fans of chinese film tell me what are your top five favorite chinese melodramas
these are my five favorite:
Bian Lian
Ju Dou
Yellow Earth
Red Sorghum
lu cha
The Day the Sun Turned Cold
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the moon rulz #1
Definitely - Raise the Red Lantern
and Yimou's "To Live."
Xiu Xiu-The Sent-Down Girl is also good.
Farewell, My Concubine.
Although not entirely a "Chinese" film, nevertheless is quite good and melodramatic is The Last Emperor.
In a similar category is The Red Violin which has one part set in China.
could you please give this neo-phyte the english traslations for the films? thanks. ever since i saw this film, i have been hooked on these lovely retellings of chinese stories.
yes, this is in my top 5 favorites of all time of any movies, period. a lovely and touching story of how a person can change and thereby find love. oh, there are none so blind as those who will not see. poin
red lantern was wonderful as was red sorghum. has anyone seen the one about the 4 or 5 sisters? can't remember the title.
must find yellow earth!
I believe the film you're thinking of is Eat, Drink, Man, Woman.
shareBian Lian
Raise the Red Lantern
Farewell my Concubine
The Road Home
Eros (the 'Hand' segment)
The Road Home
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Together / He ni zai yi qi (2002) -
(not so melodramatic but not that far from the King of Masks, either)
Farewell My Concubine
Raise the Red Lantern
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
The Last Emperor
The White Countess and The Painted Veil (both produced by Western film companies, but nevertheless have stories set in, and filmed in, China).
I've also heard "The Bird People in China" and "The Little Chinese Seamstress" are good, too, though I've not seen either of them (yet).
Only 5? Ok Here we go:
1. Raise the Red Lantern
2. Farewell My Concubine
3. The Road Home
4. Chungking Express
5. The King of Masks