Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quickly, eventually climbing to the position of boss by marrying the daughter of the house.
Durante la primavera de 1945, los japoneses establecieron una base secreta en Manchuria. El Escuadrón 731, en donde muchos chinos, coreanos y mongoles perdieron la vida producto de experimentos grotescos. Morisha, un joven doctor idealista queda horrorizado por las torturas que se llevan a cabo en dicho campo, pero su angustia se incrementa cuando su novia llega a la unidad disfrazada de prisionera china.
When the Cultural Revolution comes to an end and reform sweeps over China, two drivers of the Fifth Iron and Steel Factory set up a pancake stall in the free market in front of the factory, annoying the secretary of the Party Committee.
