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Films from the country "chine", sorted by revenue
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Cats (2018)
, 1h37Origin Chine
Genres Adventure, Animation
Actors Jean-Michel Vovk, Dermot Mulroney, Brittany Curran, Jonathan Katz
Oscar, chaton choyé par son père Léon, gros chat d'appartement avec qui il vit, est un gentil rêveur. Dans sa petite tête, il s'est forgé un monde idéal qu'il nomme Catstopia où vivent heureux tous les félins. Le problème, c'est qu'il croit dur comme fer à son existence. Et qu'il décide d'aller à sa découverte.
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
, 2h5Directed by Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Gong Li, Li Baotian
The film is set in 1920s China during the Warlord Era, years before the Chinese Civil War. Nineteen-year-old Songlian (Sònglián, played by Gong Li), whose father has recently died and left the family bankrupt, marries into the wealthy Chen family, becoming the fourth wife or rather the third concubine or, as she is referred to, the Fourth Mistress (Sì Tàitai) of the household. Arriving at the palatial abode, she is at first treated like royalty, receiving sensuous foot massages and brightly lit red lanterns, as well as a visit from her husband, Master Chen (Ma Jingwu), the master of the house, whose face is never clearly shown.
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
, 1h46Directed by Diao Yi'nan
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Kwai Lun-mei, Liao Fan
The story is set in northern China in 1999 and 2004. A detective works to solve a series of murders where the victims' dismembered parts are scattered across the province via coal shipments. The common thread is a female clerk in a dry cleaners.
Reign of Assassins (2010)
, 1h57Directed by John Woo
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Michelle Yeoh, Jeong Woo-seong, Wang Xueqi, Shawn Yue Man Lok, Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛), Paw Hee-ching
A narration tells of a legendary Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhi and the belief that his mummified remains has mystical powers.
City of Life and Death (2009)
, 2h15Directed by Lu Chuan
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Political films
Actors Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, John Paisley, Sam Voutas, Jiang Yiyan, Junichi Kajioka
City of Life and Death is set in 1937, shortly after the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing (or Nanking), capital of the Republic of China. What followed is historically known as the Nanking Massacre, a period of several weeks wherein massive numbers of Chinese prisoners-of-war and civilians were killed by the Japanese military.
Iron Mask (2019)
Origin Chine
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan, Rutger Hauer, Charles Dance, Helen Yao, Jason Flemyng
L'explorateur Jonathan Green reçoit l'ordre de Pierre Ier le Grand de dessiner la carte de l'Est de la Russie. Après un long voyage, il arrive en Chine et fait de drôles de rencontres avec des créatures étranges, des princesses chinoises et affronte des maîtres d'arts martiaux et le Roi Dragon.
Initial D (2005)
, 1h50Directed by Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Jay Chou, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Shawn Yue Man Lok, Anne Suzuki, Chapman To
Taking place in the Gunma prefecture in Japan, the film concerns a young tofu-delivery driver named Takumi Fujiwara, trained from a young age and way before he could drive to deliver tofu to the peak of Mt. Akina (Mt. Haruna in real-life). He had been trained to an incredible level of skill in taking on the five hairpin corners plus using the gutter techniques of Mt. Akina. The film chronicles his evolution from an uninterested delivery boy into a hardened tōge racer, also showing how he learns techniques of racing without affecting his delivery load.
The Road Home (1999)
, 1h29Directed by Zhang Yimou
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei
The Road Home is the story of a country girl and a young teacher falling in love, and the teacher's death many years later that brings their son back from the big city for the funeral.
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
, 2h50Directed by Chen Kaige
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Transgender in film, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Wenli
Farewell My Concubine spans 53 years, presenting the lives of two men against the historical backdrop of a country in upheaval. It is about the story of Dieyi and Xiaolou and how their lives are affected by the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s and the victory of the Communists in 1949.
1911 (2011)
, 2h2Directed by Jackie Chan, Tang Guoqiang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing (李冰冰), Winston Chao, Joan Chen, Jaycee Chan, Hu Ge
The story closely follows key events of the Xinhai Revolution, with focus on Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen. It begins with the Wuchang Uprising of 1911 and follows through historical events such as the Second Guangzhou Uprising on 27 April 1911, the deaths of the 72 martyrs, the election of Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president of the new Provisional Republic of China, the abdication of the last Qing dynasty emperor Puyi on 12 February 1912, and Yuan Shikai becoming the new provisional president in Beijing on 10 March 1912.
14 Blades (2010)
, 1h54Directed by Daniel Lee
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Kate Tsui, Sammo Hung, Damian Lau, Wu Ma
During the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court is plagued by corruption and the reigning emperor is incompetent. The Jinyiwei are the government's secret police, orphans trained in cruel clandestine combat since childhood to produce the strongest martial artists. The Jinyiwei are in charge of conducting missions to ensure peace and stability within the empire. They have the authority to prosecute anyone deemed an enemy of the state and they devote their lives and lethal prowess, serving the emperor only. A commander, Qinglong, was recognized for his strength and given a mechanical box of 14 blades to help him interrogate and kill. Jia Jingzhong, the royal eunuch, plots rebellion with the emperor's uncle, Prince Qing (Sammo Hung), who was exiled and had his legs cut off for an unsuccessful rebellion many years previous. Jia Jingzhong orders Qinglong (Donnie Yen), to retrieve a safe box in the possession of the imperial councilor, Zhao Shenyan, whom he accuses of planning a revolt; Qinglong is told that the box contains proof of the councilor's treason.
The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010)
, 1h40Directed by Herman Yau
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Biography, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Sammo Hung, Louis Fan, Xu Jiao, Yuen Biao, Lam Suet, Sire Ma
As a child, Ip Man learns Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun together with Ip Tin-chi (Ip Man's adopted brother) and Lee Mei-wai. After Chan's death from an illness, Ip Man continues to learn Wing Chun from his senior, Ng Chung-sok, before eventually leaving Foshan to study in Hong Kong.
Perhaps Love (2005)
, 1h47Directed by Peter Ho-sun Chan
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Takeshi Kaneshiro, 周迅 (Zhou Xun), Jacky Cheung, Ji Jin-hee, Sandra Ng, Eric Tsang
A Mainland director Nie Wen (Jacky Cheung) decides to make a film musical starring his Mainland girlfriend Sun Na (Zhou Xun) and Hong Kong actor Lin Jian-dong (Takeshi Kaneshiro). Unknown to him, Sun has met Lin before ten years ago when she was a cabaret singer in Beijing. The two had a relationship together then, when Lin was a film student. Ten years later, now a huge movie star, Sun refuses to acknowledge they have met before.
Shanghai Triad (1995)
, 1h43Directed by Zhang Yimou
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Gong Li, Li Baotian, Fu Biao
Tang Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) has arrived in Shanghai to work for a Triad Boss (played by Li Baotian), also named Tang. He is taken to a warehouse where two rival groups of Triads carry out an opium deal that goes wrong, leaving one of the rival members dead. Shuisheng is then taken by his uncle to Tang's palatial home, where he is assigned to serve Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li), a cabaret singer and mistress of the Boss. It is soon learned that Jinbao is also carrying on an affair with the Boss's number two man, Song (Sun Chun).