CHINESE DVDS

NEW CHINESE RELEASES 2020-21

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (15) 2006 CHINA ZHANG, YIMOU IN MANDARIN DVD - £10.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

Set during the 10th-century Tang Dynasty this epic movie is about the folly of war and the disintegration of one family under the weight of unrequited love, unforgivable betrayals, and a never-ending thirst for power.

IP MAN 4 (15) 2019 CHINA YIP, WILSON IN MANDARIN DVD - £19.99 BLU RAY - £24.99

Donnie Yen stars in this fourth instalment of the biographical martial arts series. Struggling to care for his son following his wife's death, the film follows grandmaster Ip Man as he moves to San Francisco to enrol his son in university. There, he must come to the defence of his former student Bruce Lee who faces a backlash from the local martial arts community for opening his own Wing Chun school and instructing non-Chinese students.

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (12A) 2018 CHINA BI, GAN IN MANDARIN £15.99

Luo Hongwu returns to her hometown for his father's funeral. While back home Luo searches for his lost love amidst the city's neon streets and nearby remote villages.

RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTERS OF CINEMA SERIES (12) 1979 CHINA HU, KING IN MANDARIN BLU-RAY/WITH DVD - DOUBLE PLAY £19.99

Set in a remote monastery in 16th century China. When the abbot of announces his retirement a power struggle ensues over who will succeed him. While this power struggle plays out several outsiders are plotting to steal a valuable scroll the monastery holds.

SO LONG, MY SON (12A) 2019 CHINA WANG, XIAOSHUAI IN MANDARIN £15.99

The film follows two families over the course of three decades as they come to term with tragedy and adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China.

THREE FILMS BY JIA ZHANGKE (15) CHINA IN MADARIN £33.99

Jia Zhangke has become widely regarded as one of world cinema’s most accomplished filmmakers, and a leading figure of the Sixth Generation movement of Chinese cinema.

BACK LIST - CHINESE FILMS

24 CITY (U) 2009 CHINA JIA, ZHANGKE IN MANDARIN £19.99

Part-drama, part-documentary based on the closure of a factory in the Chinese city of Chengdu. The result is an intimate and emotional portrait of ordinary Chinese people living in an evolving economy and rapidly changing society.

20:30:40 (12) 2004 TAIWAN CHANG, SYLVIA IN MANDARIN AND CANTONESE £19.99

Romantic drama about the universal complexity of modern relationships and follows three

women aged 20 (Lee); 30 (Liu); and 40 (Chang) at different stages of life and love.

2046 (12) 2004 HONG KONG KAR-WAI, WONG IN CANTONESE £19.99

Time travelling writer goes back to 1966 to recapture this lost memories.

A ONE AND A TWO (15) 2000 TWAIWAN YANG, EDWARD £21.99

Award winning film looks at the several turbulent weeks in the life of the Jian family

A SIMPLE LIFE (PG) 2011 CHINA HUI, ANN IN CANTONESE £17.99

Film about an elderly housekeeper and the employer who comes to look after her.

A TOUCH OF SIN (15) 2013 CHINA JIA, ZHANGKE MANDARIN

DVD - £15.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

The film follows four stories which share the theme of violence.

AFTERSHOCK (15) 2010 CHINA FENG, XIAOGANG IN MANDARIN £19.99

Chinese disaster film based on events surrounding the 1976 earthquake in Tangshan.

THE ANG LEE TRILOGY (15) CHINA LEE., ANG IN MANDARIN £33.99

Triple bill of features from film-maker Ang Lee featuring 'Pushing Hands' (1992) ,

The Wedding Banquet' (1993) and 'Eat Drink Man Woman' (1994).

AROUND CHINA WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (U) 2015 £15.99

Taken from a variety amateur and professional footage in the BFI National Archives, the films cover the years 1900-1948.

AS TEARS GO BY (18) 1988 HONG KONG KAR-WAI, WONG £19.99

Trapped on the criminal mean streets of modern Kowloon, Ah Wah and his side-kick Fly are

caught in a downward spiral of violence and vengeance.

ASH IS PUREST WHITE (15) 2018 CHINA IN MANDARIN JIA, ZHANGKE/ZHANG-KE, JIA DVD - £15.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

2001, gangster Bin girlfriend Qiao is sentenced to five years in jail. On her release she goes looking for Bin, who lives a peaceful life having turned his back on his criminal past, but will Qiao choose to join him?

ASHES OF TIME REDUX (15) 2008 CHINA KAR WAI, WONG £19.99

Based on the novel by Louis Cha, this film follows a lone swordsman as time passes.

ASSEMBLY (15) CHINA 2007 XIAOGANG, FENG £17.99

War film, based on real events, set during and after the Chinese civil war of 1948.

THE ASSASSIN (12) 2015 CHINA HOU, HSIAO-HSIEN IN MANDARIN £19.99

Epic martial arts drama set during the Tang Dynasty.

AWAY WITH WORDS (15) 1999 CHINA DOYLE, CHRISTOPHER £19.99

Captivating tale of a drifter who finds himself in a bar orbited by a an eclectic group of patrons.

AXIS OF WAR: THE FIRST OF AUGUST (15) 2008 CHINA MANDARIN £15.99

The first part in the epic Chinese war trilogy. In 1927, China's fate hangs in the balance as the Communist Alliance wages an epic and bloody civil war campaign against the uprisings of local warlords and feudal barons.

AXIS OF WAR: MY LONG MARCH (15) 2008 CHINA MANDARIN £15.99

The second part of the epic Chinese trilogy set during the Nanchang uprising of the Chinese Civil War in 1927.

AXIS OF WAR: NIGHT RAID (15) 2008 CHINA MANDARIN £15.99

The third and final installment of the Chinese war trilogy.

BACK TO 1942 (15) 2012 CHINA FENG, XIOGANG IN MANDARIN DVD - £19.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

War epic set during the Second Sino-Japanese War

BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS (12) CHINA 2002 SIJIE, DIA £19.99

Based on writer-director Dai Sijie’s bestselling autobiographical novel is a beguiling

love story set during the 1970’s Cultural Revolution.

BANQUET (15) 2006 CHINA XIAOGANG, FENG £17.99

Historical drama set around court intrigue in China’s Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (A.D. 907-60)

BATTLE OF WITS (15) 2006 CHINA CHEUNG, CHI LEUNG £17.99

Based on a popular manga series from Japan titled Bokko.

BEHEMOTH (E) 2015 CHINA ZHAO, LIANG £15.99

The film looks at how China's growing industrialism and productivity has altered the environmental and social landscape of the surrounding regions by focussing on the Inner Mongolia's coal mines and iron works.

BEIJING BICYCLE (PG) CHINA 2001 Xiaoshuai, Wang £19.99

Modern day fable and homage to De Sica’s Bicycle Thief.

BEWITCHED (18) 1981 CHINA KUEI, CHIH-HUNG IN CANTONESE £9.99

Hong Kong horror film following detective Bobby Wong King-Sun as he investigates the death of a young girl murdered by her father who was possessed.

BIG BOSS (18) 1971 CHINA WEI, LO IN CANTONESE £17.99

Martial arts classic starring Bruce Lee

BIG SHOT’S FUNERAL (PG) 2002 CHINA XIAOGANG, FENG £19.99

Comedy set in modern day China

BLACK COAL, THIN ICE (15) 2014 CHINA DIAO, YI'NAN IN MANDARIN £17.99

Chinese crime thriller following former detective Zhang Zili (Fan Liao) as he teams up with his ex-partner

in an attempt to solve the case that put an end to their careers.

BLACK SNOW (15) CHINA 1990 FEI, XIE IN MANDARIN £12.99

Politically daring tale of urban alienation and despair.

BLACK SUN- THE NANKING MASSACRE (18) HONG KONG 1995 MOU, TUN FEI £19.99

Mixed with real film footage and photographs of the actual events, the film really shows the atrocities of war.

BLUE GATE CROSSING(12) TAIWAN 2002 CHIN-YEN, LEE £19.99

Film about teenage love and angst.

BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (15) 2009 CHINA CHAN, TEDDY IN MANDARIN £17.99

Hong Kong martial arts action thriller starring Donnie Yen.

BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (15) 2009 CHINA CHAN, TEDDY IN MANDARIN £17.99

Hong Kong martial arts action thriller starring Donnie Yen.

THE BOUNTY (15) 2012 FUNG, CHI KEUNG MANDARIN £15.99

Action comedy following bounty hunter and martial artist Cho Sai Fung (Chapman To) on a job to track down a fugitive.

BRAVE ARCHER (15) 1977 CHINA CHANG , CHEH DVD - £9.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

Hong Kong action film about two brothers, who were separated at birth and both educated in martial arts, as they come together 18 years later to compete against one another.

BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES (15) 2014 CHINA YANG, LU IN MANDARIN £15.99

Set in Imperial China, where, after the death of the emperor, a complex web of loyalty and intrigue emerges

CALL OF HEROES (15) 2016 CHINA CHAN, BENNY IN CANTONESE £17.99

Action film set in 1914 after the demise of the Qing dynasty.

CASINO TYCOON (15) 1992 WONG, JIM DVD - £9.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

Young graduate Benny escapes Hong Kong as it is being invaded by Japan during World War II, and ends up Macau, where he comes under to spell of a local businessman with links to organised crime.

CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (U) 2005 MONGOLIA DAVAA, BYAMBASUREN £16.99

Six-year-old Girl set off to find her missing dog goes and encounters an old nomad woman who tells her the legend of the cave of the yellow dog.

CHASING THE DRAGON (15) 2017 CHINA KWAN, J/ JING, W IN CANTONESE £10.99

Ho (Yen) arrives as an illegally immigrates to British-ruled Hong Kong in 1963 and with the help of a corrupt policeman becomes one of the country's most feared criminals.

CHINESE GHOST STORY (15) 1987 CHINA CHING, TUNG £16.99

A tax collector arrives in town and falls in love with a ghost.

CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002 (PG) 2004 CHINA LAU, JEFF £19.99

Spoof martial art movie.

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (12) 1994 HONG KONG KAR WAI, WONG IN CANTONESE £19.99

Wong Kar-Wai's celebrated portrait of neon-lit city populated by love-lorn cops, dangerous drug smugglers and California dreamers. The film comprises of two separate stories, the first of which features a cop (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who falls for a mysterious woman (Brigitte Lin) in a late night bar, little knowing that she is a big-time heroin smuggler. The second story features another cop (Tony Leung) who regularly visits a late night diner where he is served by a girl who has a huge crush on him; the girl then begins breaking into the cop's apartment, cleaning it for him, and adding little touches to help him get over the departure of his air-stewardess girlfriend.

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (18) 2009 CHINA LU CHUAN MANDARIN £15.99

Historical drama based on the invasion of Nanking - the then-capital of the Republic of China - by the Japanese army in 1936. BLU RAY - £19.99

CITY ON FIRE (18) 1987 HONG KONG LAM, RINGO £19.99

Hard-hitting Hong Kong thriller which was a key influence on Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs.

COLOUR OF THE LOYALTY (15) HONG KONG 2005 WONG, JING / CHEUNG, SIE HUNG £15.99

A big gang boss Big Brother Dragon hears of a contract hit out on him and he’s only a few months from retirement

COLOUR OF THE TRUTH (15) 2003 HONG KONG MAK M/JING W. £19.99

Thriller about a conscientious police officer caught in the middle of an undercover operation.

CONFUCIUS (15) 2010 CHINA MEI HU MANDARIN £17.99

Biographical drama about Chinese philosopher Confucius. BLU RAY - £24.99

COP ON A MISSION (18) 2001 HONG KONG MAK, MARCO £19.99

Gangster drama set in modern-day Hong Kong.

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (12) CHINESE 2000 LEE, ANG £19.99

Box office hit with stunning special effects, action, adventure and romance.

DAUGHTER OF THE NILE - THE MASTERS OF CINEMA SERIES (15) 1987 TAIWAN HOU, HSIAO-HSIEN IN MANDARIN DUAL FORMAT EDITION £17.99

Set in 1980s Taipei, Lin works in KFC during the day, attends night classes and is obsessing with local gigolo Ah-sang, while keeping her younger siblings in check.

To escape her troubles, Lin escapes to a fantasy world where she imagines herself as the title character from her favourite manga series - 'Daughter of the Nile'.

DAYS OF BEING WILD (12) 1991 HONG KONG KAR-WAI, WONG £19.99

Young woman, abandoned in childhood, drifts through a series of casual friendships and

affairs with one purpose: to discover the identity of his natural mother.

DRAGON INN (12) 1967 CHINA HU, KING IN MANDARIN £17.99

Highly stylized and choreographed martial arts film.

DREADFUL MELODY (15) 1993 HONG KONG NG, MIN KUN £15.99

Brigitte Lin stars in the haunting supernatural thriller.

DUMPLINGS (18) HONG KONG 2004 CHAN, FRUIT £19.99

Horror film in which a strange woman sells dumplings to women who wish to look younger.

EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE (15) 1996 CHINA YUAN, ZHANG £19.99

Set in the heart of Beijing’s marginalised gay community.

EMPRESSES IN THE PALACE (12) 2011 CHINA IN MANDARIN £29.99

All six episodes of the condensed version of the Chinese series about 17-year-old concubine Zhen Huan, whose only hope of surviving in the palace is by fighting her way to the top and earning the Emperor's trust.

EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN (12) 1999 CHINA KAIGE, CHEN £19.99

Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China’s seven kingdoms .

END OF LOVE (18) 2009 CHINA CHUNG, SIMON MANDARIN £19.99

A young gay man recalls his past life as a drug addict and rent boy, and finally confronts the dark secrets of his past.

ENDLESS WAY (U) 2004 CHINA SHEN, WENSHENG £12.99

As he comes of age, Ah Ming must begin a life of endless labour to bring sacred water to his family.

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (12) 1993 CHINA KAIGE, CHEN IN MANDARIN DUAL FORM £19.99

Chinese epic spanning a 50-year relationship between two performers in the Peking Opera troupe

FIGHTING FOR LOVE (12) 2001 HONG KONG MA, JOE £15.99

Romantic comedy.

FIST OF FURY (18) 1972 CHINA WEI, LO IN CANTONESE £12.99

Action drama starring Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen, a martial arts student whose mentor dies in suspicious circumstances. Whilst he is mourning his old friend, members of a rival school arrive and taunt Chen and his friends, who do not react at first. Chen later humiliates his adversaries by beating every single one of them, but this causes bloody repercussions and begins to uncover the real reasons behind his master's death.

FLOWERS OF WAR (15) 2011 CHINA ZHANG, YIMOU CHINESE (NANJING DIALECT), ENGLISH, JAPANESE, MANDARIN, SHANGHAINESE £15.99

Chinese historical war drama set in 1937 during the Japanese army's notorious 'Rape of Nanjing'.

FLYING SWORDS OF DRAGON GATE (15) CHINA TSUI, HARK IN MANDARIN £15.99

Martial arts epic.

FOUNDING OF A REPUBLIC (15) 2009 CHINA HAN,S/HUANG, J IN MANDARIN DVD - £15.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

Big budget Chinese historical epic examining the climax of the Chinese Civil War in the 1950s.

GADA MEILIN (12) 2002 CHINA XIAOGANG, FENG £12.99

Epic about Gada Meilin who struggles against the forces of greed and injustice too becomes a hero and legend of the Mongolian people.

GO MASTER (15) 2006 CHINA ZHUANGZHUANG, TIAN £17.99

Restrained, thoughtful biopic on the life of Wu Qingyuan considered by many to be the greatest player of the game Go in the 20th Century and one of the greatest of all time.

THE GRANDMASTER (15) 2013 CHINA WONG, KAR WAI IN MANDARIN DVD - £17.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

After the Sino-Japanese War Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man travelled to Hong Kong where he takes on his rival Gong Yutian.

HAPPY TOGETHER (15) HONG KONG 1997 MANDARIN & SPANISH. KAR WAI, WONG £19.99

Award winning director Wong Kar-Wai’s film about ga l overs who move to Argentina and drift apart, till one goes in search of the other.

HERE, THEN (15) 2012 CHINA MAO MAO IN MANDARIN £15.99

An alluringly low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation, disillusionment and loss of direction that have become widespread among young people in contemporary China.

HERO (12) 2004 HONG KONG YIMOU, ZHANG £19.99

Gripping martial arts thriller.

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (15) 2004 HONG KONG YIMOU, ZHANG IN MANDERIN £19.99

A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful member of a rebel army out of prison to

help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

JIA ZHANG-KE COLLECTION (15) CHINA IN MANDARIN £29.99

Collection of the following three films -

'Pickpocket' (1998) - Xiao Wu (Hongwei Wang), a pickpocket and petty criminal whose friends have made it clear they want nothing to do with him, wanders the streets of Fengyang, growing increasingly alienated as a result of his failure to relate meaningfully to anyone, or to understand the changing times of his country.

'Platform' (2000)- the year is 1979 and Minliang (Wang), Ruijian (Tao Zhao) and Chang Jun (Jing-dong Liang) all work as part of the Peasant Culture Group, a theatrical troupe who perform works extolling the achievements of Chairman Mao. Everything begins to change when they are called together and told that state policy now requires them to incorporate Western elements into their performances and also to fend for themselves as a privately-owned outfit without state subsidy. Over the following decade, the personal and romantic problems within the group are played out against a backdrop of rapid cultural transformation, with the troupe - now known as the All-Star Rock and Breakdance Band - struggling to survive as they deal with the problem of ever-dwindling audiences.

'Unknown Pleasures' (2002) - follows the lives of two 19-year-old friends who live in the provincial Chinese city of Datong. Disaffected and without jobs or ambition they pass their days wandering around town on their motorbikes dreaming of escape whilst around them China is changing; television begins to show their country's developing political and economic role in the world and how globalisation has reached China.

I AM NOT MADAME BOVARY (12) 2016 CHINA FENG, XIAOGANG IN MANDARIN £15.99

Comedy drama based on Zhenyun Liu novel. Qin cheats on his wife to get an apartment and marris another women. His enraged first wife Li is determined to get revenge by taking her case to top government officials in Beijin.

ICEMAN: THE TIME TRAVELER (15) 2018 CHINA YIP, WAI MAN IN MANDARIN £9.99

He Ying has been frozen after an ancient battle, however an accident has allowed him to time-travel to modern-day Hong Kong, with other warriors from the past also following him intent on finishing their battle.

INFERNAL AFFAIRS (15) 2002 HONG KONG ALAN MAK, /LAU, ANDY £19.99

Ming (Andy Lau) and Yan (Tony Leung) lead parallel lives: Ming is a Triad mole in the

police department; Yan is a police stooge.

INFERNAL AFFAIRS TWO (15) 2004 HONG KONG ALAN MAK, /LAU, ANDY £19.99

Second instalment of ‘Hong Kong’s answer to the Godfather’

INFERNAL AFFAIRS Three (15) 2003 HONG KONG ALAN MAK, /LAU, ANDY £19.99

Third film in the series.

INFERNAL AFFAIRS Trilogy BOX SET (15) 2004 HONG KONG ALAN MAK, /LAU, ANDY £34.99

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (PG) HONG KONG 2000 WONG KAR-WAI IN MANDARIN £19.99

Love story set in 1962 Hong Kong.

INITIAL D - DRIFT RACER (15) 2005 CHINA IN CANTONESE £17.99

Hong Kong racing action

INNER SENSE (18) 2004 HONG KONG CHI-LEUNG, LAW IN CANTONESE £19.99

A young woman is haunted by fleeting images of what she believes to be dead people.

IP MAN 3 (12A) 2015 CHINA YIP, WILSON IN CANTONESE £19.99 Third instalment of the biographical martial arts trilogy. Set in 1959, the film begins with

Ip Man (Yen) settling into his quiet life as a Wing Chun teacher in Hong Kong. But after a

group of gangsters try to take over the city, starting with Ip's son's school, Ip is forced to

step in to stop them.

IP MAN: THE FINAL FIGHT (15) 2013 CHINA YAU, HERMAN IN CANTONESE £14.99

Master Ip Man (Chau-Sang) returns to Hong Kong. Soon his new friend ask him to help sort out various problems.

IP MAN TRILOGY (15) CHINA YIP, WILSON IN CANTONESE £24.99 Features - Ip Man (2008) , Ip Man 2 (2010) and Ip Man ' (2015) .

KITCHEN (15) 1997 HONG KONG HO, YIM £19.99

A beautiful young woman hiding away from the world after the death of her grandmother slowly recovers her appetite for life.

KOMA (15) 2004 HONG KONG CHI-LEUNG, LAW £19.99

New thriller for the ‘Outstanding New Director’ at the 2003 Hong Kong Film Awards.

KUNG FU - TRAILERS OF FURY (18) CHINA £13.99

Collection of trailers for classic kung fu action films. The trailers included are: 'Ways of Kung Fu' (1979), 'Fists of Bruce Lee' (1978), 'Kung Fu Vs Yoga' (1979), 'Death Blow' (1973), 'Two Champions of Shaolin' (1980), 'Golden Dragon, Silver Snake' (1979), 'Daggers 8' (1980), 'Secret of the Shaolin Poles' (1977), 'The Happening', 'Snake in the Eagle's Shadow' (1978), 'Story of the Drunken Master' (1979), 'Chinese Kung Fu Against Godfather' (1974), 'The Invincible Swordsman' (1972), 'Return of Bruce' (1977), 'Bruce Lee's Greatest Revenge' (1978), 'Shaolin Iron Claws' (1978), 'Fast Fingers' (1983), 'My Kung Fu 12 Kicks' (1979), 'Brutal Boxer' (1972), 'Blacklist' (1972), 'The Damned' (1977), 'Bruce's Deadly Fingers' (1976), 'One Armed Chivalry Fights Against One Armed Chivalry' (1977), 'Way of the Dragon' (1972), 'Hong Kong Connection' (1978), 'Chinese Kung Fu' (1972), '18 Shaolin Disciples' (1975), 'The Blazing Temple' (1976), 'Shaolin Wooden Men' (1976) and 'The Magnificent Boxer' (1973).

THE LAST SUPPER (15) 2012 CHINA LU, CHUAN IN MANDARIN £15.99

The Qin dynasty crumbling but labourer Liu Bang leads an army to a victory which marks a new dawn in ancient China.

LAST TRAIN HOME (E) 2009 CHINA LIXIN FAN MANDERIN £14.99

Documentary portraying the devastating personal toll paid by China's 150 million-plus rural migrant workers who are forced by economic circumstance to go away to work in far-flung cities.

THE LEGEND OF GOBI (15) 2019 MONGOLIA TSERENCHIMED, DAVAAJARGAL £15.99

Historical adventure about a fiddle-playing king who rules a peace kingdom. One day he is overthrow and music is banned from being played in the kingdom. However a group of rebels continue to practice their art and fight to reunite the kingdom and reinstate music

LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN (12) 1979 TAIWAN HU, KING IN MANDARIN DUAL FORMAT DVD/BLU RAY £12.99

Heavily influenced by traditional Chinese aesthetics and Zen Buddhist philosophy, this epic fantasy-horror tells of a young scholar, Ho Yunqing living in an isolated mountain monastery where he becomes entangled in a conflict between duelling forces of good and evil.

LILTING (15) 2014 KHAOU, HONG MANDARIN DVD - £15.99 BLU RAY - £19.99

Drama starring Pei-pei Cheng and Ben Whishaw. While living in London, Cambodian-Chinese woman Junn (Cheng)'s son tragically dies. Finding it difficult to convey her grief to others without speaking any English, Junn finds comfort in a kind stranger as they discover they have more in common than they could ever have imagined.

LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (12A) 2018 CHINA BI, GAN IN MANDARIN £15.99

Luo Hongwu returns to her hometown for his father's funeral. While back home Luo searches for his lost love amidst the city's neon streets and nearby remote villages.

LOVE ME, LOVE MY MONEY (15) 2001 HONG KONG WONG, JING £15.99

Romantic comedy about a rich mean business man and a struggling financial analyst.

LUST CAUTION (18) 2007 CHINA LEE, ANG £19.99

Award-winning erotic thriller set during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai during World War II.

MAD DETECTIVE (18) 2007 HONG KONG TO, JOHNNIE/FAI,WAI KA £12.99

The line between reality and fantasy bends in this surreal thriller that redefines the detective genre.

MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY 2018 CHINA YUEN, WOO-PING IN CANTONESE DVD - £12.99 - BLU RAY £19.99

Cheung Tin Chi has renounced fighting to look after his young son, however this does not last long in this hard-hitting martial arts film.

MONK COMES DOWN THE MOUNTAIN (15) CHINA 2015 KAIGE, CHEN IN MANDARIN £17.99

Action adventure about a young monk who leaves behind his monastery to go on an adventure to find his true calling as a martial artist.

MONSTER HUNT (12) 2017 HUI, RAMAN IN MANDARIN £12.99

Family adventure set in a past where humans co-existed among monsters, however when the greedy humans want more land the monsters are forced to leave their homes and exile themselves to a place where they are left to live in peace.

MOUNTAIN PATROL (15) CHINA 2004 CHUAN, LI £19.99

The film tells the story of Beijing photo-journalist Ga Yu, who joins a Tibetan volunteer militia responsible for protecting endangered antelope from poachers.

MULAN (18) 2009 CHINA MA, JINGLE MANDARIN DVD - £17.99 BLU RAY £23.99

Epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who defies her father and tradition by joining the army disguised as a boy.

MYSTERY (15) 2012 CHINA YE, LOU IN MANDARIN £15.99

A wife finds out that her husband is living a double life in this intense thriller.

NINE DEMONS (115) 1984 CHINA CHANG,CHEH IN MANDARIN £12.99

In this martial Joey (Tien-Chi Cheng) makes a pact with the devil in exchange for his soul, Joey is granted a powerful necklace containing the spirits of nine demons to help him avenge this fathers death

NO ONE LESS (U) CHINA 1999 YIMOU, ZHANG £19.99

Thirteen year old girl is left as teacher in her village school for a month. Her mission, not to lose any pupils.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA (15) 1991 CHINA HARK, TUIS IN CANTONESE £19.99

A fully restored version of Hark Tsui's tale of honour and revenge. Jet Li stars as the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei Hung, who must call on all his fighting skills to repel the forces of oppression which have overrun his native China.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA TWO (15) 1992 CHINA HARK, TUIS IN CANTONESE £19.99

This sequel to 'Once Upon a Time in China' once again stars Jet Li as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, defending Imperial China against invading foreigners using his martial art skills.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA THREE (15) 1993 CHINA HARK, TUIS IN CANTONESE £19.99

Jet Li returns for the third installment in the life of folk hero Wong Fei Hung.

ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (15) 1967 CHINA CHANG, CHEH IN MANDARIN £9.99

Hong Kong action drama.

PAINTED SKIN (15) 2008 CHINA CHAN, GORDON IN MANDARIN £15.99

Hong Kong romantic action thriller adapted from the classic ghost story by Songling Pu

PEACE HOTEL (15) 1995 HONG KONG WAI, KA-FAI £15.99

Chinese western set in the 1930s.

PLATFORM (15) CHINA 2000ZHANG-KE, JIA IN MANDARIN £19.99

Follows the lives of four friends between 1979 to 1989.

POSTMEN IN THE MOUNTAINS (12) 1999 CHINA HUO JIANQI £12.99

Rural postman passes his route on to his son, whom he takes on his final trip.

PURPLE SUNSET (15) 2001 CHINA XIAONING, FENG £12.99

Final film in a trilogy -an Eastern adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace. Set just after the devastating atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the tale follows the lives and loves of three World War II survivors.

RE-CYCLE (18) 2006 CHINA PANG, D & O IN MANDARIN £15.99

Angelica Lee stars as Tsui Ting-Yin, a successful author who becomes trapped in the terrifying world of her own horror novel.

RED CLIFF (15) 2009 CHINA WOO, JOHN £19.99

Historical action epic based on one of Asia's most popular novels, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' by Guanzhong Luo. Mandarin with English subtitles BLU RAY £24.99

RED LIGHT REVOLUTION (18) 2010 CHINA VOUTAS, SAM IN MANDARIN £14.99

Chinese comedy following the adventures of a luckless Beijing man who opens his own sex shop in an attempt to improve his life situation..

RED SORGHUM (15) 1997 CHINA YIMOU, ZHANG £19.99

An award-winning Chinese melodrama, marking the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou, which follows the fortunes of a young girl sold into marriage with a leprosy-ridden brandy-maker.

REVENGE - A LOVE STORY (18) 2010 CHINA CANTONESE WONG, CHING PO £14.99

Stylish Hong Kong slasher thriller.

RIGOR MORTIS (18) 2013 CHINA MAK, JUNO IN CANTONESE £12.99

Chinese horror film were a suicide victim becomes a bridge between the world of the living and the world of the dead.

ROAD HOME (U) CHINA 1999 Y IMOU, ZHANG £15.99

Upon the death of his father, city businessman Luo Yusheng returns to his home village

SAVING GENERAL YANG (15) 2012 CHINA YU, RONNY MANDARIN £15.99

During the Song Dynasty in 986 AD, seven sons embark on a journey to the Wolf Mountain to rescue their kidnapped father.

SHOCK WAVE (15) 2017 CHINA YAU, HERMAN IN CANTONESE £13.99

Hong Kong thriller in which bomb disposal expert is in a race against time to prevent a terrorist from blowing up an underground water tunnel.

SEVEN SWORDS (15) 2005 CHINA HARK, TUIS IN MANDARIN £17.99

Hong Kong sword fighting action film

SHANGHAI DREAMS (15) 2005 CHINA WANG, XIAOSHUAI £19.99

Jury Prize winner film at Cannes the film is set in 1960s China where family moves from

the city to the poorer countryside.

THE SHANGHAI JOB (15) 2017 CHINA MARTIN , CHARLES £15.99

Action thriller starring Orlando Bloom who is tasked to escort a valuable antique vase out of China.

SHANGHAI THIRTEEN (15) 1984 CHINA CHEH CHANG IN MANDARIN £14.99

"Old school" martial arts film.

SHE, A CHINESE (18) 2009 CHINA GUO, XIAOLU MANDARIN £15.99

Drama following a young woman on a soul-searching journey from native village in China. Longing for escape and adventure to London, where a heady combination of alienation and freedom draw her into a new kind of entrapment as she continues her search for a place to belong.

SHOWER (12) CHINA 1999 YANG, ZHANG £19.99

Set in a Beijing bathhouse which is a haven against the modern world.

SO LONG, MY SON (12A) 2019 CHINA WANG, XIAOSHUAI IN MANDARIN £15.99

The film follows two families over the course of three decades as they come to term with tragedy and adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China.

SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN (U) 1948 CHINA IN MANDARIN £19.99

Love story set in a bomb-scarred Chinese town Sino-Japanese War.

THE SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST (U) 1947 CHINA CHUSHENG,C/ZHENG, J IN MANDARIN £19.99

Two part film set during the Japanese occupation of China. Part one covers the early life and marriage of working-class couple, Sufen and Zhang Zhongliang and his flight to Chungkin. In the second part Zhang Zhongliang’s return to Shanhai, now married into a wealthy bourgeois family whom Sufenis is forced to for work as a maid.

SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN (PG) 2002 HONG KONG ZHUANGZHUANG, TIAN £19.99

Love story set in a bomb-scarred Chinese town after World War Two.

STILL LIFE (15) 2006 CHINA ZHANGKE, JIA IN MANDARIN £19.99

Thought-provoking portrait of people adrift in a world they no longer recognise.

STRAY DOGS/JOURNEY TO THE WEST (12) 2014 CHINA MING-LIANG TSAI IN MANDARIN £15.99

Set in Taipei, 'Stray Dogs' follows an alcoholic father who, along with his two children is struggling to get by after moving to the city. With the assistance of a grocery store worker the family might just have a chance at a better life. 'Journey To the West' a monk takes a contemplative journey through Marseille.

SUZHOU RIVER (15) CHINA 2000 YE, LOU £19.99

Intricately constructed mystery which pays homage to Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’.

THREE FILMS BY ZHANGKE JIA (TBA) CHINA IN MANDARIN DUAL FORMAT DVD/BLU RAY £59.99

Features In 24 City (2008), A Touch of Sin (2013) and Mountains May Depart (2015).

TOGETHER WITH YOU (PG) CHINA 2002 KAIGE, CHEN £19.99

Love story about a young violinist who heads for the city to find fame.

TOUCH OF ZEN (12) TAIWAN 1969 HU, KING £19.99

Ghost story which influenced ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’.

UNIFORM (18) 2003 china YINAN, DIAO £19.99

Taut thriller that exposes the corrupting influences of poverty on society beset by industrial decay.

UNKNOWN PLEASURES/XIAO WU (12) CHINA 2002 ZHANG-KE, JIA IN MANDARIN £24.99

Two jobless 19 year olds spend their days wandering around the city of Datong dreaming

of girls and escape and as around them China is rapidly changing.

VULGARIA (15) 2012 CHINA PANG, HO-CHEUNG IN CANTONESE £14.99

Outrageous sex farce following a cash-strapped film producer who is asked to remake a classic erotic movie for an eccentric Triad.

WHEELS ON MEALS (15) 1984 CHINA HUNG KAM-BO, IN CANTONESE £17.99

Action comedy starring Jackie Chan.

WOMEN FROM THE LAKE OF SCENTED SOULS (TBA) 1993 CHINA FEI XIE. XIANG £14.99

A woman finds that money can't buy everything, in this understated drama.

WONG KAR-WAI COLLECTION (15) CHINA £34.99

Collection of three cinematic masterpieces from visonary film director Wong Kar-Wai.

Contains - ASHES OF TIME REDUX, HAPPY TOGETHER and CHUNGKING EXPRESS

THE WORLD (12) 2004 CHINA ZHANGKE, JIA IN MANDARIN £19.99

A study of the insular world of a troupe of Chinese stage-performers who dream of freedom.

ZHANGKE JIA COLLECTION (15) CHINA IN MANDARIN £29.99

Contains - In 'Pickpocket' (1998), 'Platform' (2000) and 'Unknown Pleasures' (2002)

ZHOU YU’S TRAIN (PG) 2002 HONG KONG SUN, ZHOU £19.99

An elegant and atmospheric film which finds Li Gong at the heart of a love triangle.

ZU - WARRIORS OF THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN(12) CHINA 1983 TSUI, HARK £19.99

Chinese mythological blockbuster.

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