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  • Sony Classics Acquires Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers

    May 14, 2004 • Film, NewsComments Off on Sony Classics Acquires Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers

    Sony Pictures Classics today announced the acquisition of the North American rights to Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers. Press Release Sony Pictures Classics today announced the acquisition of the North American rights to Zhang Yimou’s House

  • Farewell My Concubine (1993)

    December 3, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Farewell My Concubine (1993)

    What has been said about this sweeping historical epic is all true – ambitious, lavish, shocking and masterful. Spanning 53 years of China’s history, Farewell to My Concubine is the intimate story of boyhood friends who endure brutal

  • Spring Subway (2002)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Spring Subway (2002)

    Director: Zhang Yibai Producer: Liu Fendou Writer: Liu Fendou cinematographer: Zhao Xiaodong and Gao Fei Cast: Geng Le, Xu Jinglei, Zhang Yang, Wang Ning, Fan Wei, Ke Lan, Gao Yuanyuan, Tu Qiang Language: Cantonese Cantonese: Kai Wang Chun Tian De Di Tian

  • King of Masks, The (1996)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on King of Masks, The (1996)

    director Wu Tian-Ming Cast: Zhu Xu, Zhou Ren-Ying An overly-emotional yet still quite beautiful film about an elder mask-maker who adopts what he thinks is a son. The mask-maker hopes to teach his craft to his son, and pass on the great family art. But the

  • Red Sorghum (1987)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Red Sorghum (1987)

    Director: Zhang Yimou Producer: Writer: Jianyu Chen, Wei Zhu Cast: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten Running Time: 91 min. Plot: In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls

  • Raise the Red Lantern (1992)

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Raise the Red Lantern (1992)

    Director: Zhang Yimou Producer: Fu-Sheng Chiu, Hsiao-hsien Hou, Wenze Zhang Writer: Su Tong (novel), Ni Zhen Cast: Li Gong, Caifei He, Jingwu Ma, Cuifen Cao, Qi Zhao Running Time: 125 min. Plot: China in the 1920’s. After her fathers death, nineteen

  • Hollywood Hong Kong (2001)

    October 11, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Hollywood Hong Kong (2001)

    Director, Writer, Producer: Fruit Chan Producers: Doris Yang, Kei Haruna, Sylvain Bursztein Cast: Zhou Xun, Glen Chin, Wong You-Nam, Ho Sai-Man, Leung Sze-Ping Language: Cantonese Running Time: 102 min Festivals: Venice Film Festival 2001 Sundance Film

  • Chicken Poets (2002)

    October 11, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Chicken Poets (2002)

    Yun Fei is an unsuccessful poet who comes to a small village on the outskirts of Beijing to visit an old poet friend, Chen Xiaoyang. Yun Fei discovers that his friend has become a successful businessman, operating a black chicken hennery in town, and that he