|
|
Showing 1 - 4 of
4 matches in All Departments
Collection of foreign-language features starring the Chinese actor,
Jet Li. 'The Warlords' (2007) tells the story of a trio of warriors
in the era of the Qing Dynasty - General Ma Xinyi (Li), Cao Er-Hu
(Andy Lau) and Zhang Wen-Xiang (Takeshi Kaneshiro) - who make a
pact of brotherhood to one another vowing that anyone who harms one
of the brothers will be killed. 'The Founding of a Republic' (2009)
is an historical epic that explores the climax of the Chinese Civil
War in the 1950s. The film opens with the leaders of the two main
factions in the war, Mao Zedong (Tang Guoqiang) of the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) and Chiang Kai-shek (Zhang Guoli) of the
nationalist party Kuomintang (KMT), agreeing to call a truce, but
will it last? In 'The Emperor and the White Snake' (2011) young
physician Xu Xian (Raymond Lam) falls in love with a beautiful
woman when she saves him from drowning. However, unbeknownst to him
she is in fact Madame White Snake (Shengyi Huang), a
thousand-year-old snake demon appearing in the guise of a woman to
try and avoid Fa Hai (Li), a sorcerer who intends to destroy her.
Big budget Chinese historical epic examining the climax of the
Chinese Civil War in the 1950s. The film opens with the leaders of
the two main factions in the civil war, Mao Zedong (Tang Guoqiang)
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chiang Kai-shek (Zhang
Guoli) of the nationalist party Kuomintang (KMT), agreeing to call
a truce. Kai-shek is elected president of a multi-party government,
however the peace is short lived. Soon the two sides find
themselves at war with each other in a battle for the future of
China that affects every citizen of the nation. Each person must
choose a side and be ready to fight in defence of their beliefs.
War epic set during the Second Sino-Japanese War. As a devastating
drought takes hold of Henan province in China, a wealthy farmer
named Fan (Guoli Zhang) manages to beat the struggle and maintains
enough food to feed his family and the village. But that all
changes when bandits rob and burn his village to the ground,
murdering his son as they do so. Fan and his family are forced to
flee with some of their fellow villagers, but more troubles follow
as Fan's money and food supplies are stolen by army officials. This
leads the starving and helpless family to make some tough decisions
in order to acquire the necessities they so desperately need.
Meanwhile an American journalist (Adrien Brody) examines the
Government's policy on giving aid to refugees such as Fan, with
serious consequences for both parties.
War epic set during the Second Sino-Japanese War. As a devastating
drought takes hold of Henan province in China, a wealthy farmer
named Fan (Guoli Zhang) manages to beat the struggle and maintains
enough food to feed his family and the village. But that all
changes when bandits rob and burn his village to the ground,
murdering his son as they do so. Fan and his family are forced to
flee with some of their fellow villagers, but more troubles follow
as Fan's money and food supplies are stolen by army officials. This
leads the starving and helpless family to make some tough decisions
in order to acquire the necessities they so desperately need.
Meanwhile an American journalist (Adrien Brody) examines the
Government's policy on giving aid to refugees such as Fan, with
serious consequences for both parties.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R367
R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
Gloria
Sam Smith
CD
R164
Discovery Miles 1 640
|