Tao Zeru

Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.

The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society.

On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. Wang Wang attends the local school, but, in the absence of maternal authority, with great reluctance. Then, one night, a young pregnant woman is discovered hiding on the boat, ready to give birth. With the arrival of her little baby girl, the young mother, already used to her river accommodations, opts to stay with them. Life on the barge is no longer the same. Wang Wang feels the stirring of adolescence and an Oedipal attraction to the young woman; the grandfather is diagnosed with dementia and and is warned that its first signs could soon manifest themselves; and the new young mother keeps a bag whose contents will later reveal a dark secret. Three people at a crossroads in their lives.

Angry Kid is a Chinese Comedy

The story of two warring generals fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

清朝末期の20世紀初頭の中国。列強各国が支配の手を伸ばそうと虎視眈々と機会をうかがう一方で、清朝政府の腐敗と退廃が進み、祖国の将来を憂う若者たちを中心に、革命の機運が各地で高まっていた。1911年3月、孫文は革命を志したものの武装蜂起に失敗して、やむなく国外へと亡命。彼の意志を引き継いだ同志・黄興が、国内にとどまって苦難に満ちた戦いを繰り広げる中、孫文は国外で革命への支援を広く呼び掛けていく。

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.

都市開発の波が打ち寄せる中国・重慶の街中で、かろうじて現状を保ち続ける昔ながらの屋台街。その一軒を構えるバツイチの女性ションヤンの酒家（みせ）は、名物“鴨の首”を売りに毎夜のごとく繁盛していた。だが、店では明るいションヤンも、家族のことで色々な悩みを抱えていた。母は彼女の幼い頃に亡くなり、父は京劇女優と恋仲になった末に家を出た。さらに兄夫婦は家庭崩壊の危機にあり、母代わりとなって育てた弟は薬物中毒で更生施設に入っている。そんなションヤンは、いつしか常連客の男と惹かれ合っていくのだが…。

The film tells of Dr. Robert Payne's adventures in Shanghai 50 years ago. Payne falls in love with beautiful Qiuqiu, the consort of revolutionary hero Jin, who is a communist leader in the Shanghai underground However, he suffers from seizures caused by old head wounds and becomes Payne's patient. Hao Ming is the brutal chief of the Guomintang secret police. In his hunt for Jin, he discovers that Qiuqiu is his long lost daughter. At a lavish father-daughter reunion, Qiuqiu gets her revenge and shots Hao Ming. She's been arrested and admits her guilt. When Jin realizes how much Qiuqiu loves him, he offers to give himself up in exchange for commuting Qiuqiu's death sentence...

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.

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.

A story of the upheavals and changes in Chinese society from the 1960s to 1980s, set in the hutong alleyways of Beijing.

A Communist is outraged by the structures of power in his village in China in the 1930s, during the corrupt Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai Shek.

Before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, a group of elementary school kids compete for the chance to participate in a martial arts performance for the opening ceremony. In this coming-of-age story, kind-hearted An Jianjun pursues his dreams through sweat and tears, friendship and betrayal. The comedy depicts Beijing locals in precise, humorous, and loving detail.

Taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Evening Bell follows a small platoon of five Chinese soldiers who must negotiate a devastated landscape, burying bodies, disarming mines, and eventually facing off against a starving band of Japanese soldiers who do not yet know that the war has ended.

Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.

First part of the two series about Senior General Gen Chen of the People's Liberation Army

Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.