Jiping Zhao Trailers

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella Trailer (1995)

04 February 1995

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West".

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box Trailer (1995)

21 January 1995

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker.

To Live Trailer (1994)

18 May 1994

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

Farewell My Concubine Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Raise the Red Lantern Trailer (1991)

18 December 1991

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

Red Sorghum Trailer (1988)

10 October 1988

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er.

Forever Enthralled Trailer (2008)

05 December 2008

The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star.

Dragon Town Story Trailer (1997)

13 November 1997

A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlier.

The Emperor's Shadow Trailer (1996)

31 October 1996

Epic drama about China's first emperor (221 BC) who struggles to make his childhood best friend, now China's greatest composer, succumb to his will and compose a grand anthem to his exploits.

Temptress Moon Trailer (1996)

09 May 1996

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai.

Back to 1942 Trailer (2012)

01 November 2012

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children.

The Emperor and the Assassin Trailer (1998)

08 October 1998

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

Ju Dou Trailer (1990)

21 April 1990

Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.

Yellow Earth Trailer (1984)

19 August 1984

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.

Confucius Trailer (2010)

11 February 2010

In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu.

Little Red Flowers Trailer (2006)

08 April 2006

Qiang a rebellious 4-year-old is put in boarding school where he causes havoc by defying the teachers and principal who try to impose some discipline on him.

Yang Jingyu Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

No Regrets About Youth Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Zheng Jianong, a bulldozer driver, has been suffering from illness for years and his wife leaves him

The King of Masks Trailer (1995)

09 June 1995

Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story.