Jia Liu

Guandong Heroine (1989)

A teenage girl during Japanese occupation of Northeast China joins a group of bandits to get revenge after her friend is brutally gang-raped by the invaders. ...

Go on, My Son (1986)

The Outcast (1985)

A kind-hearted village girl attempts to raise a child whose father was taken as a political prisoner. ...

Life (1984)

Adapted from the novel with the same title. This is a tragedy that occurs in modern China. By a vivid description of the frustrated life story of Gao Jialin, a high school graduate who is first dismissed from teaching post and then enrolled as a journalist ...

The Quiet Little Li River (1984)

When the villagers in Qingshuilian village along the Xiaoli River in northern Shaanxi have to evacuate to intruding forces of Hu Zongnan, only a stubborn grandfather is left behind. ...

Under the White Poplar (1983)

Xu Mao and His Daughters (1981)

Based on Zhou Keqin's excellent novel, Xu Mao and His Daughters weaves a story about the life and sufferings of Xu Mao, an aging peasant and his four daughters in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. They struggle to make ends meet since his wif ...

Ethnic Hui Detachment (1959)

Zhan dou li cheng zhang (1957)

After being swindled out of his land by a local landlord in 1930s China, a grandfather commits suicide. His son burns down the landlord's house in a fit of rage, then escapes to join the PLA. His grandson later joins the PLA too in the 1940s to avenge his ...

Ingeniously Taking Mount Hua (1953)

After the major campaigns, the Liberation War's focus shifted to the northwest. Hu Zongnan retreated south, and Fang Zhiqiao led his remnants to Mount Hua, known for its rugged terrain. Fang deployed forces at key passes, but a military intelligence office ...