The Taking of Tiger Mountain

The Taking of Tiger Mountain 2014

6.50

Yang Zirong disguises himself as a bandit to infiltrate and destroy a bandit group. He joins hands with a hostage, and together, they fight against the warlord, Hawk.

2014

The Founding of an Army

The Founding of an Army 2017

4.60

The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

2017

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

Bethune: The Making of a Hero 1993

5.30

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.

1993

Tunnel Warfare

Tunnel Warfare 1965

6.10

A small town defends itself from the Japanese by use of a network of tunnels during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

1965

The Legend of the Red Lantern

The Legend of the Red Lantern 1970

4.40

The play concentrated on the exploits of the communist underground activities under Japanese occupation in 1939, though history traces back in the 1920s. When Li Yuhe, a railroad worker who was engaging in underground work, was taken away by special agents and Grandma Li has a premonition of being arrested, Grandma tells the protagonist, Li Tiemei the true story about her family. Grandma Li tells Li Tiemei how her parents have sacrificed their lives in the revolutionary struggle. Li Yuhe has taken up the unfulfilled task of the martyrs. After hearing the heroic story about her family, Li Tiemei is determined to follow the example of her father and carry the revolution through to the end.

1970

Sparkling Red Star

Sparkling Red Star 1974

5.80

The story of Pan Dongzi, a teenager and son of a Communist army officer. When the father is called off, he leaves Dongzi a red star as a symbol of the cause. While he is away, a bourgeois landlord, Hu Hansan, returns to Dongzi's village where he exacts revenge upon the peasants who had forced him out

1974

Doctor Bethune

Doctor Bethune 1965

1

Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune assists the Communists during the anti-Japanese struggle.

1965

Zhan dou li cheng zhang

Zhan dou li cheng zhang 1957

1

After being swindled out of his land by a local landlord in 1930s China, a grandfather commits suicide. His son burns down the landlord's house in a fit of rage, then escapes to join the PLA. His grandson later joins the PLA too in the 1940s to avenge his father, grandfather and mother.

1957

Long Yun and Chang Kai-shek

Long Yun and Chang Kai-shek 1989

1

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek stepped up efforts to eliminate dissidents, and first targeted Long Yun, who was in power in Yunnan and had progressive ideas.

1989

Eight Women Fighters

Eight Women Fighters 1987

5.00

Women soldiers of the Volunteer Army battle the Japanese in Northeast China in 1936.

1987