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  • 2046
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .A216 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 129 minutes; 2004
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Mandarin with some Japanese narration and some Chinese subtitles.
    Loosely a sequel to Wong s film "In the mood for love", the writer Chow in this film become a womanizer. The film tells his various relationships with a group of women. His affair with a callgirl, who resident in room 2046 in a hotel. Is 2046 a hotel room number? A train to the future? A memory? The year before China s fifty-year of self-governing promise for Hong Kong expires? It is up to you to find its own meaning.


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  • A fei zheng zhuan = 阿飛 正傳 = Days of being wild
    Media Collection PN1997 .A2215 2005
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 94 minutes; 1990
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese with traditional or simplified Chinese characters, Japanese, Korean, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Vietnamese or English subtitles.
    Story of six young people in 1960s Hong Kong and their interwoven love-hate relationships. t>

  • All under heaven: life in a Chinese village
    Media Collection S522.C5A55 1985
    TV Series/Documentary; 1 VHS, 58 minutes; 1985
    Dir. Carma Hinton
    Presents a documentary which visits the Chinese village of Long Bow. Looks at daily life, showing how traditional ways have persisted, though altered by the many sudden shifts in government policy. Looks at how the villagers deal with the most recent shift, from collective agriculture back to family farming.

  • Ancient China
    Curriculum Lab, Juvenile MediaCB311.A5225 1998v.3
    Documentary/Juvenile; 1 VHS, 23 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Ann Carroll
    Join archaeologist "Arizona Smith" and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the mysteries of ancient China, including a visit to the Great Wall.


  • Art works
    Arts Library, Music Service Desk N582.M25 A97 1997
    Special Coll., American Religions Collection DS786 .A77 1992
    1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
    Dir. Majbritt Munck and Jon C. Jensen
    Reveals modern-day Tibet from the Tibetan perspective. Explores the approach to death as revealed in the ancient Tibetan scriptures and practiced in local customs throughout the centuries

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  • Bai she chuan=Legend of the white snake
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1805.3.P25 1983
    Performance; 1 VHS, 145 minutes; 1983
    Dir. Fu Chaowu
    In Chinese.
    In the Legend of the white snake, two snake fairies turn themselves into female mortals, Lady White and her maid servant. Lady White falls in love with a young herbalist Xu Xian. An evil monk discovers Lady White s true identity and uses his power and forces the white snake to be entrapped under a pagoda where she remains for centuries until the green snake musters troops to topple the pagoda allowing the white snake once again to see the light of day.

  • Ban sheng yuan = 半生緣 = Eighteen springs
    Media Collection PN1997 .B326 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 126 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Xu Anhua
    In Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    This love story started in 1930, Shanghai. Manzheng and Shaojun worked in the same factory. They loved each other and dreamed of getting married. Due to various unfortunate incidents, they broke up. They had their own families and kids. More than ten years later, they met again.

  • Ba wang bie ji = 覇王别姬 = Farewell my concubine
    Media Collection PN1997 .B132 2005
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 172 minutes; 1993
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Chinese with English subtitles.
    Story that spans more than 50 years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since childhood, and the woman who comes between them. Also an absorbing drama of the period in Chinese history from the warlord era through the Cultural Revolution.

  • Ba wang bie ji = 覇王别姬
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1805.3.P21984
    Performance; 1 VHS, 108 minutes; 1984
    With Chinese subtitles.

  • Becoming American
    Media Collection E184.C5 B38 2003
    Performance; 3 videodiscs (366 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in
    Traces the history and experiences of Chinese Americans; also includes interviews with AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho, market reserch pioneer Shirley Young, author Gish Jen, physicist Samuel Ting, and architect Maya Lin

  • Bei Yuming: Hua ren jian zhu she ji di yi ren (1-4) = 贝　聿铭　: 华人　建筑　第一人
    Media Collection in Process
    Feature Film; 4 DVDs; 2003
    In Chinese.

  • Bian zou bian chang = 边走　边唱 = Life on a string
    Media Collection PN1997 .B439 2001
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 107 minutes; 1991
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    Story of a saintly blind man who as a boy was promised the restoration of his sight if he devoted his life to music. He and a young blind disciple travel the countryside seeking enlightenment and inspiring people with their singing and banjo playing.

  • Born under the red flag
    Media CollectionDS774.C4416 1997pt.3
    TV Series; 1 VHS, 120 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Sue Williams
    In Chinese and English with English voiceover.
    See also: China: the PBS series; China in revolution; The Mao years
    Recounts the years between 1976 and 1997, following the death of Mao Zedong. Under Deng Xiaoping s leadership China witnessed sweeping economic and social changes, but under the firm control of the Communist party. Chronicles the growing student movements and party crackdown at Tiananmen Square as individuals challenge the meaning and value of commmunism in China.

  • Bu dai xi: Li Tianlu yi shi = 布袋戲 : 李天祿藝師
    East Asian Collection PN1982.L5 P82 1997
    Documentary; 1 VCD, 42 minutes; 1997?

  • Bu jian bu san = 不见　不散 = Be there or be square
    Media Collection PN1997 .B778 1999
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 166 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Feng Xiaogang
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    The story between two Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, U.S.A.


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  • Chao dao yu wo = 超導與我
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.6
    Lecture; 1 VCD, 110 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Du Zuyi
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Prof. Chu Ching-wu talks about his life as a scientist and his interest in superconductivity.

  • Chengjisihan = 成吉思汗
    Media Collection PN1997 .C4376 1999
    Feature Film; 4 VCDs, 190 minutes; 1986
    Dir. Zhan Xiangchi
    In Mandarin.
    A story of Chengjisihan, how he ended wars and united the country.

  • Chiang Ching:a dance journey
    Media CollectionGV1785.C51865C48 1990z
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 30 minutes; 1981
    Dir. Lana Pih Jokel
    A documentary on the life and work of Chiang Ching, a Chinese dancer and choreographer, who came to the United States in 1970 and created a unique dance form integrating elements from traditional Chinese dance and modern Western dance styles. Shows her early life and career as an actress in Hong Kong.

  • China in revolution
    Media CollectionDS774.C4416 1997pt.1
    TV Series; 1 VHS, 120 minutes; 1989
    Dir. Sue Williams
    In Chinese and English with English voiceover.
    See also: China: the PBS series; The Mao years; Born under the red flag
    Recounts the 38 years between 1911 and 1949, during which China was transformed from a centuries-old empire into the world s largest Communist state. The film highlights Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong.

  • China: the PBS series
    Media CollectionDS774.C4416 1997
    TV Series; 3 VHS, 360 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Sue Williams
    In Chinese and English with English voiceover.
    See also: China in revolution; The Mao years; Born under the red flag
    Tells the story of the eight decades of upheaval in China which followed the fall of its last emperor in 1911. Includes interviews with people who participated in the events described and newsreel footage.

  • China's cosmopolitan age:the Tang, 618-907
    Media CollectionDS749.3.C476 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1992
    Dir. Chung-wen Shih
    The Tang dynasty, known as the golden age of Chinese history, was an era of great cultural development and material prosperity. This program examines the Tang s vitality in government, art, religion and philosophy, and its profound contribution to the humanistic traditions of China, Korea and Japan.

  • A Chinese cracker: the making of The peony pavilion in Shanghai, New York and Paris
    Media Collection PL2785.J3C45 2003
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 53 minutes; 2000
    Dir. Derek Bailey
    In English.
    "Written by 16th-century Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, The peony pavilion is a 19-hour epic opera in 57 episodes that tells a story of youth and love literally triumphing over death. This program follows director Chen Shi-Zheng and the Shanghai Kunju Opera Troupe in their monumental effort of staging the entire production, an event that had not occurred in nearly four centuries. Despite resistance by the Chinese government and the project s inherent difficulties, the debut at the Lincoln Center was an overwhelming success. Coverage of rehearsals, set construction, and costume preparation is combined with interviews with Chen Shi-Zheng and his musical director Zhou Ming, who place this masterpiece in its historical and cultural context"--Container.

  • Chinese instruments and music
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskML531.C55 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 27 minutes; 1992
    Dir. Deben Bhattacharya
    Depicts various Chinese musicians and instruments, including a performance on the box zither. Also shows an instrument factory with master musicians playing examples of instrumental music, some on steel wires, some on silk strings, and some on reed instruments.

  • Chinese New Year
    Curriculum Lab, Juvenile MediaGT4905.C453 1994
    Documentary/Juvenile; 1 VHS, 30 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Rhonda Fabian
    During this most important and popular of all Chinese festivals, the ideas of communal awareness and starting anew are taught through the celebration in honor of Tsun Kwan, the god of the hearth, and the traditional festival of the dragon.

  • Chinese New Year = Chung-kuo nien
    Media CollectionGT4905.C45 1980
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 30 minutes; 198-?
    Dir. Chang I-Chen

  • Chinese paper-cuts = Chung-kuo Chien chih
    Media CollectionTT870.C45 1980
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 26 minutes; 198-?

  • Chinese roots
    Media Collection E184.C5 C524 1994 [Limited 7-day]
    1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
    Dir. Donald Young
    Originally produced for the PBS television program The new Americans
    For a class sponsored by the Chinese Cultural Center In Search of Roots program, three Chinese-American young adults, Pam Tse, Terence Chuck, and Jeff Ow, research their family backgrounds in U.S. archives, through interviews with their grandparents, and on a trip to their ancestral villages in China

  • Chinese take away
    Media CollectionPR9619.3.Y44C47 2004
    Performance; 1 VHS, 53 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Therese Collie
    One-woman show based on the stories of performer/writer Anna Yen s grandmother, mother and herself, using a unique blend of storytelling, circus skills, clowning, movement and magic. It embodies her grandmother s stories of survival in 1930 s China and Hong Kong, to her mother s dislocation and grief in the 60 s suburban Sydney, to her own grief, confusion and peace-making with her family history.

  • Chongqing sen lin = 重慶　森林
    Media Collection PN1997 .C476 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 97 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    Two interwined romantic tales take place inside the Chung-ching high-rise shopping center in downtown Hong Kong: A policeman falls in love with a snack bar waitress while a house detective gets involved with a female drug dealer.

  • Chou jiao deng chang = 丑角 登场 = Enter the clowns
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .C49 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 77 minutes; 2001
    Dir. Cui Zi'en
    In Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles.

  • Chu Han feng liu: da Han feng = 楚漢風流 = The story of Han dynasty
    Media CollectionPN1992.77.C48 2005
    TV Series; 9 DVDs; 2005
    Dir. Wei Hantao, Huang Weiming & Li Jiqiang
    In Mandarin and Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    "The attempts to overturn the tyrant king of Qin, China s first emperor and the mastermind behind the Great Wall, are chronicled in this stirring historical saga highlighted by epic battle sequences. After Qin dismantled the so-called "Six Nations", veteran warriors from these disbanded countries joined hands and declared their rebellion against the Qin Dynasty. But even with their expertise in battle strategies, it will take more than just sheer force and mere bravery to bring down the all-powerful Qin" -- Case.

  • Chun guang zha xie = 春光　乍洩 = Happy together
    Media Collection PN1997 .C488 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 97 minutes; 2004
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese with Chinese subtitles.
    Yiu Fai and Po Wing left Hong Kong for a great waterfall in South America, but in the end are stuck on the streets of Buenos Aires. Yiu Fai s life takes on a new spin, while Po Wing s life shatters continuality in contrast.

  • Chun guang zha xie = 春光　乍洩 = Happy together = Historia de un encuentro
    Media Collection PN1997 .C488 1998
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 97 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese and Mandarin and some Spanish with Spanish subtitles.
    Yiu Fai and Po Wing left Hong Kong for a great waterfall in South America, but in the end are stuck on the streets of Buenos Aires. Yiu Fai s life takes on a new spin, while Po Wing s life shatters continually.

  • Chugoku teki gakki =Chinese musical instruments
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskML531.C581980
    Documentary; 3 VHS; 198-?
    Prod. Chen Ch eng-hsiung
    In Chinese with English subtitles.
    Shows traditional musical instruments of China, demonstrates the sounds they make singly and in an orchestra, and shows some of the contexts in which different instruments would be used.


  • Classical Chinese theater:martial arts & acrobatic sequences
    Media Collection PN2871 .P44 1980z
    Documentary/Performance; 1 VHS, 12 minutes; 198-?
    Dir. John D. Mitchell
    With English commentary.
    The martial arts and sword play of the traditional Peking opera are shown and displayed with detailed English commentary.

  • Cold War
    Media CollectionD843.C577245 1998
    TV Series; 8 VHS, 140 minutes each; 1998
    Prod. Martin Smith
    A series documenting the rise and fall of the Cold War, the actions of world leaders, and the wars and arms races occurring during this time.

  • Crouching tiger, hidden dragon=Wo hu cang long
    Media Collection PN1997.W594 W64 2001
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 120 minutes; 2000
    Dir. Ang Lee
    In Mandarin with English and French soundtracks or subtitles.
    Set in 19th-century China, "two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy-and the inescapable, enduring power of love"--Container.


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  • Da hong deng long gao gao gua = 大紅　燈籠　高高掛 = Raise the red lantern
    Media Collection PN1997 .D24 2001
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 94 minutes; 1991
    Dir. Zhang Yimou
    Nineteen-year-old Songlian has become fourth wife to the wealthy Chen, and she must share her husband with his other three wives. When she discovers that the other wives manipulate and cheat for their husband s favors, a battle of wills commences between the women that can only bring misfortune to all.

  • Da wan = 大腕 = Big shot's funeral
    Media Collection PN1997 .D244 2001
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 116 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Feng Xiaogang
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Mr. Taylor, who is an American motion picture director, works in China. He plans his funeral , wishing it to be a celebration of his life, as is the custom in China where when people die of old age, the funeral is a celebration of their longevity.

  • Da xue li ke tong shi jiao yu shi fou reng he shi yi = 大學理科通識敎育是否仍合時宜
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.8
    Lecture; 2 VCDs, 114 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Du Zuyi
    In Cantonese with Chinese subtitles.
    Prof. Siu Yum-Tong talks about whether science general education is still valuable in university education.

  • Da zhai men = 大宅門 = Stemma legendary
    Media Collection PN1992.77 .D29 2001
    TV Series; 8 DVDs, 2000 minutes; 2001?
    Dir. Guo Baochang
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.

  • Da zhai men: xu ji = 大宅门 : 续集 = Stemma legendary : II
    Media Collection PN1992.77 .D292 2003
    Documentary; 32 VCDs; 2003
    Dir. Guo Baochang
    In Cantonese or Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.

  • Dances with the dragon
    Media Collection HF1456.5.C6 D363 1999
    Documentary; 2 VHS, 103 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Christine Choy, Tao Shen & Lei Zhong
    In Chinese and English with English subtitles.
    A documentary exploring US-China trade relations through frank interviews in China and the U.S. with families, street vendors and workers as well as the "professionals" in the field of U.S.-China relations. Part one introduces the subject of U.S.-China trade relations. Part two focuses on the obstacles and issues related to trade relations, such as cultural differences, intellectual property rights, human rights, China s only-child family policy and cultural exchanges.

  • Dang dai jie chu xue ren wen shi ke ji gong kai yan jiang = 當代傑出學人文史科技公開演講
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003
    Lecture; 16 VCDs, 833 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Du Zuyi
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.

  • Dao ma zei = 盗馬贼 = Horse thief
    Media Collection PN1997 .D31334 1997
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 84 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
    With English subtitles.
    Story of a herdsman in the exotic land of Tibet. Caught between poverty and religion, he commits crimes, is expelled from the clan and sacrifices himself in atonement.

  • A day on the grand canal with the Emperor of China:or, surface is illusion but so is depth
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskNC750.D38 1991
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 47 minutes; 1991
    Dir. Philip Haas
    World-famous artist David Hockney gives a discourse on eastern and western perspective and their relationship to his own artistic vision. He uses as examples a 72-foot long legendary 17th-century Chinese scroll which traces the Emperor Kangxi s grand tour of his southern domains comparing it with a Canaletto painting of the Grand Canal of Venice.

  • Dirty laundry:a history of heroes
    Media CollectionF1035.C5D57 1996
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 31 minutes; 1996
    Dir. Richard Fung
    A history of the first Chinese immigrants to Canada with a special look at gay Chinese Canadians. Combines dramatization with historical footage and commentary.

  • Dong xie xi du = 東邪　西毒 = Ashes of time
    Media Collection PN1997 .D646 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 95 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese or Mandarin with Chinese and Japanese subtitles.
    A story of vagrant swordsmen obtaining vegeance for the women in their lives. This release includes theatrical trailers for this feature and Bodyguard from Beijing.


  • Duo luo tian shi = 墮落　天使 = Fallen angels
    Media Collection PN1997 .D86 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 96 minutes; 1995
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    In the garishly lit late-night world of Hong Kong, the lives of four lonely people briefly intersect: Wong Chi-Ming, a jaded hit man who wants out of his dangerous, solitary business but is leery of emotional involvement; the Agent, the beautiful partner-in-crime he s never met, but who s fallen in love with Chi-Ming anyway; Baby, a bleach-blonde, night-crawling cookie who s looking for love but will settle for being remembered by Chi-Ming; and He Zhiwu, a mute, overgrown child who, in the wee hours, breaks into closed-up shops, opens them for business and forces customers to shop against their will.


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  • The education of a singer at the Beijing Opera
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskML336.5.E4 1994
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 55 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Marie-Claire Quiquemelle
    This story follows singer Wang Runqing during his seven years of rigorous training at the Beijing National Opera Company, in rehearsal, performance, and class.

  • Emerging powers
    Volume 1
    Media CollectionHC59.7.E5556 1996
    Documentary; 4 VHS, 50 minutes; 1996
    Examines the economies of China, India, Mexico, and Brazil and "provides sophisticated primers on the world s most promising markets, introducing the entrepreneurs and consumers that are propelling these meteoric emerging powers".

  • Engineering Disasters
    [IN PROCESS] Media Collection
    written and produced by Noah Morowitz
    Closed captioned
    Documentary examining the U.S. Army’s Stryker Light Armor Vehicle; the Milwaukee Brewers baseball stadium crane collapse; the Sunjiawan, China coal mine explosion; the 1951 Baldwin Hills Dam failure; the shoe fitting fluoroscope that exposed consumers to dangerous levels of radiation; and the effects of environmental degradation on the Salton Sea in California and the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

  • Eros
    Short Film "The Hand"
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .E76 2005
    Short Films; 1 DVD, 106 minutes total; 2004
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In English, Mandarin and Italian with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
    "Three movie explorations of eroticism and desire from three of the world s most outstanding directors. A tailor knows from touch the exact measurements needed to create a dress for his longtime unrequited love in The hand. [In] Equilibrium, a harried ad exec describes a mysterious dream woman to his distracted shink. And [in] The dangerous thread of things, plot gives way to mental adventure and a celebration of the female form"--Container.


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  • Fang Tang yue wu = 仿唐樂舞 =Recreated Tang dynasty music and dance
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskGV1691.F36 1984
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 97 minutes; 1984

  • Feng huang qin= 凤凰琴 = Country teachers
    Media CollectionPN1997.F3968 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 94 minutes; 1994
    Dir. He Qun
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    The story is how a substitute teacher of the elementary school, Zhang Yingzi, in a remote mountain area of northern China struggles to become a regular teacher.

  • Feng yue= 風月 =Temptress moon
    Media CollectionPN1997.F398 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 127 minutes; 1996
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Cantonese or Mandarin with Chinese, English and Spanish subtitles.

  • Furong zhen = 芙蓉鎮=Hibiscus town
    Media Collection on Order
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 126 minutes; 1989?
    Dir. Xie Jin
    With English subtitles.
    Story of a couple at Hibiscus town where they sell rice beancurd for a living. During the "four clean-ups" movement of 1964, they re classified as new rich peasants. Their house is confiscated and the husband is driven to suicide. The wife later after the cultural revolation falls in love with a rightist and almost dies when having a difficult labour.


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  • Getting around in Chinese
    Media Collection PL1125.E6 G48 2000
    Instructional; 1 VHS, 15 minutes; 2000
    In Chinese.
    Scenes of people in everyday situations using conversational Chinese.

  • Global villages
    Media CollectionHM621.G578 2005
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 59 minutes; 2005
    Dir. Tamar Gordon
    "Depicts ethnic theme parks of China and Japan where official narratives of tradition and history are translated into colorful dances and interactive routines. ... Moving between five sites in two countries, ... [the film] captures the different narratives of globalization and identity that shape the experiences of ethnic minorities and foreign nationals as they perform their indigeneity for tourists"--Container.

  • Golden Venture
    Media Collection JV6483 .G65 2006 [Limited 7-day]
    1 videodisc (70 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Peter Cohn
    In English and Chinese with English subtitles
    "Chronicles the ongoing struggles of passengers who were aboard the Golden Venture, an immigrant smuggling ship that ran aground near New York City in 1993. Passengers had paid at least $30,000 to be brought to the U.S. from China’s Fujian Province, expecting to arrive indebted but unnoticed. But a seemingly golden opportunity quickly evolved into a hellish descent through the cruel whims of U.S. immigration policy" -- www.goldenventuremovie.com. "Raises important questions about America’s policy toward those who come here in search of freedom and a better life. A case study in the politics of immigration, the multi-layered narrative also explores the culture of China’s Fujian province, cross-ideological coalition building and the role art can play in the struggle for human rights"--Container

  • Gu feng = 股瘋 = Shanghai fever
    Media Collection PN1997 .G784 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 95 minutes; 1993
    Dir. Li Guoli
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    Under the influence of money people become fickle and impossible to predict.

  • Gu jin da zhan qin yong qing = 古今　大戦　秦俑情 = Fight and love with a terracotta warrior
    Media Collection PN1997 .G785 2001
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 145 minutes; 1989
    Dir. Zhang Yimou
    In Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    China 3000 years ago. It is the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the condemned. This is the time Mong Tiang Fong and court lady Twon fall deeply in love. Such a thing is not tolerated at the court and when their relationship is discovered both are sentenced to death. In the meantime the alchemists have discovered the formula of immortality, but decide to destroy their work. However Twon gets possession of one immortality pill which she manages to give to Tiang Fong before he s made a terracotta warrior too. China 1930. While on location a film crew discovers parts of the grave of emperor Qin guarded by the terracotta warriors. Tiang Fong, being immortal, awakes...

  • Gu shu yi ren = 鼓書　藝人 = Street players
    Media Collection PN1997 .G7856 2001
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 118 minutes; 2001
    Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
    The story is about the sufferings of Fang Baoqing, a poor street performer and his daughters during the Anti-Japanese War.


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  • Hai shang hua = 海上花 = Flowers of Shanghai
    Media Collection PN1997 .H25 2000
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 113 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Hou Xiaoxian
    In Shanghainese and some Cantonese and Suzhounese with English subtitles.
    This film is set in the elegant brothels of late nineteenth century Shanghai, a hermetic world with its own highly ritualized codes of behavior, where "flower girls," must win, and then hold, the affection of their wealthy callers.

  • Hai zi wang = 孩子王 = King of the children
    Media Collection PN1997 .H25328 2002
    Feature Film; 2 DVDs, 100 minutes; 1987
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    A devoted rural teacher becomes the friend of his students.

  • Health through kungfu=功夫與健身 Gong fu yu jian shen
    Media Collection GV1112 .H43 1997
    Instructional; 1 VHS; 1997?
    With English narration.


  • Hong he gu = 红河谷
    Media Collection PN1997 .H6449 1998
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 116 minutes; 1997?
    Dir. Feng Xiaoning
    In Chinese and English with Chinese subtitles.
    A story between the Tibetans and two British explorers and later the British invading army in Tibet in 19th century.

  • Hong lou meng = 紅樓夢 = A dream of red mansions
    Media Collection PN1992.77 .H64 2004
    TV Series; 8 DVDs; 198-?
    Dir. Wang Fulin
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Television dramatization of the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber, which tells the saga of four wealthy families in the heyday of the Qing dynasty.

  • Hong mei gui bai mei gui = 紅玫瑰　白玫瑰 = Red rose white rose
    Media Collection PN1997 .H646 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 120 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Stanley Kwan
    In Mandarin and Cantonese with simplified and traditional Chinese and English subtitles.
    Story of two women with contrasting styles in the life of a businesman in Shanghai in 1930s and 1940s.

  • Hong ying tao = 红樱桃 = Red cherry
    Media Collection PN1997 .H6497 1999 [Limited 7-day]
    Feature Film; 1 DVD; 1995
    Dir. Ye Ying
    In Mandarin and Russian with English subtitles.
    Two children of Communists executed by nationalists in China are sent to an international school near Moscow for sanctuary. It is the winter of 1940, and the two are separated by the catastrophe of an invading German army.

  • Hua hun = 畫魂 = Painting soul
    Media CollectionPN1992.77.H834 2003
    TV Series; 5 DVDs; 2003
    Dir. Guan Jinpeng & Niu Yue
    Drama about the life and work of painter Pan Yuliang.

  • Hua hun = 畫魂 = A soul haunted by painting
    Media Collection PN1997 .H834 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 129 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Huang Shuqin
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    In the late 1920s, a woman painter specializing in nude painting returns from France to China to teach her skills but finds that the art form is being heavily condemned by the general public and the government. In dismay, she leaves her husband several years later and returns to France to pursue her career.

  • Huangdi nei jing = 黄帝内经 = The medical classic of emperor
    Media CollectionR127.1.H793.H83 2004
    TV Series; 8 DVDs; 2003
    Dir. Yu Jianghong
    In Chinese with Chinese subtitles.
    Through explanations, interviews of Chinese medicine experts, drawings and old text of Huang Di nei jing, the series tries to communicate the history of Chinese medical concepts with its audience.

  • Huang tu di = 黄土地
    Media Collection PN1997 .H846 2000
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 90 minutes; 2000?
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Chinese.
    A folk song interpreter lives in the pain of feudal society until she meets a folk song collector.

  • Hua yang nian hua = 花樣年華 = In the mood for love
    Media Collection PN1997 .H84 2002
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 98 minutes; 2000
    Dir. Wong Kar-wai
    In Chinese with Chinese subtitles.
    Hong Kong 1962, chief editor of a local newspaper, Zhou and his wife move into new accommodation of Shanghainese building where he meets Lizhen, lives in next-door and moves in the same day. It s also a coincidence that both of them are moving in without help from their spouses. As both of their couples are always out for work, they spend more and more time together. One day, they both realize that their particular spouses are having an affair and the discovery shocks both of them... (from the Internet Movie Database)

  • Huo Yuanjia =霍元甲 Fearless
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .H86 2006
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 89 minutes; 2005
    Dir. Ronny Yu
    In Mandarin with Chinese, English and Thai subtitles.
    Huo Yuanjia was a martial art master in Qing Dynasty. His fearless spirit inspired his contemporaries to strive for a stronger and brighter China during one of the nation s darkest periods.

  • Huo zhe = 活着 = Lifetimes
    Media Collection PN1997 .H874 2002
    Feature Film; 4 VCDs, 134 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Zhang Yimou
    In Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    In a smoky gambling den in 1940 s China, a drunken young man runs through his family s fortune, losing their ancestral home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to be their salvation, and the firsst step in an odyssey of survival that will take them through war and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph.


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  • In the name of the emperor
    Media CollectionDS796.N2I53 1996
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 52 minutes; 1996?
    Dir. Nancy Tong
    In Chinese, English, Japanese and Italian with English subtitles.
    The film is a matter-of-fact account of the Nanking Massacre that integrates diary entries, actual film footage of the massacre shot by an American missionary, Rev. John Magee, interviews with Japanese scholars and former soldiers who recalled in detail how they savagely killed and raped Chinese civilians, and the related story of the comfort women.

  • Iron & silk
    Media CollectionDS712.S245 1991
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 94 minutes; 1991
    Dir. Shirley Sun
    In English and some Japanese with English subtitles.
    In this autobiographical film, Mark Franklin studies and practices martial arts for two years in China. In the process, he learns much about himself and traditional Oriental ways.


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  • Jia fang yi fang = 甲方　乙方
    Media Collection PN1997 .J4483 1998
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 116 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Feng Xiaogang
    In Chinese.
    A story of four young people establishing a company to help their customers dreams come true.

  • Jia Zhangke zuo pin ji = 贾樟柯作品集
    Media Collection PN1997 .J4484 2005 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
    Dir. Jia Zhangke
    Chinese dialogue with simplified Chinese subtitles
    Includes one feature film and two documentaries by the upcoming Chinese director, Jia Zhangke. The feature film "Xiao Shan hui jia" (Xiao Shan returning home, approximately 40 min.) is Jia’s first feature film. An interview with Jia about his view on piracy and his experience and thoughts on how the three short films came into being is also included

  • Jin nian xia tian = 今年　夏天 = Fish and Elephant
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .J56 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 106 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Li Yu
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Xiao Qun works at the Beijing Zoo as an elephant keeper, while her lover, Xiao Ling runs a clothes stall in an indoor market. Their relationship comes under fire, however, with the arrival of Qun s divorced mother who, unaware that her daughter is gay, tries to set her up with a man. Further complicating matters is the appearance of Qun s ex-girlfriend, Junjun, now wanted by the police for killing her abusive father.

  • Jing Ke ci Qin wang = 荊　軻　刺　秦王 = The emperor and the assassin
    Media Collection PN1997 .J4487 2001
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 160 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Mandarin with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
    Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire.

  • The JVC video anthology of world music and dance
    Volumes 3-5
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1627.J931990
    Media CollectionM1627.J93 1990
    Documentary; 30 VHS; 1990
    Dir. Nakagawa Kunihiko & Ichihashi Yuji


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  • Kai wang chun tian de di tie = 开往　春天　的　地铁  = Spring subway
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .K35 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 96 minutes; 2002
    Dir. Zhang Yibai
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    Jian Bin has been unemployed for three months but afraid of telling the truth to Xiao Hui, his wife of seven years. Every morning he pretends to leave for work, but instead, he spends work days by riding the subway. He becomes desperate as he begins to run out of money and excuses. Meanwhile, he discovers that Xiao Hui has her secrets too ...

  • Kan che ren de qi yue = 看车人的七月 = The parking attendant in July
    Media Collection PN1997 .K327 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 100 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Zhan Jun An
    In Mandarin.

  • Kun ju xuan ji = 崑劇選輯
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1805.4.K53K86 1993
    Opera; 17 VHS; 1993?
    With Chinese subtitles.

  • Kun qu dian shi ju = 昆曲电视剧
    Media Collection M1805.4.J5 M83 2005 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD 2 videodiscs (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Zhang Peili
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles



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  • Lady from Chungking
    Media CollectionPN1997.L14 2005
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 69 minutes; 1943
    Dir. William Nigh
    "At the height of World War II, Kwan Mei, a beautiful Chinese aristocrat, is forced to work in the rice paddies as a slave. She and the rest of her village are subject to the brutal whims of their Japanese captors, whose sadism is matched only by their greed. When the Japanese general is bewitched by Kwan Mei s beauty, she sees her chance for vengeance. Endangering her life and inviting the mistrust of her comrades, Kwan Mei becomes the general s lover in hopes of gathering information that will help the struggle against their masters. On the eve of a massive Japanese invasion, Kwan Mei risks everything on a bloody insurrection that will protect her country from the invading horde"--Container.

  • Lan feng zheng = 藍風箏=The blue kite
    Media Collection PN1997 .L238 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 138 minutes; 1993
    Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    This film described the fate of one Beijing family, their neighbours and friends, as they experienced the political movements and social upheavals of the 1950s and  60s in China. Their story was told from the perspective of a little boy.

  • Lao jing = 老井
    Media Collection PN1997 .L26 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 130 minutes; 1986
    Dir. Wu Tian-Ming
    In Chinese with Chinese and Japanese subtitles.
    An educated youth returns to his village and helps his family realize their dream of finding water on their land. To do so, he marries a widow and sacrifices his real love. The villagers succeed in digging a good well.

  • Li Lianying = 李　莲英
    Media Collection PN1997 .L49 1999
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 116 minutes; 1991?
    Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
    In Chinese.
    The story of Li Lianying who was the most famous imperial eunuch in the Qing Dynasty.

  • Li-Young Lee
    Media CollectionPS3562.E35438Z468 1995
    Documentary/Biography; 2 VHS, 145 minutes; 1995
    Dir. Dan Griggs
    "Li-Young Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, where his parents lived in exile from China. In his two poetry collections, Rose and The city in which I love you, Li-Young Lee explores cultural politcs, desire, and loss in work that is hauntingly lyrical. ... He read from his two books of poetry and from his memoir, The winged seed."--Container, v. 1.

  • Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1805.3.L53 1983
    Performance; 1 VHS, 120 minutes; 1983
    Dir. Sang Hu & Huang Sha
    In Chinese.
    Zhu Ying Tai disguises herself as a gentleman in order to study in Hangshou and meets Liang Shan Bo. They become sworn brothers and study together for 3 years. When Liang finally discovers Zhu is a girl, he decides to propose marriage, but Zhu is betrothed to another by her father. The lovers swear if they cannot live together, they will die together.

  • Liang zi hua, dui cheng, xiang wei yin zi: er shi shi ji li lun wu li zhi zhu xuan l = 量子化, 對稱, 相位因子 : 二十世紀理論物理之主旋律 _
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.1
    Lecture; 2 VCDs, 93 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Du Ziyi
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    A talk by Prof. Yang Zhenning on developments of physics in the 20th century.

  • The long search
    Volume 11
    Media CollectionBL80.2.L664 1980z
    TV Series; 13 VHS, 52 minutes each; 1977
    Prod. Peter Montagnon
    Tells about various religions of the world by showing actual practicing congregations in worship services.

  • Lun xi wang shi ji, xian dai wen hua yu xin xi wang shi ji = 論希望世紀, 現代文化與新希望世紀
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.3
    Lecture; 2 VCDs, 120 minutes; 2003
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Prof. Lao Siguang talks about century of hope, modernity and new century of hope.

  • Luo tuo Xiangzi = 骆驼祥子 = Rickshaw boy
    Media Collection PN1997 .L87 2001
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 117 minutes; 1982
    Dir. Ling Zifeng
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    In the 1920s, a young hardworking peasant arrives in Beijing to become a rickshaw boy at a time when the city is torn by dueling warlords. The owner of the rickshaw company s daughter falls in love with the boy despite a ten year age difference and decides to marry him. Not long after their marriage she dies in labor and his world becomes empty and meaningless. He is a wreck of emotional suffering induced by an archaic society, at the mercy of his environment.


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  • Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia = Curse of the golden flower
    [ON ORDER]Media Collection PN1995.9.A3 C8774 2007
    DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; mastered in high definition
    1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Yimou Zhang
    Closed-captioned; dialogue in Chinese (5.1 Dolby Digital) or English (5.1 Dolby Digital) with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
    China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai. His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress, this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan, her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan, the Imperial Doctor’s daughter. Meanwhile, faithful son Prince Jai, grows worried over the Empress’s health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans and the Imperial Doctor is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor’s family from the Palace to a remote area. They are attacked by mysterious assassins and Chan and her mother are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace
  • Mang jing = 盲井 = Blind shaft
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .M364 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 92 minutes; 2002
    Dir. Li Yang
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    The story of two itinerant miners who risk their lives in one of the many illegal Chinese coal mines.

  • The Mao years
    Media CollectionDS774.C4416 1997pt.2
    TV Series; 1 VHS, 120 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Sue Williams
    In Chinese and English with English voiceover.
    See also: China: the PBS series; China in revolution; Born under the red flag
    Examines the history of China under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong. Events covered include the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.

  • Map of sex and love = Qing se di tu = 情色地圖
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .M365 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 132 minutes; 2001
    Dir. Evans Chan
    In Cantonese and some Mandarin with English subtitles.
    A young Chinese-American filmmaker returns to Hong Kong to make a documentary about the imminent opening of a new Disney theme park, but is distracted by the people he encounters.

  • Mardi Gras: Made in China
    Media Collection HD9736.C46 F896 2004
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 62 minutes; 2004
    Dir. David Redmon
    In English and Mandarin with English subtitles.
    A documentary that explores the production, consumption, and disposal of Mardi Gras beads. Filmed on location in Fuzhou, China and New Orleans, Louisiana, the film follows "The Bead Trail" backwards from the bacchanalia at Mardi Gras to the factories in Fuzhou where the beads are made. When each group is shown images of the other, the cycle of misunderstanding goes a long way in explaining how the commodity chain is kept in place.

  • Mei Lanfang de wu tai yi shu = 梅蘭芳的舞台藝術
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskM1805.3M45 1990
    Performance; 2 VHS; 199-?
    Dir. Wu Zuguang

  • Mei li de da jiao = 美丽　的　大脚 = Pretty big feet
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .M45 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 100 minutes; 2002
    Dir. Yang Yazhou
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    In response to the death of her husband and young son, peasant Zhang Meili founded a school in the dry desert landscape of northwest China. When cultured Xia Yu arrived from Beijing to help her out, the two women bonded and learned from each other s character how to best serve the children.

  • Min su ji yi da shi jing xuan
    Media Collection NK1069.T3 M556 2005 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD. 6 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    In Taiwanese and some Mandarin
  • Mo sheng di peng you =Strange friends
    Media CollectionPN1997.M636 1983
    Feature Film/Instructional; 1 VHS, 90 minutes; 1983
    Dir. Xu Lei
    In Chinese with English subtitles.
    Two train passengers, Tong-sheng and Du Qui try to make friends and help a despondent girl who has fallen on bad times and is being descriminated against. As she is about to throw herself into the river, Tong-sheng stops her. With help and understanding fron Tong-sheng and his friend she regains courage and confidence in life.

  • Morning sun = Ba jiu dian zhong de tai yang
    Media Collection DS778.7 .M67 2003
    Documentary; 2 VHS, 117 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Carma Hinton
    In English and Chinese with English voice-over and subtitles.
    This film attempts in the space of a two-hour documentary film to create an inner history of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976). It provides a multi-perspective view of a tumultuous period as seen through the eyes--and reflected in the hearts and minds--of members of the high-school generation that was born around the time of the founding of the People s Republic of China in 1949, and that came of age in the 1960s. Others join them in creating in the film s conversation about the period and the psycho-emotional topography of high-Maoist China, as well as the enduring legacy of that period.

  • Mu dan ting = 牡丹亭
    Media Collection M1805.4.J5 M8 1997 [Limited 7-day]
    Feature Film; 2 VHS; 1997?
    In Chinese.

  • Mu dan ting
    Reserve Book Service, Media Shelf PN 2875.J53 M82 2005 [1-day Loan]
    DVD 4 videodiscs (600 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
    In Chinese Wu dialect with both Chinese and English subtitles
    This Qun opera, originated in Kun mountain area of Jiangsu province today during Chinese Ming Dynasty, presents a romantic and poetic love story about a young woman who returns from the dead to reunite with her true love during Southern Song period (960-1279). This is an abridged version of the epic masterpiece written in 1598, aiming to attract to young audience today. Combines acting, singing, dance, aerobatics, stilt-walking, puppetry, recitation, pageantry and martial arts
  • Mu diao: Li Songlin yi shi = 木雕 : 李松林藝師
    East Asian Collection NE1183.5.L54 M8 1997
    Documentary; 1 VCD, 42 minutes; 1997?

  • Mu diao: Huang Guili yi shi = 木雕 : 黃龜理藝師
    East Asian Collection NK9798.H83 M8 1997
    Documentary; 1 VCD, 48 minutes; 1997?


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  • Nan guan xi: Li Xiangshi yi shi = 南管戲 : 李祥石藝師
    East Asian Collection PN2879 .N36 1997
    Documentary; 1 VCD, 44 minutes; 1997?

  • Nanjing da tu sha = 南京大屠殺 =Nanking 1937
    Media Collection on Order
    Feature Film; 2 VCD, 118 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Wu Ziniu
    In Mandarin and Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    Features Nanking Massacre.

  • Nuan = 暖
    Media Collection PN1997 .N83 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD; 2003
    Dir. Jianqi Huo
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    A visit from her childhood sweetheart brought back for a lame country woman all the memories. When she was young, she was healthy and beautiful. She fell for two men. Both promised to come back to the village to bring her to the city for a promising life, but both disappointed her. After a long wait, she eventually married a young deaf man, raising a family with him.

  • Number 17 cotton mill Shanghai blues:music in China
    Arts Library, Music Service DeskML3746.N861994
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1984
    Dir. Jeremy Marre
    In Chinese with English subtitles and narration.
    Shanghai, Beijing, and the Muslim northwest region of Xinjiang, China are surveyed to illustrate the return to ancient and traditional Chinese music and arts in post-Cultural Revolution life. Musicians and factory workers who also play as soloists or in ensembles, are featured.


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  • The Pacific century
    Media CollectionHC460.5.P23 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1992
    Dir. Marc Levin
    Outlines the economic struggle between East Asian countries and the United States in the latter twentieth century.

  • The peony pavilion: a Kunju opera = Mudan ting
    Media Collection M1805.3 .M83 2001
    Performance/Documentary; 2 VHS, 176 minutes; 2001
    Dir. Chen Shi-Zheng
    In Chinese with English subtitles and narration.
    See also: "A Chinese cracker: the making of the Peony pavilion, in Shanghai, New York, and Paris"
    A Chinese opera that is a romantic and poetic love story about a woman who returns from the dead to reunite with her true love. This is an abridged version of the epic masterpiece. Combines acting, singing, dance, aerobatics, stilt-walking, puppetry, recitation, pagentry and martial arts.

  • Performing arts of China:the opera
    Media CollectionML1751.C4P47 2003
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 28 minutes; 1983
    Dir. Deben Bhattacharya
    Narration in English.
    An overview of traditional Chinese opera, a complex mixture of music, mime, acrobatics and acting, including a discussion of some orchestral instruments.

  • Pi ying xi: Zhang Decheng yi shi = 皮影戲 : 張德成藝師
    East Asian Collection PN1979.S5 P49 1997
    Documentary; 1 VCD, 38 minutes; 1997?

  • Public & private realms in rural Wenzhou, China:an ethnographic video
    Media Collection HC428.W46P83 1994
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 52 minutes; 1994
    Dir. Mayfair Yang
    In Chinese and English with English subtitles.
    An overview of community life, economic and social aspects, and a description of some individual situations in Wenzhou, China.


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  • Qian li zou dan qi = 千里走单骑 = Riding alone for thousands of miles
    Media Collection PN 1997.2 .Q53 2005
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 104 minutes; 2005
    Dir. Zhang Yimou
    In Chinese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    A Japanese father travels to China s Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a famous folk-opera star.

  • Qiao jia da yuan = 喬家大院
    Media Collection PN1992.77 .Q53 2005
    TV Series; 16 DVDs; 2005
    Dir. Hu Mei
    In Mandarin.
    Detailed summary in vernacular field only.

  • Qing chun zhi ge = 青春之歌 = Song of youth
    Media Collection PN1997 .Q55 2003
    Feature Film; 2 DVDs, 166 minutes; 1959
    Dir. Cui Wei & Chen Huai ai
    In Chinese with English subtitles.
    On the eve of the September 18th incident, 1931, during which Japan seized China s Shenyang and began its colonization of China, Lin Daojing runs away from home to escape a marriage arranged by her landlord parents. She goes to Beidaihe hoping to find a job. However, the grim realities of the old society fill her with despair. Lin throws herself into the sea to commit suicide but is rescued by Yu Yongze, a college student. Love follows and they are soon married. But as time passes, Lin finds out that her married life is no substitute for the "independence and freedom" she longs for. She meets Lu Jiahuan and under his influence plunges into the student movement against Japanese aggression. Her selfish husband does his best to keep her away from it. Lin is now aware of the irreconcilable ideological disparity existing between them and leaves him forever.

  • Qu nian yan hua te bie duo = 去年　煙花　特别多 = The longest summer
    Media Collection PN1997.Q78 1998
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 128 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Chen Guo
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with simplified and traditional Chinese and English subtitles.
    The sky of Hong Kong is particularly glamourous in 1997 as splendid fireworks spark a series of celebrations. However, for the Chinese members of the British Army, 1997 means a time of uncertainty and hadrship. Ga Yin is one of them. He chooses to join his brother, Ga Suen; in the underworld gang activities. Being caught in nightmares after nightmares, these disbanded soliders still have to fight their way through...


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  • The rape of Nanking
    Media Collection DS796.N2 R37 2005 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD. 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Rhawn Joseph
    The documentary begins with a brief historical overview of ancient China and Nanking, and then Japan and the sun-cult of Shinto, at the beginning of the 20th Century. The second third of the film depicts the Japanese invasion of China, Shanghai, and then the invasion of Nanking, and in the final third, the Rape of Nanking. Includes photographs and film-footage never before seen in America--pictures taken by the Japanese and which are so horrible that it staggers the imagination.--Rapeofnanking.info website
  • The Rassias method of teaching languages
    Media CollectionPB35.R235 2000
    Instructional/Lecture; 1 VHS, 52 minutes; 1991
    Dir. David Parry
    Dartmouth College Professor John Rassias teaches language-teachers how to make their students want to learn. Examples from a language learning-motivation workshop conducted in 1987 at Beijing University, China, complement comments from students, the Dean, and John Rassias himself, on the value of his methods.

  • Ren dao zhong nian
    Media CollectionPN1997.J394 1983
    Feature Film/Instructional; 1 VHS, 110 minutes; 1981
    Dir. Wang Qimin & Sun Yu
    In Chinese.
    Story of a middle-aged female oculist who suffers a heart attack and reassesses her past failures and victories.

  • Ren gui qing = 人鬼情 = Woman demon human
    Media Collection PN1997 .R446 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 115 minutes; 1987
    Dir. Shuqin Huang
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    Qui Yun is a famous "Kunqu" Chinese opera actress who specializes in male roles, and attains her greatest success as Zhong Kui in "Zhong Kui Marries Off His Sister." Her career successes do not bring her happiness in her personal life. More and more she comes to rely on the character of Zhong Kui to keep her going.

  • Ren min gong ce = 人民公廁 =Public toilet
    Media Collection PN1997 .R458 2002 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD, all regions, widescreen, Dolby Digital, 5.1 surround
    1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Fruit Chan
    Primarily in Mandarin, with some Korean, Cantonese, or English dialog; optional subtitles in traditional or simplified Chinese, and English
    Dong Dong is the God of Toilets. He was born in a toilet, lives near a toilet, and understands life through toilets. He uses the public toilet to understand the culture of his Chinese, Japanese, Italian, and Somali friends, as well as other cultures around the world
  • Ren xiao yao=任逍遙
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .R46 2004 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Jia Zhangke
    In Mandarin and Shanxi dialect with optional traditional Chinese or English subtitles
    Follows two 19-year-olds, Bin Bin and Xiao Ji, as they wander the streets and hang out in pool halls, dance clubs and karaoke bars looking for excitement. Sparks fly when Xiao Ji meets a beautiful dancer and Bin Bin begins a romantic liaison with a young student. After watching American crime movies, the temptation for easy money becomes too much and in a final attempt to break free, the two embark on a half-baked plan to rob a bank
  • Ruan Lingyu = 阮玲玉 = Center stage
    Media Collection PN1997 .R83 1998
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 121 minutes; 1991
    Dir. Stanley Kwan
    In Cantonese, Shanghainese and Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    It recounts Ruan Lingyu s life both public and private in the years immediately leading up to her premature death. She had quite number of famous performances for Shanghai s Lianhua studios, including New Woman (1934) and Goddess (1934). Unable to bear the gossip any longer, Ruan committed suicide at the age of twenty five.


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  • San guo yan yi = 三国演义
    Media CollectionPN1992.77.S26 2003 in process
    TV Series; 28 DVDs; 200-?
    Dir. Wang Fulin
    In Mandarin.
    Television adaptation of the classic Chinese epic about political rivalries during the Three Kingdoms period.

  • Sandpainting sacred art of Tibetan Buddhism
    Arts Library, Music Service Desk N8193.3.T3 S2 1991 [In-library Use]
    VHS 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
    Gives opportunity to watch Tibetan monks of the Namgyal Monastery perform this unique art form. They will create the mandala of Kalachakra, the most sacred of Buddhist sandpaintings
  • Sanxia hao ren=三峡好人
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .S254 2006 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD, region 6; Dolby digital, 5.1 surround
    1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    Dir. Jia Zhangke
    In Chinese with optional simplified Chinese or English subtitles
    Coalminer Han Sanming comes from Fengyang in Shanxi to the Three Gorges town Fengjie to look for his ex-wife whom he has not seen for 16 years. The couple meet on the bank of the Yangtze River and vow to remarry. Nurse Shen Hong also comes to Fengjie from Taiyuan in Shanxi to look for her husband who has not been home for two years. The couple embrace each other and waltz under the imposing Three Gorges dam, but feel they are so apart and decide to have a divorce. The old township has been submerged, while a new town has to be built. Life persists in the Three Gorges - what should be taken up is taken up, what should be cast off is cast off
  • Satya:a prayer for the enemy
    Media Collection BQ6160.C62T53 1993
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 28 minutes; 1993?
    Dir. Ellen Bruno
    In Tibetan with English subtitles and narration.
    Since the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, more than one million people have been tortured, executed or starved to death for their role in demonstrations against the Chinese occupation. This film focuses on personal testimonies of Tibetan Buddhist nuns who have taken the lead in this resistance by staging nonviolent demonstrations for religious freedom and independence.

  • Sentimental imperialists
    Media Collection DS518.8.S36 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1992
    Dir. Marc Levin
    Shows how U.S. missionairies, politics, culture and business attempted to dominate the Philippines and China in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Sewing woman
    Media Collection F870.C5S495 1982
    Docudrama; 1 VHS, 14 minutes; 1982
    Dir. Arthur Dong
    In English and Chinese with English subtitles.
    A fictionalized documentary, telling the story of one woman s determination to survive, from war-torn China to a new life in America. The film is based on a collection of oral histories and the life of the filmmaker s mother, Zem Ping Dong, an immigrant who worked in America s garment factories for over 30 years.

  • Shao n xiao yu = 少女小漁 =Siao Yu
    Media Collection PN1997.S5 1995
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 105 minutes; 1995
    Dir. Zhang Aijia
    In Chinese and English with Chinese and English subtitles.
    Xiao Yu is a Chinese girl who works illegally in New York. Her only goal is to stay with her boyfriend in New York. Her boyfriend arranged her to marry with an old man on paper to get green card. What will Xiao Yu do?

  • Shanghai Express
    [Missing]Media Collection PN1997 .S394 1993
    VHS; Hi-fi, Dolby processed ; digitally recorded
    1 videocassette (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
    Closed-captioned
    After being jilted by Clive Brook, Marlene Dietrich becomes known as Shanghai Lily, a notorious adventuress. During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves
  • Shanghai ji shi = 上海纪事 = Once upon a time in Shanghai
    Media Collection PN1997 .S4324 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 102 minutes; 1998
    Dir. Peng Xiaolian
    In Mandarin with English subtitles.
    A complex story of two lovers caught in the political turmoil of Shanghai in 1948, when corruption and inflation paralyzed that city. A Chinese journalist living in America returns to Shanghai to sell his family business and take his fiancee back with him to safety. But his fiancee refuses to sell the business and insists on remaining to help build a new China.

  • Shen nu = 神女
    Media Collection PN1997 .S4716 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 74 minutes; 1934
    Dir. Wu Yonggang
    Silent film with Chinese and English intertitles.
    A sad story of a woman, as a mother and a prostitute in Shanghai in earlier 1930s.

  • Shi de xin shang: jie shao zhu shu zui gu de "shi" shuo = 詩的欣賞 : 介紹竹書最古的《詩》說
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.2
    Lecture; 2 VCDs, 95 minutes; 2003
    In Cantonese and Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    A talk by Prof. Rao Zongyi on some recent discoveries on Chu documents writing on bamboo pieces about Shi jing. Also on the role of poetry in ancient Chinese society.

  • Shi ji Song Meiling = 世紀宋美齡 = Mme. Chiang Kai-shek : a legend across three centuries
    Media Collection DS777.488.C515 S54 2003
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 165 minutes; 2003
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.

  • Shi ji xing guo: shao shuai Zhang Xueliang chuan qi = 世纪　行過 : 少帥　張　學良　傳奇
    Media CollectionDS777.488.C458S45 2001
    TV Series; 5 VCDs, 240 minutes; 2001
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    This is the first documentary film of General Zhang Xueliang and it contains the first-hand materials of modern Chinese history in the 20th century.

  • Shi jie=世界= The World
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .S476 2005 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation
    1 videodisc (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    In Mandarin Chinese and Shanxi dialect with optional English subtitles
    Looks at the loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote provinces who come to live and work in Beijing’s World Park, an amusement park featuring lavish shows and scaled-down replicas of world landmarks
  • Shi qi sui de dan che = 十七歲　的　單車 = Beijing bicycle
    Media Collection PN1997 .S47245 2002
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 108 minutes; 2000
    Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
    In Chinese with Korean, Chinese and English subtitles.
    Just as Guai, a bicycle messenger, makes his final payment for the silver mountain bike loaned by his company, he finds it stolen. After endless searching, Guai discovers his bicycle is now in the hands of Jian who bought the bicycle with stolen money. Though Guai and Jian finally work out a deal, they find themselves involved in a series of unforgetable events.

  • Shou ji = 手機 = Cell phone
    Media Collection PN1997 .S478 2004
     Feature Film; 1 DVD, 104 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Xiaogang Feng
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    Popular TV host Yan Shouyi (Ge You) has it all: a great job, a loyal wife and a gorgeous young lover. He depends on his cell phone to keep his world organized. His life starts unraveling when he forgets his cell phone at home and his wife answers a call from his lover. His phone, once his most trusted accessory, betrays him and sends him deeper and deeper in a world of deception and lies.

  • Shuang tong=雙瞳=Double Vision
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .S483 2002 [Limited 7-day]
    DVD, region 3 , Dolby processed, widescreen
    1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
    In Chinese with optional Chinese, English, Korean, and Thai subtitles
    The Taiwanese government is forced to enlist the help of an American FBI agent. He is teamed with a troubled local cop and together they must do the impossible. Their journey will lead them into Taiwan’s darkest corners and to an ancient cult in search of immotality." -- Container
  • Si chou zhi lu = 丝绸之路
    Media Collection DS793.N6 S43 1999
    TV Series; 10 VCDs, 600 minutes; 1999
    Dir. Tu Guobi & Lingmu Zhao
    In Mandarin.
    Documentary television program of the legendary Silk Road, the ancient trade route which made possible the flow of rare goods, art and religious beliefs between ancient Rome and the mysterious East. Discovers the unique cultures and witnesses the scenery of the world s most inaccessible regions.

  • Small happiness:women of a Chinese village
    Media CollectionHQ1768.S563 1984
    TV Series/Documentary; 1 VHS, 58 minutes; 1984
    Dir. Carma Hinton
    Some English dubbing.
    A documentary which investigates the conditions of life for Chinese women today and in the past. Visits the village of Long Bow where inhabitants reveal the strides that have been made for women s equality, despite the seeming oppression when observed from a Western viewpoint.

  • Song ci liang da zong: Su Shi yu Zhou Bangyan = 宋詞兩大宗 : 蘇軾與周邦彥
    Media Collection PL2609 .D36 2003 v.4
    Lecture; 2 VCDs, 121 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Du Zuyi
    In Cantonese with Chinese subtitles.
    Prof. Luo Kanglie talks about Su Shi and Zhou Bangyan, two poets in Song dynasty.

  • Song jia huang chao = 宋家皇朝 = The Soong sisters
    Media Collection PN1997 .S655 1999
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 144 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Zhang Wanting
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    This story of the three American-educated sisters who married powerful men in early 20th-centruy China was produced in Hong Kong and Japan but made in mainland China.

  • Storm from the east
    Media CollectionDS19.S823 1994
    Documentary; 4 VHS, 200 minutes; 1993
    Dir. Robert Marshall & Viviana Woodruff
    Eight hundred years ago Europe awoke to a terrible army which suddenly appeared out of the eastern mists. Very little was known about it, and what was known was terrifying. This series traces the history of the Mongol empire from Genghis Khan, who united the Mongol tribes, to the fifth Great Khan, Kublai Khan, who was disappointed in his quest to unite the entire Chinese nation.

  • Suzhou He = 苏州河
    Media Collection PN1997 .S893 2000
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 92 minutes; 2000
    Dir. Lou Ye
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    Best actress award in Paries film festival. A misunderstanding between two lovers. The woman jump off the bridge into the Suzhou River. The young man was suspected of murder.


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  • Ta cong hai shang lai = 她從海上來 = The legend of Eilleen Chang
    Media CollectionPN1992.77.T3 2003
    TV Series; 4 DVDS; 2003?

  • Talking history
    Media Collection E184.O6T356 1984
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 30 minutes; 1984
    Dir. Spencer Nakasako
    In Chinese, Japanese and English with English subtitles.
    A film that combines oral histories and historical footage of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Laotian women, featuring their unique immigration stories.

  • Through Chinese women's eyes
    Media Collection HQ1770.S47T48 1997
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 53 minutes; 1997
    Dir. Mayfair Mei-Hui Yang
    In English and Chinese with English voiceover.
    A survey of the changes in women s lives in Shanghai, China as Shanghai regains its former status as the commercial center of Asia.

  • Tian shang cao yuan = 天上 草原 = Heavenly grassland
    Media Collection PN 1997.2 .T526 2003
    Feature Film; 2 DVDs, 110 minutes; 2002
    Dir. Sai Fu & Lisi Mai
    In Mandarin.
    When Chaolu comes home from the prison, he brings back an orghan boy who becomes mute after his mother ran away. Chaolu finds out his wife and his brother become deeply affectionated toward each. Chaolu s short, hot temper drives his brother away from home. Now Chaolu has to do his best to win the heart of his wife and respect from the mute boy who he considers his son.

  • Tian shang de lian ren = 天上的恋人 = Sky lover
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .T527 2003
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 93 minutes; 2003
    Dir. Jiang Qinmin
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    This is a love story of young people in the beautiful countryside in Guangxi Province, China. The main male character is deaf. He is in love with a popular girl in the village. He met a mute girl in an accident where his father shot and blinded himself. The mute girl cared for his father and helped him to gain the girl s love. However, the girl s heart belongs to someone else.

  • Tian xia wu zei = 天下　无贼 = A world without thieves
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .T53 2005
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 120 minutes; 2004
    Dir. Feng Xiaogang
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    Two professional thieves who find their consciences challenged. Long partners in love and crime, the two thieves meet a country farmer named Sha Gen in a train station ...

  • Tien-an-men shang tai yang sheng=Sunrise over Tiananmen Square
    Media Collection DS779.29.W3675 A3 1998 [Limited 7-day]
    VHS, Dolby surround
    1 videocassette (29 min., 25 sec.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in
    Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
    A sumptuous blend of autobiography, cultural and political history by artist and filmmaker Shui-Bo Wang. It traces his roots and life journey -- his past as a Red Guard during the Cultural Revolution, his service in the military as a propaganda poster artist, and his teaching experiences in the 1980’s. A committed member of the Communist Party throughout, it was not until he was exposed to rural poverty that he began to question the effectiveness of Communism. Four months after the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Shui-Bo Wang left China for North America
  • To taste a hundred herbs:gods, ancestors, and medicine in a Chinese village
    Media CollectionRA771.7.T6 1986
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 58 minutes; 1986
    Dir. Carma Hinton
    Focuses on a Catholic doctor in a small village in China and shows how he combines traditional Chinese and Western medical procedures in his practice. Tells how the complex decollectivization policies in China are changing life there.

  • Trading women
    Media CollectionHQ242.55.A5T73 2002
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 77 minutes; 2002?
    Dir. David A. Feingold
    Documentary investigating the trade in minority girls and women from the hill tribes of Burma, Laos, and China into the Thai sex industry. The film also explores the related economic, political, and social factors and the international community s response to the issue.

  • Turandot in the forbidden city of Beijing
    Arts Library, Music Service Desk M1500.P8 T87 1998 [In-library Use]
    VHS ; hi-fi, stereo
    1 videocassette (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
    Sung in Italian, synopsis in English
    Set in Peking, Princess Turandot will become the bride of the royal suitor who can successfully answer three riddles. Unsuccessful suitors lose not only the hand of the princess, but their heads as well
  • The two coasts of China
    Media CollectionHF3834.T96 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1992
    Dir. Christoper Ralling
    Summary: Traces the history of China s external contacts and trade showing the difference of outlook between its interior and coast.


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  • Wangjiao kamen = 旺角　卡門 = As tears go by
    Media Collection PN1997 .W335 2004
    Feature Film; 1 DVD, 102 minutes; 1988
    Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
    In Cantonese with traditional and simplified Chinese characters, English, Japanese, Korean, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai and Vietnamese subtitles.
    Already stretched to breaking in a loyalty tug of war between Triad bosses and his loose cannon partner, Wah, a rising star in the Hong Kong underworld, finds himself saddled with beautiful, ailing country cousin Ngor. As an escalating test of wills with a stubborn debtor explodes into bloodshed and a mob turncoast instigates a ruthless police crackdown, Wah s growing fascination with Ngor becomes his last chance for escape from a violent past and a debious future.

  • The way of T'ai chi ch'uan:gentle exercise for health & inner peace
    Media CollectionGV504.W39 1986
    Instructional; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1986
    Prod. Lana G. Spraker
    "An uplifting instructional video of Yang style t ai chi ch uan for beginning and advanced students of all ages. A complete exercise program from ancient China, gentle yet strengthening to the cardiovascular system, muscles, and joints.

  • Wei cheng = 圍城 = Fortress besieged
    Media CollectionPN1992.77.W43 1999
    TV Series; 4 DVDs, 500 minutes; 1990
    Dir. Huang Shuqin
    In Mandarin.
    The story of a young man s life and loves. The theme is: marriage and occupation are like a besieged fortress. Those inside yearn to escape from it and those outside yearn to get in.

  • A window to China
    Media Collection DS712.C463 1990
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 30 minutes; 199-?
    Prod. Yang Riu
    English with Chinese subtitles.
    "China Reports" is the video magazine program produced by China Central Television, the only national TV station in China. The program covers the latest developments of and almost all aspects of Chinese society, such as economy, culture, education, science and technology, as well as people s daily lives in China. This episode features a match-making agency solely devoted to youth over 30-years-old ; Mr. Huang Zungi, the famed expert in the facial makeup of the Beijing Opera ; Dr. Zhan, who combines Western and Oriental medical sciences to treat patients ; a guide to Ninbo, the fouth largest deep-water port in the world and its special economic zone ; a "Magic tree" growing in the Taoist monastery in Tsintao of Shangdong Province ; and a tea house in Beijing.

  • Wo de fu qin mu qin = 我　的　父親　母親 = The road home
    Media Collection PN1997 .W5948 1999
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 89 minutes; 1999
    Dir. Zhang Yimou
    In Chinese.
    A love story between a young teacher and a beautiful country girl in a remote village in nothern China.


  • Wo de xiong di jie mei = 我的　兄弟　姐妹 = Roots and branches
    Media Collection PN1997 .W5954 2004
    Feature Film; 2 DVDs, 88 minutes; 2002
    Dir. Yu Zhong
    In Chinese.
    This was a story of four children whose parents died in a car accident during culture revolution. In order to survive, they were adopted by different families and they lived separate. It was not until many years later that they were reunited.

  • The worlds of Mei Lanfang
    Media CollectionPN2878.M4W67 2005
    Documentary; 1 DVD, 57 minutes; 2005
    Dir. Mei-Juin Chen
    In Chinese and English with English narration and subtitles and Chinese subtitles.
    Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), the man whose life story inspired Chen Kaige s "Farewell My Concubine," was a Peking opera singer whose career spanned from the last imperial dynasty to Mao Tse-tung. Surving two Republics and foreign occupations, he is an icon of Chinese opera who specialized in portrayals of female roles, from delicate concubines to fierce warriors. Mei Lanfang s extraordinary career brought him praise and attention from luminaries such as Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Paul Robeson, Bernard Shaw, and Sergei Eisenstein. With precious archival footage never seen outside of the Chinese Film Archive, this documentary offers a rare and fascinating look at a leading cultural figure of China. His rich life provides viewers an overview of Chinese nationalism, communism, gender issues and high/pop culture.

  • Writers & revolutionaries
    Media CollectionDS735.W75 1992
    Documentary; 1 VHS, 60 minutes; 1992
    Prod. Alix Gibney & Steven Talley
    Shows influence of intellectuals in China and Japan on the emergence of their societies from domination by poverty, despots and the West.

  • Wu ji = 无极 = The promise
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .W79 2005
    Feature Film; 2 DVDs, 194 minutes; 2005
    Dir. Chen Kaige
    In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles.
    This action film is about the love and fight for a princess among the king, the duke and the slave.

  • Wu jian dao cang = 无间道 = Infernal affairs
    Media Collection PN1997.2 .W8 2002
    Feature Film; 4 DVDs; 2002
    Dir. Liu Weiqiang & Mai Zhaohui
    In Mandarin with Chinese subtitles.
    A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.


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  • Xi lu Xiang = 細路祥 = Little Cheung
    Media Collection PN1997.X48 1999
    Feature Film; 2 VCDs, 117 minutes; 1999
    Dir. Chen Guo
    In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.
    This film is the final part of Chen Guo s 1997 handover trilogy, following Made in Hong Kong (1997) and The Longest Summer (1998). Set within an extremely dense working class neighborhood in Mongkok, Hong Kong, Little Cheung, a 9-year-old occasional delivery boy at his father s resta