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Xue, zong shi re de

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Like other 1980s films from mainland China, this story of a triumph in creating better production in a local factory does not rise above the need to insert propaganda statements wherever possible. A silk-printing plant in Jiangnan, in the south of China, has been doing very poorly in its sales. When Luo Xin'gang a new manager arrives, he maintains that the remedy for the loss in profits is to go back to producing handmade silk handkerchiefs for export -- but the conservative authorities resist any change at all. In the background lurks the shadows of the black market and other forms of graft that are erased with a caveat at the end of the film stating that these are "practices from the past that no longer exist."

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Like other 1980s films from mainland China, this story of a triumph in creating better production in a local factory does not rise above the need to insert propaganda statements wherever possible. A silk-printing plant in Jiangnan, in the south of China, has been doing very poorly in its sales. When Luo Xin'gang a new manager arrives, he maintains that the remedy for the loss in profits is to go back to producing handmade silk handkerchiefs for export -- but the conservative authorities resist any change at all. In the background lurks the shadows of the black market and other forms of graft that are erased with a caveat at the end of the film stating that these are "practices from the past that no longer exist."


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Xue zhan Taierzhuang (1986)

War, History - 1 January 1986
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The Chinese army stops the Japanese army in 1938 at Suzhou.

Director:  Guangyuan Yang
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The Chinese army stops the Japanese army in 1938 at Suzhou.


Collections: Guangyuan Yang

Genres: War, History

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Country:   China
Release Date:  1 January 1986

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Poster for the movie "Xiao zi xian sun ci hou zhe"

Xiao zi xian sun ci hou zhe (1993)

- 1 January 1993
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Collections: Peisi Chen, Jianfeng Zeng

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Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1993

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Xiang xi shi wang (1993)

92 min - Action - 29 May 1993
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A young woman and her friend travel to some distant village to visit her father. Upon arrival they learn that the man has been killed and his body is being transported to his hometown. They want to find the body, but it is stolen by the evil Zombie-King. Together with some newfound allies they fight against the evil clan.

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A young woman and her friend travel to some distant village to visit her father. Upon arrival they learn that the man has been killed and his body is being transported to his hometown. They want to find the body, but it is stolen by the evil Zombie-King. Together with some newfound allies they fight against the evil clan.


Genres: Action

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Country:   Hong Kong,   China
Language:  Cantonese, 普通话
Release Date:  29 May 1993

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Production Companies:  Dream Factory Film Company

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Runtime:  1 h 32 min
Poster for the movie "Xiao Shan Going Home"

Xiao Shan Going Home (1995)

58 min - Drama - 1 January 1995
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Xiao Shan, a temporary worker at the Hongyuan Restaurant, has just been fired by his boss Zhao Guoqing. Deciding to leave Beijing and returns to his home in Anyang, he goes to see a series of people from his hometown who have also been living in Beijing-construction workers, train ticket scalpers, university students, attendant, prostitutes-but no one wants to go back with him. Dispirited and confused, he searches out one after another of his old friends who are still in Beijing. Finally he leaves his wild long hair, the symbol of his life in the city, at a roadside barber stand as his offering to Beijing.

Writers:  贾樟柯
Stars:  Hongwei Wang

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Xiao Shan, a temporary worker at the Hongyuan Restaurant, has just been fired by his boss Zhao Guoqing. Deciding to leave Beijing and returns to his home in Anyang, he goes to see a series of people from his hometown who have also been living in Beijing-construction workers, train ticket scalpers, university students, attendant, prostitutes-but no one wants to go back with him. Dispirited and confused, he searches out one after another of his old friends who are still in Beijing. Finally he leaves his wild long hair, the symbol of his life in the city, at a roadside barber stand as his offering to Beijing.


Collections: Chiu Chak-piu, Jia Zhangke

Genres: Drama

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Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1995

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Runtime:  0 h 58 min
Poster for the movie "Pickpocket"

Pickpocket (1997)

105 min - Drama, Foreign - 1 January 1997
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Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn't invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he break with his criminal past?

Director:  Jia Zhangke
Writers:  Jia Zhangke

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Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn't invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he break with his criminal past?


Collections: Jia Zhangke

Genres: Drama, Foreign

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Country:   China,   
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  1 January 1997

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Runtime:  1 h 45 min
Poster for the movie "Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl"

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)

99 min - Drama, Foreign - 19 February 1998
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Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

Director:  Joan Chen
Writers:  Joan Chen

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Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.


Collections: Joan Chen

Genres: Drama, Foreign

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Country:   Hong Kong,   United States of America,   Taiwan
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  19 February 1998

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Runtime:  1 h 39 min
Poster for the movie "Xiao Mei"

Xiao Mei (2018)

95 min - Mystery - 19 March 2018
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A film about the tormenting presence of absence. A young shop girl named Xiao Mei suddenly vanishes from her usual existence, without explanation or trace. Has she dissolved, or perhaps redeemed herself somehow? Nine people from her immediate surroundings try to fill the empty space left behind by this supposedly insignificant young woman. In a kaleidoscope of meandering memories, projections, confessions, interpretations, incantations and helpless speculations through which the young escapee wanders aimlessly, they attempt to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

Director:  Maren Hwang

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A film about the tormenting presence of absence. A young shop girl named Xiao Mei suddenly vanishes from her usual existence, without explanation or trace. Has she dissolved, or perhaps redeemed herself somehow? Nine people from her immediate surroundings try to fill the empty space left behind by this supposedly insignificant young woman. In a kaleidoscope of meandering memories, projections, confessions, interpretations, incantations and helpless speculations through which the young escapee wanders aimlessly, they attempt to solve the mystery of her disappearance.


Collections: Maren Hwang

Genres: Mystery

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Country:   Taiwan
Language:  普通话
Release Date:  19 March 2018

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Runtime:  1 h 35 min

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