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Books on Chinese Cinema
 | "Romance and The 'Yellow Peril': Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies In Hollywood Fiction" [1993] by Gina Marchetti Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [2/94] for $24.95 Univ CA Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/93] out of print/used |
 | "Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema" [1995] by Rey Chow Columbia Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [5/95] for $27.00 Columbia Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/95] for $84.00 |
 | "Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide To The Hollywood of The East" [1997] by Fredric Dannen & Barry Long Miramax Books 9½x6½ pb [11/98] out of print/many used Miramax Books hardcover [11/97] out of print/many used |
 | "New Chinese Cinema (Images of Asia)" [1998] by Kwok-kan Tam & Wimal Dissanayake Oxford Univ Press 8x5½ hardcover [7/98] out of print/used |
 | "Encyclopedia of Chinese Film" [1999] by Zhiwei Xiao & Yingjin Zhang Kindle Edition from Taylor & Francis [4/2007] for $112.00 Routledge Annotated Edition 9¾x7 hardcover [2/99] for $305.00 {sic} |
 | "Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and The Art of Entertainment" [2000] by David Bordwell Harvard Univ Press 10x7½ pb [5/2000] for $34.61 10x7½ hardcover [5/2000] out of print/used author's official website |
 | "The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity" [2000] Edited by Poshek Fu & David Desser Cambridge Univ Press 9x5½ pb [8/2008] for $31.49 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2000] for $100.00 |
 | "Confronting Modernity In The Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China" [2001] by Tonglin Lu Cambridge Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2007] for $56.00 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2001] for $120.00 |
 | "Hong Kong Cinema: Coloniser, Motherland & Self" [2002] by Yingchi Chu Routledge/Curzon 9¾x6½ hardcover [10/2002] for $135.00 |
 | "Women Through The Lens: Gender & Nation In A Century of Chinese Cinema" [2003] by Shugin Cui Univ HI Press 8¾x6 pb [3/2008] for $28.00 Univ HI Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [3/2003] for $42.00 |
 | "Chinese Cinema During The Era of Reform: The Ingenuity of The System" [2003] by Ying Zhu Praeger 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2003] for $79.95 |
 | "Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide To Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema" [2003] by Jeff Yang The book's first half is a decade-by-decade look at cinema produced by stars & filmmakers of mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan; the second half contains succinct, informative capsule reviews of nearly 300 films. Atria 9x6 pb [11/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Chinese National Cinema" [2004] by Yingjin Zhang Routledge 9x6 pb [7/2004] for $31.95 Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2004] for $125.00 |
 | "Island On The Edge: Taiwan New Cinema & After" [2005] Edited by Chris Berry & Feii Lu Univ WA Press 8¾x6 pb [3/2005] for $24.95 Univ WA Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2005] for $49.50 |
 | "Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination In Action Cinema" [2006] Edited by Meaghan Morris, Siu Leung Li & Stephen Chan Ching-kiu Duke Univ Press 9x6 pb [2006] for $23.95 Duke Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2006] for $84.95 |
 | "China On Screen: Cinema and Nation" [2006] by Chris Berry & Mary Farquhar Columbia Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $25.65 Columbia Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2006] for $73.00 |
 | "Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema From Japan, Korea, Hong Kong & Thailand" [2006] by Patrick Galloway Stone Bridge Press 8¾x7 pb [11/2006] for $13.57 |
 | "Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films: Attachment In The Age of Global Visibility" [2007] by Rey Chow Columbia Univ Press 9x6 pb [3/2007] for $25.00 Columbia Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2007] for $75.00 |
 | "East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections On Film" [2008] Edited by Leon Hunt & Leung Wing-Fai I.B. Tauris 9x6 pb [6/2008] for $26.55 I.B. Tauris 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2008] for $85.00 |
 | "101 Essential Chinese Movies" [2010] by Simon Fowler Earnshaw Books 8x5¾ pb [11/2010] for $18.99 |
 | "The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement: For The Public Record" [2010] Edited by Chris Berry, Lu Xinyu & Lisa Rofel Hong Kong Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2010] for $25.00 Hong Kong Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/2010] for $50.00 |
 | "East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: From China, Hong Kong, Taiwan To Japan and South Korea" [2011] Edited by Yau Shuk-ting Kinnia Palgrave Macmillan 9x5¾ hardcover [9/2011] for $70.31 |
"China in Film: A Visual Cultural Revolution (Nov 1, 2011by Da Eng Zhong
http://www.amazon.com/China-Film-Visual-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1592651097/
"Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island (Film and... by Yueh-yu Yeh
http://www.amazon.com/Taiwan-Film-Directors-Treasure-Culture/dp/0231128991/
"Cinema Taiwan: Politics, Popularity and... by Darrell William Davis
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Taiwan-Politics-Popularity-State/dp/0415412587/
"Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition (... by Stephen Teo
http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Martial-Arts-Cinema-Traditions/dp/0748632867/
"Island on the Edge: Taiwan New Cinema and After by Chris Berry
http://www.amazon.com/Island-Edge-Taiwan-Cinema-After/dp/9622097162/
"At Full Speed: Hong Kong Cinema in a Borderless World" [5/2001] by Esther Yau
http://www.amazon.com/At-Full-Speed-Cinema-Borderless/dp/0816632340/
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NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
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Kaige Chen [China]
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"Farewell My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji)" [Hong Kong 1/1993, Miramax USA 10/1993] The friendship of two orphans, raised as brothers and trained to be performers in the Peking Opera, evolves into a passionate love triangle with the wife of one; the background includes the historic changes in China, from 1920s democracy to Mao's communism to the repressive post-Mao regimes. Directed by Kaige Chen, based on a novel by Pik Wah Li {Lilian Lee}; starring Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong; won BAFTA Award, Camerimage Silver Frog, Mainichi Film Concours Award; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005); at end of 2011, holds #60 box office ranking, at $5,216,888 worldwide gross Guangzhu Beauty Film Audio & Video Press color subtitled DVD [12/2007] for $15.50 Miramax letterboxed color w/English subtitles DVD [12/99] out of prodn/used Walt Disney Video color subtitled VHS [1/96] for $3.71 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Farewell To My Concubine: A Novel" [1993] by Lilian Lee, translated by Andrea Lingenfelter Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [6/94] for $11.06 Wm. Morrow & Co. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [9/93] out of print/many, many used |
Tsui Hark [Hong Kong]
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Wikipedia
3-D epic "The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" [2012] 
Hou Hsiao-Hsien [Taiwan New Wave]
no browse/Amazon entry IMDb listing
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terrific "The Puppetmaster" [1993]
"Good Men, Good Women" [1995]
"Flight of The Red Balloon" [France 2006]
Sammo Hung {Kam-Bo} [Hong Kong New Wave]
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official website
Wikipedia
Zhang Ke Jia [China]
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Wikipedia
"24 City" aka "Er shi si cheng ji"
[China 2008, USA 2009]
 | Great pseudo-documentary about changes in modern China; five authentic interviews and four scripted segments tell of the impact on three generations in Chengdu from the replacement of a factory with an apartment complex called 24 City Co-produced, co-written & directed by Zhangke Jia; starring Joan Chen, Jianbin Chen, Liping Lu & Tao Zhao
video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
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Ang Lee [USA & China]
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 | "The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of The Screen" [2007] by Whitney Crothers Dilley Wallflower Press 9x6½ pb [9/2007] for $22.50 9¼x6¾ hardcover [4/2007] for $80.00 |
"Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility" [Columbia 1995]
Ching Siu-tung [Hong Kong]
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Wayne Wang
"Einstein" biopic [Hollywood Studios Intl. 2013?]
script by Ron Bass to be directed by Wayne Wang
latest info at IMDb
Kar-Wai Wong [Hong Kong]
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 | "Wong Kar-wai Collection" DVD box set [2004]
Kino Video color DVD set [10/2004] 5 disks for $99.95 includes "As Tears Go By" aka 'Wong gok ka moon' [1988] starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung & Jacky Cheung; "Days of Being Wild" aka 'A Fei zheng chuan' [1990] starring Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung & Rebecca Pan; "Chungking Express" aka 'Chung Hing sam lam' [1994] starring Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Faye Wong & Takeshi Kaneshiro; "Fallen Angels" aka 'Duo luo tian shi' [1995] starring Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung & Karen Mok; and "Happy Together" aka 'Chun gwong cha sit' [1996] starring Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung & Chen Chang; extras include trailers, stills galleries, Quentin Tarantino commentary, actor filmographies & documentary "Buenos Aires Zero Degrees: The Making of Happy Together" [1999] |
"Fallen Angels" aka 'Duo luo tian shi' [1995]
considered by many to be Wong Kar-Wai's masterpiece; starring Leon Lai,
Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung & Karen Mok
"Ashes of Time"aka "Dung che sai duk"
[Hong Kong 1994, USA May 1996]
Written & directed by Kar-Wai Wong; cinematography by Christopher Doyle;
full credits from IMDb
"2046" [Hong Kong Sept 2004, USA Aug 2005]
Co-produced, written & directed by Kar-Wai Wong;
official website;
full credits from IMDb
"Ashes of Time Redux" aka "Dung che sai duk redux"
[China June 2008, USA Oct 2008]
 | "A bittersweet, oil-painted swirl of romance, regret and macho action." — Devin D. O'Leary
Co-produced, written & directed by Kar-Wai Wong; based on the novel "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" by Louis Cha; cinematography by Christopher Doyle; cello music performed by Yo-Yo-Ma; starring Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Jacky Cheung & Tony Leung Ka Fai Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [3/2009] for $24.99 full credits from IMDb official website |
{Yusen} John Woo [China]
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"The Killer" [1989] /tt0097202/
"Red Cliff" [Magnolia USA Nov 2009]
Part 1 Chinese title: "Chi Bi" [July 2008]; Part 2 title: "Chi Bi Xia: Jue Zhan Tian Xia" [Jan 2009]
"The Killer" remake [Lion Rock for 2011? release]
English-language 3-D remake of the 1989 film; produced by John Woo & Terence Chang; directed by
John H. Lee; script by Josh Campbell; starring Jung Woo-Sung; not yet listed on IMDb
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"Chasing Dragons: An Introduction To The Martial Arts Film" [2006] by David West I.B. Tauris 8½x5½ pb [12/2006] for $14.95 |
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 | "Chinese Film Stars" [2010] Edited by Mary Farquhar & Yingjin Zhang Routledge pb [7/2011] for $44.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [5/2010] for $114.94 |
Li Bingbing
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Li Bingbing fansite
actress Li Bingbing portrait (in a new window)
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Jackie Chan
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
autobiography documentary film "Jackie Chan: My Story"
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Joan Chen
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Leslie Cheung [1956-2003]
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Maggie Cheung
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Bruce Lee [1940-73; U.S.A./Hong Kong]
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
Bruce Lee Foundation {Flash only}
Bruce Lee fanpage at Academy of Jeet Kune Do in Athens, Greece
http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Ultimate-Collection-Dragon-Death/dp/B000A9QK9Q/
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Tony Leung Chiu Wai
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Tony Leung Ka Fai
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Jet Li [China]
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
listed on Time Magazine 100 for 2010
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Brigitte Lin
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Anna May Wong [1905-61]
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 | "Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter To Hollywood Legend" [2004] by Graham Russell Hodges Palgrave Macmillan 9x6 pb [12/2004] for $13.22 Palgrave Macmillan 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2004] out of print/used |
action star Donnie Yen [Hong Kong]
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action star Michelle Yeoh [Hong Kong]
browse Michelle Yeoh on DVD IMDb listing [since 1984]
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre fansite
"The Lady" [EuropaCorp/Cohen Media Group Nov 2011]
 | The story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma/Myanmar and British writer & academic Michael Aris [1946-1999], a tale of true love set against political turmoil.
Co-produced & directed by Luc Besson; written by Rebecca Frayn; starring Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, William Hope DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
actor/stuntman Wah Yuen [Hong Kong]
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Chow Yun-Fat [China]
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listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008
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Zhang Ziyi [China]
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official? website
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red carpet photo
Selected Films of China
{ in chronological order }
China's films have received 1 Best Foreign Language Film Oscarฎ win, among 7 Best Foreign Film nominations:
Taiwan won 1 of 3, Mainland China has had 2 nominations, Hong Kong has had 2 nominations
lists at Wikipedia of submissions for Oscar consideration from China,
Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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"The Slanted Screen" [indep 2007]
60-minute documentary that examines the portrayal of Asian men in film & television. Co-produced, written & directed by Jeff Adachi; featuring director Eric Byler, director Gene Cajayon, producer Terence Chang, playwright Frank Chin, comedian Bobby Lee, Jason Scott Lee, Will Yun Lee, casting director Heidi Levitt, Tzi Ma, actor Mako, Dustin Nguyen, Phillip Rhee, James Shigeta & Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Passion River color DVD [5/2007] for $22.49 available at IndieFlix: on DVD for $9.95, as 30-day webstream for $4.95 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
 | "Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese In American Feature Films" documentary [DeepFocus May 2008] A captivating look at cinema history and the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. Written & directed by Arthur Dong video/DVD not yet available full credits from IMDb official movie site |
| | "101 Essential Chinese Movies" [2010] by Simon Fowler
Earnshaw Books 8x5¾ pb [11/2010] for $18.99 chapters/subject films: "And The Spring Comes" [2007]; "Assembly" [2007]; "At The Middle Age" [1982]; "Back To Back, Face To Face" [1994]; "Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress" [2002]; "The Banquet" [2006]; "Beijing Bicycle" [2001]; "The Big Road" [1934]; "Big Shot's Funeral" [2001]; "The Black Cannon Incident" [1985]; "Black Snow" [1989]; "Blind Mountain" [2007]; "Blind Shaft" [2003]; "Blood On Wolf Mountain" [1936]; "The Blue Kite" [1993]; "Bumming In Beijing: The Last Dreamers" [1990]; "Cell Phone" [2003]; "Cheng The Fruit Seller" aka "Laborer's Love" [1922 silent]; "Chung Kuo - Cina [1972]; "Crazy Stone" [2006]; "Crossroads" [1937]; "Crows and Sparrows" [1949]; "Devils On The Doorstep" [2000); "Early Spring In February" [1963]; "East Palace, West Palace" [1996]; "Eight |
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Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon" [1947]; "Farewell My Concubine" [1993] Oscar nom; "Five Golden Flowers" [1959]; "For Fun" [1993]; "Forever Enthralled" [2008];
"The Founding of A Republic" [2009]; "Frozen" [1996]; "A Girl From Hunan" [1986]; "The Go Master" [2006]; "The Goddess" [1934]; "Good Morning, Beijing" [1991]; animated "Havoc In Heaven" aka "The Monkey King" [1965]; Jet Li's "Hero" [2002) Oscar nom; "Hibiscus Town" [1986]; "The Horse Thief" [1986]; "House of Flying Daggers" [2004]; "In The Heat of The Sun" [1995]; "The King of Masks" [1996]; "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain" [1980]; "Letter From An Unknown Woman" [2004]; "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" [1954]; "The Lin Family Shop" [1959]; "Lin Zexu" [1959]; "Little Toys" [1933]; "Long Live The Wife" [1947]; "Lost In Beijing" [2007]; "A Mongolian Tale" [1994]; "Mulan Joins The Army" [1939]; "My Memories of Old Beijing" [1983]; "Myriad of Lights" [1948]; "Naval Battle of 1894" [1962]; "New Year's Sacrifice" [1956]; "Old Well" [1987]; "One and Eight" [1983]; "An Orphan On The Streets" [1949]; "Pickpocket" [1997]; "Platform" [2000]; "Postmen In The Mountains" [1999]; "Princess Iron Fan" [1941]; "Raise The Red Lantern" [1991] Oscar nom; "Reconnaissance Across The Yangtze" [1954]; "Red Cherry" [1995]; "Red Cliff" [2008]; "The Red Detachment of Women" [1965]; "Red Heroine" [1928]; "Red Sorghum" [1987]; "Rickshaw Boy" [1982]; "Serfs" [1963]; "Shower" [1999]; "A Simple Noodle Story" [2010]; "Song At Midnight" [1937]; "Song of The Fishermen" [1934]; "Sons and Daughters of The Grassland" [1974]; "Sparkling Red Star" [1974]; "Spring In A Small Town" [1948]; "A Spring River Flows East" [1947]; "Spring Silkworms" [1933]; "Still Life" [2006]; "The Story of Qiu Ju" [1992]; "Street Angel" [1937]; "Suffocation" [2005]; "Summer Palace" [2006]; "The Swordsman In Double-Flag Town" [1991]; "Thirteen Princess Trees" [2006]; "This Life of Mine" [1950]; "To Live" [1994]; "The Trouble-Shooters" [1989]; "24 City" [2008]; "Two Stage Sisters" [1965]; "Tuya's Marriage" [2006]; "The White-Haired Girl" [1950]; "Woman Basketball Player No. 5" [1957]; "Woman Sesame-Oil Maker" [1993]; "A World Without Thieves" [2004]; "Yellow Earth" [1984]; "You and Me" [2005]; NOTE: Oscar-winner "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" [2000] and Oscar-nominees "Ju Dou" [1990], "The Wedding Banquet" [1993], and "Eat Drink Man Woman" [1994] are not included in this book |
"Wild Rose" silent feature [Lianhua Film Co. / China 1930]
aka "Wild Flower" or "Ye cao xian hua" {'Wild Grass and Fresh Flowers'}
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Early pro-feminist romance; an orphaned flower girl in Shanghai finds love with a musician, but the couple are thwarted by the entrenched rules of Confucian tradition.
Written & directed by Yu Sun; starring Jin Yan, Wang Renmei, Yan Gongshang, Zhang Zhizhi, Zheng Junli & Han Langen
not available on Region 1 DVD entry at Chinese Movie Database full credits at IMDb |
"Shanghai Gesture" [1942]
Directed by Josef von Sternberg; starring Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Ona Munson & Walter Huston
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JN20
"A Touch of Zen" [1975]
Directed by King Hu; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (5/2005)
"The Silk Road" [China/Japan 1980]
"The Last Emperor" [Columbia 1987]
won 9 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation
"Raise The Red Lantern" [1991]
Directed by Zhang Yimou
"The Wedding Banquet" aka "Xiyเn" [Taiwan 1993]
by Ang Lee; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Joy Luck Club" [Hollywood Pictures Sept 1993] /tt0107282/
Directed by Wayne Wang; co-written by Ronald Bass & Amy Tan, based on her hit novel
"Yin shi nan nu" [Taiwan 1994]
aka "Eat Drink Man Woman"
full credits from IMDb
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" [China 2000]
aka "Wo hu cang long'
full credits from IMDb
"Ye Yan: The Night Banquet" aka "The Banquet"
[Media Asia Aug 2006]
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Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet": When the emperor dies suddenly, the beautiful queen agrees to marry his younger brother, the new emperor; the prince survives an attack and, believ- ing that his uncle murdered his father and ordered the assasination attempt, returns to the imperial castle for revenge; forces converge at an important banquet held on an inauspicious night.
Directed by Feng Xiaogeng; starring Ziyi Zhang, Daniel Wu, Xun Zhou, You Ge, Jingwu Ma & Xiaoming Huang Mega Star widescreen color DVD [undated] 2 disks - out of prodn/used Bonzai Media widescreen subtitled color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb producer's official movie page |
"Snow Flower and The Secret Fan"
[Fox Searchlight July 2011]
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Two girls develop a secret code during a lifelong friendship in order to communicate within the harsh strictures placed on women in XIXth Century China. Directed by Wayne Wang; starring Gianna Jun, Li Bingbing, Vivian Wu, Wu Jiang, Russell Wong, Coco Chiang, Qing Yun Hu, Archie Kao & Hugh Jackman
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | based on the novel by Lisa See [2005 bestseller]
Random House Trade movie tie-in pb [5/2011] for $9.00 Random House Trade pb [2/2006] for $9.00 Random House deckle-edge hardcover [6/2005] for $16.29 book entry at Wikipedia |
"Detective Dee and The Mystery of The Phantom Flame"
[Hong Kong Sept 2010, Indomina USA Sept 2011]
 | "Inspired by the incredible true story of one of the Tang Dynasty's most celebrated officials." Wu Zetian is the most powerful woman in China, and about to be crowned Empress of China, but a series of bizarre murders at the Imperial Palace threatens the future of her dynasty. She implores formerly-exiled detective Dee Renjie to solve the crime before her coronation, and appoints him Chief Judge of the Empire.
Directed by Tsui Hark & stunt director Sammo Hung; starring Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Li Bing Bing, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Chao Deng, Richard Ng, Teddy Robin Kwan, Lu Yao & Jinshan Liu; won six Hong Kong Film Awards DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia official movie site official trailer |
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