Han Fei

Saving Mother (1984)

Another classic film from Shanghai Animation Film Studio, "Saving Mother" was one of the most popular animations in China. The story is based on the traditional Chinese folklore about a boy named Chen Xiang. His mother was a goddess and his father a mortal ...

Midnight (1981)

In 1930's Shanghai, Wu Sunpu, chief executive of the Shanghai Yuhua Silk Company, faces many struggles: with plant workers, with strikers, others in his industry, and most of all with bourgeois comprador Zhao Botao. Capitalists and other figures in Shangha ...

Money Dream (1981)

Ten Days (1980)

Set in the Chinese Civil War, Guangxi, a southwest China province. Three teenagers must send a secret letter to the guerrillas in ten days. ...

Jian mian li (1979)

Aoley Yilan (1979)

Aolei Yilan lead her tribe to defend against russian invasion in 17th century China ...

Son, Grandson and Seeds (1978)

A story about promotion of the birth control policy in a traditional Chinese rural village. ...

Better and Better (1962)

Nie Er (1962)

Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC's national anthem. ...

Woman Hairdresser (1962)

Hua wanted to be a professional barber, but her husband Jia didn't support her. But Hua joined a barbershop and became a popular barber when Jia was on a business leave. What will Hua do when Jia coming back? ...

The Magician's Adventures (1962)

A magician comes back to Shanghai to find his son separated twenty-five years ago. ...

The Opium Wars (1959)

China 1839. Because the British imports of opium into Southern China are creating such widespread medical and economic problems, the weak Manchu emperor Tao Kuang is forced to take action that precipitates the 'Opium War'. ...

Master Qiao Mounts the Sedan (1959)

Happiness (1958)

Wang Jiayou, a young worker at the Shanghai New Machinery Factory, is a man whose life is unorganized, does not pay attention to labor discipline, and often spends his youth in dance halls, skating rinks and cafes. When working during the day, he appears l ...

Two Young Soccer Teams (1957)

Cut the Evil’s Claw (1954)

Festival Moon (1953)

A financially struggling office worker goes into debt in order to afford traditional holiday gifts for his boss and landlord. Part of Hong Kong Film Awards' 100 Best Chinese Movies. ...

The Dividing Wall (1952)

A 50's Chinese film that reflects the post-war society, expresses idealism and pleads to return to the homeland. ...

Should They Marry? (1951)

A wedding musician fails to wed his own love: Little Trumpet is raring to marry his childhood sweetheart, but a series of setbacks has prevented them from getting their way. Criticism against social formalities becomes all the more forceful with the clever ...

The Flower Girl (1951)

A Chinese drama ...

Awful Truth (1950)

As China falls into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world: gold and American dollars. This is a story that shows how seven bars and two thousand US dollars ...

Blood Will Tell (1949)

Ma the flying bandit calls it quits after his daughter is born. His wife, a onetime prostitute, can't stand poverty and turns him in to the authorities before resuming her profession. Years later, when the daughter is set to get married, the unabashed moth ...

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man (1949)

Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a primary school principal widowed at a young age, raises his children alone. His close friend's daughter, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), whom he hasn't seen for many years, begins working at the primary school through his introduction ...

Bright Day (1948)

The great Chinese star Shi Hui stars as an energetic lawyer fighting for the good of his neighbors in this stirring, almost Capra-esque drama from Cao Yu, one of China's most important twentieth-century playwrights. ...

Long Live the Mistress! (1947)

A man who becomes wealthy starts to have an affair and though his wife knows of it, she says nothing. Soon, the affair starts to have consequences and his business falls apart while the man's sister starts to have a relationship with the brother of his wif ...

The Night (1941)

Yuerong is an downtrodden orphan girl. She is taken in by Erhe, a rickshaw driver, whose neighbors, recognizing her intelligence and singing talent, recommend her for opera lessons. However, the manager Liu soon begins to take advantage of her. ...

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man (1949)

Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a primary school principal widowed at a young age, raises his children alone. His close friend's daughter, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), whom he hasn't seen for many years, begins working at the primary school through his introduction ...