Tian Zhuangzhuang Movies

An old retired puppet master has his quiet life disrupted his 6-year-old American grandson, who barely speaks Chinese.

5th Generation student film.

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a...

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

Set in Hong Kong in 1967 — a time of complex politics when it was still a British colony — No. 7 Cherry Lane revolves around a love...

One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A...

Shi Tou is a young rural orphan who often dreams by the Yellow River. He finds the maternal warmth and love in a woman he has always been looking for.

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a...

The story is adapted from a short story by Shi Shuqing, which takes place in a small village called Shujiachuan in Northwest China during the...

Realistic portraits of Chinese youth embracing western culture

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the...

Set during China's the Warring States Period (476-221 BC), benevolent warrior Chenkang Lu (Joe Odagiri) enters into a torrid love affair with a woman...

Chinese film directed by Zhang Ming,

Based on the Wang Anyi story "Life in a Small Courtyard"

A hunter violates the ancient Mongolian hunting code and must pay his penance.

A Korean-Chinese mother returns home after a decade abroad to investigate her son's coma, uncovers his hidden guilt as a perpetrator instead of a...

A young teacher in the first seventeen years of the People's Republic of China approaches the teaching of her students with a humanistic philosophy,...

Based on Lao She’s novel, a story about a street player set in the wartime Chongqing.

First film directed by Lu Xuechang.