Collaborations: The Cinema Of Zhang Yimou & Gong Li – Imprint Standard Edition
Red Sorghum
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged
marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while
contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army
Ju Dou
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China
conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her
husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy.
Raise the Red Lantern
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced
to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already,
each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce
competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained.
The Story of Qiu Ju
A humorous fable of justice that traverses shot in the north of China. Gong Li
plays Qiu Ju, a tenacious farmer determined to right a wrong done to her
husband. Defying all stereotypes of the passive Chinese woman, she remains
unbowed by the frustrations of bureaucracy in her quixotic search for
dignity.
To Live (Huo zhe)
Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes
move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses
everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and
communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work.
Shanghai Triad
Country boy Shuisheng is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the
boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang. In fact,
Shuisheng will serve Tang's capricious mistress Bijou, a nightclub singer whom
the boss proclaimed “the Queen of Shanghai.” When the boy's uncle and the
gang's several other members die during a rival gang's unsuccessful attempt on
Tang's life, the latter retreats to a remote small island, taking both Bijou
and Shuisheng with him and thinking of revenge.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colourful world hidden from the eyes of
mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family
divided against itself builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is
betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and
revenge.
Coming Home
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent
to a labour camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He
finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer
recognizes him.
