Lin Quanhai, a sea captain and father, returns from a six-month journey and is informed that his 25-year-old son Lin Bo has been shot by the police. In finding out what happened, he comes to realize that he knew little of his son. He starts journeying back to Chongqing, a city where he once lived. He begins to understand the effect that his repeated absence had on his son's life.
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.
Mai 1960. Mont Everest, la deuxième marche sous la falaise. Les quatre membres du commando d'escalade Everest de Chine s'attaquent à la "deuxième étape" la plus difficile. C'est leur cinquième assaut. Les quatre premier leur ont coûté trop de force physique... enfin, le vent et la neige ont comblé l'écart.
The story is adapted from the novel, The Criminal Lu Yanshi (陆犯焉识; 陸犯焉識) written by novelist Geling Yan. Lu Yanshi (陆焉识; 陸焉識, "Yanshi" literally means "how to recognize") was a professor before being sent to the labor camp (laogai, literally "reform through labor") during the Cultural Revolution. He escaped from the labor camp in Xining to meet his long-missed wife Feng Wanyu (冯婉瑜; 馮婉瑜) and daughter Dandan (Chinese: 丹丹). However, the police were already waiting outside the house to arrest him. Dandan, who was then a teenage ballerina, could not play the leading role in Red Detachment of Women due to her father's outlaw status. Under the temptation of regaining the leading role, Dandan revealed her parents' secret meeting plan to the police. The meeting ended with the capture of Lu and Dandan getting the supporting role. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Lu came home only to find his broken family, his wife suffering from amnesia and his daughter working as textile worker. Under the shock of a former official's sexual harassment, his wife sometimes recognized him as Officer "Fang" instead of being her husband. To reawaken his wife's memory, Lu played out as a total stranger just to be near with his wife. Although she recognized him as a letter reader or a piano tuner, he never could be able to be close enough to live with his chaste wife. During these years, Lu continued to write to his wife as a way of communicating with her, and to convince his wife to forgive their daughter. The movie ended with Feng waiting to receive her husband outside the railway station and Lu standing with her on a snowy day, pretending to be pedicab driver.
Dong, originaire de Mongolie-Intérieure, a émigré à Kunming, dans le Yunnan au sud de la Chine. Ses aspirations sont en contradiction avec la vie moderne et consumériste.
Après avoir assassiné ses parents, Ryo est envoyé en prison. Au cours de son séjour, il rencontre un maître en karaté qui lui enseigne son art, c'est alors qu'il décide d'entrer dans une ligue où les combats finissent par la vie ou la mort.
Shanghai, September 1931: Wealthy businessman and serial seducer Xie Yifan (Jang Dong-gun) is introduced to his uncle's granddaughter, Du Fenyu (Zhang Ziyi), when his maternal grandmother, Du Ruixue (Lisa Lu), arrives at his apartment one day. Fenyu, a young widow who's just arrived from Northeast China (aka Manchuria) where the Japanese are making incursions, is staying at the country home of Madam Du, her grand-aunt.
Quand Oncle Qi, le parrain du chinatown de New York, disparaît, cela tourne vite à l'enquête pour meurtre. Le duo Tang et Qin refait alors équipe et bénéficie cette fois de l'aide de l'Alliance internationale de détectives.
Dans le troisième volet de cette série de films, toujours sous la Dynastie Tang, un groupe de magicien tente de s'emparer de l'épée Dragon docile que l'empereur Gaozong a offert au Détective Dee pour le remercier d'avoir sauvé le gouvernement, et par la même occasion de renverser cette dynastie.
In the South China Sea a Chinese fleet is attacked by a mysterious sea creature, destroying many ships and leaving the remainder severely damaged. Shortly afterwards, the young Dee Renjie (Mark Chao) arrives in the Imperial Capital Luoyang, after receiving a recommendation to join the Ministry of Justice. In an attempt to appease the sea creature, the city officials have selected the beautiful courtesan Yin Ruiji (Angelababy) to be given to the monster. Empress Wu (Carina Lau), currently serving as the regent for the current emperor, charges Yuchi (Feng Shaofeng), a member of the Ministry of Justice, to investigate the sea monster attacks, threatening execution if he does not succeed in ten days. Shortly after arriving at the temple to be cleansed before the ceremony, Yin Ruiji is attacked by a group of bandits. The attackers are intercepted by Dee, who uses his powers of deduction to anticipate the threat against Ruiji. While Dee and the kidnappers are occupied, the unconscious Ruiji is taken by "the sea monster" but is rescued by Dee before the creature is able to escape. Upon arriving at the temple and defeating the last of the attackers, Yuchi has Dee arrested and sends Yin to Swallow House to rest and to protect her. After being taken to prison, Dee catches the attention of medical assistant Shatuo (Lin Gengxin). Dee quickly deduces Shantuo's origins and background and enlists his help to feign a dangerous illness. They immediately ride to Swallow House.
Jia Zhang Ke suit le travail du peintre chinois Liu Xiaodong à travers deux œuvres de l'artiste : la première se fait au village de Fengjie, bientôt englouti par les eaux à la suite de la construction du barrage des Trois-Gorges. Liu Xiadong y peint les ouvriers au travail et dans la détente. La deuxième met en scènes des jeunes femmes de Bangkok, belles et sensuelles.