Shanghai Film Studio Movies

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy...

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate...

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria,...

Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1984

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a...

Said to be the first science-fiction film produced in China (and perhaps having its North American theatrical premiere in Future Imperfect?), Death...

Set in the early stage after liberation of Shanghai, Chen Yi is delegated to be mayor and deals with a lot of economic and social issues.

A detective teams up with a chivalrous thief to catch a Japanese spy.

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain is a 1984 Chinese film about the life of the soldiers in a PLA army company before, during and after the...

A young man leading an aimless life finds that he must change his outlook to life when he falls in love with a hard working letter carrier. As he...

Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the...

The 1971/72 released film adaptation of China's famous revolutionary ballet, The White-Haired Girl (白毛女).

After Hero Hua marries Jade and leaves her in China, he goes to America to work as a servant and rebels against cruel labour conditions. Jade soon...

A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.

Showing off his love of visual aesthetics as a painter, director Dan Duyu combines elegance, exoticism and oddity into a grand big-budget package...

It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow...

In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years...

A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.

At the tail end of the Cultural Revolution, Qiu Shi, a poet who has been in prison for six years, is transferred elsewhere by boat under the guard of...