Chinese Movies&TV

An aged Wu Qingyuan（吴清源 Wú Qíngyuán）, the real-life protagonist of this movie, is pictured at the beginning of the film with his Japanese wife, Kazuko. At the age of 14 Wu moved to Japan where he embarked upon a professional career as a Go player（围棋国手 Wéiqí guóshǒu） and soon became the game's most lauded star. Even in the most turbulent years of the Sino-Japanese War（抗日战争 Kàngrì Zhànzhēng）, Wu declined to take sides since his loyalty lay with the game, which he regarded as his true faith. In 1955, Wu had to stop playing after a motorcycle accident but, as the film shows, he never lost his passion for the game. However, despite the onscreen efforts of Taiwanese actor Chang Chen（张震 Zhāng Zhèn）, the movie never really finds its rhythm. Literature guru Ah Cheng's screenplay is too restrained and many of the set pieces, which involve chess, are uninspiring – anyone unfamiliar with the game, or who has never heard of Wu, will find the movie difficult to follow. The biggest problem with the film is that it fails to convey what a remarkable man Wu was, especially against the dramatic backdrop of turbulent times. It does, however, benefit from beautiful cinematography – director Tian…

Rising Hope is a celebrated race-horse who has never lost a race. One day something terrible happens: he cannot keep up with his competitors and fails to win the race. Suddenly, Rising Hope is no longer at the center of attention and realizes what it is like to be a loser. When he runs into a retired race-dog, Rising Hope tells the dog about his misery. Fortunately, the dog has an idea how to help Rising Hope get back on track… “重升的希望”是一匹著名的赛马，它从未输过任何一场比赛。但是有一天，一件不幸的事情发生在他身上，以致于他追赶不上他的对手，输掉了比赛。他发现自己不再是众人关注的焦点，尝到了失败者的滋味。这时，他遇到一只退役的赛狗并向他倾诉了自己的悲惨遭遇。赛狗先生却想出了一个办法帮助他重新回到另一条赛道上…… key words 赛马sài mǎ：race-horse 焦点jiāo diǎn：at the center of attention 退役tuì yì：retired

第六集《潮涌海岸》 中国是一个海洋大国，拥有全世界第三长的海岸线和近三分之一国土面积的海域。那里充满无数奇妙的鸟类和海洋生物。由北向南，会遇见翩翩起舞的丹顶鹤，以海草为食的大天鹅，飘浮于海面柔软发光的水母群，栖息在湿地沼泽中的麋鹿，飞往香港米埔越冬的黑脸琵鹭，长江下游的中华鲟和东海鳗鱼……看蛇岛蝮蛇如何捕食过往候鸟，还可以钻入水下，看渔民如何闭气采集龙虾和牡蛎。从寒带到热带，从湿地到城市，跟随鸟类的足迹，学习如何与动物在有限的空间里相处。 Episode 6. Tides of Change The final programme features China’s 14,500 km coastline, home to 700 million people. Despite decades of rapid urban development, it is still an important migration route for birds. Endangered red-crowned cranes depart their northern breeding grounds to overwinter at Yancheng salt marsh, the largest coastal wetland in China. Shedao Island is an important stopover on the migration route, but the resident Shedao Island pitvipers, stranded by rising sea levels, lie in ambush in the branches. A snake strikes a songbird, and another is filmed swallowing a kingfisher. All along the coast, traditional forms of cultivation allow wildlife and people to live side by side. Crops vary from seaweed and cockles in the north to prawns further south, allowing birds such as whooper swans and black-faced spoonbills to prosper. Kejia tea-growers and Hui'an women harvesting oysters are also shown. China’s rivers and seas are heavily polluted. Sewage and fertiliser washed into the Bohai Gulf cause plankton blooms, attracting jellyfish, which in China are a commercial catch. In the Yangtze estuary, the migrations of creatures such as Yangtze sturgeon and mitten crabs are being impeded by upstream dams. In the tropical South China Sea, where…

《钢铁侠3》本周在好莱坞举行了首映仪式，并将于5月1日在中国上映。目前已有多部大片在中国拍摄，并拥有对剧情发展至关重要的华人角色，本片是其中的最新一部，片中中国著名演员王学圻与好莱坞明星小罗伯特·唐尼(Robert Downey Jr)联袂出镜。中国蒸蒸日上的电影票房或能解释其中原因：中国的观影人次正在快速增长，修建多厅型电影院的热潮使得中国的银幕数量以每天10块的速度增长，2012年中国超越日本成为了全球第二大电影市场。 The film, which premieres this week in Hollywood, will be released in the US and China simultaneously on May 3. It is the latest in a string of high-profile movies to be filmed in China and has Chinese characters central to the plot, with Wang Xueqi, a renowned actor, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. The booming Chinese box-office suggests why: Chinese film attendance is soaring, a multiplex boom is adding 10 new screens a day and the market eclipsed Japan in 2012 to become the second largest in the world. 中国目前拥有约12000块银幕，但其增长速度是如此之快，在短短几年之内中国的票房收入就可能超越美国。梦工厂动画电影公司(Dreamworks Animation)首席执行官杰弗里·卡岑伯格(Jeffrey Katzenberg)表示：“如果中国电影产业保持目前的增长速度，那么在五到七年之内，中国的票房规模将与美国不相上下、甚至可能超越美国市场。” China has about 12,000 screens but is growing so fast that it may within a few years overtake the US in box- office revenue. “If it maintains its current rate of growth you could see a box office in five to seven years that is the same size as the US or that has surpassed the US market,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, the chief executive of DreamWorks Animation. 去年上映的《复仇者联盟》(The Avengers)、《谍中谍4：幽灵协议》(Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol)等好莱坞大片对中国的票房增长起到了推动作用。但中国国产电影的市场竞争力也有所增强，上月一部名为《北京遇上西雅图》(Finding Mr Right)的国产浪漫喜剧在中国票房排行榜上叱咤风云，而去年中国票房收入最高的影片是《泰囧》(Lost in Thailand)，这部国产电影是有史以来在中国上映的最成功商业片之一。 That growth has been fuelled by Hollywood blockbusters such as last year’s The Avengers and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. But competition from Chinese-made films is increasing: Finding…

"Secrets of the Heavenly Book", also referred to as "Legend of the Sealed Book" or "Tales about the Heavenly Book", was released in 1983. The film was produced with rigorous dubbing and fluid combination of music and vivid animations. The story is based on the classic literature "Ping Yao Zhuan", meaning "The Suppression of the Demons" by Feng Menglong. Yuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He carved the book's contents on the stone wall of a white cloud cave in the mountains. He was then punished with guarding the book for life by the jade emperor for breaking heaven's law and betraying the holy secret to human. In order to pass this holy book to human beings, he would have to get by the antagonist fox. The whole animation is characterized by charming Chinese painting, including pavilions, ancient architecture, rippling streams and crowded markets, which fully demonstrate the unique beauty of China's natural scenery.

Ruan Lingyu (阮玲玉 Ruǎn Língyù) was born on April 26, 1910. She was a silent-film actress still remembered by many, left behind 29 films and the final message, "gossip can kill," when she committed suicide in Shanghai on March 8, 1935. As one of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her tragic death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.  Ruan Lingyu was China's first film actress to win extensive praise from the public. Her appearance marked the turning point when Chinese cinema rid itself of the fetters of the stylized performances typical of contemporary dramas and took to the road of realistic performance. Ruan LingYu was discovered by director Bu Wancang from Star Film Company and starred in her first film Husband and Wife in Name (1926). The film was a mild success and she starred several films for Star in the next few years. Her career took off when she left Star and joined Da Zhonghua Baihe Film Company which merged with other companies and became Lianhua Film Company later. The first film she starred for Lianhua, A Dream in the Old Capital (1929) was a huge success and made…

Pushing Hands 《推手》 Pushing Hands 《推手》(tuī shǒu)(1992) The Wedding Banquet《喜宴》 The Wedding Banquet《喜宴》(xǐ yàn)(1993) Eat Drink Man Woman《饮食男女》 Eat Drink Man Woman《饮食男女》(Yǐnshí Nánnǚ)(1994) Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》 Sense and Sensibility《理智与情感》(Lǐzhì yǔ Qínɡɡǎn)(1995) The Ice Storm《冰风暴》 The Ice Storm《冰风暴》(Bīnɡ Fēnɡbào) (1997) Ride with the Devil《与魔鬼共骑》 Ride with the Devil《与魔鬼共骑》(Yǔ Móɡuǐ Gònɡqí)(1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon《卧虎藏龙》 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon《卧虎藏龙》(Wòhǔ-Cánɡlónɡ)(2000) Hulk《绿巨人》 Hulk《绿巨人》(Lǜ Jùrén)(2003) Brokeback Mountain《断背山》 Brokeback Mountain《断背山》(Duàn bèi shān)(2005) Lust, Caution《色，戒》 Lust, Caution《色，戒》(Sè, Jiè)(2007) Taking Woodstock《胡士托风波》 Taking Woodstock《胡士托风波》(Húshìtuō Fēnɡbō )(2009) Life of Pi《少年派的奇幻漂流》 Life of Pi《少年派的奇幻漂流》(Shàonián Pài de qíhuàn piāoliú )(2013)

Today, I will introduce a Chinese animated feature produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio which called Taoist of the Mountain Lao (崂山道士Láoshān Dàoshì ). So let us have a brief introduction. The production was finished in 1981, and in 2006 the film was voted as one of the most popular domestic animations. Numerous novels and publications have been released under the same name in the past. The story, characters and contents are based on the ancient Chinese folklore story collection Strange Stories (鬼神故事guǐshén gùshì ) from a Chinese Studio. Story A long time ago, there was a young man called Wang Qi. When he heard that there were many immortals in Lao Mountain, he went there at once. There was a Taoist who still looked young although he was very old. Wang Qi became one of his pupils. During the first month, Wang Qi went to the hills for woods with others every day and listened to the instructions of his teacher patiently. In the second month, he felt that he could not stand the hard and tiring life, but he still waited for the teacher to teach him the magical skills. In the third month, he could not bear the suffering any longer.…

Today let's take a brief introduction of a famous Chinese movie named "Dream of the Red Chamber".The Yue Opera film Dream of the Red Chamber(1962) was based on the main plot of classical Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin. This film co-starred renowned Yue Opera performing artists Wang Wenjuan and Xu Yulan. Film artist Zhu Shilin acted as the art director, and Zhong Min and Wu Chen as stage directors. During the ten years between 1978 and 1988, the film adopted over 12 billion audience. It is also the film most screened, copied and watched in Chinese history. The story begins with the mother-less child, Lin Daiyu - whose beauty and intelligence surpasses all - moving into her grandmother's family, the Jia Family, in the capital. There, she meets Jia Baoyu, her mother's nephew and the heir of the Jia family. Baoyu was born with a jade tablet and is spoiled by his grandmother. He often spends his time with his female cousins and maids instead of being in his studies. One of the cousins he hangs around with is Xue Baochai. As the story goes on, Baoyu and Daiyu fall in love with each other, but Daiyu is not…