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1) Center stage
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
International superstar Maggie Cheung embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan's private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kawan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic...
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them...
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But...
5) The killer
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jeffrey is The Killer, hired by the mob for one last job. Lee is the relentless cop trying to stop the killer at any cost. The two enemies form a strange and powerful bond that blurs the lines between good and evil.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading Japanese soldiers, he is forced to fight for the honor of his...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This follows the intersecting lives of Western expatriates who are held in confinement by the communist Chinese government. Dr. Dan Maynard is a physician determined to uphold the hippocratic oath, without bending to the will of his heartless captors.
12) Empire of silver
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
China, 1899. In a land of exquisite beauty and timeless tradition a hedonistic young man known as 'Third Master' is the heir to a banking empire he cares little about. However, after his brother's wife is kidnapped he reluctantly submits to the pressure of his title as well as his overbearing father, Lord Kang. Lord Kang is determined to prepare his son for financial leadership by molding Third Master into his own image.
13) Fearless
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min., Unrated version ; 103 min., Rated version) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the story of a real-life hero. When an ill-advised fight destroys the reputation of a renowned martial arts champion and his family, his difficult path to redemption will bring him face-to-face with the most ferocious fighters in the world.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A war drama. When the Boxers lay siege to the International Compound in Peking in 1900, five hundred men led by an American marine officer and a British envoy survive fifty-five days of fighting before they receive help.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Centuries ago, two 'sworn sisters' are isolated by their families, but stay connected through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan. Now in modern-day Shanghai, their descendents must draw inspiration from the past as they struggle to maintain their own eternal bond in the face of life's complications. What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in their universal notion of love, hope and friendship.
16) Tai-Pan
Pub. Date
2003?
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dirk Struan is the savage Scottish leader of the dominant merchant chiefs, or Tai-Pans, who trade the South China Sea. His goals are to make Hong Kong the greatest merchant empire of all, to take his slave for his lady, and to make China his glorious new world.
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later pass and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.
18) Kung fu panda 2
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins in order to able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed....
19) Kundun
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca 135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A dramatization of the life and work of the current (14th) Dalai Lama and his ongoing struggle to regain independence for Tibet.
20) Kung fu yoga
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Jack (Jackie Chan), a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team are on a grand quest to locate a lost ancient Indian treasure when they are ambushed by a team of mercenaries and left for dead. Using his vast knowledge of history and kung fu, Jack leads his team on a race around the world to beat the mercenaries to the treasure and save an ancient culture in this breakneck action-comedy that reunites Chan with acclaimed director Stanley Tong...
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