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Chinese film: Kuiba魁拔

In 1664 in the Kuiba Era,the sixth generation of Kuiba revived.魁拔纪元1664年,第六代魁拔复活。
Jingxin, head of Anti-Kuiba League, made a detailed plan, leading the deities attacking Kuiba’s reviving place with the weapon Origin Point. Unfortunately, the deadly strike failed. Kuiba’s reincarnation fell into the body of a boy named Manji who was adopted by Sir Man, a knight-errant.魁拔司主神镜心经精确计算,带领众位天神对魁拔复活的所在地进行了元点打击,但致命一击并未成功,逃脱之后的魁拔被兽族妖侠蛮大人收养。
Under Sir Man’s guidance, young Manji who had no idea of Kuiba being inside of him, strove to practice Mai Art. He insisted on his practice and was eager to defeat all other strong opponents in order to win the Seal, the certification of his identity of a knight-errant.少年蛮吉在蛮大人指导下苦练脉术,锲而不舍地渴望战胜一切强大的对手、获得证明自己妖侠身份的纹耀。
At the same time, the Sacred Union issued an conscription order to both the heaven and the earth for exterminating Kuiba. “Exterminating Kuiba” became overnight the biggest slogan in Kuiba land and the greatest dream for Manji to realize.而此时,神圣联盟向天地两界发出剿杀魁拔的征兵令,一夜间,“消灭魁拔”不仅成为天地间最响亮的口号,也赋予了蛮吉最伟大的梦想。
Manji want to defeat Kuiba and become the greatest knight-errant in Kuiba land!蛮吉想要战胜魁拔,成为天地间最伟大的妖侠!
He would fight for his dream and belief…他将为感动而战!

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Chinese film:The Growban 夺宝幸运星大电影之金箍棒传奇

On a moonless night, Tang Monk and his three disciples accidentally spilled the resurrective elixir all over the Growban. To their surprises, this invincible weapon became a graceful girl, Pinxiang, who was punished by the Jade Emperor for her descending to thehuman world without permission. The news spread like wildfire among the monsters that Monkey King had lost his Growban. After knowing that, they stirred up trouble and planned to kill Tang Monk, even the king of all the monsters — Lord of Destruction involved. Meanwhile, Pinxiang was instigated to assassinate Tang Monk. Facing converging attack from the monsters and Pinxiang, would Tang Monk and his disciples get away with it? How would Pinxiang affect the plight? A crucial battle caused by the Growban was coming soon…一个月黑风高的夜晚,唐僧师徒无意间将一剂还魂仙药洒向了金箍棒,岂料这无所不能的神兵器竟变成了一位身材婀娜的妙龄少女!而她正是当年因私下凡间而被玉帝惩罚的品香。“孙悟空丢了金箍棒”的消息不胫而走,各路妖怪纷纷组团前来乘火打劫,就连万妖之王“毁灭星君”也闻风而动,而品香亦在奸人的唆使下想取唐僧性命……面对前后夹击,唐僧师徒能否全身而退?半路杀出的品香又将如何左右战局?一根金箍棒引发的血案即将上演……

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Chinese film: Vengeance: the Rise of Genghis Khan 苍狼

Wild Fox Peak, the throat of the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, connects North China and Inner Mongolia. It has been a strategic pass of the frontier and military area ever since the Jin Dynasty.“野狐岭”,它与内蒙草原相连,是华北通往内蒙的交通咽喉。自辽金以后,它一直是边关要隘和军事重地。
In 1211 AD, August, a half-million troops from the Jin Dynasty were fighting against a hundred thousand Mongolian soldiers under Genghis Khan’s command. It was the hinge in Chinese history — the Battle of Wild Fox Peak. Starting from this battle, the Mongolian army would completely destroy the Jin Dynasty twenty-three years later and China would subsequently enter a new period of history.公元1211年8月的一天,野狐岭的山坡上,五十万金朝士兵面对着十万由成吉思汗统帅的蒙古军队。这是中国历史上一个重要的节点,从野狐岭开始,蒙古军队将在二十三年之后彻底灭亡金朝,而中国也将随之进入一个全新的历史时期。
This is an ancient tale about fate and vengeance, featuring a group of losers and heroesin the ups and downs in the grand history.这是一个关乎命运与复仇的古老故事,这是一群在大历史中沉浮上下的失败者和英雄。

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Chinese film: So Young致我们终将逝去的青春

So Young致我们终将逝去的青春
Directed by Zhao Wei导演: 赵薇
Screenplay by Li Qiang 编剧: 李樯
Starring Mark Chao, Han Geng, Yang Zishan, Jiang Shuying 主演: 赵又廷、韩庚、杨子姗、江疏影
Release date(s) April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26) 上映日期: 2013-04-26(中国大陆)
Country China 制片国家/地区: 中国大陆
语言: 汉语普通话Language Mandarin
Plot 剧情:
So Young is a 2013 Chinese drama film directed by Zhao Wei. It is based on the web-novel of the same name To Our Youth that is Fading Away by Xin Yiwu. The film is Zhao's directorial debut.18岁的郑微(杨子姗 饰)终于如愿考上青梅竹马邻家大哥哥林静(韩庚 饰)所在学校的邻校,等她满怀期冀地步入大学校园,却遭遇打击——林静出国留学,杳无音信。郑微倍感失落,患难时刻与室友阮莞(江疏影 饰)、朱小北(刘雅瑟 饰)、黎维娟(张瑶 饰)及师哥老张(包贝尔 饰)结下深厚友谊,同时富家公子许开阳(郑恺 饰)对郑微展开了疯狂的追求,而备受男生欢迎的阮莞用她特有的清冷守护着对于爱情的忠贞。一次偶然的误会使郑微与老张室友陈孝正(赵又廷 饰)结为死敌,在一次次地反击中,郑微发现自己爱上了这个表面冷酷、内心善良的高材生,于是疯狂地反击演变为死缠烂打地追求,而陈孝正也终于在强攻之下缴械投降,欢喜冤家终成甜蜜恋人。大四毕业之际郑微的生活再次经受考验:陈孝正迫于家庭压力选择出国留学,却迟迟不敢告诉郑微。感觉再次被欺骗的郑微痛苦地离开陈孝正,却遇到搂着新欢的许开阳。 多年后,郑微已蜕变为职场上的白领丽人,竟再次品尝命运的无常:带着悔意和爱意的林静和陈孝正同时回到她的生活里!郑微,这个昔日的玉面小飞龙,将怎样面对生活和青春赐予她的迷雾和抉择。
The film's English-language title alludes to the song So Young by the British alternative rock band Suede from their self-titled debut album. In addition to the novel, the film was also based in part by Zhao's own personal college experience in the 1990s.本片改编自辛夷坞同名畅销小说。赵薇的首部导演作品,也是其在北京电影学院导演系研究生专业的毕业作品。 

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Chinese elements in Iron Man 3

《钢铁侠3》本周在好莱坞举行了首映仪式,并将于5月1日在中国上映。目前已有多部大片在中国拍摄,并拥有对剧情发展至关重要的华人角色,本片是其中的最新一部,片中中国著名演员王学圻与好莱坞明星小罗伯特·唐尼(Robert Downey Jr)联袂出镜。中国蒸蒸日上的电影票房或能解释其中原因:中国的观影人次正在快速增长,修建多厅型电影院的热潮使得中国的银幕数量以每天10块的速度增长,2012年中国超越日本成为了全球第二大电影市场。The film, which premieres this week in Hollywood, will be released in the US and China simultaneously on May 3. It is the latest in a string of high-profile movies to be filmed in China and has Chinese characters central to the plot, with Wang Xueqi, a renowned actor, starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. The booming Chinese box-office suggests why: Chinese film attendance is soaring, a multiplex boom is adding 10 new screens a day and the market eclipsed Japan in 2012 to become the second largest in the world.

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Street Angel马路天使

Street Angel ( 马路天使; Mǎlù tiānshǐ) is a Chinese film released in 1937. The film was directed by Yuan Muzhi and stars the popular singer Zhou Xuan. This dark comedy—a still hilarious and irresistible love story—may not seem like a milestone, but “Street Angel” (《马路天使》 Mǎlù Tiānshǐ) was the first Chinese movie not about high society. For the first time, it gave voice to Shanghai’s laboring classes. It was produced in 1937, and tells the story of a pair of sisters, Little Yun and Little Hong, refugees from the Japanese invasion of Northern China, who’ve migrated to Shanghai to start life anew.

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Woman, Demon, Human人鬼情

“Woman, Demon, Human” is a film you probably haven’t heard of. Released in 1987, it was largely ignored by critics busy fawning over the emergence of some of China’s biggest film talents: Chen Kaige released the classic “Yellow Earth” in 1984 with Zhang Yimou as his cinematographer, then Zhang Yimou went on to release his directorial debut “Red Sorghum” in 1987, which was also the debut of superstar actress Gong Li.

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To Live — Huózhe

To Live — Huózhe To Live (Chinese: 活着; pinyin: Huózhe, Lifetimes in some English versions) is a Chinese epic film directed by Zhang Yimou in 1994, starring Ge You, Gong Li. It is based on the novel of the same name by Yu Hua. Having achieved international success with his previous films (Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern), director Zhang Yimou's To Live came with high expectations. It is the first Chinese film that had its foreign distribution rights pre-sold.

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Still life — Sānxiá Hǎorén

Still life — Sānxiá Hǎorén Still Life (Chinese: 三峡好人; pinyin: Sānxiá hǎorén; literally "Good people of the Three Gorges") is a 2006 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke. Shot in the old village of Fengjie, a small town on the Yangtze River which is slowly being destroyed by the building of the Three Gorges Dam, Still Life tells the story of two people in search of their spouses. Still Life is a co-production between the Shanghai Film Studio and Hong Kong-based Xstream Pictures.

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