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Chinese Films in the Kenyon Library (by Title)

 

Title Date Running Time Subtitles? Location Director/Producer Other Notes
At Middle Age (Ren dao zhongnian) 1983 102 min. No subtitles MLL Wang Qimin  
Bian zou bian chang (Life on a String) (see "Life on a String")
Black Canon Incident (Hei pao shijian) 1987 ? min. Subtitles 90.0015 Huang Jianxin  
Blue Kite (Lan feng zheng) 1994 138 min.   96.0060 Tian Zhuangzhuang Originally released as motion picture in the United States in 1993. Letterboxed.
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  
Chan is Missing 1981 80 min. N/A 92.0133 Wayne Wong  
Chilly Nights (Han Ye) (see "Han Ye")
Dim Sum 1987 88 min. Subtitles 90.0079 Wayne Wong In English & Cantonese w/ English subtitles.
Dislocation (Cuo wei) 1987 90 min Subtitles MLL Huang Jianxin Sequel to Black Cannon Incident.
Dreaming Age (Duomeng shijie) 1991 105 min. No subtitles MLL Lin Hongtong  
Duo Meng Shijie (Dreaming Age) (see "Dreaming Age")
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.
Eat a Bowl of Tea 1986 104 min. N/A 92.0163 Wayne Wong  
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.
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.
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
Garlands at the Foot of the Mountain (Gaoshan xia di huayuan) 1984 150 min. Subtitles MLL Xie Jin PLA in Vietnam
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."
Girl in Red (Hongyi shaonu) 1988 108 min. No subtitles MLL Lu X.  
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.
Herdsman (Mu ma ren) 1983 106 min. Subtitles 94.0215 Xie Jin  
Honglou Meng (Dream of Red Mansions)     No subtitles   Wang Fulin Nd? 36 made for TV episodes.
Hongyi Shaonu (Girl in Red) (see "Girl in Red")
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.
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)
Ju Dou 1990 95 min. Subtitles 92.0039 Zhang Yimou  
Jue Lie (Breaking with Old Ideas) 1975 126 min. Subtitles 93.0252 Li Wen-hua Set in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward.
Juvenile Delinquents (Shao nian fan) 1988 98 min.   MLL Zhang Liang  
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.
Last Emperor 1987 164 min. N/A 88.0338 Bernardo Bertolucci  
Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai (Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai) 1957 120 min. No subtitles MLL Sang Hu  
Life on a String (Bian zou bian chang) 1991 105 min. Subtitles 94.0193 Chen Kaige From a short story by Shi Tiesheng.
Lin Family Shop (Lin jia puzi) 1959 85 min. Subtitles 93.0455 & MLL Shui Hua  
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.
Me and My Classmates (Wo he wode tongxuemen) 198? 106 min.   MLL Peng Xiaoling  
New Year's Sacrifice (Zhufu) 1956 120 min. No subtitles MLL Sang Hu Adapted from Lu Xun's short story.
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.
Old Well (Lao jing) 1988 130 min. Subtitles 89.0265 Wu Tianming  
Qiu Jin 1983 110 min. Subtitles 92.0295 Xie Jin  
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 Firecracker, Green Firecracker (??) 1995 117 min. Subtitles 96.0073 He Ping Adapted from the novel by Feng Jical.
Red Sorghum (Hong gaoliang) 1987 91 min. Subtitles 92.0038 Zhang Yimou  
Regrets for the Past (Shang shi) 1981 107 min.   MLL Shui Hua  
Rouge (Yanzhi) 1980 105 min. Subtitles MLL Jin Sha & Wu Peirong Chinese w/ English & Arabic subtitles. (An opera?)
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.
Shang shi (Regrets for the Past) (see "Regrets for the Past")
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.
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.
Stars, Dreams & Tears (Xing meng leiheng) 1988 88 min. (each)   MLL   5 tape series. Taiwan TV melodrama.
Strange Friends (Mo sheng di pengyou) 198? 90 min. No subtitles 88.0369 Xu Lei  
Sunrise (Richu) 19?? 120 min.   MLL Yu Benzheng  
Temptation of a Mong (You seng) 1993 118 min. Subtitles MLL Clara Law  
Thunderstorm (Lei yu)   119 min. No subtitles MLL? Sun Daolin (based on another Ba Jin novel)
Time to Live and the Time to Die, The 1987 137 min. Subtitles 91.0133 Hou Hsiao-hsien  
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    
Tui Shou (...) 1992 107 min.   MLL Ang Lee English and Mandarin.
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.
Yanzhi (Rouge) (see "Rouge")
Yellow Earth (Huang tudi) 1985 90 min. No subtitles 92.0003 Chen Kaige  
You seng (Temptation of a Monk) (see "Temptation of a Monk")

 

 

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Comments to: Rita S. Kipp
Last Edited: 11/23/98


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