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Center Stage
Hong Kong Movie - 19927.9
The film is based on a true story: the tragic life of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu. This movie chronicles her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Nicknamed the…
Saka no Ue no Kumo
Japanese Drama - 2009, 13 episodes7.9
The 19th Century was a turbulent one for Japan. Enduring the throes of change brought about by the Meiji era, it still struggled to join the world and be considered a “civilized, modern nation.” After 300 years,…
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story
Hong Kong Movie - 19777.9
Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right! (Source:…
The Tin Mine
Thai Movie - 20057.9
Set in 1950 and based on the series of autobiographical short stories by Archin Panjabhan, the beginning finds Archin expelled from Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University in his sophomore year. He is packed off to southern…
Faith Makes Great
Chinese Drama - 2021, 40 episodes7.9
One hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, Faith Makes Great tells stories from different times in history that chronicle the people's endless struggle to realize their dream of rejuvenating…
A Stranger in Shanghai
Japanese Special - 2019, 1 episodes8.0
China was in turmoil in 1921 when renowned Japanese novelist, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, (author of "Rashomon") visits Shanghai as a newspaper correspondent. He'd read classic Chinese novels growing up but China is quite different…
Immortal Admiral Yi Sun Shin
Korean Drama - 2004, 104 episodes7.8
It is late 1598, shortly before the Battle of Noryang, the final confrontation of the Imjin War. The remnants of the Japanese invasion force are desperate to go home but are also driven by the personal motivation to…
Lost in the Fumes
Hong Kong Movie - 20177.8
Based on the life of politician and activist Edward Leung. The film was directed by Nora Lam and was first screened on 23 November 2017. The film tracks Leung's life from his university education to his participation…
Island Keeper
Chinese Movie - 20217.5
The film follows the story of Wang Ji Cai and his wife's 32 years of guarding Kaishan Island in east China's Jiangsu province. (Source: Wikipedia)
Jeong Do Jeon
Korean Drama - 2014, 50 episodes7.8
In the late 14th c, Goryeo. Abuse of power and corruption made people leave the government offices and only the corrupted people are left in the high offices. When there seems to be no hope, there are a group of young…
A Single Spark
Korean Movie - 19957.8
Wanted by the police for his history of student activism, Kim Young Soo is writing the biography of Jeon Taeil, a worker at a clothing factory in Cheonggyecheon who opened the floodgates of the labor movement. As a fugitive…
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
Hong Kong Movie - 19737.7
A documentary that examines the life and the untimely death of superstar Bruce Lee. Utilizes stock footage of Bruce Lee, movie clips and interviews with people who knew him as well as his funeral procession. (IMDB)
Bruce Lee, My Brother
Hong Kong Movie - 20107.6
"Bruce Lee, My Brother" chronicles the first 19 years of martial arts star Bruce Lee, prior to his departure for the United States.
Nambugun: North Korean Partisan in South Korea
Korean Movie - 19907.6
Lee Tae, a war correspondent, joins the North Korean partisan in 1950. But he soon feels torn by the partisan's activities and his own passivity. When the Operation Chung-ryong fails and Lee Tae and his men find themselves…
Nakimushi Shottan no Kiseki
Japanese Movie - 20187.7
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi…
China 1921
Chinese Drama - 2011, 32 episodes7.6
Set between 1918 and 1921, this series follows the birth of the Chinese Communist Party.
Kiss Me, Mom!
Taiwanese Drama - 2013, 15 episodes7.6
The story chronicles the year when the life of Giddens Ko was more like a movie than real life. The joy and sadness of a life time was crammed into one year. The year he won the Best Writer award was also the year the…
The Hearts of the Citizens
Chinese Drama - 2010, 54 episodes7.5
A drama about the legendary life of Qi Jun Zao (祁隽藻), a scholar who lived during the Qing dynasty. He served 4 emperors and was the teacher of 3 of them.
The President
Filipino Movie - 20127.5
The life story of the first Philippine president. Based on Emilio Aguinaldo's ''Memoirs of the Revolution'' is the story of the man who led the Filipino people to victory against its Spanish conquerors. (Source: Vivamax)
Q Series: What She Put On the Table
Taiwanese Drama - 2017, 6 episodes7.5
This drama follows two woman - one rich, the other poor - who fortuitously cross paths in 1950s Taiwan. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Adapted from a novel by the same title by Fu Pei Mei (傅培梅). ~~ Based on the life of TV…
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