaginary world - Yuanyang Realm. Plot In 1664 in the Kuiba Era,the sixth generation of Kuiba revived.魁拔纪元1664年，第六代魁拔复活。 Jingxin, head of Anti-Kuiba League, made a detailed plan, leading the deities attacking Kuiba’s reviving place with the weapon Origin Point. Unfortunately, the deadly strike failed. Kuiba’s reincarnation fell into the body of a boy named Manji who was adopted by Sir Man, a knight-errant.魁拔司主神镜心经精确计算，带领众位天神对魁拔复活的所在地进行了元点打击，但致命一击并未成功，逃脱之后的魁拔被兽族妖侠蛮大人收养。 Under Sir Man’s guidance, young Manji who had no idea of Kuiba being inside of him, strove to practice Mai Art. He insisted on his practice and was eager to defeat all other strong opponents in order to win the Seal, the certification of his identity of a knight-errant.少年蛮吉在蛮大人指导下苦练脉术，锲而不舍地渴望战胜一切强大的对手、获得证明自己妖侠身份的纹耀。 At the same time, the Sacred Union issued an conscription order to both the heaven and the earth for exterminating Kuiba. “Exterminating Kuiba” became overnight the biggest slogan in Kuiba land…

Broadcast time：1947 Starring：白杨、陶金、舒绣文、上官云珠 director:蔡楚生、郑君里 Director: Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli 1947 This epic drama begins in 1930s Shanghai: poor but honest Su Fen (Bai Yang) and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin) meet in the factory wher they work. They marry and live with Zhang's parents in one room of a small house. Zhong Liang's brother and sister-in-law work for the revolution in the northeast. As the Japanese Army approaches Shanghai, Zhong Liang flees to Chongqing with Nationalist sympathizers-namely a Miss Wang Lizhen (Shangguan Yunzhu).Unable to contact his family for months, Zhong Liang has no idea that his father has died and his wife has borne him a son. In fact, his new life in Chongqing keeps him so busy that he forgets about his family left behind in wartime Shanghai, and eight years pass without contact between them. While Zhong Liang works his way up the ladder of success by using Miss Wang's guanxi, Su Fen, her child and mother-in-law slip deeper and deeper into poverty.At the end of the war, homelessness and starvation threaten Su Fen and her family. Assuming that Zhong Liang has died in the war, she goes out to find work. But with her previous experience as a…

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…

English name：Mandala / Spider Lilies Broadcast time：March 28, 2012 Starring：梁洛施（Nolasco Da Silva Luisa Isabella）、杨丞琳（Rainie Yang）、沈建宏（Kris Shen）、是元介（Jay） director：周美玲（Zero·Chou） Introduction Though critics have picked up on the Sapphic aspects of Spider Lilies（刺青 Cìqīng）, the story has more important themes and motifs, such as love, loneliness, family and the lives of the weak and marginalized. Plot Jade（小绿 Xiǎolǜ） and Takeko（小竹 Xiǎozhú） are two young, troubled women, both haunted by their past, who are reunited by chance. Jade (Raine Yang), makes a living performing via webcam for online voyeurs, but her private life is occupied by memories of a kind-hearted friend who helped her through her lonely childhood. Meanwhile, this very girl, Takeko (Isabella Leong), makes a living as a reclusive tattoo artist. Takeko is haunted by the death of her father. The spider lily design that hangs on her parlor is a tattoo that was quite literally cut from the flesh on his back after he died while trying to save her younger brother from an earthquake. Takeko was away that night, on a date with her partner, and has never been able to forgive herself since. The style of the film, from the dialogue to the visuals, is delicate and clear. Director Zero Chou…

Still life -- Sānxiá Hǎorén Still Life (Chinese: 三峡好人; pinyin: Sānxiá hǎorén; literally "Good people of the Three Gorges") is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke. Shot in the old village of Fengjie, a small town on the Yangtze River which is slowly being destroyed by the building of the Three Gorges Dam, Still Life tells the story of two people in search of their spouses. Still Life is a co-production between the Shanghai Film Studio and Hong Kong-based Xstream Pictures. Still Life premiered in the 2006 Venice Film Festival, where it won the film festival's top prize, the Golden Lion award. With its win, the film's profile was instantly raised. Chinese press, upon seeing its success, also gave the film and its director positive coverage in the media. Director: Jia Zhangke By the time of its limited release in the United States in early January 2008, and received acclaim from critics. Manohla Dargis, critic for The New York Times, noted that Jia's film "exists on a continuum with the modernist masters, among other influences, but [that] he is very much an artist of his own specific time and place." Other critics, like J. Holberman of The Village…

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,…

English name：Woman Basketball Player No.5 Broadcast time：1957 Starring：刘琼、秦怡 director：谢晋 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (女篮5号nǚ lán 5 hào). So let us have a brief introduction. Woman Basketball Player No. 5 is a 1957 Chinese film presented by Tian Ma Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin (谢晋Xiè Jìn), starring Qin Yi (秦怡Qín Yí), Liu Qiong (刘琼Liú Qióng), Cao Qiwei and Wang Qi (王学圻Wáng Xuéqí) . It is the first colored sports movie filmed after the formation of the People's Republic of China, and also the first film directed by renowned film director Xie Jin. Plot Before the establishment of PRC, Lin Jie (林洁Lín Jié), the daughter of the boss of East China Basketball Team in Shanghai, falls in love with the leading player of the team, Tian Zhenhua (田振华Tián Zhènhuá). During a game against foreign marine soldiers, the boss takes bribery and orders the team to lose the game. Due to his nationalist dignity, however, Tian leads the team to victory, against the will of the boss. As a result, the boss hires thugs to beat Tian, and also forces his daughter to marry a rich man. 18 years later, Tian is now the coach of Shanghai Woman Basketball Team. Xiao Jie, the…

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：Fengkuei-lai-te jen Broadcast time：April 19, 2002 Starring：黄渤 director：侯孝贤 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called The Boys from Fengkuei (风柜来的人fēng guì lái de rén). So let us have a brief introduction. The Boys from Fengkuei is a 1983 film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (侯孝贤Hóu Xiàoxián). Synposis Ah-Ching (Doze Niu) and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, Fengkuei, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city and of growing up. This is a very fabulous film. Plot Fenggui, a small island in the Penghu Islands, is a quiet fishing village. A group of boys graduated from high school and had no jobs, waiting for conscription. They were bored and watched operas, gambled, and fought bravely. Weng Aqing's father was a baseball player. Once he was hit on the head by a ball and became demented. He sat on a rattan chair at the door all day. When Aqing fed him, he only…

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：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：The Chinese Feast Broadcast time：January 28, 1995 Starring：张国荣（Leslie Cheung）、袁咏仪（Anita Yuen）、钟镇涛（Kenny Bee）、赵文卓（Chiu Man-Cheuk）、倪淑君（Joyce）、熊欣欣（Cici Hsiung） director：徐克（Hark Tsui） Introduction "Golden House" is a comedy film directed by Tsui Hark, written by Zheng Zhongtai, Wu Wenhui, Tsui Hark, and Ruan Jizhi, and starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, and Kenny Bee. The film was released in Hong Kong, China on January 28, 1995. The film tells the story of Zhao Gangsheng falling in love with Jiahui, the daughter of the boss of Manhan Restaurant. The two invited the famous chef Liao Jie to come out of retirement, and the three of them worked together to win the "Manhan Banquet" competition. There is a very famous movie in China which called The Chinese Feast. It is a 1995 Hong Kong film co-written, produced and directed by Tsui Hark, and starring Leslie Cheung, Anita Yuen, Kenny Bee, and Law Kar-ying. Plot Kit was a master chef who once raked in many accolades as being the finest Chinese cook. An elite cooking competition had placed him enviably in front of many aspiring colleagues and he seemed to have the world at his feet. However, the competition placed him in a dilemma of conflicting interests of heart - his…

English name：Dust in the Wind Broadcast time：1987 Starring：辛树芬、王晶文 director：侯孝贤（Hou Hsiao-hsien） Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Dust in the Wind (恋恋风尘liàn liàn fēng chén). So let us have a brief introduction. Dust in the Wind is a 1986 critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful movie by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien (侯孝贤Hóu Xiàoxián). This film is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's (吴念真Wú Niànzhēn) own experiences, and the final part of Hou's coming-of-age trilogy, the others being A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) and The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985). Synopsis A love story about a young couple from a village in the northern-east part of Taiwan. The boy, Ah-yuan goes to Taipei to work after graduating from junior high school so he can earn money to send home. The girl, Ah-yun follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. Then Ah-yuan must spend three years in the military and the girl marries someone else. Although Ah-yuan regrets what happened he does not blame Ah-yun. This is a very fabulous film. Plot The protagonists of the story are Ah Yun (played by Xin Shufen) and Ah Yuan (played by Wang Jingwen), a couple from the…

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…

The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 film. It was directed by Ang Lee. It talks about a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. His plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet.The Wedding Banquet is the first of three movies that Ang Lee would make about gay characters; the second is Brokeback Mountain and the third being Taking Woodstock. The film is a co-production between Taiwan and the United States. 《喜宴》一部台湾电影，1993年上映，导演是李安。本片主要讲述了一位移民美国的台湾人受到父母催婚，跟一位大陆女画家协定假结婚，使大陆女画家获得合法的留美身份。结果他的计划在父母感到美国后为他们举办的婚礼中发生了巨大的变化。其特色是以中国人特有的伦理观点来处理同性恋问题，令同志与非同志都能接受编导的说法，将一椿可能的悲剧变成喜剧，世故得来皆大欢喜。本片是李安扬威国际影坛之作，本片是台湾和美国联合拍摄。 Wai-Tung Gao and Simon are a happy gay couple living in Manhattan. Wai-Tung is in his late 20s, so his tradition-minded parents are eager to see him get married and have a child in order to continue the family line. The early part of the film is madcap comedy. When Wai-Tung's parents hire a dating service, he and Simon stall for time by inventing impossible demands. Chinese opera singers are always men, so they demand an opera singer and add that she must be very tall, have two PhD's and speak five languages. The service actually locates a 1.75 m (5'9") Chinese woman who sings Western opera, speaks…

English name：The Case Broadcast time：2007 Starring：王宏伟、伍宇娟、王丝菲 director：王分 Introduction From young actress-turned-director Wang Fen（王分 Wáng Fēn） comes this offbeat tale of intrigue and suspense, set in Lijiang（丽江 Lìjiāng）. Anyone who has experienced the tourist hell of this UNESCO-listed town may be surprised to see it quiet, atmospheric and free of hordes of people. Wang uses the old streets to lend a sense of claustrophobia to her tale. A middle-aged couple run a guesthouse by the river, and one day the husband, Dashang (Wu Gang), spots a case floating by. Rather than the treasures he had hoped to find, the case contains body parts. As Dashang puzzles over how to dispose of his grisly find, an attractive young couple show up at the guesthouse, prompting feelings of longing, desire and suspicion. Wang gives the film a twist by suggesting that it may all be a figment of Dashang's imagination, trapped as he is in an unhappy marriage and longing for escape. The film has a dreamlike quality, while also portraying the psychological world of a middle-aged man in contemporary China. But not everyone will enjoy the strange blend of comedy and suspense, the characters engaged in farcical goings-on while living in a mysterious and…

The most interesting thing about “Dying to Survive,” a new Chinese drama about one man’s struggle to profit and then preach about healthcare reform, is its familiarity. Overview Chinese Name：我不是药神 English Name：Dying to Survive Other Names:Drug Dealer Director: Muye Wen文牧野 Screenwriter: Jianv Han，Muye Wen，Wei Zhong Starring: Xu Zheng徐峥，Yiwei Zhou，Chuan-jun Wang Release Year：2018 Running time :1h 57m Dying to Survive 我不是药神 Brief Introduction of Dying to Survive Dying to Survive is directed by Wen Muye, CO produced by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng and starred by Xu Zheng, Zhou Yiwei, Wang Chuanjun, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu and Yang Xinming. The film was released in China on July 5, 2018. The film tells the story of Cheng Yong, the owner of an Indian Oil shop, who became the exclusive agent of the Indian generic drug “Lenin” from a male health care product vendor who couldn’t pay the rent. On March 12, 2020, Dying to Survive released a Japanese poster with the title translated as “God of medicine”. It is determined that it will be released in Japan from May 1. Plot of Dying to Survive Cheng Yong(Xu Zhen), the owner of the Indian Oil shop, has a poor life. There is little business in the…

English name：Peking Opera Blues Broadcast time：September 6, 1986 Starring：钟楚红（Cherie Chung）、叶倩文（Sally Yeh）、林青霞（Brigitte Lin）、谷峰、郑浩南（Mark Cheng） director：徐克（Hark Tsui） Introduction Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Peking Opera Blues".“Daomadan” is one of the “Dan” roles in Peking opera, and “dan” refers to the female characters of different ages and identities. Daomadan plays the female warrior role that is highly skilled in military drill, usually riding a horse with a sword held in hand. They are mostly marshals or generals; hence often present an imposing manner, such as Mu Guiying, Fan Lihua, etc. In terms of stage performance, Daomadan attaches equal importance to chang (singing), nian (dialogue), and zuo (acting). She is also required to have combat skill, but the combat scene is far less fierce than that of “Wudan”, and stress is laid on figure posture, highlighting the mighty and dignified temperament of the role. Compared with other terminological names of Peking opera roles, Daomadan has got widespread fame for the namesake movie directed by Hark Tsui in 1986 (the film is entitled ‘刀马旦’ in Chinese, which writes ‘Daomadan’ in pinyin, but the English title is ‘Peking Opera Blues’). Peking Opera Blues (or Daomadan in Chinese) was one of the…

English name：As Tears Go By Broadcast time：June 9, 1988 Starring：刘德华（Andy Lau）、张曼玉（Maggie Cheung）、张学友（Jacky Cheung）、万梓良（Alex Man） director：王家卫（Wong Kar-wai） Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called As Tears Go By (旺角卡门wàngjiǎo kǎ mén). So let us have a brief introduction. As Tears Go By is a 1988 Hong Kong film that was the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai (王家卫Wáng Jiāwèi). Critics have compared the film to Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, as the central plot revolves around a small time gangster trying to keep his smaller-time gangster friend out of trouble. Wong Kar Wai's debut feature As Tears Go By is a visceral, idiosyncratic gangster picture, a raw and stylish film that balances gritty realism with bold stylization, colorful imagery and rapid leaps into frenzied action sequences or hazy, drifting slow motion. Violence in this film erupts suddenly, its impact heightened by Wong's accelerated cutting, which signals the abrupt transition from ordinary reality to the bloody, brutal hyper-reality of the fight scenes. A fight scene at a pool hall is preceded by a slow, tense buildup as the inept Triad thug Fly (Jacky Cheung 张学友Zhāng Xuéyǒu) taunts a rival, mocking him by moving balls around on the pool table, brazenly cheating and essentially daring the…

Overview Chinese Name：阳光灿烂的日子 English Name：In the Heat of the Sun Other Names: Days of the Bright and Lush Sunshine（literally） Director: Jiang Wen姜文 Screenwriter: Jiang Wen姜文 Starring: Ning Jing宁静，Xia Yu夏雨，Geng Le耿乐，Tao Hong陶虹 Release Year：1994 Running time : 134min In the Heat of the Sun阳光灿烂的日子里 Brief Introduction of In the Heat of the Sun In the Heat of the Sun is a film produced in 1993 and released in 1995. It is the first film directed by Jiang Wen（also directed Let the Bullets Fly） and adapted from Wang Shuo’s novel Animal Ferocity. The main actors are Xia Yu, Jing Jing, Tao Hong, Geng le and so on. The background of the film is Beijing during the cultural revolution. A group of children living in the military compound spends their youth in the dazzling sunshine with red flags everywhere. In the stories of stream of consciousness, there are love and sexual impulses, naive and failed revolutionary spirit, and growth stories. Plot of In the Heat of the Sun In the Heat of the Sun tells such a story: in Beijing in the early 1970s, adults were busy “making revolution”, schools were closed, and a group of boys aged 15 or 16 in an army compound indulged in fighting…

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…

Overview Chinese Name：悲情城市 English Name：A City of Sadness Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien侯孝贤 Screenwriter: Chu Tʽien-wen朱天文，Wu Nien-jen吴念真 Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-wai梁朝伟，Sung Young Chen，Jack Kao高捷，Li Tien-lu李天禄 Release Year：October 1989 (Taiwan) Running time : 157min A City of Sadness 悲情城市 Brief Introduction of A City of Sadness “A City of Sadness” is directed by Hou Xiaoxian and starring Chen songyong, Liang Chaowei(also starring in Infernal Affairs ） and Xin Shufen. With the February 28 Incident as the background, the film tells the experiences and lives of the four Lin family brothers. The film was released in Taiwan on October 21, 1989. The film won the Golden Lion Award of the 46th Venice International Film Festival. Plot of A City of Sadness In 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Since then, Taiwan has ended the “Japanese occupation period” and returned to the embrace of the motherland. Lin Wenxiong (Chen Songyong), the eldest son of Lin Alu’s (Li Tianlu’s) family in Keelung, Taiwan, is happy to have a son. The Lin family’s Yidanjian, which was run during the Japanese occupation, has now reopened. The Lin family has four brothers. The eldest Lin Wenxiong runs a business firm. The second brother originally opened a clinic. During the war, he was recruited to…

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…