CHINESE MOVIE

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CHINESE MOVIE
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Bruce Lee Kongfu Movie

• American-born Chinese martial artist, instructor,
  actor and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial
  arts system.
• one of the most influential and famous martial
  artists of all time.
• widely known as the greatest icon of martial arts
  cinema and a key figure of modern popular culture

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• Cantonese given name, ?? (Jun Fan Cantonese
  Janfàan Pinyin Zhènfán), literally means
  "invigorate
• Bruce Lee's screen name was ??? (Cantonese Léi
  Síulùng Pinyin Li Xiaolóng) which literally
  means "Lee Little Dragon". He was commonly known
  by this name in Asia.

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Bruce Lee Main Filmography

• 1971The Big Boss
• 1972Fist of Fury
• 1972Way of the Dragon
• 1973Enter the Dragon
• 1979Game of Death

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Jackie Chan - ?? Chéng Lóng

• Chinese martial artist, actor, director,
  producer, stuntman and singer.
• one of the most well-known names in Kung fu and
  action movies worldwide, known for his acrobatic
  fighting style, comic timing, and use of props
  including furniture and other set pieces as
  improvised weapons.
• very popular and successful singer

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• 2006Rob-B-Hood (???? )
• 2005The Myth (??)
• 2004New Police Story (?????)
• Twins Effect II (??? II - ????)
• Around the World in 80 Days
• 2003The Medallion
• The Twins Effect (???)
• Shanghai Knights
• 2002The Tuxedo
• 2001Rush Hour 2

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• 1999 King of Comedy (????)
• Gorgeous (???)
• Who Am I? (???)
• 1998 Rush Hour
• 1997 Mr. Nice Guy (????)
• 1996 Police Story 4 First Strike (??? ?IV?????)
• Rumble in the Bronx
• 1995 Thunderbolt (???)
• 1994 Drunken Master II (??II)
• 1993 Once a Cop (aka Project S)
• Crime Story (???)
• City Hunter (????)
• 1992 Police Story 3 (????III????)

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Jet Li - ??? - Li Liánjié

• won fifteen gold medals and one silver medal in
  Chinese wushu (martial art sport) championships
• his sports winnings led to a career as a martial
  arts film star, beginning in mainland China and
  then continuing into Hong Kong. Then in the U.S.
• beginning with role as the lead villain in Lethal
  Weapon 4, first leading role in a Hollywood movie
  was in Romeo Must Die.

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Some of his famous Chinese films

• The Shaolin Temple series (1, 2 and 3), which are
  considered to be the films which sparked the
  rebirth of the real Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng,
  China
• The Once Upon a Time in China series (Chinese
  title Wong Fei Hung), about the legendary
  Chinese folk hero
• Fist of Legend (Chinese title Jing Wu Ying
  Xiong), a remake of Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury
  (Jing Wu Men in Chinese, named after the martial
  arts school)
• The Fong Sai-Yuk films, about another Chinese
  folk hero. As one might expect from a martial
  artist of his caliber, he performs most of his
  own stunts.

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• 2006 Rogue
• Fearless
• 2005 Unleashed/Danny the Dog
• 2003 Cradle 2 the Grave
• 2002 Hero
• 2001 The One
• Kiss of the Dragon
• 2000 Romeo Must Die
• 1998 Lethal Weapon 4
• Hitman
• 1997 Once Upon a Time in China VI
• 1996 Black Mask
• Dr. Wai and the Scripture Without Words
• (??? Mo him wong)
• 1995 Meltdown
• My Father is a Hero
• 1994 The Bodyguard from Beijing
• (????? Zhong Nan Hai bao biao)
• Fist of Legend

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• 1993 Fong Sai-Yuk II Fong Sai-Yuk
• The Kung Fu Cult Master
• (?????????? Yi tian tu long ji zhi mo jiao jiao
  zhu)
• Last Hero in China
• (????????? Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung
  gung)
• Tai Chi Master
• Once Upon a Time in China III
• 1992 Once Upon a Time in China II
• 1991 Once Upon a Time in China
• Swordsman II
• 1989 The Master
• 1988 Dragon Fight
• (???? Long zai tian ya)
• 1986 Born to Defense
• Shaolin Temple 3 Martial Arts of Shaolin(????
  Nan bei Shao Lin)
• 1983Shaolin Temple 2 Kids from Shaolin(???? Shao
  Lin xiao zi)
• 1982Shaolin Temple

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Chinese Drama Directors
Zhang Yimou - ???
Chen Kaige ???
Jia Zhangke - ???
Jiang Wen ??
Zhang Yuan ??
Wang Xiaoshuai ???
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Zhang Yìmóu (???)

• internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and
  cinematographer
• Zhang's first work, One and Eight (as director of
  photography), was made in 1984
• collaborated with Chen Kaige to photograph one of
  the defining Chinese films of the 1980s, Yellow
  Earth (1984)
• in 1986, cinematographer and actor a role in
  Old Well that won him Best Actor at the Tokyo
  International Film Festival.

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Red Sorghum- ??? - Hóng Gaoliáng-1987

• directorial debut
• stars Gong Li and Jiang Wen.
• The cinematography (DP Gu Changwei) use of rich,
  intense colors, giving the film a strong visual
  impact.
• "Red Sorghum" garnered international acclaim for
  Zhang and eventually won the Golden Bear for Best
  Picture at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival.

Starring
Cinematography
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Jú Dòu ??- 1991

• Starring Gong Li Li Baotian
• an early example of Zhang's unique use of colors
  and lush cinematography.
• the first entry in Chinese cinema to be nominated
  for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
  Film.
• is set in the 1920s, tells the story of a wealthy
  old textile man who marries a juicy young bride
  and hires a desperate young nephew and enslaves
  both of them with his cruel will.

• Starring

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Raise the Red Lantern -???????-Dà Hóng Denglóng
Gaogao Guà -1992

• Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign
  Language Film in 1992
• noted for its opulent visuals and sumptuous use
  of colors.
• shot in Qiao's Compound in the ancient city of
  Pingyao, in Shanxi Province
• officials fearing that the story would be taken
  as an allegory against Chinese communist
  authoritarianism. was initially banned from
  theatrical release in China.

• Plot 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 their master's attention
  carries power, status and priviligies. Each night
  Chen must decide which wife to spend the night
  with and a red lantern is lit infront of the
  house of his choice. And each wife schemes and
  plots to make sure it's hers. However, things get
  out of hand...

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The Story of Qiu Ju- Qiu Ju Da Guan Si - ?????-
1992

• won the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the 1992
  Venice International Film Festival.
• It tells of a peasant woman, Qiu Ju, who lives in
  a rural area of China and whose husband suffers a
  slight (a kick in the groin) at the hands of the
  village head. She then travels to a big city
  despite her pregnancy but has to deal with its
  bureaucrats in order to find justice.

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To Live - ?? Huozhe - 1994

• based on the novel of the same name written by Yu
  Hua.
• To Live featured an epic framework about the
  resilience of the ordinary Chinese folks,
  personified by its two leads, amidst three
  generations of historical upheavals throughout
  Chinese politics of the 20th century.
• banned in Mainland China at the time due to its
  satirical portrayal of various policies and
  campaigns of the communist government. It won the
  Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival as
  well as the Best Actor Award for Ge You.

• Starring ?? Ge You

• Writer Yu Hua

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• Shanghai Triad (???,?????- yao a yao, yao dao
  waipo qiao 1995)
• gangster drama
• The film is set in the criminal underworld of
  1930s Shanghai

• Keep Cool (????? you hua haohao shuo 1997)
• a small-scale film about life in modern China
• Starring by Jiang Wen
• about a young bookseller in 1990s China, marked
  a move away from earlier period pictures of
  Zhang's earlier work to a more realistic or
  documentary period

• Not One Less (??????-Yi gè dou bù néng shao
  1999)
• Made in the neorealist/documentary-drama style
• won 10 international film award including awards
  at, São Paulo International Film Festival and the
  Venice Film Festival (including the Golden Lion
  award for Best Picture).
• using a troupe of non-professional actors

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• The Road Home (?????? Literal translation "My
  Father and Mother" wode fùqin muqin)
• featuring Zhang Ziyi, is a simple throw-back
  narrative centering around a love story between
  an unidentified narrator's parents.
• nominated for and won several prestigious
  international film awards at the Sundance Film
  Festival, Berlin International Film Festival

• Happy Times (???? Xìngfú Shíguang 2000)
• relatively minor film by Zhang, represented his
  second foray into modern Chinese city life
• an official selection for the Berlin
  International Film Festival in 2002.

• Hero (?? Ying Xióng) 2002
• Chinese martial arts, drama and adventure film
• his first foray into the historical fiction genre
• a huge international hit. one of the few
  foreign-language films to debut at 1 at the U.S.
  box office, and was one of the nominees for Best
  Foreign Language Film at the 2003 Academy Awards.

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• House of Flying Daggers (???? shí miàn mái fú)
  2004
• more of a love story than a typical martial arts
  film.
• Use of strong colors again is a signature of
  Zhang in this movie
• the film and its director were fairly heavily
  criticized locally in China. Many Chinese critics
  felt that the film lacked a strong storyline or
  message, that the dialogue was poor, and that
  Zhang was simply trying to appeal to Western
  audiences with heavily choreographed fight scenes
  and extensive use of computer-generated imagery.

• Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles ( ????? qian
  li zou dan qí) 2005
• starring Japanese actor, Takakura Ken
• return to the more low-key drama that
  characterized much of Zhang's earlier pieces.
• The film stars legendary Japanese actor Ken
  Takakura, who wishes to repair relations with his
  alienated son, eventually led by circumstance to
  set out on a journey to China.

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• Zhang Yimou has also directed an acclaimed
  version of the music opera, Puccini's Turandot,
  at the Forbidden City, Beijing, with Zubin Mehta
  as conductor. He also directed a portion of the
  Closing Ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics in
  Athens, Greece and is set to direct the Opening
  Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Chén Kaige - ???

• His films are known for their visual flair and
  epic storytelling.
• first movie, Yellow Earth (1984), is one of his
  most famous and important works
• His most famous film in the West, Farewell My
  Concubine (1993)
• n 2002, Chen made his first, and to-date only
  English-language film, Killing Me Softly, a
  thriller starring Heather Graham and Joseph
  Fiennes

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Chén Kaige Movies
Temptress Moon (1996)

• Farewell My Concubine (1993)
• nominated for two Academy Awards and winner of
  the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

• Together (2002)
• about a young violinist and his father

• The Emperor and the Assassin 1999
• Technical Prize at the Cannes film festival in
  1999

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Jiang Wén - ??

• Chinese film actor and director
• Jiang became renowned in China for his starring
  role in the 1992 TV series A Native of Beijing in
  New York, which made him one of the well-loved
  actors of his generation.
• Jiang wrote and directed his first film in 1994,
  In the Heat of the Sun, adapted from a novel by
  Wang Shuo.

• Native of Beijing in New York

Wang Shuo
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Jiang Wen Starring Movies
Red Sorghum
Hibiscus Town
Devils on the Doorstep
The Missing Gun
Green Tea
Warriors of Heaven Earth
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Jiang Wen Directing Movies

• adapted from a novel by Wang Shuo. A tale set in
  the Cultural Revolution
• won the Venice International Film Festival's Best
  Actor prize for its young lead actor Xia Yu as
  well as the Golden Horse Film Awards for Best
  Picture and Best Director.
• it is told from the perspective of Monkey (this
  is supposed to be a young Jiang Wen), who is a
  teenage boy at the time. Monkey and his friends
  are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and
  night because the Cultural Revolution has caused
  their parents to be either busy or away. Most of
  the story happens during one summer, so the main
  characters are even more free because there is no
  school.

• In The Heat Of The Sun (??????? yáng guãng càn
  làn de rì zi)

Starring Xia Yu
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Jiang Wen - Devils on the DoorstepGuizi lai le
(????)

• set during the Japanese occupation of China in
  the early 1940s
• won the Grand Prix in the 2000 Cannes Film
  Festival.

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• Extracts of Dialogues
• The old man
• Well then do what must be done.
• Villagers
• Good!
• Interpreter
• Hold on! I've got more to say!
• Japanese
• Kill me. I'm not afraid to die!
• Interpreter
• There are few of 'em.
• Japanese
• You can kill us, but never insult us!

• Synopsis
• In a remote village that has been in a China
  decimated by both civil war and the War against
  Japanese Aggression, a local peasant Ma Dasan is
  caught by surprise when soldiers from the Chinese
  Army deposit for a few days two gunnysacks in his
  home. Inside the gunnysacks are two bodies, a
  Japanese prisoner of war (POW) and his
  interpreter, a Chinese. Six months pass without
  any sign of the Chinese soldiers. As the village
  is located at 50 m from a Japanese blockhouse,
  the villagers try to manage their fear. In the
  meantime, Dasan and his mistress, a young widow,
  take care of the prisoner and the interpreter
  with human bonds forming between them. In order
  to ingratiate himself with the villagers the
  interpreter falsifies his transmation and tells
  them the prisoner is begging for mercy. The idea
  that his begging for mercy comforts them reflects
  the mentality of the day. But after many months,
  a food becomes short and situation shows no
  through road, the villagers finally decide to
  kill them As none of the villagers has ever
  killed anyone and no one wants to take
  responsability for the death of the POW, a tragic
  drama will follow...

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Jia Zhangke -???
His films treat themes of alienated youth,
contemporary Chinese history and globalization,
as well as his signature usage of the long-take,
colorful digital video and his minimalist/realist
style.

• 2006 - Still Life (Sanxia haoren)
• (????) (Winner of the Golden Lion Award at the
  63rd Mostra of Venice)
• 2004 - The World (Shijie) (??)
• 2002 - Unknown Pleasures (Ren xiao yao) (???)
• 2001 - In Public
• 2000 - Platform (Zhantai) (??)
• 1997 - Xiao Wu (??)
• 1996 - Dudu
• 1995 - Xiao Shan hui jia
• 1994 - Zai Beijingde yi tian

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Zhang Yuan ??

• Little Red Flower (????? 2006)
• Green Tea (??, Lü cha (2003)
• I Love You (???, Wo ai ni) (2003)
• Seventeen Years (????, Guo nian hui jia) (1999)
• Crazy English (????, Fengkuang yingyu) (1999)
• East Palace, West Palace (????, Dong gong xi
  gong) (1996)
• Danish Girls Show Everything (Danske piger viser
  alt) (1996)
• Sons (??, Erzi) (1996)
• The Square (??, Guang Chang) (1994)
• Beijing Bastards (????, Beijing za zhong) (1993)
• Mum (??, Mama) (1992)

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Other Directors

• Wang Xiaoshuai (???)
• Beijing Bicycle (2001)

Zhang Ming ( ??) RainCloud Over Wushan (???? )
Lou Ye (??) Suzhou River (???)

• LU Xuechang (???) Kala.My Dog (?????)

?? (Chuan Lu) Kekexili Mountain Patrol
Guan Hu ( ??) Dirt (????)
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Chinese Comedy Direct Féng Xiaogang ???

• Banquet aka Ye Yan (2006)
• A World without Thieves aka Tian Xia Wu Zei
  (????) (2004)
• Cell Phone aka Shou Ji (??) (2003)
• Big Shot's Funeral aka Da Wan (??) (2001)
• A Sigh aka Yi Sheng Tan Xi (????) (2000)
• Sorry Baby aka Mei Wan Mei Liao (????) (1999)
• Be There or Be Square aka Bu Jian Bu San (????)
  (1998)
• Dream Factory aka Jia Fang Yi Fang (????) (1997)
• Lost My Love aka Yong Shi Wo Ai (????) (1994)

Big Shot's Funeral
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Sorry Baby
A Sigh
Lost My Love
Dream Factory
Be There or Be Square