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Guide | Film Listing
Chinese Film
Chinese cinema only came to international attention in the 1980s, with the lavish visuals and powerful stories of such Fifth Generation directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, who challenged the censors with period and contemporary subjects alike. Neighbouring Taiwan also found its cinematic voice around this time, courtesy of Hou Hsiao-hsien a... show more >
Chinese cinema only came to international attention in the 1980s, with the lavish visuals and powerful stories of such Fifth Generation directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, who challenged the censors with period and contemporary subjects alike. Neighbouring Taiwan also found its cinematic voice around this time, courtesy of Hou Hsiao-hsien and Ang Lee. But their meticulous pictures contrast with the rougher, readier approach adopted by mainland newcomers like Jia Zhang-ke, Wang Xiaoshuai and Lou Ye in their combative exposés of the human cost of China's economic boom. < show less
2002,
Jia Zhang-ke, DVD
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Two films that take a long, hard look at contemporary China, its inequalities, di...
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2000,
Ang Lee, DVD
£6.99
RRP: £19.99
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Hong Kong action spectacle hits the mainstream! Basically, it’s a story about the...
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2007,
Ang Lee, DVD
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During WWII in China, a beautiful spy begins an affair with a powerful political figure to facili...
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2002,
Tian Zhuangzhuang, DVD
£14.99
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An assured return from Zhuangzhuang with his first film for ten years. Beautifull...
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2009,
Chuan Lu, DVD
£14.99
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A powerful Chinese historical drama, City of Life and Death is based on the invasion of Nanking b...
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2006,
Jia Zhang-ke, DVD
£14.99
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Set against the spectacular landscape of the Three Gorges region, Jia Zhangke's humane and moving...
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2002,
Dai Sijie, DVD
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A beguiling love story set during the 1970s cultural revolution and based on Dai ...
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2010,
Sam Voutas, DVD
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In the Chinese comedy Red Light Revolution, traditional Chinese etiquette clashes with modern sex...
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2008,
Jia Zhang-ke, Zhangke Jia, DVD
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Drama-documentary based on the closure of a factory in the Chinese city of Chengdu. Scenes of the...
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1987,
Bernardo Bertolucci, DVD
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Bertolucci's Oscar-winning epic about the last imperial ruler of China was a winn...
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2009,
Zhang Yimou, DVD
£5.99
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Zhang Yimou's Chinese black comedy based on the 1984 Coen brothers film 'Blood Si...
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1990,
Zhang Yimou, DVD
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In this dark, sensual and visually sumptuous drama set in in 1920s China, Ju Dou (Gong Li), is fo...
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1987,
Zhang Yimou, DVD
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A sumptuous film that is two parts family melodrama, one part Chinese nationalist history, in whi...
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2010,
Feng Xiaogang, DVD
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China's nomination for the 2011 Oscars, Aftershock is based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 th...
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2005,
Hsiao-Hsien Hou, DVD
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A lyrical exploration of different expressions of love in different eras, with stories set in 196...
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2004,
Jia Zhang-ke, DVD+Blu-ray
£14.29
RRP: £20.42
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The World - the fourth feature by internationally acclaimed auteur Jia Zhang-ke -...
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2010,
Feng Xiaogang, DVD
£5.99
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China's nomination for the 2011 Oscars, Aftershock is based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 th...
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2008,
Wong Kar-Wai, Kar Wai Wong, DVD
£14.59
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Wong Kar-Wai revisits his lavish 1994 martial arts action film 'Ashes of Time' with this restored...
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2002,
Jia Zhang-ke, DVD
£8.00
RRP: £24.99
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Two films that take a long, hard look at contemporary China, its inequalities, di...
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2009,
Kit Hung, DVD
£8.99
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Wing Kit Hung's debut feature, Soundless Wind Chime, is a romantic drama set in Hong Kong and Swi...
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Red Sorghum
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The World (Masters of Cinema)
£14.29
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Red Light Revolution
£11.99
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Platform
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Red Sorghum
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