KFCC China movie review listing page 2

Intimate confessions of a chinese courtesan

(86 min)

1972 - Swordplay, Drama - China

Ainu is among many new girls that are kidnapped and taken to a nearby brothel to be coerced into prostitution. Completely rebellious, Ainu is subjected to the four wealthiest officials and their lustful cruelty. The lady of the house, Lady Chun, falls for Ainu and immediately begins a relationship with her. As things heat up between them, Ainu begins her plan to exact revenge on the four officials that had their way with her. As she murders them one by one, Lady Chun becomes even more blinded by her love for Ainu, and a local cop investigates all of the devious happenings.

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Director : Chu Yuan

Cast : Lily Ho, Yuen Hua, Betty Pei Ti

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Jade Warrior

(101 min)

2006 - Wuxia, Drama - Finland, China

Kai (Tommi Eronen) is a smith, living in the countryside outside Helsinki, he has just split up with his girlfriend Ronja (Krist Kosonem) and is heart-broken. Ronja is moving on and moving away from Helsinki. Before she leaves, she takes some of Kai's belongings to a run-down antique shop named 'Sang Fu', unaware that it is home to two Kalevala researchers; Berg (Markku Peltola) and Weckstrom (Elle Kull). The Kalevala is Finland's epic poem, once part of the tradition of folk poems, it tells of the creation of the world and struggles between good and evil. One of its main characters is a heroic smith named Seppo, creator of a machine named the Sampo, a machine with the power to be the source of happiness. In Chinese mythology (according to 'JADE WARRIOR'), Nocktress had nine sons; the ninth, nameless, son is said to have stolen a machine called Sampo, a machine that could bring hell to earth. Berg and Weckstrom believe they a significant discovery, related to the Sampo, deep in

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Director : Yu Yan Kai

Cast : Tommi Eronen, Markku Peltola, Zhang Jing-Chu, Krista Kosonem, Dang Hao, Elle Kull

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Justice, My Foot!

(102 min)

1992 - Comedy - China

Secretary Sung (Stephen Chow) retires from his court position after his son’s death, as he considers this a result of his crafty and unfair tactics in the courtroom. His wife runs into a pregnant woman whose brother has offered her up for marriage and then ran off with the money. As the man who he ripped off is chasing him, he falls off a cliff and the woman and her newborn son are left without family and under the care of Sung and his wife. Now Sung is forced to break his vows and return out of retirement to lend his expert and ridiculous defense skills to this case, and uncover the true corruption within the officials.

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Director : Johnnie To

Cast : Stephen Chow, Anita Mui, Ng Man Tat, Carrie Ng

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Mongolian Ping Pong

(102 min)

2004 - Drama, Comedy - China

Bilike is a young boy, his family live the nomadic life of horsemen on the vast grasslands of the Mongolian Steppes. One day, Bilike is fetching water for his father, when a strange object floats down the river towards him: it's a ping pong ball. To Bilike, who's only exposure to life beyond the Steppes is the sound that crackles out of a static riddled television, it is an object of deep mystery. Bilike and his two friends, Dawa and Erguotou, are hypnotised by this strange object, with it's perfect round form and its ability to float. After concluding that they have no idea what it is, Bilike takes the ball to his grandmother; she promptly declares it to be a treasure of the river spirits, "a glowing pearl" that will bring fortune to whoever finds it. Despite this proclaimation, the boys still have their doubts and travel to a temple, only to find the lamas are just as baffled by the ball. It is only when the boys begin to hassle a travelling film projectionist, that they are told

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Director : Ning Hao

Cast : Huricha Bilike, Dawa, Geliban

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One Armed Boxer

(89 min)

1971 - Kung Fu - China

Yes, a master has been killed, a school of martial artists has been demolished and humiliated, and a hero has been crippled. As the valiant Tien Lung, Jimmy Wang Yu is pitted against masters of the fist from all across Asia...and he has to do it all with one arm. What more could you ask for?

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Director : Jimmy Wang Yu

Cast : Jimmy Wang Yu, Lung Fei, Blacky Ko Sau-leung, Tang Hsin, Choi Wang, Sit Hon

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PTU

(83 min)

2003 - Thriller, Action - China

One night in the underground streets of Hong Kong, police officer Fay Sa loses his gun in an attempt to catch some low life gangsters. This might not seem like a big deal but in China, a police officer who loses his gun loses his job too and might get a prison sentence. Fay Sa needs that gun before dawn and to help him find it he will get the assistance of his friend Mike Ho, a leading guy of one of the PTU sections, who’s methods are sometimes over the edge. However, to make things worst for Fay Sa, the killing of the son of a big triad boss and a woman detective who suspects that something is fishy with Fay Sa will complicate the search of the lost gun.

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Director : Johnnie To

Cast : Simon Yam, Law Suet, Ruby Wong

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Promise, The

(120 min)

2005 - Wuxia - China

A young peasant girl, desperate for food, makes a promise with a mysterious woman. The woman promises the small girl all the riches she desires, but in return, she will never be with the man she loves. Many years pass, and the woman is rescued by a slave in Warlord's armour, after plunging from atop her palace. She falls for the mysterious man, but a case of mistaken identity, and her obligation to the promise she made many years before, leads herself and her heroes into trouble.

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Director : Chen Kaige

Cast : Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse

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Protege De La Rose Noire

(91 min)

2003 - Comedy - China

Desperate and in competition for an old apartment, Gillian and Charlene (collectively known as supergroup the 'Twins') end up in a trap-filled mansion training to become the next 'Rose' after spying a tempting flyer while down on their luck. Black Rose is a batty old lady who's house full of hanging nooses and a clunker robot keeps men like super-doofus Jim Lo (Ekin Cheng) away, despite his relentless attempts to save the girls from their new 'home'. Once Ekin gets mistaken for Rose's boy toy Robin (yes, of Batman fame), the training begins…as does the pain!

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Director : Donnie Yen

Cast : Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Ekin Cheng, Teresa Mo

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Red To Kill

(96 min)

1994 - Horror, Cat. III - China

Lok works for the welfare department. She helps move a handicapped girl, Ming Ming, into a shelter for the mentally challenged after the girl's father dies. The locals are constantly rallying against the shelter, blaming the residents for the recent increases in rapes and murders. Soon Ming Ming is raped herself, by the inconspicuous Mr. Chan. After an unresolved and unfair trial, Lok decides to trap Chan herself in true Category 3 fashion.

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Director : Billy Tang

Cast : Lily Chung, Money Lo, Ben Ng

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Shaolin Invincibles, The

(90 min)

1977 - Kung Fu - China

A group of experienced Shaolin fighters are sick and tired of the evil emperor's nasty deeds and decide to hone their skills and bust into the Forbidden City where he currently resides, to bust him in his grill a couple times. Little do they know, they must first defeat the ultimate in martial arts, his supreme bodyguard Gorillas!! Yes...Gorillas.

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Director : Hou Cheng

Cast : Carter Wong, Ka Ling

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Shaolin Temple, The

(95 min)

1979 - Kung Fu - China

Yuan and his father work in a labor camp, but one day Yuan father is killer by the warlord. Lucky enough to escape the murder scene and barely alive, Yuan is rescued by shaolin monks. He resides at the temple, living the life of a monk. With his natural talent in martial arts, Yuan begins to start arduously training. It doesn't take very long for him to become one of the best in the whole temple. Yuan's real intention to learn martial arts is to cast vengeance on his father's murderer. The Master Monk doesn't really approve, because violence is not the answer to any situation.

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Director : Chang Hsin Yen, Xinyan Zhang

Cast : Jet Li, Yan Di Hua, Hai Yu, Du Chuan Yang, Hu Jian Qiang, Cui Zhi Qiang

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Sino-Dutch War 1661

(98 min)

2001 - Swordplay, Drama - China

Zheng Cheng Gong returns home only to find that the empire has fallen into civil war. The Ming dynasty was overthrown and now emperor Qing controls northern china. To make matters worse the Dutch have taken over Taiwan. Zheng Cheng Gong being the son of emperor Ming's most respected general is summoned by the emperor. Zheng Cheng Gong is given the title of imperial name keeper for his undying loyalty to the emperor. As imperial name keeper Zheng Cheng Gong will do all in his power to protect the Ming empire which will lead him to war with the Dutch and take him on the quest to recapture Taiwan.

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Director : Wu Ziniu

Cast : Vincent Zhao, Shiu Ling, Yoko Shimada, Du Zhiu Guo, Xu Min, Chu On

Super-Inframan

(85 min)

1975 - Kaiju, Tokusatsu - China

A giant flying reptile attacks a school bus! A terrible earthquake shakes the ground! Hong Kong is destroyed by fire and the apparition of a rock castle in the mountain doesn’t seem to be a good omen either. There is only one hope for mankind: Infra-man! After this terrible havoc and the sudden apparition of the Princess Elzibub and her castle, Rayma has decided to be the volunteer to become Infra-man. With the help of Professor Liu Yingde, and using the most advanced technology, Rayma’s abilities are enhanced with super strength, extreme stamina, and a multitude of laser weapons. However, the Princess Elzibub has awakens her army of skeletons and monsters, and plans to take over the Earth. Will Infra-Man be strong enough to stand against these powerful monsters and save mankind?

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Director : Hua Shan

Cast : Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Terry Lau Wai-Yue, Wang Hsieh, Yuen Man-Chi, Lam Man-Wai, Bruce Le

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The Missing Gun

(86 min)

2002 - Drama, Thriller - China

Ma Shan is a policeman in a small outlying town in southern China. This morning, he met the most frightened moment in his life: his gun took its wings and disappeared. From that day on, he suspects everyone in the village as the thief of his gun: from his ex-lover to the simple noodles seller on the corner of the street. However, Ma Shan’s greatest fear is that the latest murder in this town might use his missing gun for crime, and this will put him under the authority’s suspecting line. Dose this case happen because of the missing gun? How can Ma Shan end this long way to find his gun? The town becomes hypocrisy and unreal in his eyes.

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Director : Lu Chuan

Cast : Jiang Wen, Wu Yujuan, Ning Jing, Liu Xiaoning

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Together

(116 min)

2002 - Drama - China

Together is a coming-of-age tale woven together with the harmony and intensity of a complex musical orchestration. Xiaochun is a 13-year-old boy, a talented violinist who lives with his father in a small, provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, music is his way of expressing his feelings. Xiaochun's sweet-natured father wants the best for him, so they move to immense, metropolitan Beijing so that Xiaochun can audition for a prestigious music school and take lessons that befit his talent. But Xiaochun's new world is unlike any he's known. He meets new and demanding teachers, discovers true friendship, falls in love for the first time, learns how painful love can be, and comes to understand the true meaning of music. With his world splitting in two and everyone telling him what they want for him, Xiaochun has to figure out what he wants for himself.

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Director : Chen Kaige

Cast : Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu, Hong Chen, Zhiwen Wang, Kim Hye-Ri, Chen Kaige

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Vengeance

(98 min)

1970 - Kung Fu, Action - China

David Chiang plays Xiaolou, who stumbles into town on a violent quest to avenge his elder brother’s (played by Ti Lung) murder.

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Director : Chang Cheh

Cast : David Chiang, Ti Lung, Wang Ping, Ou Yen-ching, Ku Feng, Yang Chi-ching

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Warriors of Heaven and Earth

(120 min)

2003 - Wuxia, Drama - China

After years under the service of the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi, a Japanese emissary, wishes to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the west to capture wanted criminals. The only way for him to go back to Japan is to capture and execute Lt. Li, an ex-soldier, who is wanted by the emperor for his mutiny against the emperor army. Li and Lai Xi will finally meet, but agree to delay their final fight until Li finish his agreement to bring back to safety a caravan carrying a Buddhist monk. However to Li’s ignorance, the monk is secretly carrying a sacred and powerful pagoda that attracts the attention of a region’s ruthless overlord. Followed by his former friends soldiers, Li will face the cruelty of the desert, the region’s barbaric bandits and the brutality of the overlord’s men before he can finally face his ultimate fight with Lai Xi.

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Director : He Ping

Cast : Jiang Wen, Nakai Kiichi, Vickie Zhao, Wang Xueqi

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