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Ju Dou (1989)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian, Zhang Li
This erotic drama follows the passion as a beautiful young bride is drawn to the handsome, strong nephew of her new husband. An exquisitely photograph... Read more
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1995)
Director: He Ping
Starring: Ning Jing, Wu Gang, Zhao Xiaorui, Gao Yang
A beautiful woman is torn between loyalty to her ancestral heritage and her sensual desire for a rebellious artist. A visually stunning film set again... Read more
Shanghai Triad (1995)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian, Sun Chun
Zhang Yimou's absorbing tale of the Chinese underworld in the 1930s, focusing on a boy who's hired to be the silent servant of a pampered nightclub qu... Read more
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Lei Lao Sheng, Ge Zhi Jun, Lui Pei Qi
In this beautiful and humourous film from the acclaimed director of 'Raise the Red Lantern', a peasant woman takes on the Chinese legal system when he... Read more
Temptress Moon (1996)
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, He Saifei
1920's Shanghai is displayed in all it's decadence with opium-addicted Ruyi (Gong Li) forced to officially head the Pang family after the death of the... Read more
To Live (1994)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben, Guo Tao, Jiang Wu
This stirring film follows a married couple as their fortunes rise and fall, through several decades of Chinese life, from the 1940s onward. Ge You, G... Read more
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Director: Zhang Yimou
Starring: Gong Li, Ma Jingwu, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng
This magnificent film chronicles the life of a 1920s maiden who, at her mother's urging, agrees to marry a wealthy man. She becomes 'fourth mistress'... Read more
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da
A sumptuously detailed panorama of Chinese history as seen through the eyes of two male stars of the Chinese Opera. Joint winner (with 'The Piano') of... Read more
Big Shot's Funeral (2001)
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Ge You, Rosamund Kwan, Donald Sutherland, Ying Da, Paul Mazursky
When world famous film director Don Tyler (Donald Sutherland) is tossed off his picture by the studio boss, his depression is only relieved by his unl... Read more
Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Director: Huo Jianqi
Starring: Rujun Ten, Liu Ye
Set in the fairy-tale wilderness of Hunan Province in the 1980s, this is a visually gorgeous and sometimes poignant story about fathers and sons, trad... Read more