Chinese Movie

Summaries
小城之春 xiǎo chéng zhī chūn Springtime in a Small Town
2004 (small town springtime)
主演：胡靖钒 吴军 辛柏青 Less than a year after Japanese troops withdraw
from China at the end of World War II, Yuwen
二战后中国南方的一个小城里， remains despondent within the confines of her
乡绅戴礼言和他的一家，太太 small,ravaged town. Her ailing husband, Dai
玉纹，妹妹戴秀，还有老仆， Liyan, sleeps in a separate room, and the couple
面对着战后家宅破败的局面。 has long given up the thought of having children.
太太玉纹觉得生活无聊，与丈 Enter Zhang Zhichen, Dai Liyan's old friend from
夫分床而居。小妹觉得未来无 college, who falls in love with Yuwen. The Dai
量，要走出小城。一家之主的 household will never be the same again.
戴礼言，则心身疲惫，自觉无
力振兴家业。 戴礼言的旧时 Starring: Hu Jingfan, Wu Jun, Xīn Bǎiqīng
朋友章志忱从上海来访，却发
现已为人妻的玉纹正是自己战 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
前的情人。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
美人草 měi rén cǎo The Foliage
2004 (beautiful people grass)
主演：刘烨 舒淇 房斌 Shu Qi is Xin-Yu, a female member of the
People's Army who wants out of her job leading
1974 年夏天云南，昆明知 the movement so she can take over the Chinese
青叶星雨(舒淇饰)在探亲 woodlands with her colleague and paramour,
之后返回兵团连队的路上 Ding-Guo (Fang Bin). Their relationship is tested
邂逅了让她一生难以忘怀 by her ambivalence about the work and the
的男人 --- 大江对面的 attentions of a local activist, Si-Mong (Liu Ye),
北京知青刘思蒙(刘烨饰)。 who doesn't agree with the actions taken by Xin-
叶星雨青梅竹马的男朋友 Yu's group. Will love or politics prevail?
袁定国(房斌饰)是她所在
连队的排长。 Starring: Liú Yè, Shū Qí, Fáng Bīn
蓝风筝 lán fēngzhēng The Blue Kite
1993 (Blue Kite)
This critically acclaimed award-winner, banned in
主演： 吕丽萍 李雪健 濮存昕
China for its harshly realistic portrayal of life under
本片透过小孩铁头的眼
Chairman Mao, is an epic look at recent Chinese
光，反映了自 1953 年至 history and how politics affect personal lives. The
1967 年的大陆历次政治 film follows young Tietou growing up in the midst
运动。女主人公是铁头 of the Cultural Revolution, watching colleagues
的母亲陈树娟，生际遇 denounce each other and neighbors spy on one
坎坷。第一任丈夫被错 another. Soon, Tietou's family and friends -- and
划为右派，在北方劳改 even Tietou -- get caught in the violent upheaval.
时被倒下来的大树压死。
好友李国栋为照顾铁头 Starring: Xiaoman Chen, Quanzhong Chu
母子，成了第二任丈夫，
但在大跃进后期的大荒积劳成疾致死。第三任丈夫是老
干部.在文革中被造反派批斗致死，她也被划成反革命
分子。本片以悲哀、灰暗的基调讲述几十年的故土旧事，
透视埋在历史灰烬下的人的命运。
凤凰琴 (Phoenix Qin) Country Teachers
主演： 李保田 剧雪 1994
[Chinese title refers to a qin, or zither musical
instrument, which is in the storyline.]
贺泊高考落榜的农村姑
娘张英子被父亲、舅舅 A committed teacher takes a job with very little
劝说着，去大山里的界 pay in a small Chinese village, hoping to better
岭小学做代课老师。界 the lives of her students.
岭小学的一切都是陈旧 In the process, she gives her time selflessly and
的，但它的国旗鲜亮如 learns a tremendous deal about herself -- and
血。这里有四名民办教 about the powers of love, kindness and learning.
师：校长余长明、教导 This moving story was the winner of two Chinese
主任孙四海，还有校长 Academy Awards.
的病妻明爱芬。他们最
大的愿望是转为正式教师，贺泊县里为界岭小学特 Starring: Baotian Li, Xuexin Wang
批了一个转正指标，这个指标到底给了谁呢？
婼玛的十七岁 (ChuoMa 17 Year-old) When Ruoma Was 17
主演： 李敏 祝琳媛 杨志刚 (2004)
Ruoma (Li Min), a young girl from the Xiani tribe,
lives with her mother but desperately wants to
哈尼族的 17 岁少女婼玛与奶
visit the city. Trouble is, she has no money. Enter
奶相依为命，对城里的观光
电梯充满了向往。在小镇上 Ming (Yang Zhigang), an amateur photographer
卖烤玉米时，婼玛结识了从 who helps her earn the necessary cash by having
城里来的开照相馆的摄影爱 her pose for photos with tourists in her tribal
好者阿明。身穿哈尼族服装 clothing. Soon, the partnership begins to morph
的婼玛很漂亮，笑容更加灿 into something more, but when Ming has to leave,
烂。阿明想出了在梯田观光 their budding romance is jeopardized.
区让外国游客有偿与婼玛合影的法子，两个人的经济收
入都有了好转，阿明许诺要带婼玛去乘观光电梯。最终， Starring: Erica Li Min, Yang Zhi
阿明还是因为种种原因不得不离开小镇。临别前他去见
婼玛，却发现婼玛对他已萌生了爱意并决意要跟他走。
阿明很尴尬，而婼玛的命运又会如何呢？
红河谷 (Red River Valley) Red River Valley
主演：宁静 邵兵 (1996)
Director Feng Xiaoning's powerful production sets
这是一部可与好莱坞影片媲美的
in motion the poignant saga of Tibet in 1905,
电影，它新奇、壮观，有着史诗 when British forces took over the country in an
般的美丽，整个影片色、香、味 attempt to remove what little was left of Tibetan
俱全，令人赏心悦目。本片导演 culture. Snow Dawa (Ning Jing) is a lovely young
冯小宁用油画般浓厚，雄壮的镜 woman who's able to make a new life for herself
头，展示了世界上独一无二，无 after being rescued by a Tibetan elder. Later, she
比神奇“谜"一样的西藏高原的风 saves two British soldiers who are in harm's way
光，以及那里的古朴的民俗风情， -- despite the soldiers' plan for her anguished
并通过居住在这里的藏民与前来 country.
侵略的英国侵略军展开的一场战
争，来讴歌了藏族人民爱憎分明，
不屈外国列强侵略，誓死维护祖
(Part of director Feng Xiaoning's War and Peace
国统一和民族尊严的爱国精神和民族精神。 Trilogy -- see also "Purple Sunset", 2001.)

Starring: Jing Ning, Bing Shao

我的父亲母亲 (My Father, Mother) The Road Home
主要演员 : 章子怡 孙红雷 郑昊 1999
Veteran director Zhang Yimou trains his camera
招娣是远近闻名的美人， on a love story between a Chinese boy and girl
暗恋上一个淳朴的青年 that endures for 40 years. The Road Home tells
教师，通过送饭、打水 the tale of Zhao Di and how she met the love of
等方式巧妙的向他传达 her life, Luo Changyu -- a new schoolteacher
着爱情。他们很浪漫又 assigned to teach the children in her small village.
很传统地相爱了。青年
老师被打成右派，招娣 Starring Zhang Ziyi, Sūn Hóngléi, Zhèng Hào
特意为他做的晚饭蒸饺
子没吃上，就被带走了。
她怀揣蒸饺沿路追赶，
人摔倒了，蒸饺烂了、
青花碗也碎了。他再回
来后，四十年没有离开她，相儒以沫，心心相印。在丈
夫的葬礼后，年迈的招娣又听到教室里传来当年恋爱时
听到的教书声
天地英雄 (Heaven and Earth Heros) Warriors of Heaven and Earth
主演：姜文  赵薇  中井贵一  王学圻
2004 Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) has abandoned his
post within the Middle Kingdom's Imperial army,
这是一个发生在盛唐时期、大 and the government has assigned the Japanese
漠边关的传奇故事。戍边校尉 fighter Lai Qi (Kiichi Nakai) to bring him back or
李因违抗军令，不愿屠杀突厥 kill him once and for all. When the two finally meet
的俘虏一些手无寸铁的老人、
妇女和孩子，而被朝廷通缉。
up, however, they realize that they must join
日本遣唐使来栖因屡次请求回 forces to face an even bigger nemesis. But can
国而被朝廷贬为捕快，派往西 they put aside their differences and stand
域缉拿校尉李。在四处黄沙飞 together as one? Should they even trust each
扬，充满着沧桑感的西域，二人相遇，一场激烈的大战却没 other at all?
能分出胜负，于是两人相约再战。正在此时，他们迎头碰上
了护送经书的朝廷商队，一直觊觎驼队的响马头子安，带着
曾被校尉李所救的将军之女文珠也浩浩荡荡地驶进了西域。 Jiāng Wén, Zhāo Wēi, Zhōng Jǐng Guì Yī,
一场生死大战就此在三位英雄似的人物间展开，上演了一出 Wáng Xuéqí
充满阳刚侠气、碧血连天的故事的同时，校尉李和文珠之间
还演绎了一段动人的情缘。
荆轲刺秦王 (The Emperor & the Assassin) The Emperor and the Assassin
主演：巩俐 张丰毅 (1999)
Yin Zheng (Li Xuejian), King of Qin, embarks on a
brutal campaign to unite all seven Chinese
《荆轲棘秦王》描述西元前三世纪
的中国，雄心壮志的蠃政如何汲汲 kingdoms in the third century B.C. Wanting to
营营於统一天下，而不惜铲除一切 appear invincible, Yin sends his lover, Lady Zhao
阻碍，最後建立空前帝国的经过。 (Gong Li), to her homeland to hire a killer who
当时燕国为蠃政的心腹大 患，为 will intentionally botch an assassination attempt
了帮助他早日达成统一霸业，蠃政 on him. Once there, Lady Zhao tries to enlist Jing
的青梅竹马赵姬於是冒险至敌对的 Ke (Zhang Fengyi), but complications arise
燕国卧底，假意策动刺杀蠃政的计
画。如此一来，一旦东窗事发，秦
国便有出兵攻打燕国 的名目。 但
在这个计谋得逞之前，蠃政发现了
关於自己身世的秘密。为了永绝後患，心狠手辣的蠃政
杀人灭口，欲将所有知道真相的人赶尽杀绝。因将军攻
打邻近的赵国，捉拿知道真...
菊豆 (Jú Dòu) Ju Dou
主演：巩俐 李保田 (1990)
In this romantic tragedy, Chinese director Zhang
《菊豆》是一曲悲歌，它揭露的 Yimou's visually sumptuous cinematography
是人性的追求与无人性的社会、 perfectly complements the sensual story line in
文化的巨大冲突。剧中人物的悲 which the abused wife (Gong Li) of a wealthy silk
哀根源不但在于外力的压迫，也
dyer (Li Wei) enters into an affair with her
在于自身人性的被扭曲，它深刻
地揭示了礼教名分对人性的扭曲。
husband's nephew (Li Bao-tian). Arresting
在这里，几乎每个人都无法幸免： images, exquisite use of color and a classic yet
从被卖、被蹂躏，到追求爱情而 complex plot combine for a richly satisfying drama
最终毁灭。在这样一个悲惨的命 that earned an Academy Award nomination for
运循环圈里，巩俐饰演的菊豆尽 Best Foreign Language Film.
管倔强，也最终被击败在它脚下；
天青尽管深情，也只能收藏对菊豆的爱；杨金山尽管早
已丧失人性，但天白一声“爹”的呼喊，竟使他“宽
容”了菊豆与天青的不忠；小小年纪的天白，竟能狠心
打死自己的亲爸！
活着 Huo zhe (To Live) To Live
主演：葛优 巩俐 (1994)
徐福贵是一个没落地主家 A bold, energetic masterpiece from Zhang Yimou,
庭的阔少爷。本来小有资 the foremost director from China's influential "fifth
产，但因嗜赌，最终将家 generation" of filmmakers. Zhang weaves a
产输光亮，还将祖上传下 tapestry of personal and political events, following
来的老宅子输给了皮影戏 the struggles of an impoverished husband and
艺人龙二。老太爷也因此 wife from their heyday in the 1940s to the
气得一命归西。妻子家珍 hardships that accompanied the Cultural
因劝其而不听，一气之下 Revolution in the 1960s.
领着女儿，带着身孕回来
娘家。但就在福贵一无所 Starring: Ge You and Gong Li
有时，当她听说福贵已经
彻底戒了赌之后，她又回
到了福贵身边与他共患难。
她不贪图大福大贵，只想“过个安生日子...
摇啊摇,摇到外婆桥 Yao a Yao, Yao Dao Waipo Qiao Shanghai Triad
[Row oh Row, Row down to Grandma Bridge]
演员: 巩俐 李保田 王啸晓 1995 Gǒng Lì, Lǐ Bǎotián, Wang Xiaoxiao

在 30 年代的上海滩，妖 Summoned by his uncle to work for notorious drug lord Tang
艳妩媚的“歌舞皇后”小金 (Li Baotian), naïve country boy Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao)
宝，是被黑帮头目唐老大包 is assigned to serve the boss's seductive mistress, nightclub
了十年的“金丝鸟”。她想 singer Xiao Jinbao, nicknamed Bijou (Gong Li), in this crime
摆脱唐老大的魔掌，但无能 drama set in 1930s Shanghai. Two outsiders trapped in a
为力；她和黑帮老二宋二爷 world of dangerous men, Shuisheng and Bijou strike up an
有私情，却同床异梦。一次 unlikely friendship when they're sent to an island to escape a
黑帮内讧后，唐老大带着小 rival gang. Zhang Yimou directs.
金宝等悄悄来到一座荒岛养
伤。他们的到来，搅乱了岛 [Chinese title roughly translates as "Row oh row, row down to
上一对孤儿寡母平静的生活，静谥的小岛隐藏着阴 Grandmother Bridge", and is based on a traditional Chinese
谋和血腥…… lullaby, a phrase similar to "rock-a-bye-baby".]
秋菊打官司 Qiu Ju Da Guan Si 1992 The Story of Qiu Ju
主演：巩俐  雷恪生  戈治均  刘佩琦
Gong Li delivers a superbly nuanced
描述在中国西北的小山村， performance as the titular heroine in director
农民庆来与村长发生冲突， Yimou Zhang's droll take on the absurdities of
被村长踢伤下体。 bureaucratic impotency. Set in a remote Chinese
庆来的妻子秋菊忍不下这 province, the film follows pregnant peasant Qui Ju
口气，为了要个说法， on her resolute quest for justice after the village
带着六个月的身孕，踏上 elder kicks her husband in a vital area. Merely
漫长的路去告状。她从乡 seeking an apology from the stubborn chief, Qui
里告到县里，又从县里告 Ju soon gets caught in the cogs of an
到市里，各级裁决都判定 exasperating legal system.
村长赔钱，可是村长一直
不肯正式认错道歉。秋菊
不服，再向市中级法院上
诉。
画魂 Hua hun A Soul Haunted by Painting
主演: 巩俐 达式常 (1995)
This true story depicts the life of Chinese painter
Pan Yuliang (Gong Li), who rose from being a
故事主人翁民初传奇女画
prostitute to become an acclaimed Paris artist.
家潘玉良，她原是江南的
Pan begins working at a brothel at age 12 and
妓女出身，因为认识了芜
meets Zanhua (Derek Yee); even though Zanhua
湖海关盐业总监潘赞化而
is married, the two run off together. Pan then
改变了一生命运。她随潘
studies art at a famed institute, but her work isn't
赞化到了上海，开始了学
appreciated until after Zanhua goes back to his
画的学生生活。其后她留
wife and Pan moves to the art-friendly city of
学巴黎，成为国际著名的
Paris.
画家。 上海美术学院校长
刘海粟观念开明，请她回
国任教，但却遭到保守的
国人排斥。
霸王别姬 Ba Wang Bie Ji Farewell My Concubine
主演: 张丰毅 巩俐 张国荣 (1993)
A seemingly unshakable friendship gets put to the
test by war, a communist takeover, the Cultural
改编自香港女作家李碧华原 Revolution and especially by the intrusion of a
著小说，描述程蝶衣自少被
woman into the lives of two Chinese opera stars.
卖到京戏班学唱青衣，对自
Inseparable since childhood, Duan Xiaolou
己的身份是男是女产生了混
(Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung)
淆之感。师兄段小楼跟他感
find themselves increasingly at odds after Xiaolou
情甚佳，两人因合演《霸王
weds a lovely courtesan (Gong Li). The film
别姬》而成为名角。不料小
captures 50 years of Chinese history as it spins
楼娶妓女菊仙为妻在先，在
around the characters.
文革时期兄弟俩又互相出卖
之后，使蝶衣对毕生的艺术
追求感到失落，终于在再次
跟小楼排演首本戏时自刎于
台上。
风月 Feng yue (Temptress Moon) Temptress Moon
主演： 张国荣 巩俐 林建华 周迅 (1996)
The teeming underworld of 1920s Shanghai
忠良(张国荣)从小就父母双亡,投靠 collides with old-world nobility in Chen Kaige's
嫁入庞府的姐姐,由于不堪姐夫的欺 harrowing film. Ruyi, the youngest daughter of the
辱,毒害姐夫后逃离庞镇,被上海帮 noble family, is employed as a servant to her
大大收养沦为拆白党。 大大觊觎庞 opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile,
府财产,令忠良诱拐大小姐如意 (巩 Ruyi's brother-in-law, Zhongliang, enjoys a
俐)--庞家主事者。家中长老因歧视 thriving (illegal) career seducing and blackmailing
女性,特意过继远房亲戚端午(林健 married women in the city. When he comes to
华)侍候如意。 忠良和如意相互爱 Ruyi's home, the two fall in love, and trouble isn't
慕,忠良不忍欺骗如意,强抑爱意,独 far off.
自离开庞镇回到上海。大大刻意让
如意亲眼目睹忠良在上海的勾当,如意不在意仍深爱忠 Zhāng Guóróng, Gǒng Lì, Lín Jiànhuá,
良,忠良却自觉卑 劣,不敢再爱。 如意绝望,返回庞府嫁
Zhōu Xùn
给景少爷(吴大维), 忠良深爱着如意,唯有毒害如意,永为
己有。最后也被大大枪决,端午被扶为庞府主子。
寻枪 Xun qiang (seeks the gun) 2002 The Missing Gun
主演：姜文 伍宇娟 石凉 宁静 刘小宁
Ma Shan (Jiang Wen) is a police officer in a small
马山是一个在边陲小镇任职的警察，
Chinese town who awakes one day to find that his
有一天一觉醒来，忽然发现自己的 gun has been stolen. Desperate to find his
配枪神秘失踪了！于是马山沿着青 weapon and make sure no one gets hurt, Shan
石板开始了一段寻枪之路……小镇 sets out to find it immediately. It may be too late,
弥漫着重重浓雾，马山的内心感到 however, when his long-lost love turns up dead --
了一种莫名的恐惧与绝望，因为枪
维系着小镇的安宁与平和！一夜之 and the bullets appear to have come from his
间，熟悉的小镇变得陌生了，充满 gun.
了危险诡异的气氛，熟悉的人、街
道甚至自己的家庭都变得陌生了。 Jiāng Wén, Wǔ Yǔjuān, Shí Liáng
命案的发生、危险的靠近使得马山 Níng Jìng, Liú Xiǎoníng
深深地陷入黑暗，而马山珍视的信
念激励着他在黑暗中呼嚎奔走，并最终用生命完成了对于信
念的找寻和重建。在那个时候，马山突然发现自己真正体会
到了生命中久已失落的真实与美好。
無極 wú jí (everlasting) 2005 The Promise
主演：张东健 真田广之 张柏芝 谢霆锋 刘烨 陈红
With the gods in her favor, a beautiful girl (Cecilia
张柏芝饰演的王妃倾城是一受 Cheung) becomes the most powerful royal concubine
到命运女神的特殊眷顾，让她 in the king's palace. But after years of being
从一个穷孩子成为世上最美的 pampered, she grows spoiled and ungrateful, and a
王妃，身披万千宠爱，享尽荣 goddess decides to punish her. Burdened with a curse
华富贵，但有一个条件，要被 that says she will never find true love until time flows
命运诅咒，永远得不到真爱， in reverse and the dead come back to life, she's
除非时光倒流，人死复生。然 destined to be alone -- until a selfless slave (Dong-
而有一个身份卑微的奴隶(张 Kun Jang) comes into her life.
东健饰)，真心爱她，以自己
的生命为代价，用他非凡的，
接近光速的奔跑，终于打破了
加诸在她身上的命运锁链，让她返回人生的起点，获得
重新选择的权利。而得到真爱的过程亦不是那么一帆风
顺，倾城王妃还要在北宫爵吴欢、大将军光明、和奴隶
昆仑之间进行一场惊天动地的爱情角力。
玉观音 yù Guān yīn 2004 Follows the travails of An Xin (Vicki Zhao), a woman
whose work life may be under control, but whose love
主演：赵薇 谢霆锋　柳云龙 孙海英 陈建斌
life is in a shambles. And no wonder: She's juggling
two men -- a drug kingpin she meets through work
安心（赵薇饰）对于男人有着
(Nicholas Tse) and her reformed playboy fiancée (Liu
致命的诱惑。外表平静却内心
汹涌，渴望激情却不愿承担， Yunlong). Plus, An Xin still hasn't gotten over the
进退之间掀起魅力的涟漪。在 death of her husband, Tienjun (Chen Jiabin).
安心的生命中一共有着 4 个男
人，铁军（陈建斌饰）、毛杰
（谢霆锋饰）、杨瑞（柳云龙
饰），还有那个对她始终偏爱
有加的潘队（孙海英饰）。虽
然他们都无法把握安心，但他
们却心甘情愿地为她前赴后继，安心也许真的不是故意
的，但内心对于激情的渴望却让 4 个爱她的男人的命运
变得无法掌控。警察的爱、妻子的爱、母亲的爱、情人
的爱……当爱变成了恨，冤缘只是传说中的一个美丽片
断。

Jade Goddess Of Mercy

梦影童年 mèng yǐng óng nián (dream film childhood) power of movies in launching dreams and
主演：夏雨 姜易宏 李海滨 齐中旸 江珊 2005 creating memories. After a bicycle collision leaves
Mao Dabing (Xia Yu) with a lump on his head, he
影片讲述了中国七八十年代西北小 promises Ling Ling (Qi Zhongyang), the girl he hit,
镇的一个普通家庭对露天电影的深 that he'll care for her fish while she's recuperating.
切热爱，以及这个家庭与电影紧紧
纠葛在一起的悲欢离合。毛大兵和
When he stumbles across her diary, he learns the
江玲玲是在看露天电影中渡过的童 truth about her past -- which rekindles his love of
年。在那个年代，举国上下都沉浸 cinema.
在对电影的迷恋之中。露天电影为
老百姓，特别是大兵和玲玲带来无
数的梦想和快乐。弟弟四岁时，玲
玲带他去看电影发生意外，弟弟不
幸夭折。 悲痛使妈妈与后父对玲玲
产生了误会与恨。玲玲离家出走，
妈妈从此与玲玲失去联系。成年后
的大兵依旧酷爱电影。 一日，大兵与玲玲在城市中偶遇，两
人都唤醒了关于过去的美好回忆。大兵打开玲玲封闭已久的
心灵，帮玲玲找回亲人。
Electric Shadows

Set in modern-day Beijing and 1970s Ningxia,

director Xiao Jiang's debut feature explores the
鬼子来了 guǐ zi ái le (devil arrived) set in a Chinese hamlet during World War II's
主演： 姜文 姜鸿波 2002 waning days. One wintry night, peasant Ma
一九四五年，日本投降前夕，在中国北方长城脚下的一 Dasan (Wen) becomes -- at gunpoint -- the
个附近有日军驻守的村子里， custodian of two Japanese prisoners, one a rabid,
一天晚上，有人把两个俘虏押 jingoistic soldier and the other his self-preserving
送到了一个村民的家里，其中 translator. When the gunman doesn't return,
一个是日本兵，另一个是翻译 Dasan faces a weighty dilemma: Either slay his
官。本来答应好了八天以后来 captives or free them.
取人，结果此后再也没有音讯，
这两个俘虏在村子里一关就是
半年…… 在关押他们的边程
中，村民们的生活也变得极不
平静，围绕着这两个俘虏发生
了一系列命运，与此同时，两
个俘虏的命运也相应地发生了改变…… 中国村民，日
本军人，翻译官，三方都处在特殊的境地中，出于各自
的利益，在此事件中都充分地展示
Devils on the Doorstep

Jiang Wen directed and stars as the hapless

protagonist in this incendiary, sociopolitical satire
黑太阳 - 南京大屠杀 1995 brutality as more than 100,000 civilians and
hēi ài yáng -- Nán jīng dà tú shā fugitive soldiers were indiscriminately killed. This
powerful docudrama conveys that ordeal via two
1937 年 12 月 11 日， brothers who get separated during the upheaval
南京城被围，中日双 after witnessing their parents' execution. The film
方展开攻守血战。街 is unflinching in its shocking exposé of the
巷，日军疯狂屠杀手 occupying forces' atrocities against the
无寸铁的中国百姓； vanquished Chinese.
中山门，日军残酷地 勿忘国耻！
屠杀俘虏。日军第六 wù wàng guóchǐ!
师团长谷寿夫在中华
not to forget national shame!
门说：‘我们是第一
个攻占南京的部队，
必将载入史册！’他
命令解除军纪三天，并说所有的中国女人都是慰安妇。
日军第十六师团团长中岛今朝吾率部进入国民政府。他
在蒋委员的办公室里设立了自己的司令部。南京正式沦
陷。勿忘国耻！
Black Sun - Nanjing Massacre

The invading Japanese army's "rape of Nanking"

in 1937 China gained global infamy for its horrific
宋家皇朝 Sòng jiā huáng cháo (song family dynasty) influential and fascinating political dynasty in
主演：张曼玉  邬君梅  杨紫琼 1997 China that reached the highest levels of power.
After being educated in America, the women
晚清末年,政局腐败,民不 marry some of the wealthiest and most powerful
聊生,在美国受教育的宋 men in Chinese history, including Sun Yat-sen,
查进凭着他在西方吸收 the revolutionary founder of modern China, and
的先进知识,与孙中山一 Chiang Kai-shek, the nation's leader during World
起合力推翻满清,宋查理 War II.
的三个女儿蔼龄,庆龄,美
龄,出身已具才华抱负,且
分别嫁入当时中国最重
要的三个男人,庆龄下嫁
孙中山,导致父女不和,好
友决裂;美龄亦钟情于孙
中山手下蒋介石,在宋氏家族最富强及中国统一在望之
际,孙中山病逝,中国再次陷入混乱

The Soong Sisters

Maggie Cheung, Vivian Wu and Michelle Yeoh

portray three sisters in the Soong family, an
红色恋人 hóng sè liàn rén (red lover) In chaotic 1930s Shanghai, as the country faces
主要演员： 张国荣 梅婷 1998 an imminent war with the Japanese, an American
doctor is sent to treat a seriously ill man. Because
张国荣、梅婷联手演绎红色恋情。 of the political climate, however, all kinds of
佩恩就偶然的机会中，结识了秋 complications arise. The doctor gets wrapped up
秋与靳，并且对秋秋一见锺情， in the turmoil and soon discovers that his patient
但他并不知道自己已逐渐陷入危
险的情境。靳是共产党在上海地 isn't exactly who he thought he was.
下组织的高层领导人，由于他在
一次战争中，身受重伤，残留在 Stars Leslie Cheung, Mei Ting
他脑内的弹片造成他患有严重的
间歇性狂燥病症，容易产生幻觉。
秋 秋在与靳朝夕相处的过程中，
靳的勇敢、智慧与风采，强烈地吸引她，并且深深爱著他。
有一晚，靳的幻觉症病发中，视秋秋为前妻，而清醒的秋秋
竟被靳的浪漫与 坚贞爱情震撼，她为了得到靳的真实爱情而
付出了一切。佩恩悟出他们在追求爱的同时，就是在追求信
仰，就是以生死相许，这是一种浪漫

A Time to Remember
满城尽带黄金甲 Mǎn chéng jǐn dài huáng jīn jiǎ and political machinations in the house of the
(Mancheng [city] in golden armor) Emperor Ping (Chow Yun Fat) and his ailing wife
主演：巩俐 周润发 周杰伦 2006 (Gong Li). Even their children (Jay Chou) are
swept into their secret passions and schemes to
影片主要人物有大王（人 power, but will their reign end in a bloody coup?
物原型周朴园，扮演者周 Sumptuous costumes and dazzling martial arts
润发）、王后（人物原型
繁漪，扮演者巩俐）、大
form the backdrop for this complex tale of loyalty
王子（人物原型周萍，扮 and deception, love and betrayal.
演者刘烨）、大将军（扮
演者周杰伦）、小王子
（人物原型周冲，扮演者秦俊杰）、宫女（人物原型四凤，
扮演者李曼）。故事开头是大王征战之后大胜回朝，暗暗发
觉宫廷内部已发生微妙的变化，原来王后与大王子发生不伦
之恋，而小王子、大王子、宫女之间的三角恋更是复杂。各
方 为权力、情欲展开明争暗斗，最后矛盾不可避免地总爆发，
所有争斗的人都付出了惨痛的代价，空荡荡的皇宫内只剩下
大王孤独的身影，大殿外则是一幅电闪雷鸣、 狂风暴雨的悲
凉景象……
Curse of the Golden Flower

Yimou Zhang follows the romantic intrigue

卧虎藏龙 Wò hǔ cáng lóng Yu, a princess waiting for an arranged marriage.That night the sword is
主演：周润发 杨紫琼 章子怡 张　震 2000 stolen by a masked warrior, who Yu Shu Lien identifies as Jen Yu. Lu Mu
Bai arrives and discovers Jade Fox, the woman who killed his master
一代大侠李慕白有退出江湖之意， 托 and stole the book of the Wudan is training Jen Yu. Lu Mu Bai decides
付红颜知己俞秀莲将自己的青冥剑带 that he should train Jen Yu in the way of the Wudan, but Jen rejects this.
到京城，作为礼物送给贝勒爷收藏。
这把有四百年历史的古剑伤人无数， Meanwhile, a man arrives at the house looking for Jen. His name is Lo,
李慕白希望如此重 大决断能够表明他 and we find out that he and Jen are in love, ever since he and his gang
离开江湖恩怨的决心。谁知当天夜里 attacked her convoy moving through the desert. He wants her to return
宝剑就被人盗走，俞秀莲上前阻拦与 to the desert with him.
盗剑人交手，但最后盗剑人在同伙的
救助下逃走。 有人看见一个蒙面人 Lu Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien are both secretly in love with each other, but
消 失在九门提督玉大人府内，俞秀莲 neither tell each other this in respect to Yu Shu Lien's dead fiance, who
也认为玉大人难逃干系。九门提督主 was Lu Mu Bai's friend.
管京城治安，玉大人刚从新疆调来赴任，贝勒爷即不相信玉 Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi
大人与此有关，也不能轻举妄动以 免影响大局。俞秀莲为了
不将事情复杂化一直在暗中查访宝剑下落，也大约猜出是玉
府小姐玉蛟龙一时意气所为。俞秀莲对前来京城的李慕白隐
瞒消息，只想用 旁敲侧击的方法迫使玉
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Wudan Warrior Lu Mu Bai gives his sword "Green Destiny" to his friend
Yu Shu Lien, who is to deliever it to another friend, as Lu feels the sword
has too many memories around it. When Yu Shu Lien delivers it and Jen
十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú (ambush on 10 sides) (Andy Lau) tangle with Mei (Ziyi Zhang), a
主演：章子怡、金城武、刘德华、宋丹丹 2004 dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary
faction known as the House of Flying Daggers.
“佳山佳水佳风月千秋佳色，痴 Completely bowled over by Mei's alluring beauty,
迷痴色痴情梦一代痴人”斑斓绚
丽的牡丹坊内，金捕头和刘捕头
the deputies concoct a plan to save her from
正在欣赏着盲妓小妹精彩绝伦的 capture, with Jin leading her north on a perilous
舞姿。突然小妹一剑刺向刘捕头， journey into the unknown. Zhang Yimou directs.
刘 捕头躲过这一击，将小妹拿
下。月黑风高之夜，黑衣人救出
了小妹，在逃亡途中黑衣人不知
不觉地爱上了小妹，这黑衣人就
是金捕头。可金捕头万万没想到
的是小妹 竟另有隐情，他所经
历的一切都让他匪夷所思。小妹受命于飞刀门，将金捕头押
出斩首，他们来到一片花海，在漫天遍野的花海中，金捕头
面对妖艳的小妹，两人情 不自禁地共坠爱河。正当小妹与金
捕头卿卿我我时，此时刘捕头突然出现，三人不得不面对一
道解不开的难题。在漫天的雪花飞舞之中，官府与飞刀门都
亮出底牌， 惊天动地的雪中大战开始了。
House of Flying Daggers

Near the end of the Tang Dynasty, police

deputies Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and Leo
英雄 yīng xióng (hero) The Qin King has long been obsessed with
主演：梁朝伟 张曼玉 李连杰 甄子丹 2002 conquering all of China and becoming her first
Emperor -- which makes him the target of three
战国末期，赵国有三个名震天下的侠 legendary assassins. To anyone who defeats the
客，他们是：长空、残剑、飞雪。因 assassins, the King promises great power,
为他们，秦王十年里没睡过一个安稳
觉。可是他们却被一个默默无闻，名 mountains of gold and a private audience with the
叫无名的秦国剑客所杀。消息传来， King himself. Jet Li heads the stellar cast of Hero
秦王振奋，急找无名上殿相见。在秦 as Nameless, the enigmatic county sheriff who
王的大殿里，神秘的烛火燃烧着，秦 earns his audience with the mighty King. Zhang
王与无名只有十步距离，无名将击杀 Yimou directs.
长空、残剑、飞雪的故事娓娓道来：他利用三人之间的爱恨
交织的关系，瓦解了他们的 力量，个个击破，因此取胜。可
秦王机智过人，听出了无名故事中的破绽，说出了另一个故 Jet Li   Tony Leung Chiu Wai
事的讲法：残剑等三人是主动求败，献出生命，用苦肉计帮 Maggie Cheung   Donnie Yen
助无名上殿， 无名才是真正最危险的刺客，而无名告诉秦王：
他看错了一个人，那就是残剑。于是真正的故事从头叙起......
最后，无名拿起了剑，此时他离秦王只有十 步，他的绝技是
“十步一杀”......

Hero
紫蝴蝶 zǐ hú dié In Manchuria, Itami (Toru Nakamura), who's
主 演：章子怡 冯远征 李冰冰 2003 Japanese, falls in love with Cynthia (Ziyi Zhang),
a beautiful Chinese girl, but dangerous politics
1928 年，满洲。日本翻译 threaten to keep the lovers apart. Their happiness
伊丹英彦(仲村亨饰)离开 ends when Itami returns home for military service.
中国情侣丁慧(章子怡饰) Three years later, Shanghai is occupied by
返回东京。数年后他到上 Japan. Unaware that Itami is in Shanghai working
海时，已成为一名特务。 for Yamamato, the head of Japan's secret
而丁慧目睹了主办抗日报 service, Cynthia joins a covert group with plans to
纸的哥哥被日本人刺杀， kill Yamamoto.
之后来到上海，参加了对
日地下抵抗组织，并与组
织首领谢明(冯远征饰)产
生感情。抵抗组织从外地
聘请了一名杀手，计划暗杀日本情报人员山本。

Purple Butterfly
夜半歌声 yè bàn gē shēng (midnight singing voice) This interpretation of "Phantom of the Opera"
主演： 张国荣 黄磊 郭振锋 1995 takes place in a once-opulent, now-burnt-out
Beijing opera house that was torched because its
1926 年秋，著名歌星宋丹平 most famous star, Song Danping (Leslie
(张国荣饰)主演的歌剧倾倒 Cheung), had an affair with an engaged woman
了成千上万女歌迷，但他唯 (Chien-lien Wu). Song burned to death in the fire,
独钟情清纯可爱的杜云嫣 but his body was never recovered. When a
(吴倩莲饰)，两人热烈地坠 struggling acting troupe moves into the theater,
入爱河，爱得如胶似 漆。 thespian Wei Qing (Lei Huang) encounters a
云嫣的父亲闻讯后勃然大怒， hooded specter with revenge on his mind.
将云嫣禁闭在家，并将她许
配给豪门显贵。云嫣却在订
婚夜宴上装病离席，私会丹
平。权贵公子妒火中烧，派
人毒打丹平，并放火 焚毁了剧...

Phantom Lover
扁担·姑娘 crates on the waterfront while his slick friend Gao
主演: 王彤 施瑜 郭涛 吴涛 1998 Ping (Tao Guo) dabbles in the criminal
underworld. Seeking revenge on a hood who
冬子到武汉投靠老乡高平，当了 swindled him, Gao drags Dongzi into a
被武汉人称作“扁担”的挑夫。 kidnapping involving a Vietnamese nightclub
高平为了发财，在进行敲诈时， singer (Tong Wang) and her chiseling gangster
被同伙苏武打伤。伤愈后，他到 beau.
处寻找苏武，寻机报酬。他终于
杀死 苏武。他又将正在牢里服刑
的“黄陂同乡帮”老大的情妇阮
红追到手并努力向老大的位子前
进。“扁担”冬子爱上了阮红，
但阮红更喜欢高平，希望他能改
变她的命 运。老大高平、“扁担”冬子和越南姑娘阮
红就在这样的背景下努力寻找自己生命的出路。不管他
们怎样努力，仍然一贫如洗，最后还成为被严打的对象。
在江湖上 地位最低下的歌女和“扁担”中间，什么才
是希望？……
So Close to Paradise

After migrating to Shanghai from rural China,

Dongzi (Yu Shi) takes a backbreaking job hauling
海上花 Hai Shang Hua brothel. Manipulation and seductive extravagance
主演: 梁朝伟 刘嘉玲 李嘉欣 1998 abound as the women learn to connive and
manipulate their way through a precarious world
影片围绕着三个主要人物——“长三 of decorum, addiction and greed in this haunting
书寓”的红倌人沈小红、黄翠凤、周 film from Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
双玉展开。小红在荟芳里挂头牌，但 The ensemble cast includes Shuan Fang, Michiko
因为她生性刚烈，快人快语，少有清
客敢摘她的 牌。莲生是唯一与她长期
Hada, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Jack Kao and Tony
往来的人。次日清晨小红找上门来， Leung Chiu Wai.
在众目睽睽之下对惠贞大打出手。其
实莲生所为事出有因。他觉察到小红
同时还跟一个年轻戏子柳儿相 好，并
从小红的态度上感觉到些许冷淡。烦
闷之下莲生去找另一个妓女，结果打
翻了小红这个醋坛子。 黄翠凤是尚仁里的年轻妓女，是个精
明、会为自己打算的女人，她渴望早日脱身青楼，获得自由。
她同时自如地应付着几个男人，其中关系最密切的是有钱又
有 闲的名流罗子富。翠凤一直同他在一起是因为她觉得他会
为她赎身。
Flowers of Shanghai

Chinese courtesans attempt to find happiness

within the opulent walls of a late 19th century
站台 Zhàn tái artists gradually come out of their shells to
主演： 王宏伟 赵涛 杨天乙 2000 embrace their own talents during the country's
transition from Maoism in the 1980s. With new
从七十年代末一直到九十年代初。 respect for westernization and pop culture, the
十年间一个文工团的变化和两对 group changes and evolves along with their
青年男女的感情是电影的中心。 country -- socially, politically and personally. Hong
影片前半部分，时代的启蒙给人
们带来对自由生活的憧憬，主人
Wei Wang, Jing Dong Liang and Tian Yi Yang
公是一位对潮流有着敏锐感受的 star.
人，留长发、穿喇叭裤、听港台
音乐，这在当时是富有叛逆和自
我创造意味的行为，随着这些具
有很强的历史象征意义的意象的
出现，人们似乎感受到一个崭新
的时代即将来临。但是历史的变
迁并没有象人们想象的美好，文工团开始承包，由社会主义
宣传工具转变为了到处卖艺的 "深圳劲歌柔姿"表演团，用承
包会上一个团员的话来说他们被卖了。影片中的两对青年自
始至终都没有把握住自己的命运。
Platform

In this charming coming-of-age film from director

Jia Zhang Ke, a group of Chinese performance
十七岁的单车 Shíqī suì de dān chē himself a bicycle. But as he nears the final
(17-year-old bicycle) payment, the bike disappears -- and without his
主演： 崔林 周迅 李滨 高圆圆 2001 wheels, Guei can't work. After desperately
searching all of Beijing for it, he finally finds Jian,
小贵是刚从内地到北京大城市的孩 who claims the bike is his. The two young boys
子。十六岁这天他终于找到一个快 learn that sharing can be a good thing.
递工作，骑着公司指派的银色变速
越野车，在市区中穿梭送件，每趟
十块钱。当赚到六百块元时，他就 Cuī Lín, Zhōu Xùn, Lǐ Bīn, Gāo Yuányuán
能拥有这台车。小贵因此每天力地
工作。就在小贵终于快要赚足六百
块钱的前一天，却发现自行车不见
了。当小贵快绝望时，他眼看着自
行车的新主人─小坚，骑着他的自
行车。小坚是北京长大的都市小孩，
正惬意地和同学们玩着单车特技。
小贵不顾一切地想向小坚讨回他赖以维生的爱车，在一番争
夺之后，他们选择学习如何共同拥有……

Beijing Bicycle

When 16-year-old Guei finds work as a

messenger in the titular Chinese city, he buys
生话秀 shēng huà xiù (.life .words .elegant) With the aftermath of China's Cultural Revolution
主演：陶 红 陶泽如 潘粤明 2004 as its backdrop, this drama showcases the
resilience of one woman as she tries to pick up
过夜生活的人最恨什么？最 the pieces of her family's life. After her mother
恨白天有人敲门。正在睡觉 died, Shuang Yang (Tao Hong) had to raise her
的来双扬被她哥哥的一阵急 brother, only to witness him fall into drug
促敲门声惊醒，本想大发雷 addiction, all while running a small, struggling
霆的她却见到自己最心痛的 restaurant in Chongqing. She's living day to
侄儿来金多尔站在面前，便 day ... until a regular customer asks her out, and
预言又止了。就在刚刚哥哥 a spark of love -- and hope -- is ignited.
和多尔一同做了男性生殖系
统的手术，嫂子又到长沙听 Starring：táo hóng, táo zé rú, pān yuè míng
股票讲座去了，父子俩没人
照顾，理所当然到了单身的 * ["Xiù" in Chinese title is also a loan word for
双扬家休养，这世界不杀熟 杀谁？再说吉庆街来 "show" in English.]
家的老房子，作为长子来双元也是有权继承的。
Life Show*
苏州河 súzhōu hé Advertising for work on street-corner walls using graffiti-like spray-painted
lettering, he regards the world from his tiny riverside apartment,
主演： 周迅 贾宏声 华仲凯 2000 imagining stories about the parade of humanity crossing a bridge.
He is crazy about a nightclub performer, Meimei (Zhou Xun), who swims
上海苏州河上，流传着一个故 like a mermaid in a large aquarium. Wearing a blond wig, she's the main
事：纯真少女牡丹，爱上速递 attraction for bar patrons.
One day a motorcycle courier named Mardar tells the videographer the
员马达，没料到他竟串通黑道
heartbreaking story of a girl named Moudan (also Zhou), the innocent
朋友，把自己绑架，勒索她父 daughter of a smuggler with whom he had an affair. When the chips were
亲金钱。牡丹心灰意冷，抱着 down he betrayed her, and she jumped into the dark Suzhou River
他送的美人鱼娃 娃，跳进苏州 clutching her favorite doll, a mermaid.
河里，临跳前说：我会变成美 Are they the same person, this delicate Moudan and the hardened,
人鱼回来找你。五年后，马达 seductive Meimei? "Suzhou River" is both a puzzle and a revelation.
四处寻牡丹，在一酒吧里看到 Starring: zhōu xùn, gǔ hóng shēng
扮美人鱼的美美，他认定就是
她，但美美却不是牡丹。一天，
连美美也不见了，她消失前曾问过男友：如果我
走了，你会和马达一样到处找我吗？

Suzhou River
"Suzhou River," the busy waterway running through Shanghai , is told
through the lense of a videographer in the film.
过年回家 personalities. Each parent sides with their natural-
guònián huíjiā (new year return home)
主演: 李冰冰 李涓 born child, and eventually, feisty Xiaolan (Li Jun)
1999
kills her quiet sister (Liu Lin) and goes to jail.
一个警察和一个女犯人的故事。 Seventeen years later, Xiaolan is allowed to visit
十七年前，陶爱荣带着女儿陶 her family for New Year's, but no one comes for
兰嫁给了也有一女儿的于正高。 her. A prison guard (Li Bingbing) takes pity and
因为一件五块钱的小事情，陶 escorts her on what becomes a bittersweet
兰失手打死了于于正高的女儿 journey.
晓琴。陶 兰被判入监狱。十七
年后，监狱根据监狱法，给予
还有一年将要出狱的陶兰放假
三天，回家过年。但是陶兰家
没有人来接她，监狱警察陈洁，
利用假期时间，送陶兰 回家。

Seventeen Years

Sibling rivalry leads to murder in Zhang Yuan's

dramatic tale of two stepsisters with opposite
慈禧秘密生活 cí xǐ mìmì shēnghuó of Chinese Emperor Hseih Feng. But the beautiful
(CiXi secret life) Tzu Hsi has bigger plans for herself and uses her
主演:　陈国邦 　梁家辉 　邱淑贞 1995 sexual influence and charm to her advantage,
eventually becoming an empress. Still, the new
咸丰年间，"小西瓜”惠玉兰被选 royal won't be happy until she's the sole ruler of
为储秀宫的妃子，妃子们争相吃 China. Wai Keung Lau directs this historical
醋，惠玉兰深知如不能受皇上宠 costume drama co-starring Tony Leung Ka Fai.
爱，只会虚度一生老死宫中，她
假借父亲病危赶回老家，请来三
姑 六婆为其传授，整整七天时间，
改变了她一生的命运。她利用小
安子获得皇上的欢心，利用姿色
诱得恭亲王联手对付辅佐幼主的
八大臣，并一一铲除，利用幼主
母后 的身份垂帘听政，掌握了至
高无上的权力，揭开了历史上新的一页。与其说中国最
后一个皇帝是溥仪，不如说中国最后一个女皇是慈禧。

Lover of the Last Empress

Tzu Hsi (Chingamy Yau), a comely young

concubine, is just one of many women in the court
美丽的大脚 měilì de dàjiǎ (beautiful big feet) needed school in the desert. When sophisticated
主演： 倪萍、袁泉 2002 Beijing teacher Xia Yu comes to pitch in, the two
initially clash, but as they work together to help
故事梗概：张美丽（倪萍 the children, they develop an unlikely bond.
饰）是一名农村教师，她唯 Meanwhile, Xia's husband entreats her to return
一出众的地方就是那双能穿 to the city, and Zhang becomes secretly involved
４３码鞋的大脚，她总觉得 with a local man.
自己这辈子不太成功，所以
竭尽所能的让村里的孩子接 Ní Píng, Yuán Quán
受 好的教育。在北京过腻了
养尊处优生活的夏雨（袁泉
饰）报名成为了一名志愿者，
来到了这个偏僻的小山村，她的到来让这个原本平静的
地方变得燥动起来。山村以外的世界让孩子们包括张美
丽感到因惑与茫然，山村贫穷而乏味的生活让夏雨感到
辛酸与难熬，甚至想到了了离开，但是，她能舍得离开
这些纯朴的孩子，还有那个大脚张美丽吗？
For the Children

Mourning the deaths of her husband and son,

Chinese peasant Zhang Meili decides to turn her
pain into something positive, creating a much
嘎达梅林 gā dá méilín (GaDa "Merlin") who united the rival factions of his land in order to
主演: 鄂布斯 刘薇 2001 resist the invading Japanese. Struggling to
preserve a way of life threatened by the forces of
"南方飞来的小鸿雁啊，不落 greed, Gada Meilin emerged from the conflict a
长江不呀不起飞，要说起义的 folk hero to the Mongolian people.
嘎达梅林，是为了蒙古人民的
土地……" 影片《嘎达梅林》
取材于著名的蒙古民歌，讲述
了七十年前蒙古民族英雄嘎达
梅林为保护草原和百姓，率领
各族人民奋起反抗，向封建王
爷和军阀斗争的事迹。 影片在
真实塑造传奇的民族英雄的同时，更将绚丽壮美的
草原风情、淳朴豪放的蒙族民情展现在观众面前，
以恢弘的场面，磅礴的气势和强烈的视觉冲击力，
向观众 奉献出扣人心弦的民族交响诗……
Gada Meilin

Director Feng Xiaoning's sweeping biopic tells the

story of Gada Meilin, a Mongolian tribal chieftain
信天遊 xìn tiān yoú (believe heaven to roam) oppressed Chinese peasants through the
主演: 郭迖 楊鎖 王軍 2005 generations. A series of folktale-style stories tell
of government neglect: from a coffin remaining
报告文学《根本利益》曾经畅销 unburied for 13 years to an important meeting
全国，如今导演冯小宁将它搬上 continually postponed for more than three
了银幕，拍摄了电影《信天游》。 decades and the plight of citizens with no control
该片以《根本利益》中的主人公 over their lives. Pointed commentary sheds light
——山西运城县纪委副书记、有 on these harsh inequities.
“百姓书记”之称的梁雨润为原
型，塑造了“杨书记”的形象。
扮演“杨书记”的是著名喜剧小
品演员郭达，他将这位“戴着官
帽的农民”、把老百姓当父母去
孝敬的“儿女官”诠释得淋漓尽
致、真实感人。影片《信天游》
与以往主旋律电影不同，它将镜
头对准了中国 9 亿农民。

Basic Interests

Based on the best-selling nonfiction book, this

moving drama explores the difficulties faced by
漂亮妈妈 piàoliang māma (beautiful mother) classmates, indigent single mother Sun Liying (Li
主演: 巩俐 2003 Gong) takes a series of odd jobs around Beijing
to buy a replacement so he can attend a regular
school. With virtually no support from the child's
三口之家的女工孙丽英(巩俐饰)，
negligent father (Yue Guan), the determined Sun
因儿子郑大先天失聪，男人因此
与她离婚而去。儿子郑大参加小 gives her all to educate her son and help him
学入学测试，因聋未获录取，还 realize his potential in this affecting drama also
不小心弄坏了昂贵的助听 器。为 starring Xin Gao.
了更好的教儿子学说话，让他尽
早上学，孙丽英辞去原工作，当
了送报员，并想办法筹钱买新助
听器。这时，郑大生父亲意外身
亡。一系列的困境和变故使孙 丽英身心疲惫，然而她
始终坚持，不言放弃。在孙丽英身上表现了普通中国女
性高尚的人格魅力和永恒的母子亲情。影片现实感强，
巩俐的表演朴实、真挚，催人泪 下！

Breaking the Silence

When her hearing- and speech-impaired son's

hearing aid is damaged during a dustup with
背起爸爸上学 bēiqǐbàba shàngxué or his daughter to school, he sends his son,
(to shoulder father go to school) Shiwa, and keeps his daughter at home to work
主演: 颜丹晨 1998 the fields. But after Shiwa places first in a national
chemistry competition, he faces an equally tough
這是一個真實的故事，一把銅勺 choice between his studies and his family.
決定了石娃和姐姐各自的命運，
一個卜學，一個輟學，命運既簡
單又嚴酷。這是一個傳奇的故事，
馬蓮河畔一個普普通通的上學娃
獲 得全國奧林匹克化學競賽一等
獎，平靜的山溝裏突然飛出一只
金鳳凰。這是一個平凡人不平凡
的故事，面對著師範學校的錄取
通知書和癱瘓的父親，一把銅勺
不再決 定石娃的命運，變賣家產，背起父親，他毅然
走出馬蓮河。這是一個發人深省的故事，因為他背起的
不僅僅是一個多病的父親，他將要背負的是一個沉重而
有希望的 中國！
Going to School with Dad on My Back

When insufficient funds force a widowed Chinese

father to choose between sending either his son
秦颂 qín sòng (to praise Qin) epic about the first dynasty's formation. But
演员：葛优 姜文 许晴 1996 Zheng's personal life interferes with his plans to
govern China when he seeks help from an old
赢政和高渐离是一对同吃高母乳 friend (You Ge). Raised side by side with Zheng,
汁长大的好朋友。少年时，高渐 Gao Jianli agrees to compose a national anthem
离的琴声曾帮助赢政摆脱了死亡 for a united China while concealing another
的恐惧。分别多年以后，赢政成 agenda. Qing Xu stars as Zheng's daughter,
了秦国的国王，高渐离成了燕国 Princess Yueyang.
的乐师。燕国被秦所占后，高渐
离的额上被烙上了难看的“囚”
字，他欲一死了之，但赢政把他
带到秦国，让他谱写王乐“秦
颂”，高渐离以绝食寻死。此时，
赢政的女儿栎阳请求去救活高渐
离，高渐离为栎阳的真诚所打动，
打消了死的念头，并教栎阳习琴。两人相爱并交欢。但
是，栎阳早已是赢政手中的政治筹码被许配给了将军王
贲。
The Emperor's Shadow

Ying Zheng (Wen Jiang), king of the Qin territory,

sets out to unite China under a single ruler in this
木人新妇 mù rén xīn fù (wood person bride) This story examines the harsh customs in 1920s
主演：顾宝明，王馥荔，王玉梅，张世 1994 rural China as a young woman (Lan Wang)
makes a scary journey to her arranged marriage.
中国西北部 -- 1920 -- 年美丽的 Upon arrival at her new home, she learns her
年轻新娘必须穿过沙漠 -- 与富 fiancé is dead, but his mother, Madame Liu
裕的未婚夫的婚姻。年轻农民男 (Yumei Wang), expects her to honor the marriage
孩雇用了对护卫新娘。匪盗绑架 anyway and weds the girl to a statue of her son.
年轻女主人，但是勇敢的男孩抢 Caving under the pressure, the girl begins an
救她。到达安全地，他们发现未 affair with a young man, putting both tradition and
婚夫死了。新郎的妈妈要求女孩 their lives in jeopardy.
必须结婚儿子的木肖像。女孩服
从传统，但是爱上农民男孩。

Wooden Man's Bride

西夏路迢迢 xī xià lù tiáo tiáo horsemen storm the village and take the
(west summer road very remote) necessary infants, but they don't realize they're
主演: 倪大宏 巴德玛 1997 being trailed by a villager, Ya (Badenma), who
follows close behind them with her own child in
公元十一世纪的中国西部， tow. The leader of the bandits, Ye (Ni Dahong),
北方游牧民族西夏王国和契 notices her presence, and the group gradually
丹辽国，汉人宋国征战角逐， comes to tolerate her.
策马疆场。西夏国为了补充
兵源实行“血赋”政策，野
利狐率领一支骑兵小分队 去
征掳男孩。为了凑足数额，
野利狐胁迫一个叫孤姐的待
产女人随行。途中，女人果
然生下一个男孩。孤姐难舍骨肉分离，穷追不舍。在险
恶的归途上，粗犷的西夏 兵和女人及孩子们的关系发
生了出人意料的转折，在与契丹兵的血战中，数名西夏
兵为保护孩子惨烈丧生。
Journey to the Western Xia Empire

In 11th-century China, the emperor has given an

assignment to several nomadic horsemen: Kidnap
ten male babies from a nearby village. The
红颜 hóng yán (rosy cheeks / young beauty) give up her baby for adoption and lives in
主演：刘谊 黄兴饶 李克纯 王乙竹 2005 disgrace. Ten years later, Yun is a down-and-out
nightclub singer who forges an unlikely bond with
上世纪八十年代初，在四川山区河边的 a local boy (Xingrao Huang). A marriage proposal
一个小县城里，还在上学的十六岁的小 soon tests the limits of their unusual friendship
云意外怀孕了。她和那个男孩同时被学
校开除，男孩子远走他乡，漂亮敏感的
and Yun is forced to reckon with her troubled
小云孤独 past.
地承受着来自社会、家庭的压力和歧视
……
小云有一个家教很严的做小学老师的母
亲，在母亲和小云男友姐姐的精心策划
下，小云在生下一个男婴的当天被告知
孩子死了。十年后，小云成了县川剧团的当家花旦。但是，
她就像十年前一样，还是大家“歧视”的对象。一天，小云
偶然遇到了一个十岁的男孩小勇，这个调皮聪明的男孩很快
成了这个二十六岁漂亮女人的好朋友。就在此时，小云的母
亲却告诉小云一个让她震惊的秘密，小云和小勇的生活被彻
底打。乱，小云又将面对怎么样的选择……
Dam Street

Ostracized by her small town in early-1980s

China, pregnant teen Xiao-yun (Yi Liu) is forced to
向日葵 xiàngrìkuí moves from the Cultural Revolution into the
主演 ： 陈冲 Joan Chen 2005 modern era. Forced to spend years in a
reeducation camp, Gengnian misses Xiangyang's
《向日葵》，讲述的是一个因为历史 early childhood, and although he returns
原因终止艺术梦想的父亲对儿子长达 determined to make up for lost time, the free-
30 多年关爱的故事。由于这种爱经
历了中国社会转型的特殊时期，而片
spirited Xiangyang resents his father's rules and
中的父亲更是一位因为残疾不能继续 discipline.
进行创作的画家，因此其艺术梦想的
破灭使得他给儿子的是一种扭曲的爱。 Chén Chōng, Joan Chen

Sunflower

Xiangyang's bond with his father, Gengnian,

remains strained through the years as China
西太后 xī tàihòu west empress The true life story of Tzu Hsi, who rose from being
a concubine in the Forbidden City to become the
主演：巩俐 陈道明 1989 Empress of China.

本片描写同治帝载淳长大成人
后的宫廷生活：他怎样处处受
制西太后慈禧，甚至西太后宠
爱的太监安得海，竟也不把这
位一国之君放在眼里。至于影
片的重点，则在于描绘慈禧欺
压载淳和嘉顺皇后，以及清除
东太后慈安等过程。

Empress Dowager

Starring: Gǒng Lì, Chén Dào Míng

夜宴 yèyàn The Banquet
In this turmoil is a beautiful queen, Empress Wan (Ziyi Zhang) who
has charm, beauty, and a soldier's sword skills. However, un-fulfilled in
主演：章子怡 葛优 吴彦祖 周迅 马精武 2006 her royal marriage, she harbors forbidden desires for her stepson
Prince Wu Luan (Daniel Wu), an introverted and melancholic young
man, who shies away from the palace to indulge in the ancient art of
五代十国时期，国与国之间 music and dance.
连年战争，皇帝与大臣凶险
争斗。先帝离奇爆崩，其弟 When the Emperor dies suddenly and suspiciously, his virile younger
篡位，并将年轻貌美的皇后 brother Li (Ge You) takes over the throne. Wan shocks everyone by
agreeing to marry Li, convinced that this is the only way to protect Wu
据为己有。无助的太子陷入 Luan while sealing her own position in the court. But Li is no fool, and
愤怒之中并决意复仇。大臣 however infatuated he might be with his sister-in-law, he only pretends
之子为救太子亦卷入争斗。 to buy into her schemes. He has dispatched his guards to kill his
一场晚宴上，母后将公主和 nephew who wards off the assassination attempt, and returns to the
palace and revenge himself by killing his uncle, whom he believes has
皇帝杀害，并与大臣之子和 murdered his father.No sooner has Wu Luan returned to the palace
太子进行最后的决斗。 than he finds himself inextricably trapped in a double love triangle with
Wan and Qing Nu (Zhou Xun), the daughter of the conniving Grand
Marshall. All palace intrigue comes to a climax at the final banquet.

Legend of the Black Scorpion

In ancient China during the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten
Kingdoms (907-960 AD), dynasties succeed each other rapidly in the
north, and a dozen of independent states battle in the south. The
Khitan Empire in Manchuria awaits its chance to conquer China.
紅色娘子軍 hóng sè niáng zi jūn Red Girls' Army leader in China's Red Army. Xie Jin directs this
1960 classic based on the novel by the same name,
which was also famously adapted into a ballet
美丽可爱的少女吴琼花生长在 that was performed in China for a visiting
风景如画的海南岛椰林镇。镇 President Nixon in 1972.
主恶霸南霸天为修自家祖祠，
霸占了吴家土地，并让手下烧
死了吴家老小，吴琼花发誓报
仇。为执行任务，洪常青乔装
华侨进入南府，他机智地骗取
了南霸天的信任。在危急时刻，
洪常青搭救了琼花，在他的指
引下，琼花带着好友红莲一起
到五指山投奔红军。参军后的琼花始终不忘复仇，通过
一次次血的教训，在党代表洪常青和大家的帮助下，琼
花终于明白了参加革命的道理，她逐渐地成熟，由一个
普通的农家少女成长为一名优秀的红军指挥员。
Red Detachment of Women

In a stunning journey, Wu Qionghua rises from

humble beginnings as a cruel man's servant to
com-mand a group of female soldiers as a valiant
七剑 qī jiàn Seven Swords It's the early 17th century, and the Manchurian
2005 emperor of the new Ching Dynasty imposes a
1600 年间，满清虽已入关，但中 brutal ban on the practice of martial arts to
原武林仍隐藏不少反抗力量，满 establish national order. But seven master
清亲王哆格多颁布“禁武令”， swordsmen are forced to break the law when
并派前朝降清高手风火连城剿杀
各地违令武林人士，而风火连城 called upon to save a village tormented by a
的下一个目标便是西北边陲的武 corrupt imperial enforcer.
庄。武庄表面上住了一批庄稼人，
实则是反清组织天地会分舵人马。
路见不平的侠医傅青主认为要解 Stars: Leon Lai, Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung,
武庄之危，只有带了两位武庄青 Chia-Liang Liu, Honglei Sun, Liwu Dai, Duncan
年武元英和韩志邦上天山求助。
天山万里冰封，住了一位擅于铸剑的世外高人晦明大师。晦明有四
Lai, Jingwu Ma, Yi Lu, Jason Pai Piao, Michael
大弟子，其中包括大师兄楚昭南，依仗师傅所传的绝世宝剑，希望 Wong
将来可在江湖上快意恩仇；二弟 子杨云聪，虽武功高强却无意再涉
足凡尘。然而，当杨云聪冒险在雪崩危机中救了遇险的武元英，其
清净的天山生活终于被打扰了。杨云聪虽万般不愿，但晦明已答 应
襄助，尽遣四大弟子随傅青主、武元英和韩志邦下山，并把毕生修
为炼成的七把宝剑分赠七人，展开「七剑下天山」的武林传奇。

Seven Swords
 Xianning, Hubei. Honghu is celebrated as an important supporter
洪湖赤卫队 Hónghú chì wèi dùi 1961 of the Communist side during last century's Chinese Civil War.
(Honghu Red Protection Force) Honghu and other regions around its lake were part of an
important communist stronghold called the Hunan-Western Hubei
Revolutionary Base Area. A revolutionary musical depicting the
struggle between Communist guerrillas and a KMT landlord for
一九三零年，彭家墩赤卫队 control of a village. In the summer of 1930, a tyrant named Peng
乡党支部韩英和刘闯组织战 allied with Nationalist Army commander Feng raids the Red
Army’s base in the Honghu area of Hubei province. Party
略撤退，白极会会首彭霸天 Secretary Han Ying and the base director lead the local guards in
和匪保安团冯团长重占彭家 an orderly withdrawal but later return to lead a raid on the enemy’s
墩。韩英、刘闯率赤卫队识 weapons storehouse. In retaliation, Peng has some local people
tortured to try to discover Han Ying’s hideout. In order to protect
破敌人伪装撤退的诡计，韩 his fellow villagers, Han Ying gives herself up, then escapes, with
英为挽救乡亲不幸被捕。彭 one of his deputies sacrificing himself in the effort. Han continues
霸天使用苦肉计威逼韩英， to lead the Red Guards in their struggle against the enemy.
不久张副官救出韩英，回到
了赤卫队，处死了叛徒王金
标，配合红军消灭了保安团与白极会，扩大了苏区。

Red Guards on Honghu Lake

Honghu (洪湖市) is a county-level city in the municipal region of

Jingzhou, in central China's Hubei province. The city lies on the
left bank of the Yangzi River, across from Hunan Province and
画皮 huà pí 2008 Following a successful raid on the campsite of a group of
主演：甄子丹 周迅 陈坤 赵薇 孙俪 barbarians, army commander Wang Sheng (Kun Chen)
liberates beautiful captive Xiaowei (Xun Zhou), completely
电影《画皮》讲述的是， unaware that the beguiling woman is actually a fox spirit
中国古代一位将军救了一 disguised as a human. When she becomes convinced that
位狐妖回家，狐妖爱上将 she and Wang Shen are meant to be together, Xiao Wei
军，想取代将军夫人的位 launches a plot to seduce the commander and separate him
置。狐妖的美貌必须靠人 from his beautiful wife, Peirong (Wei Zhao).
心养护，爱上狐妖的蜥蜴
精不断杀人奉献人心示爱， Story based on "Liáozhāi Zhìyì" 聊斋志异 -- Qing
引发城中人心惶惶。将军 dynasty book of supernatural tales by Pu Song Ling 蒲
妻子发觉狐妖，暗中求助 松龄.
侠客和降魔者除妖。由此，
一场人妖之间，人伦之间，
纯情男女之间，兄弟之间，妖魔之间错综复杂的情
仇和生死大战徐徐拉开。
Painted Skin

Zhen Zi Dan, Zhou Xun, Zhao Wei,Chen Kun, Sun Li

盲山 máng shān
2007 Story of Bai Xuemei, a young woman in the early 1990s who recently
graduated from college and is attempting to find work to help pay for her
演员: 张玉玲 张友平 杨幼安 贺运乐 贾应高 brother's education. In the process, she is drugged, kidnapped and sold
as a bride to a villager in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi province.
22 岁的女大学生白雪梅找工作时认 Trapped in the fiercely traditional town, she finds that all avenues of
识了热情大方的姑娘胡晓晓。她在工 escape are blocked. As she searches for allies to help her, she is raped
作和金钱的诱惑下和胡晓晓一起坐车 by her "husband" and beaten by his parents and villagers.
去山 区采购中草药。经过长途跋涉, The movie was filmed with several endings, attempting to satisfy the
他们来到一个小山村。白雪梅却被告 Chinese film censorship board. The abrupt ending in the international dvd
知,她已经被家人卖给 40 岁的农民黄 has Bai Xuemei stabbing her "husband" during his brawl with Xuemei's
德贵做老婆了。白雪梅想要回家,遭 father after the police leave the village. The ending on the Chinese dvd is
到了黄德贵的拒绝。 愤怒的黄德贵 more of a "happy" ending when Bai Xuemei drugs her husband and
强奸了她,并且将她关在屋里。白雪 police rescue her. Other girls in the village who were sold into marriage
梅稍有反抗就会遭到毒打、漫骂。白 are also rescued, but her best friend decides to stay behind for her child.
雪梅不断寻找机会逃跑。但是这个封闭的山村中没有人愿意 No one wins in this ending because Bai Xuemei's child is left without a
帮助她。村民们的 自私和冷漠,当地官员和警察的渎职行为使 mother and the family of her "husband" is left with no daughter-in-law.
她在那里孤立无援。 The ending concludes with text about the ongoing problem of human
trafficking in modern day China.

Blind Mountain
Cast: Zhang Yuling, Zhang YouPing, Yang YouAn, Ho YunYue
生死劫 shēng sǐ jié 2005
(life death plunder) A young girl's lonely life seems to be looking up
演员: 周迅 吴军 when she's accepted by a university, but her joy
胭妮（周迅饰）的母亲是知青， is short-lived. Having been raised by indifferent
插队时嫁给了当地一个农民。不 relatives in Beijing, naive freshman Yan'ni (Xun
到一岁就被母亲送回到北京的姥 Zhou) finds it hard to resist when a charming
姥家。胭妮从小就感觉到自己是 deliveryman starts to pay attention to her. But
个多余的人。这样的家庭让胭妮 she's soon on a downward spiral, as she
渐渐 变成了一个缄默孤僻的孩 becomes pregnant, drops out of school and ends
子。胭妮意外惊喜地收到了大学 up living in her lover's drab room.
的录取通知书。迈向新生活的胭
妮，与小货车司机木玉（吴军
饰）巧遇，没想到劫难在一天悄然地拉开序 幕……胭
妮没有想到，木玉对她的百般宠爱只是施展了爱情骗术，
利用她为自己生孩子，并用孩子去换取金钱。她并未因
受到生死劫难而放弃生活的勇，而是变得更 坚强了，
反击即将开始……

A Stolen Life

Zhou Xun Wu Jun

我和爸爸 Wŏ hé Bàba 2003 Winner of China's Golden Rooster Award for Best
演员: 叶大鹰 姜文 徐静蕾 张元 New Director, Jinglei Xu artfully helms and stars
in this coming-of-age tale about a teenage girl
一直生活在单亲家庭的少女小鱼，性格“独立”、“坚 and her troubled relationship with her father.
硬”，因为一次车祸，小鱼的母 Although she has spent most of her life with her
亲去世，几年没见的父亲老鱼 mother, introverted Jing (Xu) must start anew with
——一个陌生的男人重新走进了 her estranged father (Daying Ye) after her mother
她 的 生 活 ， 父 亲 的 “ 另 dies in an accident. Can the two find a common
类”、“叛逆”以及对她全部的 ground and learn to be a family?
爱，触动了小鱼心灵中长久以来
最柔软、最不可碰触的那一部
分。他们相依为命，又被迫分
开。从一开始的陌生到日后的互
相 依恋，在共同生活的几年中，
两人都感受一种爱和一种人生的
无奈……

My Father and I
Yè Dàyīng. Jiāng Wén, Xú Jìnglěi
天下无贼 tiān xià wú zéi 2004
(.land under heaven .no .thieves) The story is set primarily on a train bound inland
演员: 刘德华 刘若英 李冰冰 from Tibet. Sha Gen (played by Wang Baoqiang),
a naïve village boy working as construction
王薄(刘德华饰）和王丽(刘若 worker in Tibet, was returning home to get
英饰)是一对扒窃搭档，也是 married. Refusing to believe that thieves exist in
一对浪迹天涯的亡命恋人。他 the world, Sha Gen insists on carrying his five
们在一列火车上遇到了一个名 years of savings worth ¥60,000 with him rather
叫傻根(王宝强饰)的农民，他 than use remittance. As such, he has attracted
刚挣了一笔 钱要回老家盖房 the attention of Wang Bo (Andy Lau) and Wang Li
子娶媳妇。傻根不相信天下有 (Rene Liu), who are lovers as well as highly
贼，王薄和王丽最初想对他下 skilled professional thieves.
手，后来却被他的纯朴所打动，
决定保护傻根，圆他一个天下无贼的梦想，并由此与另
一 个扒窃团伙(葛优饰)所带领的扒窃团伙发生了一系列
的明争暗斗……

A World Without Thieves

Andy Lau Rene Liu Li Bing Bing

一个陌生奴人的来信 yīgè mò shēng núrén de láixìn
On a wintry night in 1948 Peking, a writer
演员: 姜文 徐景蕾 2004 receives a letter from a dying woman he doesn't
know. In the letter, the woman tells of her lifelong
这是徐静蕾导演的第二部电 love for the man across the stirring backdrop of
影，这次改编的东方版《一 wartime China. Director and star Jinglei Xu
封陌生女人的来信》将小说 reimagines the 1948 classic reset in Beijing, won
的背景搬到了三四十年代的 a Best Director award at the San Sebastian
北京，描写了一个美丽而痴 International Film Festival.
情的少女在十三岁时暗恋上
了刚刚搬来的青年作家。从
此她一生的爱，一生的等候
以及生命本身都献给了这个
光彩迷人且风流成性的男人。

Letter From and Unknown Woman

Jiang Wen , Xu JingLei

小裁縫 xiăo cáifēng 2002 Set in Maoist China during the Cultural
little tailor Revolution, this nostalgic coming-of-age drama
演员: 周迅 刘烨 陈坤 王宏伟 王双宝 follows two young men, Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma
知青罗明(陈坤饰)和马剑铃(刘烨饰) (Ye Liu), who are sent to a remote village to be
上山下乡来到湘西的一个小山村， "re-educated" and cleansed of non-Communist
接受贫下中农再教育，可是乡下贫 influences. While there, both fall under the spell of
乏的生活使他们逐渐感到厌倦，他 a local beauty (Xun Zhou) whose heart they hope
们生活中惟一的乐趣 便是偷看箱子 to win through a secret stash of forbidden
里的一本禁书——巴尔扎克的小说。 Western literature.
一天，他们与村子里的小裁缝(周迅
饰)相遇，活泼开朗的小裁缝给他们
死水般的生活带来了光亮，而他们
的禁书 也令小裁缝幻想中的世界豁
然开朗，慢慢地两人同时爱上了小裁缝，可是就在他们
的爱情之火越烧越炽热的时候，小裁缝却告诉他们，她
要走出大山，去看看外面的 世界……

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

赤壁 chì bì 2008 Red Cliff opens as power hungry Prime Minister-turned-
演员: 梁朝伟 金城武 张震 张丰毅 胡军 General Cao Cao seeks permission from the Han dynasty
林志玲 赵薇 Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to
《赤壁》以长坂坡之战开 crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way,
场，曹操在击溃刘备后， Liu Bei and Sun Quan. As the expedition gets underway,
认为对他称霸天下有威胁 Cao Cao's troops rain destruction on Liu Bei's army, forcing
的是东吴，再加上曹操钟 him into retreat. Liu Bei's military strategist Zhuge Liang
爱的小乔誓死不从，令他 knows that the rebels’ only hope for survival is to form an
大发雷霆，执意攻打东吴。 alliance with rival warlord Sun Quan, and reaches out to Sun
孙权派鲁肃 以吊唁刘表之 Quan’s trusted advisor, war hero Zhou Yu. Vastly
名与刘备会面，商讨联合
outnumbered by Cao Cao’s brutal, fast-approaching army,
抗曹的事情。刘备在同意
了与东吴联合抗曹的建议 the warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign –
之后，派诸葛亮前往东吴。孙权的妹妹孙尚香与鲁肃用 unrivaled in history – that changes the face of China forever.
激将法坚定了孙权抗 曹的决心，并且把周瑜召回，主
持抗曹。两军最终在赤壁相遇，在黄盖的诈降计策之下，
曹操大败，沿华容道退回江陵。
Red Cliff
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Kaneshiro Takeshi,
Chang Chen, Zhang Feng Yi, Hu Jun,
Lin Chi Ling, Vicky Zhao Wei
天浴 tiān yù (.sky .bath) 1998 It's 1975 and the Great Cultural Revolution is in its final
aka: 派遣了向下女孩 pàiqiǎn le xiàngxià nǚhái throes. Xiu Xiu, the daughter of a tailor, is "sent down" to the
(.to send .down .girl) countryside to serve a movement that has long since lost its
主演： 李小璐 洛桑 purpose. She is among the last of 15+ million "Intellectual
中国十年文革风暴，一名成 Youth" exiled from family, classmates, and everything that is
都少女文秀与全国七百五十 familiar. Lao Jin, Xiu Xiu's "instructor", is a simple Tibetan
万青年一样，更离开亲人下 herder, and together they share a single tent and a nomadic
放农村。文秀被派往荒凉的 existence governed only by the seasons.
西藏高原，寄居到藏族人老 Xiu Xiu, indifferent to Lao Jin and his impoverished lifestyle,
金的破旧营破内。文秀无法 is alone and longing for a youth cut short. Dreaming of
忍受贫苦生活，在渺无人烟 home, Xiu Xiu trades her sexuality in a desperate search for
的高原上 … a connection to return home.
然而，场部过了约定的半 >> "Down to the Countryside Movement" 1968-75
年时间仍然不来接走文秀，令她逐渐产生焦急不安 >> 上山下乡运动 shàng shān xià xiāng yùndòng
的心理，脾气变得暴燥，一股冤恨全向老金身上发 (.up.mountain.down.country.movement)
泄。

Xiu Xiu the Sent Down Girl

Li Xiaolu (LuLu), Lopsang
色戒 sè jiè 2007 In Shanghai, Japan's World War II occupation
(.lust .warning) continues in force. Wong Chia Chi has been left
主演： 梁朝伟 汤唯 王力宏 behind by her father, who has escaped to
1938 年，中国正值多事之秋， England. As a freshman at university, she meets
一群爱国青年在香港组成话 fellow student Kuang Yu Min. Kuang has started
剧团，为国家募款抗战。剧 a drama society to shore up patriotism. As the
团团长邝裕民对汪精卫等一 theater troupe's new leading lady, Wong realizes
众汉奸极为愤恨，当他得知 that she has found her calling, able to move and
汪手下的一个特务头 目易先 inspire audiences--and Kuang. He convenes a
生身在香港，决定伙同团员， core group of students to carry out a radical and
展开暗杀行动。易先生机警 ambitious plan to assassinate a top Japanese
精明，等闲之辈难以接近， collaborator, Mr. Yee.
唯一缺点是好女色，团员决
定以美人计对付易先生，由剧团台柱王佳芝假 扮
香港贵妇，先与易太太混熟，继而藉机色诱易先生，
从中制造暗杀机会。
Lust Caution

Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Lee Hom

那山那人那狗 nà shān nà rén nà gŏu 1996 Retired Chinese postman (Ten Rujun) is about to
(that mountain those men that dog) turn over his postal route to his son (Liu Ye). Both
主演： 滕汝骏 刘烨 men are quite emotional as the father shows his
即将退休的乡邮员，在 son the ins and outs of his daily routine. As they
湖南茫茫的深山中送了 walk along the mountain roads together, the
一辈子信，马上要由唯 father recounts his many days as a postman, and
一的儿子接下送信的工 the son rejoices in the time he gets to spend with
作，面对儿子第一次出 his father.
发老邮员千叮万嘱交代，
实在放心不下，于是带
着 长年跟随的忠狗陪着
儿子走一趟送信之旅。徒步在壮阔的山林。清翠的田野
间，这一对父子展开前所未有的认识和了解，年轻气盛
的儿子终于了解数十年来，父亲邮 差工作的辛苦与意
义。老乡邮员也体会 20 多年来，妻子终日等待的无奈
和儿子长大成人的骄傲。于是那山那水，那狗构筑了一
幅幅美丽的画面一串串人性的感动。
Postmen in the Mountains

Tengru Jun, Liu Ye

胭脂扣 yān zhī kòu 1988 Hong Kong who runs away with the pampered son (Leslie
主演：梅艳芳 张国荣  Cheung) of a rich family. Misery follows, and the two make a
suicide pact …but only Fleur goes through with it. Half a
某夜，一冷艳女鬼来报馆求登寻 century later, her spirit returns, seeking her lost lover.
人广告，并缠着袁永定不离开。
女鬼原是五十年前石塘咀名妓如
花，当年拜倒裙下者众，却独钟
情富家子弟陈振邦。
陈门 乃望族不接受妓女作媳妇，
逐振邦出门，于是两人在穷困中
挣扎。如花与振邦终订阴世之约，
复吞鸦片自杀。如花在阴间久候
不见振邦，便来阳世寻觅。永定
和他的 女友楚娟，同情如花的
遭遇，倾力帮助她找人，现在已是 1987 年了，事过四
十年，人已两三代，简直是大海捞针，而如花之七日期
限即将届满……
Rouge
Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung

A supernatural romance which won the top Hong Kong Film

award in 1988. Fleur (Anita Mui) is a prostitute in 1930s
駱駝 祥 子 Lùotúo Xiáng Zi 1982 Based on the novel by Lao She, this compelling
(Camel Lucky Child) film follows a Chinese peasant who tries to lead a
successful and healthy life in the big city. He
演员: 张丰毅 斯琴高娃 殷新 颜彼德 李唐  continues to work hard at his job and tries to find
love at the same time, but as he does, he's
这部长篇小说是中国现代著
confronted with the many differences that still
名作家老舍的代表作。小说
exist between the contemporary and early
以二十年代末期的北京市民
Chinese customs and culture.
生活为背景，以人力车夫祥
子的坎坷悲惨生活遭遇为主
要情节，深刻揭露了旧中国
的黑暗，控诉了统治阶级对
劳动者的剥削、压迫，表达
了作者对劳动人民的深切同
情。

Rickshaw Boy
Zhang Fengyi, Siqin Gaowa, Yin Xin, Yan Bide, Li Tang
祝福 zhù fú 1956 relatives of young widow Xiang Lin Sao (Bai Yang) attempt
(Blessings) to sell her to an indigent peasant, the would-be bride
演员: 白杨 魏鹤龄 李景波 escapes. But the family tracks her down, abducts her and
辛亥革命前后，年轻的寡 forces her into the marriage, which becomes a happy union
妇祥林嫂，将被婆婆卖出 … until fate strips her of her new husband and son -- and
去。得知消息后，祥林嫂 turns Xiang Lin into a pariah.
逃到鲁镇鲁四老爷家当了
佣人。不久，婆家人抢走
了她并把她卖给贺老六。
这位山里人 忠厚本分，待
祥林嫂很好。不幸的是贺
老六积劳成疾，早早地死了，儿子阿毛又丧生狼窝，
房子也被大伯收去抵债。孤苦伶丁、无处栖身的祥
林嫂又回到鲁四老爷家 作佣人。

A New Year Sacrifice

Bai Yang

A mountain village in China serves as the backdrop for this

dramatic tale adapted from a Lu Xun short story. When the
一江春水向东流 yī jiāng chūn shuĭ xiàng dōng liú 1947 Considered one of the greatest Chinese films ever made,
演员: 白杨陶 金吴茵 舒绣文  this sweeping epic from directors Chusheng Cai and Junli
Zheng follows the fortunes of a working-class family fighting
张忠良出身贫苦，从小就是上海 to stay together during the War of Resistance against Japan.
富豪吴家祺的书童，两人都对贤 Though Sufen (Yang Bai) and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin)
淑善良的素芬心存爱慕，但素芬 are deeply in love, the challenges of living during wartime
心中只有忠良，不久两人结为夫 greatly strains their relationship as they're forced to endure
妻。抗日战争爆发，张忠良参加 myriad trials and tribulations.
了救 护队，夫妻两人在兵荒马
乱中失散。后来张忠良辗转到了
重庆。碰到旧相识现成为交际花
的王丽珍，她为忠良在干爷庞浩
的公司里谋得一职。在王丽珍的
引诱下，张 忠良很快投怀送抱、渐渐走向堕落。
素芬则在丈夫的思念中带着婆婆艰难度日。

The Spring River Flows East (2 disks)

Bai Yangtao, Jin Wuyin, Shu Xiuwen
墨攻 mò gōng 2006 Tension swirls in ancient China as the evil Zhao commander
(Mohist attack) Xiang Yan-zhong sets his sights on conquering the small
演员: 刘德华 范冰冰 安圣基 王志文 city-state of Liang, which would be otherwise defenseless if it
weren't for valiant warrior Ge Li. Based on a Japanese
距今两千两百多年，中华大地尚 novel about China's Warring States Period.
在诸国纷争，群雄争霸的时期。
此时，强大的赵国想要一举攻打 Mohism or Moism ( 墨家 Mòjiā; "School of Mo" ) was a
燕国，而实现这个计划的首要条
Chinese philosophy developed by the followers of Mozi, or
件就是要先攻破夹在赵燕之间的
梁国。于是，赵国大将军巷淹中 Mo Tzu (Master Mo), or Micius, c.450 BCE. Mohism was a
奉命率领十万大军，逼近仅仅只 major rival to Confucianism (儒 Ru). After the Han dynasty
有孺妇平民 4000 馀人的梁城。 adopted Confucianism as the official state philosophy,
危难之时，梁王(王志文饰)向以 Mohism all but disappeared as a separate school of thought.
守城见长的墨家请求一支可以抵
抗十万大军的守军。但是梁王等到的却是一个其貌不扬、
孤身应战的墨者─革离(刘德华饰)。 暖春 nuăn chūn 2003
演员: 田成仁 张妍 郝洋 于伟杰
Battle of Warriors
"Battle of Wits" (Hong Kong)
Andy Lau, Zhiwen Wang, Fan Bing Bing, Sung-Kee Ahn 无家可归的孤儿小花不堪被虐待，从外村跑到了芍
药村，村民们都不愿收留女娃。只有年迈的宝柱爹，
顶着儿子儿媳的压力，把小花带回家。而多年不生
娃的儿媳香 草十分妒忌，想把小花送人。在香草
娘的安排下，一次又一次骗走单纯的小花。此时，
一个无助的孤儿，一个体衰的老人，他们的命运将
如何呢……

Warm Spring
Tiancheng Ren, Zhang Yan, Hao Yang,
Yu Weijie

Fleeing the clutches of an

abusive foster parent, orphan Xiao Hua finds safe
haven in the home of a kindly old man who vows
to give her everything he has to afford her a better
life. But in the face of meager resources,
disapproving neighbors and a jealous son and
daughter-in-law, the man's good intentions meet
more resistance than he expected.
新龙门客栈 xīn lóngmén kè zhàn 2000 Set in China during the Ming Dynasty's reign,
(new dragon gate guest inn) Dragon Inn tells a tale of revenge and intrigue
演员: 梁 家辉 张 曼玉 林青霞 甄 子丹 between imperial eunuchs. The film opens with
the evil eunuch Tsao Siu Yan (Donnie Yen)
明朝中葉間，太監專權，原職八十萬 ordering the offspring of his rival, Chow Wai-on
禁軍教頭的周淮安（梁家輝）因不滿
太監曹少欽（甄子丹）利用特務機關 (Tony Leung Ka Fai), to be exiled. Chow's lover,
〝東廠〞黨同伐異，建立私人勢力， Yau Mo-yan (Brigitte Lin), saves the children and
憤然 辭官遁入江湖，並結合一伙忠義 takes them to a tavern called the Dragon Inn. The
之士對付東廠。曹視周等為心腹大患， group reunites … but with Tsao's henchman on
於是陷害周前上司兵部尚書楊宇軒， their trail.
將楊之遺孤擄走至龍門作餌以引出周。
周與其紅顏知己邱莫言（林青霞）夥
同一群綠林好漢聯合救走楊氏遺孤，
並決定逃到塞外。他們留宿龍門客棧，
遇上老闆娘金鑲玉（張曼玉）。周欲
請金鑲玉幫忙，惟她多番為難。周決帶楊氏遺孤逃離客棧，
此時東廠大軍已至，對方大軍在龍門展開一場生死決戰……

The New Dragon Inn

Tony Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk,
Brigitte Lin, Donnie Yen
紫日 zĭ rì 2001 The conclusion to director Feng Xiaoning's "War
演员: 富大龙 王学伟 and Peace" trilogy*, set during the final days of
World War II. Under harsh winter conditions in a
1945 年﹐抗日戰爭即將結 remote forest, the Soviet Army launches an attack
束﹐一名中國老百姓楊玉福有 against Japanese forces in China. When the
幸被蘇聯紅軍從日軍屠殺中救 smoke of battle clears, only three soldiers remain:
下﹐混戰中﹐他與一位名叫娜 one Russian, one Chinese, one Japanese. In
佳的蘇聯女軍醫逃進 了林區﹐ order to survive, this unlikely band of brothers
中途遇見了與大隊失散的日本 must put aside their distrust and learn to rely on
少女秋葉子。患難見真情﹐這 one another.
三個不同國籍﹑性格各異的人
一同踏上了求生之路……然而 *(See also, 'Red River Valley' - 1996; Lover's
就在他們即將獲得新生的時 Grief on the Yellow River 黄河绝恋 - 2003 n/a)
候﹐秋葉 子不幸被她那群喪心
病狂的同胞射殺了﹐悲痛欲絕的楊玉福和娜佳憤怒
的衝向殘餘的日本法西斯部隊﹐為純真的少女報仇
雪恨……
PurpleSunset
Fu Dalong, Wang Xuewei
请为我投票 qǐng wèi wǒ tóupiào 2007 when an election for class monitor is being held. Three
children are chosen by the teacher as candidates and they
湖北武汉常青第一小学，三 have a few days to campaign and convince their classmates
年一班的班主任为了让学生 to vote for them. The little candidates are seen at school and
们理解民主的含义，于是在 at home, where their parents do their best to make sure their
班中组织了一次班长的民主 child will win the election.
选举活动。候选者总共有三
人：成成，一个胖乎乎的 小
男孩，颇有心计的他在这次
选举中不遗余力，志在必得；
罗雷，作为这个班的前任班
长，他有着根深蒂固的威信
和指挥力；许晓菲，三个候选人中唯一的女孩，乖 乖
女甚至爱哭鼻子，似乎是最没有竞争力的候选人。三个
孩子围绕班长的职位展开竞争，在这一过程中同学和家
长也不可避免地卷了进来……

Please Vote for Me

Wahun is a city in China the size of London where an

experiment in democracy is conducted. At Evergreen
Primary School, a grade 3 class learns what democracy is
京华烟云 jīng huá yān yún 2005
(.capital .China .clouds) Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century
主演：赵薇，潘粤明，陈宝国 China and spanning almost 40 years, this
Chinese television series follows the ups and
本剧讲述了二、三十年代发生在北 downs of the upper middle-class Tsang clan,
京姚家、曾家和牛家三个大家族之 focusing on the kindhearted but passive character
间的故事。姚家的大女儿木兰阴差
阳错地嫁给了曾家的三儿子荪亚，
of Mulan (Zhao Wei). The loves and lives of the
这给两个人带来了无尽的痛 苦，而 family's three sons provide conflict and humor,
曾家长子平亚在新婚之夜就撒手人 adding to the drama in this detailed portrait of
寰，留下新娘曼妮独守空房，二儿 Chinese life during a turbulent period of history.
子襟亚则娶了牛家的女儿素云——
一个骄蛮凶悍的妻子。随着时代的
变迁，三家人的命运 也发生了巨大
的改变，这中间有呐喊，有彷徨，有精神的升华，也有道德
的沉沦。每个人都在为追求幸福而有着不同的选择，在经过
了人生的风雨和非喜后，生活似 乎开始走向和谐，但是，日
本人来了！改变了这一切……
A Moment in Beijing

TV Serial -- 40 Episodes

Cast: Vicki Zhao, Pan Yue Ming, Chen Bao-Guo

怪物 guài wu whose idyllic life crumbles after they move to a
主演： 林嘉欣 李鹏 舒淇 2005 posh Hong Kong high-rise. No sooner have May
(Qi) and Ray (Fong) settled into their new digs
MAY 与丈夫 RAY 带着五岁亲 than their 3-year-old son (Tam Chun-Ho)
儿子子路搬入豪华宅院。 vanishes. But the frantic May -- convinced that
搬入不久，却在参加邻居 demonic forces are at work -- must search for her
女儿生日会当日，子路在 missing child alone when the police and her
MAY 眼前被强大力量离奇扯 neighbors scoff at her story.
出天台，坠楼失踪。MAY
与 RAY 沉浸在失子之痛中，
但俩夫妻不相信儿子已死，
努力于宅院中找寻儿子；
祸不单行，就在丈夫 RAY
找到子路一刻，恐怖怪物
出现，向 RAY 下杀手！

The Monster

Helmed by Pou-Soi Cheang, this creepy chiller

stars Shu Qi and Alex Fong as a young couple
戏梦人生 xì mèng rén shēng (plays dream life) Lu and the earth-shaking events that shaped his
主演： 李天禄 林强 1993 life from the early 20th century through World War
II. The drama focuses on the Japanese
影片由 1909 年李天禄出 occupation of China, during which Tien-Lu and his
生至 1949 年为止，当时 fellow artists were compelled to promote the
台湾仍由日本统治。李天 Japanese cause. Tien-Lu appears as himself in
禄八岁时母亲去世，父亲 his later years in this Cannes Film Festival Jury
再娶，受尽后母虐待，后 Prize winner from 1993.
来跟随父亲学木偶戏，从
此展开演出生涯。　李天
禄二十岁入赘老师家中，
二十二岁自己成立戏戏班
“亦宛然”辗转经历中日战争、日军偷袭珍珠港、日军
战败，曾替日本人演宣传剧。日本投降后，李的岳父及
儿子先后去世。今年八十四岁的李天禄，双手演尽人间
悲欢离合，回顾一生，发现自己其实也是在命运掌握下，
演出了如戏如梦的一生。

Puppetmaster

Hsimeng Rensheng's fact-based film tells the

story of famed Taiwanese puppet master Li Tien-
投名状 tóu míngzhuàng During the Taiping Revoution of the 1860s,
主演： 李连杰 金城武 刘德华 徐静蕾 2007 wounded Qing Gen. Ma Xinyi (Jet Li) is the sole
survivor in a battle between revolutionary troops
1870 年秋，大哥一身官服，在 and the Qing army. He is nursed back to heath
城墙顶俯瞰自己的就职典礼舞 by lovely peasant Lian (Jinglei Xu). After he
台；充满理想、胸怀壮志的他， recovers, Xinyi swears blood brotherhood with
走上这条不归路，两个强盗和 bandits Cao Er-Hu (Andy Lau) and Zhang Wen-
一个女人改变了他的一生，造 Xiang (Takeshi Kaneshiro), and the trio wages a
就了他的 成功，亦导致他最后 seemingly impossible campaign against the
的毁灭。这两个强盗是曾跟他 revolutionaries.
矢誓生死与共的结拜兄弟：二
哥和三弟，而那个女人正是二哥的妻子莲生。

The Warlords

Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Xu Jinglei

三国之见龙卸甲 sān guó zhī jiàn lóng xiè jiǎ Zhao, a humble man who becomes a great warrior, rising to
主演：李美琪 刘德华 洪金宝 2008 lead an army as his country endures a lengthy civil war. After
many years, a new king sends Zhao on a final campaign to
三国乱世，魏军强势压境，初任工兵的赵云遇上抱打不平的 defeat the warlords for good. Based on Guanzhong Luo's
同乡兄长罗平安，两人一见如顾，互
诉对乱世的一片憧憬。在蜀国军师诸 14th-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms,
葛亮以攻为守的策略下，主动请 缨
劫寨扰敌立下大功。长板坡一役，为 "The ending is completely false, Zhao Yun was not killed in
免罗平安遗失刘备妻儿的死罪，赵云 battle, and the battle that took place at the ending was not
单枪匹马杀入曹营救回幼主，从而一 on land, it was fought near a river, and Cao Ying was not
战成名因“单骑救主”有功，赵云被
委以重任与蜀国 上将黄忠老将军一 present. It was inaccurate having a woman, Cao Cao's
起出征定军山，此役是蜀国收取汉中奠下 蜀国基业的重要一 grand daughter, commanding the army. Iit was his son Cao
仗。不料黄忠为争头功在罗平安的鼓动下提前出兵，却不想 Pi".
中了曹操的奸计伤亡惨重，危难时刻赵云及时赶到义救黄忠
和罗平安，并在诸葛亮的妙 计下烧掉曹军粮草再立大功。赵
云荣升为五虎大将，而此时的罗平安却是心中百味。

Three Kingdoms

Maggie Q, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung

三枪拍案惊奇 sān qiāng pāiàn jīngqí Love, betrayal, and murder in the deserts of China -- this
2009 three guns amazing story! comedy drama from filmmaker Zhang Yimou is a remake-
with-a-twist of the American classic "Blood Simple".
主演: 孙红雷 闫妮 倪大宏 小沈阳 毛毛 程野
导演：张艺谋 Wang (Ni Dahong) is an ill-tempered tyrant who runs a
noodle shop not far from the Great Wall. Wang treats his
大漠孤烟，长河落日，麻子面 employees like dirt and isn't much friendlier to his long-
馆中，老板娘(阎妮饰)和三个伙 suffering wife (Yan Ni), who soothes her nerves by having
计李四(小沈阳饰)、赵六(程野 an affair with Li (Xiao Shenyang), one of Wang's cooks. The
饰)、陈七(毛毛饰)正在接受巡 wife would like to take Wang out of the picture, and one day
逻队长张三(孙红雷 饰)的盘问。 she gives Li a gun, suggesting that he kill Wang so they can
伙计李四自知理亏，满脸流着 live in peace. A crooked cop named Zhang learns about the
豆大的汗珠。眼见老板娘气定 plot and tells Wang about the lovers, offering to kill them for
神闲，他大惑不解，因为他俩 a price.
有着不可告人的秘密……
老板王五麻子(倪大红饰)为人斤 Starring: Sun Honglei, Yan Ni, Ni Dahong, XiaoYang Shen,
斤计较，阴险而凶狠，且虐妻成习。老板娘日夜受到冷待， Mao Mao, Ye Cheng
与善良的李四发展地下情，为求自保，更悄悄购入手枪。不
料私情 败露，王五麻子顿起杀机，买起张三当杀手，想神不
知、鬼不觉地除掉两人。老板娘和李四还在憧憬着未来，却
不察觉，寒光闪闪的刀已经逼近……究竟麻子的如意 算盘能
否打得响？老板娘的手枪又会落入谁人手中？
A Woman, A Gun, and A Noodle Shop