Cinema - Chinese, a list by ahasson

8.2

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84

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82

/180/

4.3

/5486/

91

/11/

95

/95/

70

/7/

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?

87

8.1

/33027/

81

/946/

79

/631/

4.5

/158869/

97

/91/

91

/517/

94

/25/

3.5

A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

67

34

8.0

/3187/

62

/8/

36

/13/

3.3

/292/

Popcorn

95

/29/

A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity against a trained military force.

69

28

8.0

/3614/

63

/29/

72

/9/

3.2

/420/

Black Girl is a deaf-mute prisoner. Prison guard Deng Hong found White Fox, a prisoner who understands sign language, to supervise her transformation. The two made money together after serving their sentences, met Deng outside the prison.

82

8.0

/137105/

79

/2728/

78

/1790/

4.0

/100495/

94

/68/

95

/4494/

75

/19/

3.0

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

84

8.0

/184963/

81

/4269/

80

/3114/

4.4

/832331/

92

/192/

94

/3481/

87

/28/

3.0

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

79

8.0

/241828/

81

/8171/

77

/3987/

4.0

/116572/

86

/29/

93

/2842/

59

/9/

age 13+

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.

83

7.9

/193023/

77

/4185/

75

/2416/

4.0

/109663/

94

/210/

87

/11059/

85

/42/

3.5

age 14+

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.

86

7.9

/292360/

77

/7435/

74

/3454/

4.1

/246147/

98

/169/

86

/13676/

94

/32/

4.0

age 12+

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

84

71

7.8

/2716/

77

/135/

81

/58/

3.8

/4603/

100

/10/

97

/33/

In the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, in order to save his life, postman A Chang pretended to be a photo developer in a photo studio and developed photos for the Japanese army. He also took in a group of Chinese soldiers and civilians, turning the studio into a temporary shelter. However, in the face of the Japanese army's cruel atrocities, A Chang risked his life to safely transfer the refugees and exposed the evidence of the massacre to the public.

83

7.8

/9064/

78

/358/

77

/217/

4.4

/36639/

94

/51/

77

/16/

86

/16/

3.5

In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.

75

7.8

/8970/

80

/398/

81

/205/

3.7

/4804/

86

/7/

89

/16/

63

/4/

2.0

When a mysterious visitor appears, the life of Yong Cheng, owner of a store that stocks aphrodisiac products, changes dramatically. He becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Not only does Yong Cheng see his profits skyrocket, but he is dubbed the god of medicine“ by his customers

82

50

7.7

/2086/

80

/108/

77

/63/

4.0

/9500/

97

/8/

High school teacher Cheng looks back to his repressed childhood memories, as he finds an anonymous suicide note in the classroom. He strives hard to prevent another tragedy from happening, meanwhile facing a series of family problems, his wife is divorcing him, and his father is dying.

85

69

7.7

/5991/

77

/250/

77

/210/

4.2

/14236/

100

/36/

92

/2/

88

/9/

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

76

53

7.7

/2473/

79

/130/

75

/82/

3.8

/1235/

An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.

81

79

7.7

/12370/

76

/311/

74

/229/

4.0

/6596/

92

/53/

86

/275/

85

/13/

In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.

80

7.7

/161640/

78

/6905/

74

/3046/

4.0

/197908/

90

/188/

89

/10747/

78

/38/

3.0

age 14+

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

83

73

7.6

/3344/

78

/198/

79

/64/

3.6

/7908/

100

/15/

97

/30/

A debt-ridden wedding planner inadvertently becomes a successful funeral planner. However, he must convince a traditional Taoist priest of his legitimacy to continue operating in the field.

79

7.6

/2947/

74

/164/

72

/195/

3.8

/5366/

96

/28/

89

/4/

79

/11/

3.0

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.

77

65

7.6

/4825/

77

/149/

76

/136/

3.7

/1386/

87

/70/

Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade. What would be the final destination of this piece of crazy stone?

82

76

7.6

/11323/

78

/351/

77

/247/

3.9

/30657/

94

/18/

89

/25/

age 16+

A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.

85

77

7.6

/16346/

78

/762/

81

/520/

4.2

/108213/

97

/30/

97

/14/

83

/5/

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

79

67

7.6

/3076/

74

/60/

74

/65/

3.8

/1663/

95

/40/

86

/59/

78

/15/

Two Chinese miners, who make money by killing fellow miners and then extorting money from the mine owner to keep quiet about the "accident", happen upon their latest victim. But one of them begins to have second thoughts.

81

7.6

/5710/

73

/92/

75

/80/

3.7

/1463/

98

/50/

90

/192/

77

/23/

3.5

A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.

70

49

7.6

/2755/

64

/97/

71

/67/

3.6

/1195/

A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.

77

7.6

/5384/

78

/187/

79

/109/

3.9

/5299/

88

/17/

87

/9/

80

/7/

2.0

Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.

75

7.6

/80895/

75

/2167/

75

/1358/

3.7

/21182/

73

/109/

86

/6342/

70

/24/

After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.

80

54

7.5

/2351/

77

/176/

76

/62/

3.9

/5300/

Popcorn

96

/10/

Wang Tiemei, a single mother, loses her job and moves, befriending neighbor Xiaoye who appears cheerful but is depressed. Their bond grows as Tiemei navigates relationships with her ex-husband causing trouble.

79

50

7.5

/2503/

75

/109/

73

/46/

3.8

/4668/

97

/9/

Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

76

71

7.5

/9807/

75

/241/

75

/199/

3.5

/6678/

86

/712/

Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu, a pretty girl playing a mysterious piece of music.

78

75

7.5

/10194/

74

/280/

71

/193/

3.5

/3343/

91

/11/

88

/4790/

Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. Forced to make the most difficult decision of her life, she finally chooses to save her son. Though left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives, unbeknownst to her brother and mother.

63

7.5

/57993/

74

/1182/

74

/865/

3.7

/18271/

41

/58/

74

/610/

46

/22/

2.0

age 18+

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

74

7.5

/47997/

74

/953/

72

/763/

4.0

/38336/

73

/149/

84

/6736/

61

/35/

3.0

age 18+

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

77

7.5

/115758/

77

/4678/

74

/2418/

3.6

/64411/

97

/31/

84

/1344/

67

/13/

3.0

Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.

76

71

7.5

/12313/

77

/254/

74

/225/

3.6

/14365/

83

/132/

A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Chia-yi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ko Ching-teng, but he ends up loving her as well.

82

7.5

/119166/

75

/2642/

72

/1741/

3.8

/53821/

87

/171/

82

/8307/

89

/37/

4.0

age 14+

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

85

7.5

/75139/

76

/3579/

74

/1500/

4.1

/319477/

97

/350/

87

/477/

89

/47/

4.0

age 11+

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

79

62

7.5

/2244/

76

/63/

76

/71/

3.9

/1500/

87

/23/

83

/110/

Young student Bai Xuemei is cheated and sold as a wife by human traffickers to a remote village. Raped and beaten, she leads the life of a sex slave and child-bearer with no hope of escape because of the villagers apathy and selfishness.

77

52

7.5

/2113/

76

/77/

71

/58/

3.7

/888/

91

/64/

A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.

76

55

7.5

/2871/

77

/67/

76

/84/

3.7

/1048/

82

/79/

The story of a father's tireless love for his autistic son. A terminally ill father's attempt to teach his autistic son the necessary life skills to survive on his own before he passes away. It is also a poignant tribute to the infinite love that parents have for their children and their unending desire to take care and look after them to their best abilities, no matter the struggle, no matter the effort.

82

7.5

/6621/

76

/177/

74

/178/

3.9

/5629/

94

/32/

86

/112/

78

/11/

4.0

After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.

75

7.5

/26316/

74

/626/

72

/478/

3.8

/9065/

82

/765/

The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?

79

7.4

/5003/

75

/187/

73

/94/

3.9

/50422/

98

/102/

84

/35/

77

/18/

3.0

age 15+

A mother and her two daughters move to Taipei to open a noodle stand at a vibrant night market, but family secrets and tradition test their fresh start.

74

55

7.4

/2107/

75

/140/

75

/61/

3.6

/2039/

A divorced, retired painting teacher from Shanghai falls in love with a woman who is also divorced. The involvement of his ex-wife and a student of his makes the whole thing complicated.

78

74

7.4

/8305/

74

/214/

72

/160/

4.0

/40789/

91

/35/

83

/88/

76

/18/

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover, who he attempted to kidnap 3 years ago.

76

7.4

/65122/

73

/1260/

72

/1028/

4.0

/131184/

87

/119/

85

/2650/

78

/34/

2.5

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

74

7.4

/4565/

71

/33/

69

/61/

3.7

/1509/

73

/77/

89

/203/

60

/24/