Chen Kaige Movies

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, New China was faced with "internal and external troubles". Since the...

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years...

When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But...

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

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in...

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...

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...

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

The story of three women whose worlds collide - a social commentary about the 'sound bite' society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality...

A coming-of-age story about the lives of two teenage boys set in Beijing during the 1960s.

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by...

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent...

A documentary on the making of China's war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

The warm daily life of a harmonious family in a Siheyuan is on stage, and a dusty and beautiful memory in the long river is about to open.

Two-part TV film made by Chen Kaige for Air Force Political Department Drama Troupe.

Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.

Focus on 18th century classical music composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's critical failure, persecution for his sexuality and mysterious death .

The rural memories, the lost places, and the crazy modernization in Beijing.