The Opium War
Director : Xie Jin
Starring : Baau Gwok On, Lam Lin Gwan, Sihung Lung, Siu Yan, So Man, Go Yuen, Baau Ang Paai Hak, Sai Mung Wai Lim Si, Ngaai Lut Gaak Lee Fei Shut, Fei Lei Po Git Hak Shun, Ga Lee Hak Gwong Gan, Law Biu Dak Bei Lee Maan, Got Heung Ting
An early Spring day in 1839, a row of gallows were surprisingly put up in front of the British Chamber of Commerce by the Pearl River in Guangzhou, Convicted opium peddlers were hanged to death one by one on the gallows by order of the Emperor's Special Envoy Lin Zexu. The square was packed with throngs of people. They and those British business people in the Chamber of Commerce realized that Lin's thorough anti-opium campaign, with support from the Emperor Dauguang, was starting. Lin was a man of both bravery and talent. Just after several bouts in anti-drug action, Lin confiscated all the opium imported by the British traders...
The Emperor And The Assassin
Starring : Gong Li
"This is glorious moviemaking!" --- Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE
From the acclaimed director of "Farewell, My Concubine" comes "The Emperor And The Assassin - a visually stunning epic exploring the devastating price one country pays for peace and one man pays for power.
Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao (Gong Li) helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy.
When Ying Zheng's peaceful mission explodes into a brutal holocaust, a disillusioned Lady Zhao is forced to question her loyalty as well as her lover's destiny.
Great Movie!
The Last Emperor
Director : Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring : John Lone, Joan Chen
A stunning milestone in the history of cinema, this is director Bernardo Bertolicci's original director's cut, presented for the first time on video, the way it was meant to be seen.
John Lone ("M. Butterfly") stars as Pu Yi, emperor of China, who comes from a long history of a traditional that is irreversibly altered by two world wars and fierce upheaval. Guided by his English mentor (seven-time Oscar nominee Peter O'Toole), Pu Yi is forced to leave the lavish, protective walls of his kingdom and somehow find the strength to build a new life in a strange world he has always longed to explores, but has never really known.Great Movie!
