Category Archives: Chinese Filmmakers

My Favorite King Hu Films

17 Monday Sep 2018

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1.   A Touch of Zen (1971)

2.   Dragon Inn (1967)

3.   Come Drink with Me (1966)

4.   The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
(I watched it on youtube)

5.   Legend of the Mountain (1979)

6.   Raining in the Mountain (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)

7.   The Valiant Ones (1975)

Note: King Hu only partially directed The Swordsman (1990).

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My Favorite Zhang Yimou Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

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1.   House of Flying Daggers (2004)

2.   Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

3.   Coming Home (2014)
(no relation to the 1978 film)

4.   Hero (2002)

5.   Ju Dou (1990)
(co-directed with Yang Fengliang)

6.   Not One Less (1999)

7.   The Road Home (1999)

8.   Shanghai Triad (1995)

9.   To Live (1994)

10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)

11. Red Sorghum (1988)

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1.   Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)

2.   Happy Times (2000)

3.   Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

My Favorite Tsui Hark Films

24 Friday Aug 2018

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1.   Peking Opera Blues (1986)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

2.   The Blade (1995)

3.   Time and Tide (2000)

4.   Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)

5.   Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

6.   Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

7.   Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

8.   The Lovers (1994)

9.   Green Snake (1993)

10. Seven Swords (2005)

11. The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014)

12. Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

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1.   The Chinese Feast (1995)

2.   Once Upon a Time in China III (1993)

3.   We’re Going to Eat You (1980)

4.   Triangle (2007)
(co-directed with Ringo Lam and Johnnie To)

5.   A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989)

6.   All About Women (2008)

My Favorite Tian Zhuangzhuang Films

18 Saturday Aug 2018

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1.   The Blue Kite (1993)

2.   The Horse Thief (1986)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)

3.   Springtime in a Small Town (2002)

My Favorite Jia Zhangke Films

04 Friday May 2018

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1.   Platform (2000)

2.   A Touch of Sin (2013)

3.   The World (2004)

4.   24 City (2008)

5.   Unknown Pleasures (2002)

6.   Still Life (2006)

7.   Mountains May Depart (2015)

My Favorite Stephen Chow Films

18 Sunday Mar 2018

Posted by in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Lists, Romance, Sport, Stephen Chow, Top 309

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1.   The Mermaid (2016)

2.   Kung Fu Hustle (2005)

3.   Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)

4.   CJ7 (2008)

5.   Shaolin Soccer (2001)

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1.   Forbidden City Cop (1996)

2.   From Beijing with Love (1994)

3.   King of Comedy (1999)
(No relation to the 1982 Robert De Niro film)

4.   The God of Cookery (1996)