Tao Zeru

Song of the Phoenix (2016)

The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society. ...

Mr. Six (2015)

Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow ...

The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)

The Japanese has invaded far into china, defeating the Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers many times and pushing them back into Central China. There was a general sentiment among anti-Japanese resistance forces that the Communist Party of China (CCP) was not contri ...

Angry Kid (2013)

Ao's parents work overseas, leaving Ao with his grandfather. Ao runs away and meets Lan, a girl on the run from kidnappers. With the bad guys on their heels, they must head toward Lan's home. ...

The Last Supper (2012)

The story of two warring generals fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty. ...

1911 - Revolution (2011)

China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty. ...

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. ...

Love for Life (2011)

Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love wi ...

The Founding of a Republic (2009)

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country. ...

Cow (2009)

A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940. ...

Life Show (2002)

The story of a beautiful, single woman who runs a restaurant in inland China, delving into her battle to understand the rapid changes affecting society around her. ...

A Time to Remember (1998)

In this sentimental family drama, a talented young boy is encouraged to pursue a singing career by his priest. Unfortunately, his father is against it. ...

Don't Cry, Nanking (1995)

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces th ...

Rice (1995)

Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quic ...

Unwelcome Lady (1994)

A story of the upheavals and changes in Chinese society from the 1960s to 1980s, set in the hutong alleyways of Beijing. ...

The Big Mill (1992)

A Communist is outraged by the structures of power in his village in China in the 1930s, during the corrupt Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai Shek. ...

Sun Mountain (1992)

Evening Bell (1989)

Taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Evening Bell follows a small platoon of five Chinese soldiers who must negotiate a devastated landscape, burying bodies, disarming mines, and eventually facing off against a starving ...

The Village of Widows (1989)

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditi ...

Joyous Heroes (1988)

The Last Day of Winter (1986)

Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp. ...

Shooting by the Suolun River (1985)

General Chen Geng Part 1 (1984)

First part of the two series about Senior General Gen Chen of the People's Liberation Army ...

General Chen Geng Part 2 (1984)

Early life of Senior General Geng Chen of the People's Liberation Army ...

One And Eight (1983)

Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema. ...