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The relations between Taiwan and China, and the way they impact the citizens of the two countries, have repeatedly been themes explored in Sinophone cinema, usually through dramatic approaches. Emily Liu Yi-ming, however, takes a different route by presenting a romantic road movie where the aforementioned theme remains essentially a subtext. Let us see how she fares.

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Yang Chunchun, a 28-year-old manga artist disillusioned by men and struggling with poor book sales, is reluctantly drawn into her estranged father’s past when he dies during a nostalgic trip to his childhood village in Shanxi province. Left with a photo and an unresolved love story from 60 years ago, Chunchun sets out to find the woman her father left behind, Zhang Xiuqian, his first love from whom he was separated when he fled to Taiwan in the late 1940s.

Pushed into this mission by her mother,...

Five years after director John Woo's two-part epic Red Cliff hit theaters, fans have their first look at the filmmaker's next project with an international trailer and a poster for his two-part drama, The Crossing.

The plot is based on the true story of a steamer ship dubbed Taiping, which sunk between China and Taiwan during the Chinese Revolution in 1949, claiming the lives of over 1,500 people. The story follows a number of intertwining love stories, including a couple played by Chinese superstars Ziyi Zhang and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Take a look at the first footage below, along with the first three photos and a poster, then read on for more information.

The Crossing doesn't have a domestic release date set at this time, but the drama is set to debut on December 2, 2014 in China, with The Crossing 2 set for release in May 2015. It isn't known if the two-part project...

As the Cannes film festival is underway, a trailer for Switch (富春山居图) has been release at this event. No official word on the story behind the 20-million budgeted action adventure film yet but from the trailer, I'm assuming leading man Andy Lau plays a special agent akin to James Bond and much like any of the James Bond films, the key ingredients are present: exotic international location, mysterious femme fatale and thrilling stunt sequence. The director is Jay Sun and the other cast member include Zhang Jingchu, Lin Chi-ling and Tong Dawei.You'll find the trailer embedded below....

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“The Flowers of War” from director Yimou Zhang also stars Ni Ni, Xinyi Zhang, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe, Dawei Tong, Tianyuan Huang, Bai Xue, Takashi Yamanaka, Shawn Dou, Kefan Cao and Hai-Bo Huang from writer Heng Liu based on the novel by Geling Yan. The film opens in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2012.

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