Chen Kaige

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, New China was faced with "internal and external troubles". Since the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, the U.S. military has repeatedly provoked the border between China and North Korea, and civilians have been brutally bombed. In order to maintain the hard-won peace and long-term stability for generations, in October 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteers entered North Korea, and the "Resist US Aid Korea" war kicked off.

In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.

Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.

Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United States and China.

The warm daily life of a harmonious family in a Siheyuan is on stage, and a dusty and beautiful memory in the long river is about to open.

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

1200年以上前、日本から遣唐使として中国・唐へ渡った若き天才僧侶・空海。 あるきっかけで知り合った白楽天という詩人との交流を深めていく中、世界最大の都・長安は、権力者が次々と奇妙な死を遂げるという、王朝を震撼させる怪事件に見舞われる。空海は、白楽天とともに一連の事件を探るうちに、約50年前に同じく唐に渡ったもう一人の日本人・阿倍仲麻呂の存在を知る。 仲麻呂が仕えた玄宗皇帝の時代、そこには国中を狂わせた絶世の美女、楊貴妃がいた。

1200年以上前、日本から遣唐使として中国・唐へ渡った若き天才僧侶・空海。 あるきっかけで知り合った白楽天という詩人との交流を深めていく中、世界最大の都・長安は、権力者が次々と奇妙な死を遂げるという、王朝を震撼させる怪事件に見舞われる。空海は、白楽天とともに一連の事件を探るうちに、約50年前に同じく唐に渡ったもう一人の日本人・阿倍仲麻呂の存在を知る。 仲麻呂が仕えた玄宗皇帝の時代、そこには国中を狂わせた絶世の美女、楊貴妃がいた。

Albert Lin and National Geographic Channel unearth the terrible secrets that lie hidden in the tomb of China's first Emperor. The Terracotta Warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in this mausoleum the size of Manhattan, that has gone largely unexcavated…until now. These silent statues guard explosive, macabre findings that rewrite history and paint a very different picture of the ancient world from what we thought we knew.

人生を山頂の修道院で過ごし、他を圧倒する程のカンフーの達人でもあった主人公アンシァは、師の言いつけにより初めて山を降り、外の世界を知るべく旅に出た。そこで彼は、様々な人々と出会い、そして別れ、数奇な出来事の連続を経て、人生の意味と武術の極意に近づいていく。

人生を山頂の修道院で過ごし、他を圧倒する程のカンフーの達人でもあった主人公アンシァは、師の言いつけにより初めて山を降り、外の世界を知るべく旅に出た。そこで彼は、様々な人々と出会い、そして別れ、数奇な出来事の連続を経て、人生の意味と武術の極意に近づいていく。

The story of three women whose worlds collide - a social commentary about the 'sound bite' society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality and judgments based on limited facts quickly spread, without regard for the truth or the damage they could cause.

The story of three women whose worlds collide - a social commentary about the 'sound bite' society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality and judgments based on limited facts quickly spread, without regard for the truth or the damage they could cause.

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

A completely remade animation film based on the original 1961 animation The Monkey King. Mythical ancient China. Born from some magic stones that fell to Earth a long time ago when Goddess Nüwa mended the sky, Sun Wukong, aka Monkey King, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

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.

Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles. With sumptuous costumes and palace sets designed in China, Kaige's production adds a compellingly authentic accent to Puccini's exotic orchestral palette. Zubin Metha and his brilliant Orquestra de la Comunitet Valenciana offer "genuine foreworks of sound" (Wiener Zeitung), Maria Guleghina triumphs as Turandot. Recorded in 2008 at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Zubin Mehta (conductor).

清朝崩壊後の中国。政府の元高官・邱如白 の後押しを受け、伝統に縛られない京劇の新たな女形役者として売り出した梅蘭芳。伝統墨守派の師匠・十三燕 との演技対決に勝利した彼は、大きく飛躍する。だが成功の一方、彼は、如白や妻からの口出しに反発を覚えるようになっていた。そんな中、彼は男形の人気女優・孟小冬 との愛をひそかに育む。

清朝崩壊後の中国。政府の元高官・邱如白 の後押しを受け、伝統に縛られない京劇の新たな女形役者として売り出した梅蘭芳。伝統墨守派の師匠・十三燕 との演技対決に勝利した彼は、大きく飛躍する。だが成功の一方、彼は、如白や妻からの口出しに反発を覚えるようになっていた。そんな中、彼は男形の人気女優・孟小冬 との愛をひそかに育む。

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

Small children rig up a projector to watch a Charlie Chaplin film, only to be scared off by a nosy adult.

この世の寵愛を一身に受けながらも運命により真実の愛を得られない王妃・傾城。天から俊足を与えられ、それ以外は望むことを知らず奴隷として生きて来た男・昆倫。この世でただひとり伝説の花の甲冑を身に纏うことを許された大将軍・光明。そして彼らの前に立ちふさがるのは、伝説の甲冑も王妃の愛も、求めるものは何ひとつ与えられなかった北の公爵・無歓。それぞれに与えられた約束は、決して変えることのできない運命のはずだった。しかし、それぞれの心が動き、それぞれの約束が絡み合ったとき、世界は全く違った展開を見せ始める。

この世の寵愛を一身に受けながらも運命により真実の愛を得られない王妃・傾城。天から俊足を与えられ、それ以外は望むことを知らず奴隷として生きて来た男・昆倫。この世でただひとり伝説の花の甲冑を身に纏うことを許された大将軍・光明。そして彼らの前に立ちふさがるのは、伝説の甲冑も王妃の愛も、求めるものは何ひとつ与えられなかった北の公爵・無歓。それぞれに与えられた約束は、決して変えることのできない運命のはずだった。しかし、それぞれの心が動き、それぞれの約束が絡み合ったとき、世界は全く違った展開を見せ始める。

Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in his quest to fulfill his dream.

中国北部の田舎町。13歳のチュンは父と2人暮らし。チュンは、彼が幼いころに亡くした母の形見であるヴァイオリンを上手に弾き、周囲で評判になっていた。父リウはそんな息子に質の高いヴァイオリンの教育を受けさせ一流のヴァイオリニストにしてあげようと、必死に働き金を貯めていた。ある日、2人はコンクール出場のため北京へとやって来る。惜しくも5位に終わったチュンだったが、彼の才能を確信したリウは、有名な先生の個人授業を受けさせるため北京に移り住むことにする。そして、音楽教師チアンの情熱的な指導の下、チュンも練習に励むのだったが…。

中国北部の田舎町。13歳のチュンは父と2人暮らし。チュンは、彼が幼いころに亡くした母の形見であるヴァイオリンを上手に弾き、周囲で評判になっていた。父リウはそんな息子に質の高いヴァイオリンの教育を受けさせ一流のヴァイオリニストにしてあげようと、必死に働き金を貯めていた。ある日、2人はコンクール出場のため北京へとやって来る。惜しくも5位に終わったチュンだったが、彼の才能を確信したリウは、有名な先生の個人授業を受けさせるため北京に移り住むことにする。そして、音楽教師チアンの情熱的な指導の下、チュンも練習に励むのだったが…。

中国北部の田舎町。13歳のチュンは父と2人暮らし。チュンは、彼が幼いころに亡くした母の形見であるヴァイオリンを上手に弾き、周囲で評判になっていた。父リウはそんな息子に質の高いヴァイオリンの教育を受けさせ一流のヴァイオリニストにしてあげようと、必死に働き金を貯めていた。ある日、2人はコンクール出場のため北京へとやって来る。惜しくも5位に終わったチュンだったが、彼の才能を確信したリウは、有名な先生の個人授業を受けさせるため北京に移り住むことにする。そして、音楽教師チアンの情熱的な指導の下、チュンも練習に励むのだったが…。

　映画史に燦然と輝く巨匠監督15人が“時間”をテーマに競作した豪華な短編集。10分という厳密な時間制限と予算だけが決められ、それ以外は各監督の自由にすべてが委ねられたこの企画は、２本のコンピレーション・フィルムに結実。本作はそのうちの１本。もう１本のタイトルは「１０ミニッツ・オールダー イデアの森」。 　７人の映画監督が“結婚・誕生・進化・孤独・死・運・郷愁”という誰にでもいつかは訪れる出来事を題材に、人生の意味を10分間の一場面に凝縮して描く。収録されている作品は、アキ・カウリスマキの「結婚は１０分で決める」、ヴィクトル・エリセの「ライフライン」、ヴェルナー・ヘルツォークの「失われた一万年」、ジム・ジャームッシュの「女優のブレイクタイム」、ヴィム・ヴェンダースの「トローナからの１２マイル」、スパイク・リーの「ゴアＶＳブッシュ」、チェン・カイコーの「夢幻百花」の全７編。

A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality more frankly and provocatively than any other national cinema. Yang ± Yin examines male bonding and phallic imagery in the swordplay and kung fu movies of the '60s and '70s; homosexuality; same-sex bonding and physical intimacy; the continuing emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas; and the phenomenon of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law Zhongliang has a successful, if illegal, career seducing and blackmailing married women in the city. When he comes to Ruyi's home the two fall in love, and trouble ensues.

1925年、9歳の少年・小豆子は、娼婦の母親に連れられ京劇養成所“喜福成”にやって来た。そこで彼は少年・小石頭と仲良くなる。やがてふたりは成長し、小豆子は女形に、小石頭は男役に決められ、それぞれ程蝶衣、段小樓と名乗り有名スターになっていく。1937年、中国と日本との戦いが深まる中で、段小樓は娼婦の菊仙と出会い結婚する。段小樓に思いを寄せていた程蝶衣は、2度と共演しないと言い放ち、彼のもとを去る。

Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikely hopes. One is an aged master, a wandering troubador venerated as a saint, in physical decline, waiting to break his 1,000th banjo string, an event his own master promised years before would bring him sight. The other is his apprentice, Shidou, who longs for a woman's love and is enchanted with the radiant and spirited Lanxiu. The two men are encamped outside Lanxiu's village, the saint using his energy and voice to bring peace between warring factions. Does sight await the saint when the 1000th string breaks? Can Shidou's strength of character overcome provincial prejudice to win the hand of Lanxiu and a place in the village?

Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikely hopes. One is an aged master, a wandering troubador venerated as a saint, in physical decline, waiting to break his 1,000th banjo string, an event his own master promised years before would bring him sight. The other is his apprentice, Shidou, who longs for a woman's love and is enchanted with the radiant and spirited Lanxiu. The two men are encamped outside Lanxiu's village, the saint using his energy and voice to bring peace between warring factions. Does sight await the saint when the 1000th string breaks? Can Shidou's strength of character overcome provincial prejudice to win the hand of Lanxiu and a place in the village?

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

1950年。第二次世界大戦の終結による満州国の崩壊と国共内戦の終結により、共産主義国である中華人民共和国の一都市となったハルビン駅の構内。5年間にわたるソビエト連邦での抑留を解かれ、中華人民共和国に送還された「戦犯」達がごった返す中で、列から外れた1人の男が洗面所で自殺を試みる。男は監視人の手により一命を取り留めるものの、薄れ行く意識の中で幼い日々の頃を思い出していた。この男こそ清朝最後の皇帝にして満州国の皇帝、「ラスト・エンペラー」と呼ばれた愛新覚羅溥儀その人であった。

During the Cultural Revolution, an unschooled young man is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education.

Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.

地方に伝わる民謡の収集に陝西省を訪れた八路軍の兵士。世話になる農家には唄のうまい少女がいた。いつしか彼女は兵士に幼い恋心を抱くのだが……。'30年代の山村を舞台に、まだ見ぬ世界とその世界の存在を知らせてくれた男に対する少女の憧憬を、中国映画のヌーヴェルヴァーグ陳凱歌が詩情豊かに描く。

地方に伝わる民謡の収集に陝西省を訪れた八路軍の兵士。世話になる農家には唄のうまい少女がいた。いつしか彼女は兵士に幼い恋心を抱くのだが……。'30年代の山村を舞台に、まだ見ぬ世界とその世界の存在を知らせてくれた男に対する少女の憧憬を、中国映画のヌーヴェルヴァーグ陳凱歌が詩情豊かに描く。

A gentle, lyrical parable about the rapidly changing face of present-day Beijing and a seemingly crazy old man who forces a group of movers to stop and smell the cherry blossoms.