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Pictures of the bloody scene, where Yuka Takaoka is accused of plunging a kitchen knife into the stomach of her boyfriend, have led to memes and fan art circulating on social media glorifying...
A young Chinese woman embarks on an adulterous affair after she is forced to marry a wooden statue of her dead fiance. Politically sharp, visually handsome.
Apr 28, 2019 · Huang Jianxin, 1986. For most in the Western world, their first encounter with Chinese cinema came from directors like Wu Tianming (The Old Well, The King of Masks) and Zhang Yimou (House of ...
On the other hand, it should be stressed that this is a first film for Huang Jianxin - he later refined his film-making considerably. The performances are good, and the idea behind the film is excellent, but the basic storytelling lags behind a bit - the endless meetings and circular conversations may be historically and symbolically realistic, but they don't really excite an audience.
Huang Jianxin (born 14 June 1954) is a Chinese filmmaker. He also writes film scripts under the pen name Huang Xin. He is normally considered part of the fifth generation of Chinese filmmakers (a group that includes Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang), [1] due to shared traits in his works, although he was not a strictly a member of ...
This daring political comedy caused a huge controversy on release in China and was banned from export for two years. An inoffensive engineer comes under suspicion of industrial espionage when he sends a personal telegram which makes a cryptic mention of a Black Cannon.
Jianxin's impeccably-edited doppelganger enigma, a sci-fi tinged satire that gently prods at the gears of Chinese bureaucracy. Contemporary futurism is an appropriate backdrop for Zifeng's comically absurd, if scientifically preposterous, android.
