Yao Er-ga

Father (2000)

Father documents the tumultuous relationship between a widowed father, Ma Lisheng, and his school-age son, Ma Che. Though he works as a low-level party functionary during the day, he finds his greatest challenges in the raising of a son on his own. Alterna ...

Lotus Lantern (1999)

A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man. ...

In the Heat of the Sun (1994)

Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls. ...

First Kiss (1992)

Life on a String (1991)

A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string. ...

A Storm in a Teacup (1989)

Primary school teacher Mei Amán travels to another city on business to set up a factory for the school, but encounters one setback after another, with misfortune following him like a shadow. ...

Red Sorghum (1988)

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the J ...

Kidnap Karajan (1988)

A group of losers trying to kidnap the famous conductor Herbert von Karajan. ...

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman (1987)

The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to kill him. ...