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  1. Bitter Money (2017)

    Director
    Bing Wang
    Subject
    Anthropology; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 152 minutes), $35.000

    BITTER MONEY documents China’s rapid economic and social transformation by following the rural workers who leave their Yunnan hometown to move to the city of Huzhou, one of the busiest cities of eastern...

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  2. Japan and China: The Unforgotten War (2006)

    Subject
    Economics; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD

    Just a few sentences in a Japanese history textbook in 2005 sparked the biggest protests China had seen since 1989. The subject of those sentences— the Nanjing Massacre —occurred during World War II, but...

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  3. Ye Yan (2006 Film)

    aka: Banquet, The Deadly Banquet, The Legend of the Black Scorpion

    Director
    FENG Xiaogang
    Producer
    John Chong; WANG Zhongjun

    Feature film which borrows from the plots and themes of Hamlet and Macbeth. Set in the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (A.D. 907-60), a time of royal instability in the north and warring states in...

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  4. She’s the Man (2005 Film)

    Director
    Andy Fickman
    Producer
    Donner, Lauren Shuler; Ewan Leslie
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. Romantic teen comedy offering a contemporary version of Twelfth Night. Viola is a teenage tomboy who disguises herself as her brother, Sebastian, in order to play in the boy’s Illyria...

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  5. Sunrise over Tiananmen Square (1998)

    Director
    Shui-Bo Wang
    Subject
    Art; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 29 minutes), Canadian $19.95

    Both an autobiographical work and an attempt to portray the new China, this collage film uses original art and family and archival photos to present a personal perspective on the Cultural Revolution and its...

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  6. Tianguo Niezi (1995 Film)

    aka: Day the Sun Went Cold, The Day the Sun Turned Cold, The

    Director
    YIM Ho
    Producer
    YIM Ho
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film. An oedipal mystery melodrama informed by Hamlet. A young man named Guan Jin (TA Chung Wa) walks into a police station, offering information about a 10-year-old murder. He says that the victim...

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  7. One Step on a Journey (1993 Video)

    aka: Chronicle of Macbeth, The

    Director
    Tony Chapman; Ziyin Wang
    Producer
    Tony Chapman; Ziyin Wang
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary about the working methods of Japanese theatre director, Tadashi Suzuki. Suzuki incorporates his technique and methodology in an Australian workshop and training session in preparation for the...

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  8. Feud and Love (1959 Film)

    aka: Feud and Love

    Director
    Cheng Kang
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. Zhu Xiaoli is saved from drowning by Dawei, a member of the Luo clan against whom the Zhu clan bear grudges. Xiaoli’s brother Biao challenges Luo to a duel and...

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  9. Vijian Mei (1931 Film)

    aka: Spray of Plum Blossoms, A

    Director
    BU Wancang
    Producer
    LUO Mingyou
    Subject
    Drama

    Silent Chinese feature film based on The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Two young men graduate from a Shanghai military academy, and one Hu Luting (Valentine) accepts a posting in Guangzhou, chiding his friend...

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  10. Tragedy of Vendetta (Film)

    aka: Tragedy of Vendetta

    Director
    Doe Ching
    Subject
    Drama

    Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. A Tibetan girl, Cai Tingting, falls in love with Liang Zuyi, a member of the Cais clan with whom her family has a long standing feud. Liang is banished for killing her...

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