#Chinese Cinema

[habitual-sadness]

A Dream of Red Mansions, Zhao Yuan, Xie Tieli, 1989

[possession1981-moving]

GONG LI as Songlian RAISE THE RED LANTERN dir. Zhang Yimou, 1991

[moonlightsdream]

FILMS in 2024: 65 | Hachiko 忠犬八公 (2023) — dir. Xu Ang     

[honeygleam]

leslie cheung as cheng dieyi in farewell, my concubine (1992) dir. chen kaige

[drrav3nb]

BETTER DAYS | 少年的你 (dir. Derek Tsang)

What do you want? Study, take the exam, go to a good school. Become one of the smart ones and find answers. If possible, protect the world. Can you do it? I want to try. It's a deal. You protect the world. I'll protect you.

[boardsdonthitback]

Jet Li, Donnie Yen - Hero (2002)

[ahneunjin]

LI MENG as Xia Xia in DEAD PIGS (2018) dir. Cathy Yan

[theersatzcowboy]

Hero / 英雄 (2002)

Legendary Chinese filmmaking visionary Zhang Yimou teams up with legendary cinematographer Christopher Doyle to create a timeless wuxia epic that switches eras and perspectives through scenescapes defined by different primary colors.

Director: Zhang Yimou

Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle

Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen, and Chen Daoming

[lostinmac]

Caught by the Tides (2024)

Dir. Jia Zhangke

[madamvoila]

this movie was so beautiful, but i'm not gonna lie, i need someone to please explain the storyline 😭

[celluloidrainbow]

自梳 | INTIMATES (1997) dir. Jacob Cheung Two stories, one in the present and one in the past. In the present, Theresa Lee is a single architect with a struggling relationship to boyfriend Winston Chao. Meanwhile, she has to escort her Aunt Foon to Guangzhou to meet an old friend. From there unfolds the past story of young Foon, who walks a road enforced chastity after refusing an arranged marriage. Foon ends up working for rich merchant Chan and befriending his ninth wife, Wan, a former prostitute who married him to leave her past behind. After Wan's husband barters her in a business agreement, she leaves him, finding that only Foon is loyal to her. The two women find solace in their friendship, and slowly their feelings grow stronger and deeper. (requested by @tendergazing, link in title)

[bugmort]

ㅤㅤㅤ 𒂭۪۪۪۪ ࿙࿚ warm my heart with canned pineapple

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[possession1981-moving]

HERO dir. Zhang Yimou, 2002

[moonlightsdream]

Mom, dad, thanks for everything.

Lighting Up the Stars 人生大事 (2022) — dir. liu jiang jiang

[ourlittlesister2015]

Still Life [三峡好人] (2006), dir. Jia Zhangke

[habitual-sadness]

The Little Flower, Zhang Zheng, Huang Jianzhong, 1979