IFFR 1995

Chen Kaige

Highly-regarded epic about life of two opera stars up till and during the Cultural Revolution. Golden Palm Cannes 1993.

actresses producing: Hsu

Ba Wang bieji

Yeh Hongwei

5 girls are married off and hang themselves to avoid their fate. Critics' Prize Rotterdam 1992.

Five Girls and a Rope

Yim Ho

Great film about the life story of Zhaohwa: locked up by her father as a girl; her husband collaborated with the Japanese.

Gungun Hongchen

Sylvia Chang

Wang Siu-Di

Kim Kwok-chiu

Early rôle by well-known actress Maggie Cheung in clever film about love, marriage, divorce and growing up.

Huang-se Gushi

Ann Hui

Bustling life of a teacher at secondary school is interspersed with memories of her old love.

Jinye Xingguang Canlan

Shu Kei

Exciting film about murder, corruption, love and kidnapping.

Lao Niang Gou Sao

Zeng Zhuangxiang

Film based on famous bestseller about Lin, who is married off to a butcher who turns out to be a brute. She has to take drastic action.

Sha Fu

King Hu

Power struggle between ambitious monks and a power-hungry general during the Ming dynasty about the vacant post of abbot.

Shan Zhong Chuanqi

Epic film about intrigues in the 14th century with imposing camerawork and a breakthrough role by Hsu Feng.

Epic film about intrigues in the 14th century with imposing camerawork and a breakthrough role by Hsu Feng. With its beautiful long shots, the film is a highlight in King Hu’s sizeable oeuvre. The young Yang spends the night with writer Ku. In the morning they are startled by a warrior.

A Touch of Zen

Brilliant 'chamber' play with epic dimensions and super cast at the time of the Yuan dynasty.

Yingchunke Zhi Fengbo

Ming warriors fight against Chinese-Japanese pirates. The strategist Yu has to bring the complex conflict to an end.

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