In 1937, Japan began their invasion of China by murdering over 300,000 people in the capital of Nanjing. The atrocities committed against women and their daughters are especially barbaric. One of them is Xiaoyun, a peasant girl who fights with the Chinese resistance group. On her way to freedom she must fight against Japanese soldiers, ninjas, a killer geisha, Nazis, and the evil General of the Japanese imperial army.
A man returns to his native Beijing after serving in a labor camp, to find that he has no family or prospects or friends. He tries to make a living, but his old underworld contacts drag him back into a life of crime.
The events that take place on a city bus taken daily by workers, students, intellectuals, housewives and schoolchildren are depicted, and the lives of the two conductors, a hard-working young woman and an impatient and lazy man are contrasted.
At a 1930s swimming match, a Chinese champion is forced to lose to his American rival. Later, the Chinese champion's son, another potential champion, is torn between the rigours of training and the lure of romance.
Aolei Yilan lead her tribe to defend against russian invasion in 17th century China
Two police officers investigate the case of an actress, who was shot dead by a prop gun on the set of a movie.
Set in the early 1970s, enemy warships encroach the islands of South China Sea frequently. The Chinese Navy fights the enemy and protects the islands and people from invasion.
Detectives investigate the death of a clerk, murdered before his wedding
Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.
During the Japanese evacuation from China in 1945, a poor and ill mother leaves her child to her Chinese sister-in-law. Years later, she returns to China to find her child.
Hu escapes from prison after 8 years, only to find that his father was killed by the landlord and his fiancee Jin Zi was married to the landlord's son. The blind, widowed mother-in-law is a termagant. Hu plots his revenge.
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.
The Public Security Bureau intercept a telegram notifying foreign agents to retrieve the "110 secret". Shi Yan, head of the Reconnaissance Section, starts a campaign of counter-espionage, but one of his agents is soon killed on board a train.
