Together With You
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Chen Hong, Tang Yun, Peiqi Liu Director:Chen Kaige Certificate:
Director-writer-producer-star Chen Kaige--well known for his visually sumptuous tales of historical China (FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE)--directs this sweet-natured coming of age tale set in modern day Beijing. An impoverished cook, Liu Chen (Liu Peiqui), gives up his provincial life to move his 13-year-..read more »
The Road Home
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Ziyi Zhang, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao Director:Yimou Zhang Certificate:
A man returns to the village where he was raised to help his mother arrange his father's funeral in this romantic drama about the courtship of his parents and the value of tradition and devotion. Upon his return to the village of Sanheutun, Luo Yusheng (Sun Honglei) finds his aging mother seized ..read more »
Not One Less
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Wei Minzhi, Zhang Huike Director:Yimou Zhang Certificate:
Teacher Gao loves the students in his poor village and is devoted to educating them in the hope of their greater futures. When he is called away to tend to his dying mother for a month, the Mayor calls in an inexperienced 13 year-old replacement, Wei Minzhi; much to Teacher Gao's dismay. Teacher ..read more »
Hero
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang Director:Yimou Zhang Certificate:
Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange ..read more »
House Of Flying Daggers
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro Director:Yimou Zhang Certificate:
Near the end of the Tang Dynasty, police deputies Jin (Kaneshiro) and Leo (Lau) tangle with Mei (Zhang), a dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary faction known as the House of Flying Daggers. Enraptured by her, the deputies concoct a plan to save her from capture, and Jin leads her ..read more »
Curse Of The Golden Flower
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li Gong, Gong Jay Director:Yimou Zhang Certificate:
China, AD928. A royal family reunion cooks up the usual array of betrayals, poisonings, back-stabbings, front-stabbings and wholesale carnage of loyal warriors.
Koreans try to princess captured by Mongols. With Ziyi Zhang.
The Warrior
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Jung Woo-Sung, Joo Jin-mo, Sung-Ki Ahn Director:Kim Sung-Su Certificate:
In 14th Century China, a group of exiled Koryo envoys manage to rescue a Ming princess from the rival Mongol forces.
Epic martial arts film. The film that introduced many to Chinese films.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi Director:Ang Lee Certificate:
Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a ..read more »
In The Mood For Love
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung Director:Wong Kar-Wai Certificate:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that ..read more »