Ju Dou
(1990) [M]

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 parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and...  More

Raise The Red Lantern
(1991) [M]

China in the 1920's. After her fathers death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerfull family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in seperate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as...  More

The Story Of Qiu Ju
(1992) [M]

This simple tale of a peasant woman reflects on rural Chinese society today. When her husband is assaulted by the village chief, Qiu Ju decides that only an apology, the ultimate loss of face, will do. What follows is a journey through a tangle of bureaucracy in her search for justice. Mandarin...  More

Farewell My Concubine
(1993)

Nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscar, this film, based on the novel by Lilian Lee, spans fifty years of Chinese art, passion and revolution, seen through the eyes of two male stars of the Peking Opera and the prostitute who comes between them. Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Red Sorghum
(1991) [M]

An award-winning story from China which follows the fortunes of a young girl sold into marriage with a leprosy-ridden brandy-maker.  More

To Live
(1994) [PG]

The story of a couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil by civil war. Mandarin dialogue with English subtitles.  More

Shanghai Triad
(1995) [M]

`Shanghai Triad" may be the last of the collaborations between the Chinese director Zhang Yimou and the gifted actress Gong Li. The story of a gang boss in 1930s Shanghai and his willful, troublesome mistress, it's seen through the eyes of a small boy from the country who loses his innocence in...  More

Chinese Box
(1997) [M]

John (Irons) is an English photojournalist who has spent over a decade in Hong Kong; his friend Jim (Blades) often crashes in his cramped apartment. John's unrequited love is Vivian (Gong Li) whom he aches for but has not the nerve to possess. Concurrent with England's transfer of Hong Kong back...  More

Temptress Moon
(1996) [M]

From the director of 'Farewell My Concubine', Chen Kaige's highly acclaimed 'Temptress Moon' is a sumptuously shot historical drama, set in the Twenties. The Pang family are finding the new era hard to stomach and so they escape into a world of opium addiction and illicit love. Leslie Cheung...  More

The Emperor And The Assassin
(1998) [MA]

From Chen Kaige, the director of Farewell, My Concubine comes The Emperor And The Assassin - a visually stunning epic exploring the devastating price one country pays for peace and one man pays for power.Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into...  More