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Biography – Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

  He fought his way from the mean streets of Hong Kong to international superstardom. With blazing fists and a burning passion, he became one of the most celebrated kung-fu Read More

China: A Century of Revolution – Born Under The Red Flag – 1976-1997

  What happened next could never have been anticipated and forms the story line for the final film of the trilogy; Born Under The Red Flag examines China’s remarkable transformation Read More

China: A Century of Revolution – The Mao Years – 1949-1976

  The trilogy continues with The Mao Years, a look at the next period of modern China’s history: Mao Zedong’s rule, from 1949 to his death in 1976. The film Read More

China: A Century of Revolution – China in Revolution – 1911-1949

  The first film, China in Revolution, describes the epic upheaval that began in China with the fall of the last emperor in 1911. Over the next four decades, the Read More

The Bodyguard from Beijing

  A corrupt businessman commits a murder and the only witness is the girlfriend of another businessman with close connections to the Chinese government, so a bodyguard from Beijing is Read More

So Close to Paradise

  So Close to Paradise takes place in the 1980s in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The film follows two young migrant workers. Young innocent Dong Zi (Shi Yu) Read More

Shanghai Triad

  When teenager Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao Cuihua) arrives in Shanghai from the country, he is brought by his uncle (Li Xuejian) to work for gang leader Tang (Li Baotian). Tang Read More

Rouge

  In 1987 Hong Kong, newspaperman Yuen (Alex Man) and his girlfriend, Chor (Emily Chu) are drawn into a doomed 1930s romance when the ghost of courtesan Fleur (Anita Mui) Read More

Rickshaw Boy

  Xiangzi is a young, hardworking, well-built rickshaw puller who dreams of owning his own rickshaw. Just when he has earned enough to buy one, it is confiscated by warlord Read More

Lost and Love

  One day in 1999 when his two-year-old son Lei Da goes missing, Anhui farmer Lei Zekuan (Lau) begins his fifteen-year-long journey of hardship searching for his lost son. On Read More