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A Beautiful New World
SKU: BENEWO
A country boy comes to the big city (Shanghai) and proves a person’s worth is not always measured by their money. Comedy w/musical interludes.
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A Long Journey
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The story of Zhu Hua, a peasant forced to join a warlord’s army during the Northern Expedition, who later become the leader of a Communist uprising. (1981) Dir: Cai Jiwei, Gu Dexian
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A Post in White Birch Forest
SKU: POWHBI
It is about the tortuous course in a youth soldier Luxing’life when he worked as a quide of military dogs as well as the twists and turns in his love. The film admires the soldier’s patriotism which puts the interests of the country above everything.
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A Railway in the Cloud
SKU: RACLOU
An epic story about three generations of workers who toiled on the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railroad.
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A Terracotta Warrior
SKU: TEWARR
The tyrannical first emperor of China wishes to live forever, and doesn't really care how many of his subjects get sacrificed in the quest for immortality. A soldier (Zhang Yimou) becomes his most favoured general after thwarting an assassination attempt, but falls in love with an unwilling....
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Anxious to Return
SKU: ANREDV
A wounded company commander is separated from his troops and nursed back to health by a young woman. More love story than war epic, it won Best Film awards in China and features the exquisite Mongolian actress Siqin Gaowa, one of the leading stars of the post-Cultural Revolution period. (1979)....
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Army Nurse
SKU: ARNUDV
An early feature from the leading Fifth Generation woman director Hu Mei, her sensibilities are evident in this character driven story of young women training to be army nurses and the emotions, including love, that become an integral part of their education process. (1985) Dir: Hu Mei
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Ashima
SKU: ASHIMA
Feel your spirits lifted with this lovely music-filled “minority” film starring the radiant Yang Likun (Five Golden Flowers), this time as a Sani (Yi) woman in Yunnan. Based on the classic legend of a beautiful girl, Ashima, kept imprisoned by a tribal chief’s evil son while her lover, Ahei,....
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Bethune: Making of A Hero
SKU: BEMAHE
Donald Sutherland gives a strong performance as Dr. Norman Bethune, a Canadian surgeon who sacrificed his own life fighting in the front lines against fascism in the 1930’s, first in Europe and then with the Eighth Route Army in China. (1990) Dir: Philip Bursos, Wang Xingang
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The Case of Xu Qiuying
SKU: CAXUQI
Xu Qiuying, who was out of the spy organization, was killed one night. The police found out the truth and captured the spies.
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Chan is Missing (DVD)
SKU: CHMISS
Acclaimed filmmaker Wayne Wang’s first feature film, a pioneer of Asian American cinema, Chan is Missing (1982) follows the adventures of two cabbies on their search through San Francisco’s Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with $4,000 of their money. Their quest to....
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Chess King
SKU: CHKING
During the Cultural Revolution, an extremely talented chess player, Wang Yisheng, is sent to a labor camp with other students. Here, Wang’s rebellious behavior has him contemplating moves in response to both the camp’s policies and in the ultimate chess tournament: taking on nine top-flight....
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Chinese Policewoman
SKU: CHPOLI
The innocent girls, who have practiced good Grappling Arts in Armed Police Force, are the most faithful advocators of Chinese people’s interest, and are respected and envied.
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Code Name: Cougar
SKU: CONACU
An action thriller where an Asian terrorist organization highjacks a Taiwan airliner and lands it on the Chinese mainland. As the plane sits on the ground, the hijackers make their demands, forcing the Beijing and Taipei governments to work together on a rescue plan for the hostages. Gong Li’s....
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Combination Platter
SKU: COPLDV
A winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance Film Festival, this is director Tony Chan's engaging story of an illegal immigrant and the rest of the employees working at a Chinese restaurant in New York. Kitchen mayhem, irate customers, and potential romance unfold as Robert, a....
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Devils on the Doorstep (Aka During That War)
SKU: DEDOOR
By turns an elaborate wartime drama of China, suffering under Japanese occupation during the 1930s and 40s, and an absurdist comedy of madness, cultural disconnects and historical booby-traps. The "devils" in question are the Japanese, but it’s clear that director Jiang Wen is less interested in....
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen
SKU: DRSUYA
This movie narrates the glorious struggling life of Sun Yat-sen. At his young age Sun plans to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. He often gets together with the revolutionary pioneers such as Song Yaoru discussing his ideals. He dies in 1925 and over more than thirty years he leads one revolution....
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Early Spring
SKU: EASPRI
A teacher seeking to escape urban unrest comes to a small village and is soon caught between his love for a landowner’s beautiful progressive daughter and a sense of responsibility to a widow constrained by conservative tradition. Heavily criticized on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, the....
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Eat Drink Man Woman (DVD)
SKU: EADRMA
From director Ang Lee (Sleeping Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain) comes a "wonderfully seductive" (NYTimes) film of love, family, and tradition. Trouble is cooking for widower and master chef Chu (Sinhung Lung) who is about to discover that no matter how dazzling and delicious his....
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