Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg 2018

7.00

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 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 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

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

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 True-Hearted

The True-Hearted 1992

1

The film illustrates classical Beijing Opera in different generations and the boy’s process of growing-up.

1992

Jin bu huan

Jin bu huan 1984

1

Jin Yonghe goes back to the country side as reforms are being implemented

1984

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

Nu zi jie du suo

Nu zi jie du suo 1992

1

To fight against the Hong Kong triads and their drugs, police officers are investigating a women drug rehabilitation center.

1992

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

Drug Girl

Drug Girl 1995

1

The sad Xiao Dan seeks help from his classmate Zhou Jian (played by Chen Zhijian), but Zhou Jian also has a lot of troubles at home, and he is powerless.    Under the temptation of big sister Hu Li (played by Pu Chaoying), Zhou Jian was contaminated with drugs and was out of control. Gradually, Zhou Jian and Xiao Dan began to help Hu Li with drug trafficking, and the two got deeper and deeper. Xiaodan became a showgirl in the karaoke bar run by Hu Li. In the end, Xiao Dan still became addicted to drugs. Xiong Jian abandoned her. Xiao Dan could only raise money to take drugs by selling himself. The desperate Xiao Dan felt that life was better than death, but still could not resist the call and temptation of drugs.

1995

Queen of Flower Street

Queen of Flower Street 1988

1

Fatal Parasitism Cab driver Ah Wei has been named and criticized by the newspaper for his poor service attitude. Girlfriend Ah Li wants to break up with him. When buying flowers, he was accused of stealing flowers by Ah Hao, a girl selling flowers. In a bad mood, he was impounded by the police for driving under the influence of alcohol. Unlucky, he wants to buy peach blossoms for good luck and comes across Ah Hao's stall again. Ah Hao refuses to sell the peach blossoms left for her lover. Ah Wei got drunk and went to Ah Hao's stall.

1988

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