Zhang Yimou

Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou’s fiction movie Shadow.

Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei – first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the ...

A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers

The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.

China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to ...

An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old.

Tony Rayns presents the work of the ‘Fifth Generation’ and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are ...

Army volunteers train for places in China’s 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.