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Only the River Flows

7.3

A police chief investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. Though an arrest is made quickly, clues push the police officer to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals…

Fake Dad

7.7

Yang Hao Liang, an evergreen singer in the past, accidentally discovers that someone is using his identity to deceive others. He asks his son, Yang Shi Yue, to find out the truth. Yang ShiyYue ends up teaming up with…

The Quilt

~~ Adapted from the novella "Futon" (蒲団) by Tayama Katai (田山花袋).

The Moon and the Sunshine

10.0

The story of Zhang Xiao Yue and Luo Can Yang, who end up in the same prison cell and reminisce in boredom. When Zhang Xiao Yue's father passed away, her family lost their only means of livelihood, unable to pay off their…

Hong Sao

Set during the Liberation War in the Yimeng Mountain region, Hong sao tells the moving story of Dehong, a courageous woman known as the “Red Sister-in-law.” She risks her life to save a gravely injured Liberation…

Still Life

Marie works part-time at a dyeing factory in downtown Shitamachi. It was three months ago that her left hand, which had excelled in music college as a pianist, suddenly stopped working. After losing her lover, cellist…

Samsara

Shi Ba is a self-employed profiteer, skilled in deceiving, bragging, speculating and playing. He deceives others, who fool him too... (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from the novella "Rising above the Sea" (浮出海面) by…

Crescent Moon

A young woman in the 1920s has a hard life and learns sympathy for her own mother's situation. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from the novella "Crescent Moon" (月牙儿) by Lao She (老舍).

Kong Zhong Xiao Jie

~~ Adapted from the novella "The Flight Attendant" (空中小姐) by Wang Shuo (王朔).

Qiao Chang Zhang Shang Ren Ji

~~ Adapted from the novella "Manager Qiao Assumes Office" (乔厂长上任记) by Jiang Zi Long (蒋子龙).

Heroic Sons and Daughters

An army officer has a chance encounter with a young soldier, the son of an old comrade in arms. The soldier tells the officer he has a sister who is also in the army. When the young soldier is killed in action, the officer…

Spring Silkworms

This early classic of Golden Age Shanghai cinema echoes Visconti's classic La Terra Trema in its beautifully rendered story of a humble silk-farming family struggling to be free of debt to exploitative middlemen. (Source:…

Sheng Ling Ji: Jiang Xiao

~~ Adapted from the novella "Cang Qiong Bang: Sheng Ling Ji" (苍穹榜：圣灵纪) by Tian Can Tu Dou (天蚕土豆).

Mo Ri Du Bai

~~ Adapted from the novella "Mo Ri Du Bai" (末日独白) by Dong Fang Xiao Can (东方晓灿).