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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
Cast: Gianna Jun, Bingbing Li, Vivian Wu …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Noted director Wayne Wang helms this adaptation of Lisa See's best-selling novel about two young girls in 19th-century China who are pledged as lifelong companions through an ancient…
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Reign of Assassins (2010)
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Woo-sung Jung, Kelly Lin …
Directed by: Chao-Bin Su
Assassin Zeng Jing (Michelle Yeoh) steals the magic remains of a monk, then starts a new life as a fabric merchant in the big city. But when love unites her with bumbling messenger boy…
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Ocean Heaven (2010)
Cast: Jet Li, Lunmei Kwai, Chen Rui …
Directed by: Xiao Lu Xue
With the kind help of friends and neighbors, widower and aquarium worker Sam Wong (Jet Li) shares a contented life with his autistic 22-year-old son, David (Lunmei Kwai) -- until Sam learns…
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Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
Cast: Donnie Yen, Qi Shu, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang …
Directed by: Wai-keung Lau, Wai-keung Lau
Playing the hero first portrayed by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, Donnie Yen reprises his role as legendary fighter Chen Zhen in this breakneck kung fu thriller set in Shanghai during its…
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Monga (2010)
Cast: Ethan Juan, Mark Chao, Ma Ju-lung …
Directed by: Doze Niu
In the fearsome and ancient neighborhood of Monga in Taipai, five young men tired of being bullied form a gang for protection. They are pleased with their seemingly invincible new status but…
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True Legend (2010)
Cast: Man Cheuk Chiu, Xun Zhou, Michelle Yeoh …
Directed by: Yuen Woo-ping, Woo-ping Yuen
When a powerful cabal in China's Qing Dynasty conspires to ruin their wealthy rival, Su Qi-Er (Man Cheuk Chiu), they don't stop until he is driven to the streets, stripped of his…
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Beijing Taxi (2010)
Cast: Bai JiWen, Zhou Yi, Wei Caixia Wei …
Directed by: Miao Wang
Engulfed in the frantic mass effort to prepare Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics, three taxi drivers witness and comment on the rapid transformation of the city, and their own fates, in…
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One Day (2010)
Cast: Nikki Hsin-Ying Hsieh, Bryan Shu-Hao Chang, Gwen Yao …
Directed by: Chi-Jan Hou
Employing elements of magical realism, director Chi-Jan Hou crafts a "visual love poem" to the pursuit of perfect romance through the story of a girl, Singing (Nikki Hsin-Ying Hsieh),…
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Crossing the Mountain (2010)
Cast: Xiao Yonghua, Chen Qiang
Directed by: Yang Rui
With an unconventional narrative, this thought-provoking fim reveals an array of seemingly unrelated stories about those living with painful memories of the past, such as an elderly woman…
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Au Revoir Taipei (2010)
Cast: Hsiao-chuan Chang, Amber Kuo, Ko Yu-Luen …
Directed by: Arvin Chen
Pining away in Taipei for his girlfriend who moved to Paris, lovelorn Kai (Jack Yao) gets a break when a shady gangster offers him a free ticket to the City of Light in exchange for…
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I Wish I Knew (2010)
Directed by: Zhang Ke Jia
Shanghai -- the subject of this documentary commissioned for the 2010 World Expo in that city -- serves as the world's largest cargo port as well as the financial capital of China's…
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Project 798: New Art in New China (2010)
Cast: Chen Wenbo, Feng Zhengjie, He Yunchang …
Directed by: Lucius C. Kuert
A comprehensive look at the growth and development of contemporary Chinese art, this engaging documentary takes viewers to Beijing's 798 Art District, where painters, performers and…
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Chongqing Blues (2010)
Cast: Bingbing Fan, Qin Hao, Xueqi Wang …
Directed by: Xiaoshuai Wang
On learning of the demise of Bo (Yi Zi), the son he hardly knew, itinerant sea Capt. Lin Quanhai (Xueqi Wang) returns to shore to reconstruct the events surrounding the young man's life…
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Kung-Fu Master (2010)
Cast: Biao Yuen, Bryan Leung, Ji Chunhua …
Directed by: Dou Xiao
To protect innocent lives, a brave warrior refuses acceptance into a mighty kung fu master alliance and instead boldly stands against them. With his life on the line, he fights furiously to…
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Summer Pasture (2010)
Directed by: Lynn True, Nelson Walker III
A young Tibetan family struggles to adjust to the encroaching modern world in this documentary from Lynn True, Nelson Walker III and Tsering Perlo. Herders Locho and Yama adhere to the…
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Aftershock (2010)
Cast: Fan Xu, Jingchu Zhang, Chen Li …
Directed by: Xiaogang Feng
A mother forced to make a devastating choice saves the life of her son and leaves his twin sister, Fang Deng, to die in the rubble of China's 1976 earthquake. This epic follows Fang…
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
Cast: Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau …
Directed by: Hark Tsui
When unexplained spontaneous combustions kill a pair of dignitaries in 7th-century China, the nation's first female emperor, Wu Zetian calls upon the trusted Detective Dee to solve the…
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Sandcastle (2010)
Cast: Bobbi Chen, Elena Chia, Bee Thiam Tan …
Directed by: Boo Junfeng
Teenager En is caught between Singapore's past and present in this coming-of-age tale that finds him questioning what his mother told him about his dead father when he learns from his…
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Little Sister (2010)
Cast: Brenda Song, Xiao Min, Zhang Jie …
Directed by: Richard Bowen
Drawn from a centuries-old Chinese version of the Cinderella story, this visually sumptuous tale embraces the spirit of the popular legend but also poses questions about the entrenched…
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Hot Summer Days (2010)
Cast: Nicholas Tse, Jacky Cheung, Rene Liu …
Directed by: Tony Chan, Wing Shya
In the midst of a record-setting heat wave, romance fills the air as a single father (Jacky Cheung) pursues a pianist (Rene Liu); a foodie writer (Vivian Hsu) tries to win a dour sushi…
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The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman (2010)
Cast: Masanobu Ando, Masanobu Andô, You Benchang …
Directed by: Wu Ershan
This outlandish action-comedy follows three stories, each involving a kitchen cleaver forged from the swords of legendary warriors. One swordsman wields the cleaver in battle; a chef uses it…
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When My Child Is Born (2010)
Directed by: Ke Dingding, Guo Jing
This detailed documentary examines marriage, parenthood and scholarly ambitions in modern China through the story of Jun and Long, doctoral candidates and teachers who decide to marry when…
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The Piano in a Factory (2010)
Cast: Yongzhen Guo, Shin-yeong Jang, Qian Liu …
Directed by: Zhang Meng
A humble factory worker (Wang Qian-Yuan) who moonlights as a musician summons every shred of creativity he has when his estranged wife (Shin-yeong Jang) resurfaces and demands custody of…
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Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)
Cast: Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Xueqi Wang …
Directed by: Teddy Chan
On the eve of the Chinese Revolution that will overthrow the Qing Dynasty, the founder of modern China, Sun Yat-sen, faces an assassination attempt. It's up to a group of the…