China movies

Diamond Dogs (2007)

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: Canada | China
Actors: Lundgren, Dolph | Zuren, Xue | Shriver, William | Vasilev, Raicho | Sha, Hu | MacIsaac, Gregory | Chunnian, Zhang | Huriga | Heping, Wang | Xinmin, Wang | Lusha, Wang | Carrillo, Gabriel Alejandro | Senggerenqing | Gangzhaorige | Slavov, Slavi
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“Diamond Dogs” is the story of a group of American fortune hunters, who come to China looking for a long-lost-treasure. During the Soviet crack-down on religion in the 1930’s, a priceless Buddhist artifact, a Tangka was taken across the border to China and hidden in the mountains. The diamonds alone, decorating this huge gold-inlaid textile, are thought to be worth $50 million. The fortune hunters need a guide and protection on the trip, so they hire an American ex-pat, Ronson. He’s ex-Army and living an existence in Inner-Mongolia of drinks, women and bare-knuckle fights. The group takes off into the Mongolian mountains on a trek that will change their lives forever. For not only is this Tangka wanted by ruthless Russian mercenaries, but it’s also protected by something much more sinister. Something that even Ronson can’t imagine…

My Blueberry Nights (2007)

Friday, April 25th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: China | France | Hong Kong
Actors: Jones, Norah | Law, Jude | Strathairn, David | Portman, Natalie | Leguillow, Hector A. | Weisz, Rachel | Bynum, Nate | Davis, Chad R. | Dee, Trent | Falk, Geoff | Hollis, Bill | Kanes, Benjamin | Pipkin, Miller | Seaberry, Markus | Walker, Kenon
Directors: Wong, Kar Wai
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A young woman takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.

Hero (2002)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Li, Jet | Leung Chiu Wai, Tony | Cheung, Maggie | Zhang, Ziyi | Chen, Daoming | Yen, Donnie | Yuan, Liu Zhong | Yong, Zheng Tia | Qin, Yan | Xiao Yang, Chang | Ya Kun, Zhang | Hua, Ma Wen | Ming, Jin | Hua, Xu Kuang | Xin, Wang Shou
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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In antediluvian China, before the reign of the first emperor, belligerent factions passim the Six Kingdoms plot to assassinate the most brawny ruler, Qin. When a minor prescribed defeats Qin’s three principal sum enemies, he is summoned to the palace to tell Qin the story of his surprising victory.

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Chow, Yun-Fat | Gong, Li | Chou, Jay | Liu, Ye | Ni, Dahong | Qin, Junjie | Li, Man | Chen, Jin
Directors: Zhang, Yimou
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China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai’s loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.

Born to Defend (1986)

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Genres: Action | War
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Harrington, Dean | Petersson, Kurt Roland | Tocha, Paulo | Zhao, Erkang | Song, Jia
Directors: Li, Jet
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Kung fu (2004)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy
Countries: China | Hong Kong
Actors: Chow, Stephen | Feng, Xiaogang | Yuen, Wah | Zhi Hua, Dong | Chan, Kwok Kuen | Lam, Chi Chung | Yuen, Qiu | Tin, Kai Man | Jia, Kang Xi | Fung, Stephen | Huang, Sheng Yi | Lam, Suet | Yuen, Cheung-Yan | Chiu, Chi Ling | Xing, Yu
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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a miserable wannabee mobster who aspires to become a member of the infamous “Axe Gang.” Other characters let in an objectionable landlady and her seemingly frail married man who show sinful powers in defending their turf.

Painted Veil, The (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: China | USA
Actors: Watts, Naomi | Norton, Edward | Schreiber, Liev | Jones, Toby | Rigg, Diana | Howland, Juliet | Wong Chau-Sang, Anthony | Steed, Maggie | Laurence, Lorraine | Lee, Johnny | Feng, Li | Meiduo, Gesang | David, Alan | Voller, Lucy | Rennick, Ian
Directors: Curran, John
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This love story has Kitty merging young, intelligent, shy and reasonably dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infective diseases, and the commodious wedlock that she finds herself attached too. It is in this web of connive that they head for China, only after Walter discover’s Kitty’s unfaithfulness with one spiffy and witty diplomatist Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a asiatic cholera outbreak, this is a marriage ceremony more than on the rocks. This is a cold, deaf and loveless partnership in a vast unnamed and deadly surroundings that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual pleasure amidst the pain and distress of a dying people and weakness marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it’s too late?

Last Emperor, The (1987)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: China | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Lone, John | Chen, Joan | O'Toole, Peter | Ying, Ruocheng | | Dun, Dennis | Sakamoto, Ryuichi | Han, Maggie | Young, Ric | Wu, Vivian | Tagawa, Cary-Hiroyuki | Go, Jade | Ikeda, Fumihiko | Vuu, Richard | Tijger, Tsou
Directors: Bertolucci, Bernardo
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A spectacular account of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the taboo City, the object of hero-worship by half a jillion people; through with his abdication, his slump and libertine lifestyle; his victimisation by the incursive Japanese, and lastly to his obliterate being as just some other goth worker in the People’s Republic.