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An Elephant Sitting Still

An Elephant Sitting Still

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 7.8

In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape f...

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Ju Dou

Ju Dou

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1990 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his pare...

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The Story of Qiu Ju

The Story of Qiu Ju

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.6

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justic...

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The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

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Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1988 IMDB Rating: 7.3

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized...

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Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatene...

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I Am Not Madame Bovary

I Am Not Madame Bovary

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.

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The Final Master

The Final Master

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wis...

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Wolf Totem

Wolf Totem

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 6.6

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies...

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Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification

Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2020 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Atop the ruins of war, top commander Jiang Ziya is given the task to banish the Nine-tailed Fox Demon who threatens all mortals' very existence. When he discovers the Nine-tailed Fox's life linked to...

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