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 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 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 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

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

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 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

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

Cops and Desperados

Cops and Desperados 1988

1

A group of criminals call themselves the "Northern Detachment". They commit several major crimes on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The Public Security Bureau sends Ma Xiaolong after them.

1988

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

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

Working Girls in Special Economic Zone

Working Girls in Special Economic Zone 1990

1

The story of young women, from the countryside, work in the industrial company to learn the self-estimate and face the change of society, etc.

1990