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Boonie Bears: Back to Earth

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Boonie Bears: Back to Earth is a Chinese animated science fiction comedy film released in 2022. It is the eighth installment in the Boonie Bears series and the tenth-anniversary film for the franchise. Lin Huida is the director of the picture. On February 1, 2022, it was released in China.

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Boonie Bears: Back to Earth is a Chinese animated science fiction comedy film released in 2022. It is the eighth installment in the Boonie Bears series and the tenth-anniversary film for the franchise. Lin Huida is the director of the picture. On February 1, 2022, it was released in China.


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Runtime:  1 h 39 min
Poster for the movie "Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery"

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)

1620 min - Action, Drama - 12 May 1928
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After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them. Entering to look around, he finds the entrance to a deep cave from which an oppressive, foul odor emanates. (http://www.chinesemirror.com/index/2009/08/among-the-best-of-28-burning-red-lotus-temple.html) This wuxia serial was adapted from a newspaper serial (Strange Tales of the Adventurer in the Wild Country) and released in 18 feature-length parts over a period of 3 years. In its entirety it would be 27 hours long. Considered lost.

Director:  Shichuan Zhang

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After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar to worship them. Entering to look around, he finds the entrance to a deep cave from which an oppressive, foul odor emanates. (http://www.chinesemirror.com/index/2009/08/among-the-best-of-28-burning-red-lotus-temple.html) This wuxia serial was adapted from a newspaper serial (Strange Tales of the Adventurer in the Wild Country) and released in 18 feature-length parts over a period of 3 years. In its entirety it would be 27 hours long. Considered lost.


Collections: Shichuan Zhang

Genres: Action, Drama

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Country:   China
Language:  No Language
Release Date:  12 May 1928

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Production Companies:  Star Film Company, Mingxing Film Company

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Runtime:  3 h 00 min
Poster for the movie "Blood on Wolf Mountain"

Blood on Wolf Mountain (1936)

70 min - Drama, War, Communist propaganda - 1 January 1936
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Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.

Director:  Fei Mu

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Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.


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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1936

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Runtime:  1 h 10 min
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Bridge (2024)

Drama - 28 March 2024
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During the Chinese Civil War, a railroad factory is commissioned by the Communist army to repair a bridge. Led by a skeptical engineer who does not believe the bridge can be completed in time, the factory workers lack enthusiasm and morale. The project is galvanized, however, by the work of Liang Ruisheng (Wang Jiayi), who inspires his fellow workers to complete the project for the war effort. In the process, even the engineer is converted.

Director:  Bin Wang

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During the Chinese Civil War, a railroad factory is commissioned by the Communist army to repair a bridge. Led by a skeptical engineer who does not believe the bridge can be completed in time, the factory workers lack enthusiasm and morale. The project is galvanized, however, by the work of Liang Ruisheng (Wang Jiayi), who inspires his fellow workers to complete the project for the war effort. In the process, even the engineer is converted.


Collections: Bin Wang

Genres: Drama

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Country:   China
Language:  Chinese Mandarin
Release Date:  28 March 2024

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Production Companies:  Northeast Film Studio

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Poster for the movie "Bud of the Motherland"

Bud of the Motherland (1955)

75 min - Drama, Family, Communist propaganda - 30 January 1955
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Tells a story of how two pupils are brought up the spirit of collectivism with the help of their teachers and Young Pioneers.

Director:  Gong Yan

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Tells a story of how two pupils are brought up the spirit of collectivism with the help of their teachers and Young Pioneers.


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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  30 January 1955

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Production Companies:  Changchun Film Studio

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Runtime:  1 h 15 min

Before the New Director Arrives (1956)

- 2 January 1956
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Directed by Ban Lu.

Director:  Ban Lu

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Directed by Ban Lu.


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Release Date:  2 January 1956

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Poster for the movie "Blood in the Snow"

Blood in the Snow (1956)

Drama - 24 January 1956
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A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.

Director:  Li Han-Hsiang
Writers:  Li Han-Hsiang

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A behind the scenes story of a small time folk opera troupe and other performers in Northern China in the 1930s.


Collections: Li Han-Hsiang

Genres: Drama

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Release Date:  24 January 1956

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Poster for the movie "Battle on Shangganling Mountain"

Battle on Shangganling Mountain (1956)

123 min - War, Drama, Propaganda - 1 December 1956
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"Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. The movie portray the battle as a Chinese victory over an American invasion, and the People's Volunteer Army soldiers were shown as Chinese war heroes."

Director:  Meng Sha, Shan Lin

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"Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. The movie portray the battle as a Chinese victory over an American invasion, and the People's Volunteer Army soldiers were shown as Chinese war heroes."


Collections: Meng Sha, Shan Lin

Genres: War, Drama, Propaganda

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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 December 1956

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Production Companies:  Changchun Film Studio

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Runtime:  2 h 03 min

Brother Liu and Brother Wang on the Roads in Taiwan (1959)

Comedy - 7 February 1959
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Overweight shoeshiner Brother Wang (Wang Ge) and skinny rickshaw driver Brother Liu (Liu Ge) are best friends and roommates. One day, they come across a fortune teller who offers a peculiar forecast: that Wang will become very wealthy in three days but that Liu will die in 44 days. When Wang strikes gold by winning the lottery, just as predicted, the celebratory mood is soon eclipsed by the reminder that Liu’s death also has been forecast. With his newfound wealth, Wang decides to reward his dying buddy with the trip of a lifetime. Carrying around a suitcase full of cash, the working-class twosome embark on a road trip around the beautiful island of Taiwan. Enjoying a lavish lifestyle as inexperienced big spenders, they find themselves in unexpected situations and amusing predicaments, one after another.

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Overweight shoeshiner Brother Wang (Wang Ge) and skinny rickshaw driver Brother Liu (Liu Ge) are best friends and roommates. One day, they come across a fortune teller who offers a peculiar forecast: that Wang will become very wealthy in three days but that Liu will die in 44 days. When Wang strikes gold by winning the lottery, just as predicted, the celebratory mood is soon eclipsed by the reminder that Liu’s death also has been forecast. With his newfound wealth, Wang decides to reward his dying buddy with the trip of a lifetime. Carrying around a suitcase full of cash, the working-class twosome embark on a road trip around the beautiful island of Taiwan. Enjoying a lavish lifestyle as inexperienced big spenders, they find themselves in unexpected situations and amusing predicaments, one after another.


Collections: Hsia Fang, Lee Hsing, Tien Feng

Genres: Comedy

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Country:   Taiwan
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  7 February 1959

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Production Companies:  Tai Lien Film Company

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Because of Her (1963)

101 min - Music - 30 July 1963
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Li Meixin rejects Du Ziping's marriage proposal on the eve of Du's departure to further his studies in Japan. Li joins a travelling troupe under Jin Shiming and becomes a success overnight. While performing in Singapore, Li discovers she is pregnant. For the sake of Li and the unborn child, Jin marries Li. Due to financial losses, Jin's troupe is disbanded. Du returns from Japan and is invited to play the male lead opposite Li in a new troupe. Caught in a dilemma, Li dies in a fall while running away from Du.

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Li Meixin rejects Du Ziping's marriage proposal on the eve of Du's departure to further his studies in Japan. Li joins a travelling troupe under Jin Shiming and becomes a success overnight. While performing in Singapore, Li discovers she is pregnant. For the sake of Li and the unborn child, Jin marries Li. Due to financial losses, Jin's troupe is disbanded. Du returns from Japan and is invited to play the male lead opposite Li in a new troupe. Caught in a dilemma, Li dies in a fall while running away from Du.


Genres: Music

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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  30 July 1963

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Runtime:  1 h 41 min
Poster for the movie "Beyond the Great Wall"

Beyond the Great Wall (1964)

90 min - - 21 November 1964
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Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.

Director:  Li Han-Hsiang
Writers:  Wang Zhibo

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Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life for the good of the Chinese people during war time fears between China and the Huns.


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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  21 November 1964

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Production Companies:  Shaw Brothers

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Runtime:  1 h 30 min
Winter Love by Chor Yuen

Be My Love (1968)

109 min - Romance - 3 December 1968
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While sitting in his favourite restaurant at Christmas 1963, popular author Chim Kei (Patrick Tse Yin) meets a young woman, Mimi (Josephine Siao Fong-fong), wearing little on the cold night and wanting a lift home afterwards.

Director:  Chor Yuen

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While sitting in his favourite restaurant at Christmas 1963, popular author Chim Kei (Patrick Tse Yin) meets a young woman, Mimi (Josephine Siao Fong-fong), wearing little on the cold night and wanting a lift home afterwards.


Collections: Chor Yuen

Tagline: A Hong Kong love story.

Genres: Romance

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Language:  Cantonese
Release Date:  3 December 1968

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Runtime:  1 h 49 min
Poster for the movie "Breaking with Old Ideas"

Breaking with Old Ideas (1976)

110 min - Communist propaganda, War - 2 January 1976
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The film tells the story of the Communist Labour College that opened in the 1960s. Long Guozheng, an emissary from the Communist government and Li Jinfeng, a female peasant student, must fight against the school's more conservative elements. In the film's climax, Li is put on trial and is about to be expelled from the school when she is saved by a pronouncement from Chairman Mao himself. Topic: communist propaganda

Director:  Wenhua Li

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The film tells the story of the Communist Labour College that opened in the 1960s. Long Guozheng, an emissary from the Communist government and Li Jinfeng, a female peasant student, must fight against the school's more conservative elements. In the film's climax, Li is put on trial and is about to be expelled from the school when she is saved by a pronouncement from Chairman Mao himself. Topic: communist propaganda


Collections: Wenhua Li

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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  2 January 1976

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Runtime:  1 h 50 min
Poster for the movie "Boat People"

Boat People (1982)

109 min - Drama - 13 October 1982
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A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".

Director:  Ann Hui

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A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".


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Genres: Drama

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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  Cantonese, Japanese, Tiếng Việt
Release Date:  13 October 1982

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Production Companies:  Bluebird Movie Enterprises

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Runtime:  1 h 49 min
Poster for the movie "Burning of the Imperial Palace"

Burning of the Imperial Palace (1983)

Drama, War, History - 20 September 1983
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Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.

Director:  Li Han-Hsiang
Writers:  Li Han-Hsiang

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Dramatization of events from the Second Opium War which culminated in the looting and destruction of imperial estate "Yuan Ming Yuan", AKA the Old Summer Palace by invading English and French troops.


Collections: Li Han-Hsiang

Genres: Drama, War, History

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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  Cantonese
Release Date:  20 September 1983

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Poster for the movie "Border Town"

Border Town (1984)

94 min - - 1 August 1984
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Cuicui is raised by her 70-year-old grandfather. 17 years ago, Her mother was pregnant before marriage and she committed suicide after giving birth to Cuicui by drinking cold water in the river. When Cuicui grows up, her grandfather begins to worry about her marriage, because he doesn’t want Cuicui to have the miserable life like her mother.

Director:  Zifeng Ling

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Cuicui is raised by her 70-year-old grandfather. 17 years ago, Her mother was pregnant before marriage and she committed suicide after giving birth to Cuicui by drinking cold water in the river. When Cuicui grows up, her grandfather begins to worry about her marriage, because he doesn’t want Cuicui to have the miserable life like her mother.


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Release Date:  1 August 1984

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Runtime:  1 h 34 min
Poster for the movie "Born to Defend"

Born to Defend (1986)

120 min - Action, Foreign - 16 February 1986
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Director:  Jet Li

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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.


Collections: Jet Li

Genres: Action, Foreign

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Country:   China,   Hong Kong
Language:  English, 普通话
Release Date:  16 February 1986

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Runtime:  2 h 00 min
Poster for the movie "Born to Defence"

Born to Defence (1986)

120 min - Action, War - 16 February 1986
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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.

Director:  Jet Li
Writers:  Si Yeung-Ping, Chit Yi-Gwoh

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Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.


Collections: Jet Li

Tagline: Once upon a time in China, a new hero emerged...

Genres: Action, War

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Country:   China,   Hong Kong
Language:  普通话, English
Release Date:  16 February 1986

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Production Companies:  Sil-Metropole Organisation

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Runtime:  2 h 00 min
Poster for the movie "Born to Gamble"

Born to Gamble (1987)

101 min - Comedy - 31 March 1987
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Alex is the smart one who claims first place in every human endeavor. To be true, he really excels in all forms of gambling. Alex likes to help people. Thus, when his old friend Fung is jilted by a rich girl, he immediately takes Fung to a slave auction in the Philippines. There, Fung buys a woman of beauty and femininity. Alex himself falls in love with Mina, who is deadly against gambling. She would break ties with anyone found to be gambling...

Director:  Wong Jing

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Alex is the smart one who claims first place in every human endeavor. To be true, he really excels in all forms of gambling. Alex likes to help people. Thus, when his old friend Fung is jilted by a rich girl, he immediately takes Fung to a slave auction in the Philippines. There, Fung buys a woman of beauty and femininity. Alex himself falls in love with Mina, who is deadly against gambling. She would break ties with anyone found to be gambling...


Collections: Wong Jing

Genres: Comedy

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Country:   Hong Kong
Release Date:  31 March 1987

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Production Companies:  Paragon Films Ltd., Golden Harvest Productions

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Runtime:  1 h 41 min
Poster for the movie "Burning Snow"

Burning Snow (1988)

84 min - Drama - 16 March 1988
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A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.

Writers:  Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

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A young woman is forced to marry an older man who runs a roadhouse saloon. She is constantly being raped by her husband, a drunken loutish brute. She harbors a young man wanted by the police in a murder case, and soon the fugitive and the young wife have a torrid affair as she continues to hide him from the authorities.


Collections: Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Genres: Drama

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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  Cantonese
Release Date:  16 March 1988

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Revenue:  $84

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Runtime:  1 h 24 min
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Ballad of the Yellow River (1989)

93 min - - 1 January 1989
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Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.

Director:  Wenji Teng
Stars:  Ge You, Peng Chi

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Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.


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Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1989

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Runtime:  1 h 33 min
Poster for the movie "Bloody Brotherhood"

Bloody Brotherhood (1989)

92 min - - 7 January 1989
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Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.

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Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discovers that this is all but a myth.


Collections: Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

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Country:   Hong Kong
Language:  Cantonese
Release Date:  7 January 1989

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Production Companies:  Chun Sing Film Company

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Runtime:  1 h 32 min
Poster for the movie "Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers"

Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (1990)

70 min - Documentary - 1 January 1990
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Independent Chinese documentary by Wu Wenguan following and interviewing a group of young artists around the time of the events Tiananmen about their lives and careers.

Director:  Wu Wenguang
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Independent Chinese documentary by Wu Wenguan following and interviewing a group of young artists around the time of the events Tiananmen about their lives and careers.


Collections: Wu Wenguang

Genres: Documentary

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Country:   China
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1990

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Runtime:  1 h 10 min
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Brief Encounter In Shinjuku (1990)

85 min - Drama, Comedy, Romance - 16 February 1990
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The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back Lawrence Cheng as a thirty-something Hong Kong yuppie finding misadventures in love and marriage. Leung Foon and Ann reunite after the events of The Yuppie Fantasia, but issues still exist. Ann works overtime to be a better wife, and Leung Foon attempts mightily to be a model, upright husband.

Director:  Gordon Chan

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The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back Lawrence Cheng as a thirty-something Hong Kong yuppie finding misadventures in love and marriage. Leung Foon and Ann reunite after the events of The Yuppie Fantasia, but issues still exist. Ann works overtime to be a better wife, and Leung Foon attempts mightily to be a model, upright husband.


Collections: Gordon Chan

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

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Country:   Hong Kong,   Japan
Language:  Japanese, Cantonese
Release Date:  16 February 1990

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Revenue:  $1,242,065

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Production Companies:  People's Productions

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Runtime:  1 h 25 min

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