Movies: Shanghai Film Studio
- 2000
Out Live (2000)
Out Live6.62000HD
A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love....
- 2003
Purple Butterfly (2003)
Purple Butterfly6.52003HD
Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly....
- 1994
To Live (1994)
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Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist ...
- 1983
My Memories of Old Beijing (1983)
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It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter...
- 1999
A Man Called Hero (1999)
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After Hero Hua marries Jade and leaves her in China, he goes to America to work as a servant and rebels against cruel labour conditions. Jade soon joins him in New York, where they build a family....
- 1998
The Red Violin (1998)
The Red Violin7.31998HD
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson...
- 2006
Still Life (2006)
Still Life7.22006HD
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes....
- 1987
Hibiscus Town (1987)
Hibiscus Town7.81987HD
Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution....
- 2006
Prince of the Himalayas (2006)
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Set in ancient Tibet under the shadow of the Himalayas, the young prince Lhamoklodan learns of his father's mysterious death and returns to the Kingdom Jiaobo. Troubled by his mother's sudden remarriage to his uncle Kulo-ngam, he swears to find the t...
- 1981
The True Story of Ah Q (1981)
The True Story of Ah Q6.81981HD
Based on the 1921 novella of the same name by one of China's most well-known modern writers, Lu Xun (Lu Hsun), the True Story of Ah Q is set during the 1911 revolution. Ah Q is a lowly peasant who wants to rise above his class, or at least get out of...
- 1994
A Soul Haunted by Painting (1994)
A Soul Haunted by Painting5.91994HD
A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris....
- 1954
Reconnaissance Across The Yangtze (1954)
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In the spring of 1949, a war is about to happen between the Liberation Army and Kuomintang Army on the Yangtze River. The Liberation Army dispatches a reconnaissance to scout the southern parts of the River, whose work is actually full of hardships a...
- 1978
Son, Grandson and Seeds (1978)
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A story about promotion of the birth control policy in a traditional Chinese rural village....
- 1957
Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957)
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Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflec...
- 1984
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1984)
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain8.41984HD
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain is a 1984 Chinese film about the life of the soldiers in a PLA army company before, during and after the Sino-Vietnamese War....
- 1982
The Herdsman (1982)
The Herdsman6.81982HD
In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble h...
- 1983
Forever Young (1983)
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Girls at a Beijing High School in 1952 have dreams for China....
- 2005
Hands in the Hair (2005)
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For 10 years, Ani, a young wife and mother, has sported the same hair style. She has a humdrum life and a platonic relationship with young Mr. Ahua, her hairdresser. She leaves home after he loses his job. There is love and new beginnings....
- 1992
Sanmao Joins the Army (1992)
Sanmao Joins the Army6.71992HD
In 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Second Sino-Japanese War breaks out. San Mao, a wandering orphan, joins the army to participate in the Battle of Shanghai....
- 1997
Red River Valley (1997)
Red River Valley6.81997HD
At the turn of the century, a young Chinese girl escapes from a religious sacrifice, and is rescued by an honorable Tibetan herdsman. The two fall in love, but problems arise when she is ignorant of their time-honored traditions and runs into trouble...