Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg 2018

6.98

The Hong Kong police is hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter" . The gang possesses exceptional counterfeiting skills which makes it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of its counterfeit currency. The scope of their criminal activities extends globally and greatly attracts the attention of the police. In order to crack the true identity of "Painter", the police recruits a painter named Lee Man to assist in solving the case.

2018

The Village of Widows

The Village of Widows 1989

1

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989

1989

Ni guang

Ni guang 1982

1

An poor shipyard worker falls in love with a girl from a cadre family, and their romance is strongly opposed by the older generation.

1982

Robber in Baling

Robber in Baling 1987

1

Former Taiping Perak, General Liu Hedong lives in Baling Kedah with his daughter, live by running a small sculpture shop. One fine day, a wealthy businessman named Yang invited him to his boat, and pleads for him to copy the famous Yueyanglou plaques. Liu believes Yang is quiet sincere person , so he readily agrees. Within a day and night of hard work, he made replica worthy of the original plaque.

1987

Call of the Home Village

Call of the Home Village 1981

6.50

A 20-year old young man who has been brought up by a foster mother in the countryside has fallen in love with another foster child in the same "family" and the two have decided to get married. Just after this decision, the young man's real mother contacts him and asks him to come and stay with her and his father (she is a high-ranking Party official). She is against his marriage but her husband is not. In the end, the young man decides to marry at the home of his real parents, and when his foster mother shows up, his real mother treats her like dirt - it turns out that the foster mother was a concubine for awhile. Before things deteriorate any further, the husband has some news for his wife that helps her to see the foster mother in a different light.

1981

The House of 72 Tenants

The House of 72 Tenants 1963

6.00

Based on a stage play. it revolves around a police officer named '369' who keeps thinking up ways to rip off the 72 tenants.

1963

Broken Moon

Broken Moon 1984

1

An old mother of five struggles to get by after her husband is killed during the liberation war. The simple and kind-hearted Ah-Fu stumbles across them, and tries to help them as much as he can.

1984

The Extreme Fox

The Extreme Fox 2013

6.20

Wang Sheng, a Ming-Dynasty scholar who just failed the Imperial Examination, works together with his fellow villagers through many strange but fantastic approaches to change his hometown’s backwardness and his own fate. He accidentally meets with a Fox Spirit and involves himself in a series of weird adventures, both physically and emotionally, only to completely change his own life.

2013

Everyone Is Happy

Everyone Is Happy 1981

1

Reporter Gao Liyan writes an article critical of the Jiankang pharmaceutical plant even though the manager is the father of Gao's girlfriend.

1981

The Empress Dowager

The Empress Dowager 1989

6.30

Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ruler of China for nearly 50 years.

1989

The Wedding Maidens

The Wedding Maidens 1990

1

Five young girls in a remote mountain village each find themselves forced into unhappy marriages. Together, they find solace in an old legend, that a girl may hang herself before marriage and retain her purity, her soul turning into a white bird and soaring to the heavenly garden, where there is only beauty and peace.

1990

The Truth About Jane and Sam

The Truth About Jane and Sam 1999

5.00

Sam, a fresh graduate from Singapore, works as a journalist in Hong Kong to gain wider exposure in life. He chances upon Jane, an intriguing mainland girl who lives a wayward, depraved life on the streets of Hong Kong. Because of her previous experiences in life, she is highly distrustful of men and spends her days smoking, taking drugs and booze. Sam, from a rich Singapore family, finds his social view broadened as he spends time with Jane in an effort to capture a good feature story. What started out as fascination over her for a cover story develops into a heart-warming love story. The two fall in love but their love is tested under the harsh light of societal comparisons.

1999

Wild Chrysanthemum

Wild Chrysanthemum 1982

1

Set in the 30's Shandong Province, China, this film shows story of a young couple. The husband devotes himself to the revolution, and the wife takes care of the whole family and goes through a lot of difficulties.

1982