Black Snow

Black Snow 1990

6.80

A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but his old underworld contacts drag him back into a life of crime.

1990

The Resistance

The Resistance 2011

8.00

  In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and their daughters are especially barbaric. One of them is Xiaoyun, a peasant girl who fights with the Chinese resistance group. On her way to freedom she must fight against Japanese soldiers, ninjas, a killer geisha, Nazis, and the evil General of the Japanese imperial army.

2011

Aoley Yilan

Aoley Yilan 1979

1

Aolei Yilan lead her tribe to defend against russian invasion in 17th century China

1979

The Last Day of Winter

The Last Day of Winter 1986

1

Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.

1986

An Actress' Dream

An Actress' Dream 1985

1

Two police officers investigate the case of an actress, who was shot dead by a prop gun on the set of a movie.

1985

Three Black Triangles

Three Black Triangles 1977

7.00

The Public Security Bureau intercept a telegram notifying foreign agents to retrieve the "110 secret". Shi Yan, head of the Reconnaissance Section, starts a campaign of counter-espionage, but one of his agents is soon killed on board a train.

1977

The Case of Xu Qiuying

The Case of Xu Qiuying 1958

7.00

Detectives investigate the death of a clerk, murdered before his wedding

1958

The Story of the South China Sea

The Story of the South China Sea 1976

1

Set in the early 1970s, enemy warships encroach the islands of South China Sea frequently. The Chinese Navy fights the enemy and protects the islands and people from invasion.

1976

Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossom 1979

1

During the Japanese evacuation from China in 1945, a poor and ill mother leaves her child to her Chinese sister-in-law. Years later, she returns to China to find her child.

1979

The Savage Land

The Savage Land 1981

2.00

Hu escapes from prison after 8 years, only to find that his father was killed by the landlord and his fiancee Jin Zi was married to the landlord's son. The blind, widowed mother-in-law is a termagant. Hu plots his revenge.

1981

Nie Er

Nie Er 1962

1

Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC’s national anthem.

1962

Days in the Water

Days in the Water 1960

1

At a 1930s swimming match, a Chinese champion is forced to lose to his American rival. Later, the Chinese champion's son, another potential champion, is torn between the rigours of training and the lure of romance.

1960

Bus Number Three

Bus Number Three 1979

1

The events that take place on a city bus taken daily by workers, students, intellectuals, housewives and schoolchildren are depicted, and the lives of the two conductors, a hard-working young woman and an impatient and lazy man are contrasted.

1979