The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven

The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven 1961

7.90

Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.

1961

The Nine-Colored Deer

The Nine-Colored Deer 1981

7.80

In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. This time, all the warriors' arrows turn into dust and the man is drowned

1981

Nezha Conquers the Dragon King

Nezha Conquers the Dragon King 1979

7.70

Tells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.

1979

Secrets of the Heavenly Book

Secrets of the Heavenly Book 1983

7.63

Yuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He also carved the contents of the book on the stone wall of white cloud cave in the mountains. He is now punished to guard the book for life by the jade emperor for breaking heaven's law and betraying the holy secret to human. In order to pass this holy book to human beings, he would have to get by the antagonist fox.

1983

Lotus Lantern

Lotus Lantern 1999

7.50

A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.

1999

Feeling from Mountain and Water

Feeling from Mountain and Water 1988

6.40

The story is about an impoverished elderly scholar and a young girl who cares for him briefly in return for guqin lessons.

1988

Where is Mama

Where is Mama 2005

7.50

The narrated film describes the adventures and misadventures of a group of tadpoles in search of their mother.

2005

The Monkey King Conquers the Demon

The Monkey King Conquers the Demon 1985

8.00

In the heart of wild mountains, a dreadful devil, disguised as a pretty young woman, tries to seize Xuan Zang to devour him. The holy monk is an easy prey because, naive and good, he is easily misled by appearances. But fortunately he is accompanied by the Monkey King, who is clairvoyant.

1985

The Butterfly Lovers

The Butterfly Lovers 2003

6.00

Drama / Romance / Historical - Based on a traditional Chinese opera, this animated feature tells the tale of a 4th-century scholar who finds himself confused when he becomes attracted to a fellow student. Unbeknownst to him, the "he" is a she in disguise.

2003

The Peacock Princess

The Peacock Princess 1982

6.00

Tells the story of a corrupt emperor, his bigoted philosophies, and the princess who convinces him to change his evil ways.

1982

No-brain and Unhappiness

No-brain and Unhappiness 1962

8.10

No-brain is a forgetful boy and Unhappiness is unhappy for everything. When others worry about their future, they really become grownups at once to make careers as they wish. But they make a series of troubles.

1962

The Snow Child

The Snow Child 1980

7.80

A young rabbit is rescued from disaster by the snowman he makes with his mother.

1980

Three Monks

Three Monks 1981

7.60

Adaptation of the Chinese folk tale that gave rise to the proverb “One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water”.

1981

The Cowboy's Flute

The Cowboy's Flute 1963

6.90

A young boy who likes to play the flute dreams that he has lost his water buffalo.

1963

Overtake John Bull

Overtake John Bull 1958

1

To catch up with Britain within fifteen years, the Chinese working people first rode fast horses, and then changed the horses into motorcycles and rockets, leaving the Englishman John who rode a bull far behind.

1958

Little Carp Jumps Over the Dragon Gate

Little Carp Jumps Over the Dragon Gate 1958

6.80

Xiao Hei, a little carp, jumps over the bridge pier and gets cheers from his four friends. His grandma says that he is capable only if he can jump over the Dragon Gate like his ancestors did.

1958

Academy Leader Variations

Academy Leader Variations 1987

5.00

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

1987

Mount Lao Taoist Priest

Mount Lao Taoist Priest 1981

8.70

Wang Qi is a lazy scholar who doesn't want to study hard, he only likes reading a book about the adventures of the immortals and dreams about becoming an immortal himself. One day, he dreams that he travelled to Mount Lao where he takes an old Taoist priest as his master, hoping to become an immortal.

1981

Why is the Crow Black-Coated

Why is the Crow Black-Coated 1955

1

A gorgeous bird entranced by its own beauty sings and dances all day long in the forest, not caring enough to prepare for the winter. When winter finally comes, the bird has no place to go. After a while, there is a fire, and the freezing animal wants to limber up but in the end all his colorful feathers are singed and turn black as coal. And thus the once so beautiful bird has transformed into a black crow.

1955

Magic Brush

Magic Brush 1955

7.00

The Magic Brush is a Chinese animated stop-motion film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. A young and kind peasant boy named Ma Liang helped a rich man to tend cattle. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere and had the greatest dream to be an artist. He works very hard to achieve this dream even though he doesn't own a paintbrush.

1955