Chinese Films in the Kenyon Library (by Director)
| Title | Date | Running Time | Subtitles? | Location | Director/Producer | Other Notes |
| Tui Shou (...) | 1992 | 107 min. | MLL | Ang Lee | English and Mandarin. | |
| Song of The Exile | 1991 | 100 min. | Subtitles | 92.0227 | Ann Hui | Autobiographical story by the Hong Kong director of "The Story of Woo Viet" (1981) and "Boat People" (1983). In Mandarin & Japanese w/ English subtitles. |
| Under the Bridge (Da qiao xiamian) | 1983 | 117 min. | Subtitles | MLL? | Bai Chen | Life as a member of the new class of self-employed people (geti hu) in the cities of post-Mao China. |
| Last Emperor | 1987 | 164 min. | N/A | 88.0338 | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
| Farewell My Concubine (Bawang bieji) | 1993 | 157 min. | Subtitles | 95.0356 | Chen Kaige | Based on the novel by Lilian Lee. Chinese with English subtitles. Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi |
| King of the Children (Haizi wang) | 1987 | 107 min. | Subtitles | 96.0259 | Chen Kaige | Based on the novel by A-cheng; Cinematography, Ku Chang-wei ; music, Chu Hsiao-sung. Hsieh Yuan, Yang Yuewen, Chen Shaohua. |
| Life on a String (Bian zou bian chang) | 1991 | 105 min. | Subtitles | 94.0193 | Chen Kaige | From a short story by Shi Tiesheng. |
| Yellow Earth (Huang tudi) | 1985 | 90 min. | No subtitles | 92.0003 | Chen Kaige | |
| Family, The (Jia) | 1956 | 122 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Chen Xihe | Adapted from Ba Jin's novel. Set in Sichuan between 1916 and 1920, the film portrays the tensions and tragedies afflicting at traditional "feudal" family in a time of change. |
| Temptation of a Mong (You seng) | 1993 | 118 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Clara Law | |
| Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (??) | 1995 | 117 min. | Subtitles | 96.0073 | He Ping | Adapted from the novel by Feng Jical. |
| Time to Live and the Time to Die, The | 1987 | 137 min. | Subtitles | 91.0133 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | |
| Dust in the Wind (Lian lian feng chen) | 1987 | 104 min. | Subtitles | 91.0137 | Hou Hsiao-hsien (Taiwan) | In Mandarin dialogue w/ Chinese & English subtitles. |
| Black Canon Incident (Hei pao shijian) | 1987 | ? min. | Subtitles | 90.0015 | Huang Jianxin | |
| Dislocation (Cuo wei) | 1987 | 90 min | Subtitles | MLL | Huang Jianxin | Sequel to Black Cannon Incident. |
| Niu Peng (China, My Sorrow) | 1989 | 83 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Jean-Luc Ormiers & Dai Sijie | In Cantonese & Mandarin w/ English subtitles. Docudrama about Cultural Revolution. |
| Rouge (Yanzhi) | 1980 | 105 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Jin Sha & Wu Peirong | Chinese w/ English & Arabic subtitles. (An opera?) |
| Jue Lie (Breaking with Old Ideas) | 1975 | 126 min. | Subtitles | 93.0252 | Li Wen-hua | Set in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward. |
| Dreaming Age (Duomeng shijie) | 1991 | 105 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Lin Hongtong | |
| Border Town (Bian cheng) | 198-? | 94 min. | Subtitles | 92.0004 | Ling Zifeng | Adapted from a novel by Shen Congwen. |
| Camel Xiangzi (Luotuo Xiangzi) | 1982 | 117 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Ling Zifeng | |
| Girl in Red (Hongyi shaonu) | 1988 | 108 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Lu X. | |
| Me and My Classmates (Wo he wode tongxuemen) | 198? | 106 min. | MLL | Peng Xiaoling | ||
| Great Wall, A (Beijing gushi) | 1985 | 100 min. | Subtitles | 92.0008 & MLL | Peter Wang | A humorous story about "the return of Leo Fang and his American-born wife and son to his native China. Comical insight into the cultural clashes between traditional Chinese and Chinese-American families and between older and younger generations. |
| Han Ye (Chilly Nights) | 1988 | 108 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Que Wen | Story by Ba Jin. |
| Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai) | 1957 | 120 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Sang Hu | |
| New Year's Sacrifice (Zhufu) | 1956 | 120 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Sang Hu | Adapted from Lu Xun's short story. |
| Lin Family Shop (Lin jia puzi) | 1959 | 85 min. | Subtitles | 93.0455 & MLL | Shui Hua | |
| Regrets for the Past (Shang shi) | 1981 | 107 min. | MLL | Shui Hua | ||
| Thunderstorm (Lei yu) | 119 min. | No subtitles | MLL? | Sun Daolin | (based on another Ba Jin novel) | |
| Blue Kite (Lan feng zheng) | 1994 | 138 min. | 96.0060 | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Originally released as motion picture in the United States in 1993. Letterboxed. | |
| Horse Thief (Dao ma zei) | 1987 | 100 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Tian Zhuangzhuang | Filmed in Tibet. Norbu, caught between poverty and religion, steals a horse and is expelled from the clan. Quiet, stunning film, also controversial. |
| Erzi Runs an Inn (Erzi kai dian) | 1988 | 98 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Wang Bingling | A group of unemployed young people take over a bankrupt inn. Comedy and pathos in contemporary China. |
| Honglou Meng (Dream of Red Mansions) | No subtitles | Wang Fulin | Nd? 36 made for TV episodes. | |||
| At Middle Age (Ren dao zhongnian) | 1983 | 102 min. | No subtitles | MLL | Wang Qimin | |
| Chan is Missing | 1981 | 80 min. | N/A | 92.0133 | Wayne Wong | |
| Dim Sum | 1987 | 88 min. | Subtitles | 90.0079 | Wayne Wong | In English & Cantonese w/ English subtitles. |
| Eat a Bowl of Tea | 1986 | 104 min. | N/A | 92.0163 | Wayne Wong | |
| Old Well (Lao jing) | 1988 | 130 min. | Subtitles | 89.0265 | Wu Tianming | |
| Girl from Hunan, A (Xiao Xiao) | 1986 | 99 min. | Subtitles | 92.0005 & MLL | Xie Fei & U Lan | Adapted from Shen Congwen's short story "Xiao Xiao." |
| Garlands at the Foot of the Mountain (Gaoshan xia di huayuan) | 1984 | 150 min. | Subtitles | MLL | Xie Jin | PLA in Vietnam |
| Herdsman (Mu ma ren) | 1983 | 106 min. | Subtitles | 94.0215 | Xie Jin | |
| Qiu Jin | 1983 | 110 min. | Subtitles | 92.0295 | Xie Jin | |
| Small Town called Hibiscus (Furong zhen) | 1987 | 140 (128?) min. | Subtitles | MLL | Xie Jin | Adapted from Gu Hua's novel. Gripping and superbly acted tale of the Cultural Revolution in a small town. |
| Strange Friends (Mo sheng di pengyou) | 198? | 90 min. | No subtitles | 88.0369 | Xu Lei | |
| In the Wild Mountains (Ye shan) | 1986 | 99 min. | Subtitles | 89.0261 | Yan Xueshan | In an undeveloped mountain village, some people struggle to survive, others to get rich. Different outlooks and ways of life lead two couples to divorce and a happy domestic ending. (Miscatalogued in KC online catalogue as Shan) |
| Sunrise (Richu) | 19?? | 120 min. | MLL | Yu Benzheng | ||
| Juvenile Delinquents (Shao nian fan) | 1988 | 98 min. | MLL | Zhang Liang | ||
| Sacrificed Youth (Qing Chunji) | 1987 | 95 min. | Subtitles | 90.0080 | Zhang Luanxin | Filmed in Yunnan. Based on novel "Such a Beautiful Place" by Zhang Manling. |
| Ju Dou | 1990 | 95 min. | Subtitles | 92.0039 | Zhang Yimou | |
| Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guansi) | 1993 | 100 min. | Subtitles | 94.0181 | Zhang Yimou | |
| Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) | 1991 | 125 min. | Subtitles | 93.0137 | Zhang Yimou | |
| Red Sorghum (Hong gaoliang) | 1987 | 91 min. | Subtitles | 92.0038 | Zhang Yimou | |
| Lin Tse-hsu | 1982 | 107 min. | Subtitles | 92.0368 | Zheng Jun-li & Zen Fan | Released as a motion picture (China) in 1959. Leading player, Chao Tan. |
| Stars, Dreams & Tears (Xing meng leiheng) | 1988 | 88 min. (each) | MLL | 5 tape series. Taiwan TV melodrama. | ||
| Troubleshooters (Wan zhu) | 1988 | 110 min. | No subtitles | MLL | (tape is bad) | |
| True Story of Ah Q, The (Ah Q Zhengzhuan) | 1981 | No subtitles | MLL |
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Last Edited: 11/23/98
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