Mandarin

  • Jin Xie – Tian yun shan chuan qi AKA Legend of Tianyun Mountain (1980)

    1971-1980ChinaDramaJin Xie

    A female Communist cadre is overcome by regret after she breaks up with her former lover attacked as a Rightist during the Anti-Rightist Campaign. Decades later, she now has the chance to rehabilitate him.Read More »

  • Nelicia Low – Ci xin qie gu AKA Pierce (2024)

    2021-2030DramaNelicia LowTaiwanThriller

    Synopsis
    When his dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie helps him, defying their mother’s attempts to bury his existence.Read More »

  • Feng Yueh – Wu lin feng yun AKA A Taste of Cold Steel (1970)

    1961-1970ActionFeng YuehHong KongMartial Arts

    Three sisters unite with a cousin to avenge their father who was killed by a group of noblemen with ties to a criminal gang.Read More »

  • Tom Lin – Xiao Yan yu wu Ai Li AKA Yen and Ai-Lee (2024)

    2021-2030DramaTaiwanTom Lin

    Yen returns home after serving eight years in prison for saving her mother by killing her abusive father, only to find that her mother’s new boyfriend is also a violent man.Read More »

  • Hsia Hsu – Man tian shen fo AKA Ghosts Galore (1983)

    1981-1990ActionComedyHong KongHsia Hsu

    Synopsis:
    An evil master of black magic releases some gruesome Japanese ghosts in a quiet Chinese village, provoking a great deal of bloody havoc. But he is opposed by a master of white magic and after the good and evil ghost-ninjas have duked it out, the two masters confront each other in a final showdown.Read More »

  • Hao Lui – Hao da yi dui yang AKA Two Great Sheep (2004)

    2001-2010ChinaDramaHao Lui

    Uncle Deshan (played by Sun Yunkun) lives in a national-level poverty-stricken county on the plateau, and he himself is a well-known poor household. On this day, deputy county magistrate Liu (played by Zhao Shenglin) came suddenly and left him some money before leaving, which caused a sensation in the whole village. The village head (played by Jiang Zhikun) found Deshan and told him that deputy county magistrate Liu had sent two imported sheep to him to raise them properly. As a result, Deshan’s family fed the two babies like their ancestors. After many days, the sheep were not fattened, and even a little of the family’s savings were used. Reporters from the county came to interview, and after seeing it in the newspapers, the leaders at all levels were very satisfied. The township head (played by Chen Dajiang) also conveyed the opinions of the county leaders, asking him to find a way to let the sheep have cubs. A day of special singing. Unexpectedly, when the ewe gave birth, the lamb died, which made the mayor very anxious…Read More »

  • Wenji Teng – Zai na yao yuan de di fang AKA Far Far Place AKA In the Remote Place (1993)

    1991-2000ChinaDramaRomanceWenji Teng

    The story takes place in the 1930s ~ 1940s. Huang Zhong (Zhang Hongliang), a young musician living in Peiping, is in love with Jiang Xue (Chen Hong), a beautiful but ill-fated young lady from a wealthy family. Jiang Xue could not stand because of illness and was in great pain. Jiang Xue’s parents had an arranged marriage and planned to marry their daughter to Master Fang, a man of equal status. The stubborn girl refused to die. On the same day, Jiang Xue escaped to the northwest with the help of Huang Zhong. Wild and harsh environment, so that the two people suffered unprecedented hardships, but also in the boat to make Jiang Xue stand up again. They walk and line, stray to the Dabancheng, out of loyalty to help the bride was robbed of the buyout, who knows himself in a dangerous situation. Huang Zhong was almost killed because of this, but the beautiful Tibetan girl Zhuo Ma came to the rescue in the moment of crisis.
    In troubled times, several pairs of men and women love stories so stagedRead More »

  • Stan Lai – Fei xia a da AKA Red Lotus Society (1994)

    1991-2000ArthouseAsianStan LaiTaiwan

    Ahda drops out of selling language tapes to pursue a quest for someone to teach him the secret of “vaulting”—the art of achieving weightlessness, as described in countless martial arts novels and movies. He’s fortified by the myth that three survivors from the legendary Red Lotus Society have gone to ground in Taiwan: the teacher he needs may be that herbalist, that woman executive or that janitor…Read More »

  • Stan Lai – An lian tao hua yuan AKA Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1993)

    1991-2000AsianDramaStan LaiTaiwan

    Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played ‘Peach Blossom’, a comedy in medieval costume. Another played ‘Secret Love’, a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all aspects, they find themselves telling the same story: the story of Chinese people forced to leave home.Read More »

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