Shanghai Blues (Restored)
- Director
- TSUI Hark
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Year
- 2024
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Post-production
- Duration
- 103 min
- Language
- Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese
- Cast
- Sylvia CHANG, Kenny BEE, Sally YEH
- Synopsis
- One fateful night in 1937, amidst the bombings of Shanghai, Tung (Kenny Bee), a young soldier, and Shu (Sylvia Chang) find solace under the bridge. In the semi-darkness, though unable to see each other clearly, the young couple experience an immediate attraction towards each other and plan to meet again when the war is over, under the same bridge. Ten years have passed. Tung awaits his breakthrough as a promising songwriter, while Shu fend...
Little Red Sweet
- Director
- Vincent CHOW
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Year
- 2024
- Genre
- Drama
- Status
- Post-production
- Duration
- TBC
- Language
- Cantonese
- Cast
- Simon YAM, Stephy TANG, Jeffrey NGAI, Mimi KUNG
- Synopsis
- Cheung Hing Kee is a Chinese dessert shop owned by a married couple Simon and Mimi in Kowloon City in the 1980s. Their daughter Stephy has always dreamt to fly and she became a flight attendant. Younger brother Jeffery is just another carefree university student. A classic Chaozhou family. Everything changed when Mimi got a stroke and was left unconscious, leading the family into a chaos. Unbending as Stephy, unbearable to see Simon taking all...
The Dream of the Red Chamber
- Director
- HU Mei
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2024
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 115 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- LIN Peng, Lisa LU, BIAN Cheng, ZHANG Miaoyi
- Synopsis
- Adapted from the Chinese classic novel ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’, the classic plot is represented, with a brand new Grand View Garden and a brand new JIA Bao-yu, LIN Dai-yu, Miss Bao, as well as a familiar and refreshing love story.
The Chronicles of Libidoists
- Director
- YANG Ya-Che
- Country
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2024
- Genre
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 105 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- Kang-Ren WU, Chu-Ping LIU, Alisia LIANG, Will OR
- Synopsis
- From the acclaimed director Yang Ya-che (Blue Gate Crossing; Girlfriend, Boyfriend) comes a cinematic exploration of love and longing in the neon-soaked streets of Taipei. In a daring reimagining of The Little Mermaid, Yang introduces us to a world where the mermaid is not a woman but a young boy, setting the stage for a journey that defies expectations and stereotypes. This is a tale of four souls, each lost in their quest fo...
A Legend
- Director
- Stanley TONG
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2024
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 129 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- Jackie CHAN, Lay ZHANG, Na Zha, Aarif LEE
- Synopsis
- Professor Fang, an archaeology expert, notices that the texture on the artifacts discovered by his students during a glacier expedition, is strikingly similar to a jade pendant he had seen in his dreams. It seems as that the pendant is connecting the realm of dreams to reality. Filled with curiosity, Professor Chen leads the research team on a journey deep into the Glacier Temple, in search of the truth behind his dreams, embarking on a ...
Seven Killings
- Director
- GAO Qunshu
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Action, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 120 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- ZHANG Yi, HUANG Zhizhong, LANG Yueting
- Synopsis
- In 1940, within the premises of the Nanjing Security Bureau under the puppet government of Wang Jingwei, various conflicting forces converged, and dangers lurked at every corner. Among them, former history professor Jin Shenshui, inspired by the anti-Japanese fighters led by Lin Yingying, set aside thoughts of life and death and engaged in a series of great missions aimed at eliminating Japanese forces and dismantling collaborationist organizatio...
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon
- Director
- WONG Ching-Po
- Country
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 134 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- Ethan JUAN, Ben YUEN, CHEN Yi Wen, Gingle WANG
- Synopsis
- When fugitive Gui-lin surprisingly found out that he had only 6 months left to live and he was only ranked third among the most-wanted criminals. He tracked down the top two criminals and eliminated both of them, thinking that he had become a modern-day hero. However, he never thought that greed, anger, and ignorance were the sins and punishments he had to face at the end of his life.
One More Chance
- Director
- Anthony PUN
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, Macao
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Family
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 115 min
- Language
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Cast
- CHOW Yun-Fat, Anita YUEN, Will OR, Alex FONG
- Synopsis
- Water Ng, a typical loser who likes to gamble and takes no responsibility is asked to take care of his ex-girlfriend Jik’s son, Yeung. With Jik tells him that Yeung is his son, and promised 100 thousand dollars, Water Ng agrees to be a father for one month. Soon he notices his son has Autism. He gets to understand the difficulties of raising a child along with special needs. With Jik's absence on the agreed date, Water Ng realizes why s...
Antikalpa
- Director
- Philip SHIH
- Country
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Drama, Horror
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 95 min
- Language
- Hokkien, Mandarin
- Cast
- HUANG Guan Zhi, Regina LEI, Troy LIU, TSENG Wan Ting
- Synopsis
- Ah Dai comes from a family that runs a prestigious orthodox temple. His childhood sweetheart, Yufan, is desperate to locate her missing aunt. In his attempt to help, Ah Dai agrees to participate in a special ritual that his schoolmates believe could help them seek help from the gods to grant their desires. However, they are lured into praying to the evil forces. As his schoolmates die one after another, Ah Dai tries to use his gift to exorcise ev...
Eye of the Storm
- Director
- LIN Chun-Yang
- Country
- Taiwan
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 118 min
- Language
- Mandarin
- Cast
- WANG Po Chieh, TSENG Jing Hua, HSUEH Shih Ling, Chloe XIANG
- Synopsis
- While on the way to celebrate his five-year-old daughter's birthday, Dr. Zheng XIA, an attending thoracic surgeon in Taipei, is called back to the hospital due to an emergency patient. Without any warning, Xia is trapped in the hospital closure with nearly a thousand health care providers, patients and their families. Another patient of Xia, tabloid journalist, Youzhong JIN, catches wind of an unknown virus spreading across hos...
Hidden Blade
- Director
- CHENG Er
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2023
- Genre
- Drama
- Status
- Completed
- Duration
- 131 min
- Language
- Japanese, Mandarin, Shanghainese
- Cast
- Tony LEUNG, WANG YiBo, HUANG Lei, Hiroyuki MORI
- Synopsis
- In the 1920s, the Chinese Communist Party begins its struggle in Shanghai, leading the covert front of the Chinese Communist Party's Special Branch, the Party strive in their deadly battle against various forces. The unsung heroes march towards victory through irreplaceable and inimitable courage and contributions. After the War of Resistance Against Japan outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party's Special Branch in Shanghai circles betwe...
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