The ancient people created the five secret arts based on the principle of the five elements, which are the five arts of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and formed five corresponding sects. However, with the decline of the Golden Gate, the whereabouts of this secret treasure are not known. The Golden Gate heir, Yang Lao, with his son, Yang Yiqin, lives in anonymity in Taoyuan Town, playing iron and selling vegetables.
1945년부터 1949년, ‘마오쩌둥’이 이끄는 게릴라 혁명군이 ‘장제스’의 국민당 군을 무찌르고 공산국가를 수립한 역사적 과정을 그린 국가 선전용 드라마이다. 당시 실존 인물의 이름이 그대로 등장하고, 실제 역사적 영상들이 중간중간 삽입되어 사실감을 부여한다. 중국의 슈퍼 스타들과 연기자 170여 명이 출연하여 화제가 된 작품이다.
Often cited as China’s first independent feature film, this low-budget drama, filmed largely in the director’s Beijing apartment, depicts the life of a single mother (a topic considered taboo at the time) caring for her mentally challenged son. Shot with a documentary aesthetic that includes interviews with families of mentally challenged persons, the film helped kick-start the Sixth Generation of filmmakers (including Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke) and their ethos of employing documentary realism to depict the true conditions of contemporary China.
