Xie Yuan

Story Machine

Horror anthology consists from four stories.

Black Mountain

The setting is a heavily wooded, bandit-infested mountain pass somewhere in northern China during the Sino-Japanese War. In a dilapidated church lives a sullen young woman and her ferocious mutt. Passing through are strong, silent traders and porters, to whom she dispenses food, foot care and occasional sexual favors. Following an attack by bandits, a brutish porter stays on to tend his injuries and make moves on the woman. She, meanwhile, has the mutual hots for another porter, the handsome, kindlier “Sixth Brother." As tensions rise between the two men, the Japanese arrive to take the place by force...

Li hun da zhan

Taxi driver Xian Feng asks her husband Da Ming for a divorce. A legal technicality forces them to remain together.

The Price of Frenzy

A young woman is increasingly out of control with her determination to nail the man who raped her teenage sister.

The Village of Widows

In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989

Out of Breath

Ding Jian arrives in Guangzhou and learns about city life.

Unforgettable Life

After getting an abortion at a local clinic, unwed Beijing TV anchor Lu Yun decides to focus her next special report on women's reproductive issues, working at that clinic to research her topic.

Chess King

Directed by Wenji Teng

King of the Children

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.

Zhenzhen Beauty Parlor

Beauty saloons compete with each other.

Road

The story of a group of unemployed young people headed by Qiu Hua and the creation of woolen sweaters to overcome their difficulties

Neighbours

Winner of the Golden Rooster Award in 1982 for Best Film

Ma Qiang a New Soldier

A recruit grows up quickly in the army and becomes a mature soldier.