Chinese Movies&TV

English name：Zhang Ga the Soldier Boy Broadcast time：1963 Starring：安吉斯、张莹、葛存壮、于中义 director：崔嵬、欧阳红樱 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Little Soldier Zhang Ga (小兵张嘎xiǎo bīng zhāng gā). So let us have a brief introduction. Little Soldier Zhang Ga is a Chinese film from mainland China, directed by Cui Wei (崔嵬Cuī Wéi). It is also referred to as "Zhang Ga, The Soldier Boy". It is based on a true story. Plot The story is based on the backdrop of the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War with character Zhang Ga in the middle of the chaos along with the Eighth Route Army. The real story is based on the actual person Yan Xiufeng (燕秀峰Yàn Xiùfēng), whose childhood name was Gazi. He was born in Baiyangdian (白洋淀bái yáng diàn) in the Hebei (河北Hé Běi) Province. This is a very fabulous film.

Introduction Today let’s take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named “The Flowers of War”.Based on Yan Geling‘s novel “13 Flowers of Nanjing,” the Nanjing massacre plays front and center in director Zhang Yimou‘s tale. Zhang Yimou’s great gift for stories of resilient women serves him well in “The Flowers of War,” a uniquely harrowing account of the rape of Nanjing. Simultaneously florid and gritty, this fictitious drama about convent students and prostitutes hiding together from the 1937 Japanese onslaught is a work of often garish dramatic flourishes yet undeniable emotional power, finding humor and heartbreak in a tale of unlikely heroism in close quarters. Making his way through the bombed-out rubble of Nanjing, American mortician John Miller (Bale) arrives at a cathedral to attend to a recently deceased priest. To the dismay of the church’s boy warden, George, and the dozen or so adolescent girl students in his care, Miller turns out to be a genially lazy opportunist who immediately plunders the communion wine supply. When a small army of courtesans barge into the church seeking sanctuary from the Japanese, who have overtaken the city, Miller is delighted at the prospect of his own personal harem and flirts aggressively with…

English name：The Opium War Broadcast time：June 9, 1997 Starring：鲍国安（Guoan Bao） director：谢晋 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called The Opium War (鸦片战争yā piàn zhàn zhēng). So let us have a brief introduction. The Opium War is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin (谢晋Xiè Jìn). The winner of the 1997 Golden Rooster and 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Picture, the film was screened in several international film festivals, notably Cannes and Montreal. The film tells the story of the Opium War between China in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire, through the eyes of key figures like the fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu (林则徐Lín Zéxú), and the British naval diplomat Charles Elliot. Unlike many of its contemporaries, The Opium War was strongly supported by the state apparatus. Despite its clear political message, many Western commentators found the treatment of the historical events to be generally even-handed.At the time of its release, The Opium War, with a budget of US$15 million, was the most expensive film produced in China. It was released to coincide with the Hong Kong handover ceremony in July 1997. This is a very fabulous film. Plot During the Daoguang reign of the…

English name：China 1911 Broadcast time：September 23, 2011 Starring：赵文瑄（Winston Chao）、孙淳、成龙（Jackie Chan）、姜武、黄志忠、李冰冰 director：张黎、成龙（Jackie Chan） Introduction Today, the film we are going to talk about is China 1911 (中国辛亥革命Zhōngguó xīnhài gémìng).In this film Jackie Chan (成龙Chéng Lóng) stars as a soldier who reluctantly takes up arms against the royal family, and Winston Chou (Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet) plays Chinese nationalist hero Sun Yat-sen (孙文Sūn Wén). The trailer feels like a Chinese version of Pearl Harbor, what with all the explosions and blatant flag-waving. Bernardo Bertolucci told the story of The Last Emperor in 1987, but now Chinese filmmakers are celebrating the 1911 revolution that ended the corrupt Qing Dynasty and ushered China into the modern age from their own perspective. Story of 1911 Revolution China, 1907. As she is led through the streets en route to her execution, revolutionary Qiu Jin (Ning Jing) dreams of a fairer China and recalls the struggle of the Tongmenghui (同盟会tóngménghuì) (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance), led by Sun Yat-sen (Winston Chao), to end imperial rule by the Manchu Qing government. In late 1910 Sun — along with Tongmenghui colleagues including Sun's deputy, the military-trained Huang Xing (黄兴Huáng Xìng), also known as Huang Keqiang (黄克强Huáng Kèqiáng)(Jackie Chan), and his partner Xu Zonghan (徐宗汉Xú Zōnghàn) (Li Bingbing) — meet in Malaysia to plan the Huanghuagang Uprising(黄花岗起义Huánghuāgāng qǐyì) in Guangzhou.…

The Founding of a Republic(建国大业Jiànguó Dàyè ) The Founding of a Republic(建国大业Jiànguó Dàyè ) is a 2009 Chinese historical film commissioned by China's film regulator and made by the state-owned China Film Group to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The film was directed by Huang Jianxin and China Film Group head Han Sanping. Although the film premiered on September 17, 2009 in mainland China, it has yet to receive publicity in Taiwan. The film was produced with the backing of the Communist Party, but in response to reactions outside Mainland China, Huang Jianxin, the film's co-director, "has said it was unfair to describe The Founding of a Republic as propaganda, since modern Chinese audience were too sophisticated to swallow a simplistic rendering of history." While the Taiwan government has asserted that it has no plans to actively censor the film, it has yet to be released because Taiwan's 2009 annual quota of 10 mainland films was already reached. The film retells the tale of the Communist ascendancy and triumph, and has a star-studded cast including Andy Lau, Ge You, Hu Jun, Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Zhao Wei, and directors…

Red Cliff -- Chìbì Red Cliff (Chinese: 赤壁, Pinyin:Chìbì )is a Chinese epic war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo, and starred Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei. Director: John Woo(M) Within Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts, totaling over four hours in length. The first part was released in July 2008 and the second in January 2009. Outside of Asia, a single 2½ hour film was released in 2009, though the two-part version was later released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom. With an estimated budget of US$80 million, Red Cliff is the most expensive Asian-financed film to date. The first part of the film grossed US$124 million in Asia and broke the box office record previously held by Titanic in mainland China. The Western release trimmed the length of the film from 280 minutes to 148 minutes. An opening narration in English is provided to set the historical context whereas in the Asian release, a…

English name：Sparkling Red Star Broadcast time：October 1, 1974 Starring：祝新运、赵汝平、高保成、刘江、李雪红、刘继忠 director：李昂、李俊 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Sparkling Red Star (闪闪的红星shǎn shǎn de hóng xīng). So let us have a brief introduction. Sparkling Red Star is a 1974 Chinese film and one of the very few films produced in China during the Cultural Revolution. Co-directed by Li Jun (李俊Lǐ Jùn) and Li Ang (李盎Lǐ àng), the film is a mix between a war film, a children's film and a musical. Plot The film tells the story of Pan Dongzi (潘冬子Pān Dōngzǐ), a teenager and son of a Communist army officer. When the father is called off, he leaves Dongzi a red star as a symbol of the cause. While he is away, a bourgeois landlord, Hu Hansan (胡汉三Hú Hànsān), returns to Dongzi's village where he exacts revenge upon the peasants who had forced him out. In the process, Dongzi's mother is burned to death in their home. Hardened by his mother's death, Dongzi joins a band of guerrilla fighters and eventually kills his former landlord. When his father finally returns, Dongzi joins him as the Red Army's newest recruit in the fight against the Japanese during Second Sino-Japanese War. This is a very fabulous film.

English name：Children of Troubled Times Broadcast time：May 24, 1935 Starring：袁牧之、王人美、谈瑛、陆露明 director：许幸之 Introduction Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (風雲兒女fēng yǔn ér nǚ). So let us have a brief introduction. Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm is a 1935 Chinese film, also known as Children of Troubled Times, about an intellectual who leaves to fight in the Second Sino-Japanese War. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi (许幸之Xǔ Xìngzhī )and the scriptwriters were Tian Han (田汉Tián Hàn) and Xia Yan (夏衍Xià Yǎn). It starred actor Yuan Muzhi (袁牧之Yuán Mùzhī ) and actress Wang Renmei (王人美Wáng Rénměi ). Plot The plot follows the young poet Xin Baihua (辛白华Xīn Báihuá) who flees Shanghai with his friend Liang zhifu (梁质夫Liáng Zhìfū ). However, whereas Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized widow in Qingdao (青岛Qīngdǎo ). After hearing that Liang has been killed however, Xin has a change of heart and rushes to join the war effort. The movie is amazing and the theme song of this film is also very famous. Professional evaluation 1、"Children of Storms" has long been denied a fair and objective evaluation by the Chinese literary and art circles and the film…