Chinese Movies&TV

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…

English name：A Chinese Ghost StoryBroadcast time：1986Starring：张国荣（Leslie Cheung）、王祖贤（JoeyWong）、午马director：程小东 Introduction "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a fantasy film produced by Tsui Hark, directed by Cheng Xiaodong, written by Pu Songling and Ruan Jizhi, and starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Wu Ma, Wong Jing, and Lin Wei. The film was released in Hong Kong, China on July 18, 1987.The film is a remake of the 1960 Shaw Brothers film of the same name. It tells the story of Yan Chixia helping Ning Caichen to deal with the tree spirit grandma and helping the love between the scholar Ning Caichen and the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian.In 1987, the film won the "Best Adapted Screenplay" at the 24th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and was nominated for the "Best Film" at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1988. Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "A Chinese Ghost Story".A Chinese Ghost Story (Qiannv Youhun) is a 1987 Hong Kong ghost film starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong, produced by Tsui Hark, and directed by Ching Siu-tung. The plot was adopted from a short story of Qing Dynasty Writer Pu Songling’s Strang Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi). The film is a classic…

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,…

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…

"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…

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…

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：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…

English name：Goodbye South, Goodbye Broadcast time：September 6, 1996 Starring：高捷（Jack Kao）、林强（Lim Giong）、伊能静（Annie Shizuka Inou）、徐贵樱（Kuei-Ying Hsu）、喜翔（Hsiang Hsi）、高鸣（Gao Ming） director：侯孝贤（Hou Hsiao-hsien） Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Goodbye South (南国再见nán guó zài jiàn). So let us have a brief introduction. Goodbye South, Goodbye is a 1996 film directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien (侯孝贤Hóu Xiàoxián). Plot Gao (Jack Kao) is riding the train to Pinghsi (平溪乡Píngxī Xiāng) to set up a 10 day gambling den with his friend Hsi (Hsi Hsiang). He taking his acolyte - Flatty (Lim Giong), and Pletzel (Annie Shizuka Inoh), Flatty's girl friend, who works part time in a night club. Gao's girl friend Ying (Hsu Kuei-Ying), who works in the same night club as Pletzel, doesn't like the people around Gao, finding them dangerous. But Gao has already made a deal with Hsi to invest in a nightclub in Shanghai. Ying doesn't want him to go. She wants him to stay in Taiwan to open a restaurant. A succession of get-rich-quick schemes leads them only to the brink of disaster. In the course of the film the unsavory alliance between the underworld and the political elite emerges. This is a very fabulous film. Professional evaluation 1、Compared with the previous two films, Goodbye…

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：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…

Gua sha the movie was produced in 2001 , directed by Zheng Xiaolong film reflects the cultural differences of East and West .This movie reflecting the touching story of the Chinese in foreign countries because of cultural conflicts fall into various difficulties, then eventually broke through to make the plight of sincerity and love of people , and to promote cultural exchanges between the East and the West.It's a Chinese movie masterpieces . Story takes place in the central United States along the Mississippi River , the city of St. Louis.Datong Xu( Tony Leung acted ) to the United States for eight years , a successful career and a happy family . Annual industry Awards Assembly , he was excited to tell you : I love the U.S. , my American dream come true ! Subsequent advent of an accident made ​​the Datong awakened from a dream . 5 -year-old Dennis hurt my stomach fever , the home 's grandfather ( Zhu Xu acted ) understand drugs on the English instructions , use Chinese folklore , scraping therapy treatment for Dennis , which became Dennis accident Datong evidence of abuse of the child . Court , one after another unexpected witness and testimony…

Pushing Hands is a film directed by Ang Lee.Actually, it is a name for two-person training routines practiced in internal Chinese martial artsin Chinese,we say 推手(tuī shǒu) in Chinese. Released in 1992, it was Lee's first feature film. Together with Ang Lee's two following films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), it forms his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, each of which deals with conflicts between an older and more traditional generation and their children as they confront a world of change.《推手》是李安运用近代家庭变迁搭配细腻描述亲情互动，因而享誉国际的‘父亲三部曲’之第一部曲。1992年上映，是李安第一部特色电影。 The story is about an elderly Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher and grandfather who emigrates from Beijing to live with his son, American daughter-in-law, and grandson in a New York City suburb. The grandfather is increasingly distanced from the family as a "fish out of water" in Western culture. The film shows the contrast between traditional Chinese ideas of Confucian relationships within a family and the much more informal Western emphasis on the individual. The friction in the family caused by these differing expectations eventually leads to the grandfather moving out of the family home (something very alien to traditional expectations), and in the process he learns lessons (some comical, some poignant) about how he…

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…

English name：KungFu Hip-Pop Broadcast time：June 27, 2008 Starring：陈小春（Jordan Chan）、范冰冰（Fan Bingbing）、郑文森（Asen）、南贤俊（POPPIN HYUN JOON）、张翰（Hans Zhang）、孟飞 director：傅华阳（FU MIN） Introduction Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Kung Fu Pop".Kung Fu Pop is the first domestic inspiring film displaying a confrontation of Shaolin Kung Fu and Thai boxing, with the most popular hip-hop as the carrier. The film is directed by Fu Huayang, a renowned advertising producer and secular disciple of Shaolin Temple abbot Shi Yongxin. Starring Chen Xiaochun, Fan Bingbing, and Asian king of dance Nam Hyun Joon, the film combines Chinese Kung Fu with modern hip-hop and disco dancing while adding quite a lot of fashion elements, telling an inspiring story of a man from the grass-root level that bravely pursues his dream of becoming the ultimate Dance King. In the 1980s, the film Shaolin Temple brought out Jet Li, now a world-known kung fu megastar, and also brought the unique charm of Shaolin Kung Fu to the whole world. All of a sudden, people all over the world got the craze to practice Chinese Kung Fu, and the Shaolin Monastery thus became the world’s pilgrimage destination of Chinese Kung Fu, attracting millions of tourists every year. For the last two…

Eat Drink Man Woman is the last film of "Father Knows Best" trilogy. It is a 1994 Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee. It talks about central elderly figures dealing with the transition from tradition to modernity.《饮食男女》是父亲三部曲最后一部电影，于1994年上映，导演李安。主要描写了出家庭亲情及世代隔阂。 This film tells the story of a semi-retired and widowed Chinese master chef at the Taipei Grand Hotel. Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and his family are living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. As the film progresses, each daughter encounters new men. When these new relationships blossom, their roles are broken and the living situation within the family changes. The father eventually brings the greatest surprise to the audience at the end of the story.本片讲述了圆山饭店的大厨，每个星期弄了一大桌菜让三个女儿杨贵媚、吴倩莲和王渝文回家来吃饭，但总是不欢而散，反而他为年轻寡妇张艾嘉的小女儿做几个便当菜，却让小朋友们吃得津津有味。三个女儿各有爱情上的烦恼，没有人关心老爸，令他连味觉也逐渐失去了。女儿们本以为从美国回来的归亚蕾很适合跟老爸凑一对，不料他的再婚物件大爆冷门。本片的剧情安排无疑是相当刻意，用隆重的吃饭仪式来架构全片虽符合主角身份，却表现得不够生动自然。不过导演还是将这个伦理喜剧拍得流畅热闹，风格上依旧兼顾中国文化与国际口味，是典型雅俗共赏路线下的作品，那些令人垂涎的菜式展示更成为本片最大特色。 In 1995, Hsu invited Lee to return to Taiwan to make Eat Drink Man Woman, a film that depicts traditional values, modern relationships, and family conflicts in Taipei. The film was a box office hit and was critically acclaimed. For a second consecutive year, Lee's film received the Best Foreign Language Film nomination in both the Golden Globe and Academy Awards, as well as in the British Academy Award. Eat Drink…

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：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…

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：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：Shinjuku IncidentBroadcast time：April 2, 2009Starring：成龙（Jackie Chan）、吴彦祖（Daniel Wu）、竹中直人（Naoto Takenaka）、加藤雅也（かとう まさや）、徐静蕾、范冰冰director：尔冬升（Derek Tung-Shing Yee） Introduction Today,we are going to talk about a 2009 Hong Kong action crime drama thriller film, Shinjuku Incident (新宿事件Xīnsù shìjiàn). It is written and directed by Derek Yee, and also produced by and starring Jackie Chan (成龙Chéng Lóng). The film was distributed by Chan's own film company, JCE Movies Limited (成龙英皇影业有限公司Chéng Lóng yīnghuáng yǐngyè yǒuxiàn gōngsī). It was stated in many press reports (新闻报道xīnwén bàodào) that the genre of the film would be closer to drama, Film director Derek Yee said, "People are too familiar with the image of a fighting Jackie Chan. It's time for him to move on to drama."In a recent interview, Chan himself describes the film as, "maybe one percent action. Heavy drama." The film was originally to be released on 25 September 2008 but was delayed to the first quarter of 2009. It premiered at the 2009 Hong Kong International Film Festival and was released on 2 April 2009 in Hong Kong. Plot The story takes place in the 1990s. A tractor worker Tietou risked his life to sneak to Japan and decided to find his girlfriend Xiuxiu who went to Japan with a Japanese orphan. He took refuge with his friend…

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…

Overview Chinese Name：春光乍泄 English Name：Happy Together Director: Wong Kar-wai王家卫 Screenwriter: Wong Kar-wai王家卫 Starring: Leslie Cheung张国荣，Tony Leung Chiu-wai梁朝伟，Chang Chen张震 Release Year：1997 Running time : 96 mins Happy Together Brief Introduction of Happy Together Directed by Wong Kar Wai and starring Zhang Guorong, Liang Chaowei, and Zhang Zhen, the film was released in Hong Kong, China on May 30, 1997. The film tells the story of a pair of same-sex lovers who went to South America and stayed in Buenos Aires because they got lost. Then they broke up because of a series of contradictions. In 1997, the film was shortlisted in the official competition unit of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival, and Wong Kar Wai won the best director award of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival with this film. Tony Leung won the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards for best actor. Plot of Happy Together He Baorong （Leslie Cheung, also starring in Days of Being Wild) and Li Yaohui are a same-sex couple. They went to Argentina together. He Baorong bought an old desk lamp from the stall. The waterfall on the lampshade fascinated them. Finally, they learned that it was Iguazu waterfall, so they made an appointment to look for it together, but…

Overview Chinese Name：活着 English Name：To Live Other Names: Lifetimes, Lifetimes Living, Woot jeuk, 人生 Director: Zhang Yimou 张艺谋 Screenwriter: Yu Hua 余华, Lu Wei 芦苇 Starring: Gong Li 巩俐, Ge You 葛优 Release Year：1994 Running time : 132 Minutes To Live 活着 Brief Introduction of To Live To Live 活着 （Huo Zhe） is a feature film produced by Times International Limited in 1994. The film is adapted from Yu Hua’s novel of the same name, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Ge You and Gong Li. Set in the Chinese civil war and various political movements after the founding of People’s Republic of China, the film reflects the fate of a generation of Chinese people through the rough life of the hero Fu Gui. In 1994, the film won the Grand Jury Prize and the best actor award at the 47th Cannes International Film Festivall and is regarded as one of Zhang Yimou’s best works by some audiences and film critics. Plot of To Live This movie is set in the 1940s, and Fugui is the son of a landlord. After squandering his family’s fortune in gambling dens and brothels and the sudden death of his father, Fugui settles down to do the honest work…