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Yi Yi
(一一)
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they face everyday dilemmas.
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- Taiwan, Japan • 2000
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(卧虎藏龙)
In another time, in a distant place... an epic adventure is about to unfold.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong, United States • 2000
- Director Ang Lee
- Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei, Sihung Lung
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
A Brighter Summer Day
(牯嶺街少年殺人事件)
A colorful coming of age odyssey set against the backdrop of 1960s Taiwan.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1991
- Director Edward Yang
- Cast Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Elaine Jin, Chen Shiang-Chyi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
On The Waterfront
(黃浦灘頭)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, Hong Kong • 1972
- Director Hou Cheng
- Cast Tang Pao-Yun, Chang Yi, Chen Hung-Lieh, Tien Yeh, Hou Cheng, Yi Yuan
- Genre Action
- Available on Amazon Video
Long Day's Journey Into Night
(地球最后的夜晚)
A man returns to his hometown, where he is haunted by memories of his long-lost love.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2018
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Huang Jue, Tang Wei, Sylvia Chang, Lee Hong Chi, Chen Yongzhong
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on OVID, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
In the Mood for Love
(花樣年華)
Longing and loneliness collide in this understated romance.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2000
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Last Train Home
(归途列车)
A documentary portrait of a Chinese family where the parents status as migrant workers only allow them to travel to their children once a year.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, China, United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Lixin Fan
- Cast Changhua Zhang, Suqin Chen, Qin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tingsui Tang
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Kino Now, Kanopy
Hero
(英雄)
After surviving an assassination attempt, King of Qin summons a renowned warrior in hopes of uniting the Warring States of ancient China.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Dao-Ming
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Pluto TV
Kaili Blues
(路边野餐)
In search of his brother's abandoned son, a doctor encounters a mysterious town of dreams and memories.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2016
- Director Bi Gan
- Cast Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue, Linyan Liu, Feiyang Luo, Lixun Xie
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Fandor
Ilo Ilo
A newly-hired housemaid must face the greatest of challenges: deal with a petulant young boy.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Singapore, Japan, Taiwan • 2013
- Director Anthony Chen
- Cast Yann Yann Yeo, Tian Wen Chen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler, Jo Kukathas, Peter Wee
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
The Beasts
(山狗)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 1980
- Director Dennis Yu
- Cast Eddie Chen, Chan Sing, Kent Cheng, Chung Biu-Law, Siu Ling Wong, Patricia Chong Jing-Yee
- Genre Action, Horror, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Up the Yangtze
A dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.
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- Canada • 2007
- Director Yung Chang
- Cast Campbell Ping He, Jerry Bo Yu Chen, Cindy Shui Yu
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Stray Dogs
(郊遊)
A father and his children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, and spend their nights sleeping in abandoned buildings.
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- Taiwan, France • 2014
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Chao-rong Chen, Yang Kuei-Mei
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
(不散)
A historic and regal theater in Taipei is screening its final film, the 1967 wuxia classic "Dragon Inn."
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- Taiwan • 2003
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Miao Tien, Shih Chun, Chen Chao-jung
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
I Wish I Knew
(海上传奇)
The stories of Shanghai, spanning over more than a century.
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- China • 2010
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Zhao Tao, Chen Danqing, Toon Wang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wei Wei, Rebecca Pan
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Cunningham
Merce Cunningham's transformation from a struggling artist into one of the most iconic choreographers in the world.
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- Germany, France, United States • 2019
- Director Alla Kovgan
- Cast Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Carolyn Brown, Ashley Chen, Brandon Collwes
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Rebels of the Neon God
(青少年哪吒)
A lonely young man recently dropped out of school wanders the streets of Taipei in search of something.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1992
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Chen Chao-jung, Lee Kang-Sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien, Jen Chang-bin
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
Three Times
(最好的時光)
There's a time for love, a time for freedom, and a time for youth.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Taiwan • 2005
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang, Su-jen Liao, Mei Di, Chen Shi-Zheng
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Video
Coming Home
(归来)
Separated during the Cultural Revolution, a man returns home to his wife to find that she no longer remembers him.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2014
- Director Zhang Yimou
- Cast Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Guo Tao, Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu
The Great Buddha+
(大佛普拉斯)
The night security guard at a Buddha statue factory along with his friend, a recyclables collector, become entangled in a web of dark secrets after stumbling upon videos that document the promiscuous meetings of the factory's wealthy owner.
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- Taiwan • 2017
- Director Huang Hsin-yao
- Cast Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai, Lin Na-Dou, Michael Chang Shao-Huai
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Assassin
(刺客聶隱娘)
Whether it is love or loyalty, for her next mission... a sacrifice will be made.
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- Taiwan, China, Hong Kong • 2015
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Nikki Hsieh, Sheu Fang-Yi, Ethan Juan, Tetsuya Komuro
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Hi-YAH, Midnight Pulp, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Pluto TV, Peacock, Peacock Premium, VIX , AsianCrush, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy
What Time Is It There?
(你那邊幾點)
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- Taiwan, France • 2001
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Miao Tien, Cecilia Yip, Chen Chao-jung
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Angels Wear White
(嘉年华)
Respectability has no morals.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2017
- Director Vivian Qu
- Cast Vicky Chen, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(黑眼圈)
After a day laborer is badly beaten, a young man takes him in and nurses him back to health.
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- Malaysia, China, Taiwan • 2006
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Cast Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi, Pearlly Chua, Lee-Lin Liew, Leonard Tee
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
El planeta
A mother and daughter grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common tragedy and an impending eviction.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2021
- Director Amalia Ulman
- Cast Amalia Ulman, Nacho Vigalondo, Ale Ulman, Zhou Chen, Saoirse Bertram
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Last Emperor
The last Emperor of China is subjugated after Japanese invasion.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, Italy, China • 1987
- Director Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast John Lone, Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Vivian Wu, Dennis Dun, Ruocheng Ying
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Infernal Affairs
(無間道)
Two moles tasked with infiltration struggle to expose one another.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2002
- Director Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
- Cast Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
(Babenco - Alguém Tem que Ouvir o Coração e Dizer: Parou)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Brazil • 2020
- Director Bárbara Paz
- Cast Héctor Babenco, Willem Dafoe, Bárbara Paz, Ana Simonsen, Pedro Simonsen, Chen Lin
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Emperor and the Assassin
(荆轲刺秦王)
As the king's cruelty mounts, his hidden assassin finds her loyalty faltering.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Japan, France • 1998
- Director Chen Kaige
- Cast Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Sun Zhou, Xiaohe Lü, Zhiwen Wang, Chen Kaige
- Genre History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
24 City
(二十四城记)
Three generations reflect on the history of state-owned factory 420 before it is closed and demolished to make way for luxury apartments.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong, Japan • 2008
- Director Jia Zhangke
- Cast Joan Chen, Lü Liping, Zhao Tao, Chen Jianbin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Vudu, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Player
Red Cliff
(赤壁)
The warring kingdoms will decide the future.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong, Japan • 2008
- Director John Woo
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Zhao Wei, Hu Jun
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, War
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Plex, Plex Player
Sheep Without a Shepherd
(Wu sha)
A middle-class internet technician and crime film enthusiast devises a sophisticated plan to help his family escape convictions of manslaughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2019
- Director Sam Quah
- Cast Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, Joan Chen, Philip Keung, Paul Chun, Bian Tianyang
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Rakuten Viki, AsianCrush, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Freevee, Xumo Play, Kanopy
The Grandmaster
(一代宗師)
Once upon a time in kung fu...
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China • 2013
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Song Hye-kyo, Zhao Benshan, Xiao Shenyang
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
I'm No Longer Here
(Ya no estoy aqui)
A teenage immigrant struggles with the death of his brother and feelings of isolation and loneliness in his new surroundings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Mexico, United States • 2019
- Director Fernando Frias
- Cast Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Bianca Coral Puernte Valenzuela, Xueming Angelina Chen, Luis Leonardo Zapata, Yesica Avigail Silvia Rios
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Personals
(徵婚啓事)
An eye-doctor's search for love leads her down the slippery slope of the modern dating scene whose universal quirkiness transcends the boundaries of all industrialized societies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 1998
- Director GuoFu Chen
- Cast René Liu, Wu Bai, Chen Chao-jung, Gu Bao-Ming, Chin Shih-Chieh, Yi-nan Shih
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Millennium Mambo
(千禧曼波)
Vicky describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan, France • 2001
- Director Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cast Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Duan Chun-hao, Doze Niu Cheng-Tse, Jun Takeuchi, Yi-Hsuan Chen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now
Old Stone
(老石)
A taxi driver helps a man after a catastrophic accident but finds himself saddled with the victim's hospital bills.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, China • 2016
- Director Johnny Ma
- Cast Chen Gang, Nai An, Wang Hongwei, Zebin Zhang, Xue'er Luo
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Kanopy
新大头儿子和小头爸爸4:完美爸爸
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2021
- Director He Cheng, Kexin Liu
- Cast Chen Yi, Dong Hao, Ju Ping, 陈苏, 耿晨晨
- Genre Animation, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Fearless
(霍元甲)
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself makes you fearless.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2006
- Director Ronny Yu
- Cast Jet Li, Sun Li, Dong Yong, Shidou Nakamura, Pau Hei-Ching, Chen Zhi-Hui
- Genre Drama, Action
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Hi, Mom
(你好,李焕英)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 2021
- Director Jia Ling
- Cast Jia Ling, Zhang Xiaofei, Shen Teng, Chen He, He Huan, Liu Jia
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Happy Together
(春光乍洩)
A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, Japan, Korea • 1997
- Director Wong Kar-wai
- Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton, Yee-Gan Chan
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Rakuten Viki, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
(西游·降魔篇)
The story of how Tang Sanzang found his disciples for his journey to the West
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2013
- Director Stephen Chow, Derek Kwok
- Cast Wen Zhang, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, Show Lo, Lee Sheung-Ching, Chen Bingqiang
- Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex Player
The Sadness
A virus mutates into a disease that turns ordinary people into vicious monsters.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2021
- Director Robert Jabbaz
- Cast Berant Zhu, Regina Lei, Ying-Ru Chen, Tzu-Chiang Wang, Tsai Chang-Hsien, Lan Wei-Hua
- Genre Action, Horror
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store
The Go Master
(吴清源)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan, China • 2007
- Director Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Cast Chang Chen, Akira Emoto, Sylvia Chang, Ayumi Ito, Takashi Nishina, Nao Omori
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Let the Bullets Fly
(让子弹飞)
Hell-bent on making a fast buck, Zhang soon meets his match in the tyrannical local gentry Huang as a deadly battle of wit and brutality ensues.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, Hong Kong • 2010
- Director Jiang Wen
- Cast Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You, Carina Lau, Liao Fan, Chen Kun
- Genre Action, Comedy
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Hi-YAH, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player
The Eye
(見鬼)
How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, Singapore • 2002
- Director Danny Pang, Oxide Pang Chun
- Cast Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Yut Lai So, Edmund Chen, Yin Ping Ko
- Genre Horror
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
(巴尔扎克与小裁缝)
Two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor’s beautiful granddaughter.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, China • 2002
- Director Sijie Dai
- Cast Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Xu Zu, Wang Shuangbao
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kanopy
Sunflower
(向日葵)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong, China, Netherlands • 2005
- Director Zhang Yang
- Cast Joan Chen, Gao Ge, Wang Haidi, Liang Jing, Zifeng Liu, Li Bin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Little Big Women
(孤味)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Taiwan • 2020
- Director Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu
- Cast Grace Chen Shu-Fang, Hsieh Ying Shiuan, Vivian Hsu, Sun Ke-Fang, Ding Ning, Chen Yan-Fei
- Genre Drama, Family, Romance
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Breaking News
(大事件)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2004
- Director Johnnie To
- Cast Richie Jen, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Lam Suet, Simon Yam, Hui Siu-Hung
- Genre Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Falling
A conservative father moves from his rural farm to live with his gay son's family in Los Angeles.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, United Kingdom, United States • 2020
- Director Viggo Mortensen
- Cast Lance Henriksen, Viggo Mortensen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross, Laura Linney
- Genre Drama
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Postmen in the Mountains
(那山那人那狗)
A father, a retiring mailman, walks his son over his job in the mountainous regions of Hunan province.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China • 1999
- Director Huo Jianqi
- Cast Teng Ru-jun, Liu Ye, Chen Hao
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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