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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Together, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Together, directed by Chen Kaige, 1997, China
Liu Xiaochun, a 13-year old boy very musically gifted; plays violin ever since a small child; destined to go far, away from the small southern town in […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, To Live, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
To Live, directed by Yimou Zhang, 1993 China
Xu, Fu-gui, son of a wealthy landlord; falls from grace when he loses everything, including his father’s house, to gambling; forced by his misfortune to […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Suzhou River, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Suzhou River, directed by Luo Ye, 2000, China
Marda (name in Chinese means “motor”), a motorcycle courier, about 26 years old and a man of few words; after bring laid off, bought an old motorbike […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Story of Qiuju, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Story of Qiu Ju, dir by Zhang Yimou, 1993, China
Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, married and pregnant, known for her good look; a functional illiterate with only middle school education but no ability to […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Still Life, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Still Life, (“san xia hao ren” the good people at the three gorges)
directed by Jia Zhangke, 2006, ChinaHan Sanming
A coal miner and native of Fen Yang, Shaanxi Province; travels to Feng Jie along […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Shower, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Shower, directed by Zhang Yang, 1999, China
Lao Liu (old man Liu), proprietor of an old Beijing bathhouse scheduled to be torn down to make room for new developments; a widower in his 70s in poor health […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Postmen in the Mountain, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Postmen in the Mountains, directed by Huo Jianqi, 1997, China
Father, a postman in Hunan Province soon to retire after a life-time exemplary service as a postal worker and courier; views his career […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Peacock, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Peacock, directed by Gu Changwei, 2005, China
Gao Weihong, a young woman in a household of five: parents, an older brother and a younger brother; grows up in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution; […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Not One Less, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Not One Less, directed by Zhang Yimou, 2001, China
Wei Minzhi, 13 year-old student in a rural village middle school in Bebei Province, called upon as a substitute teacher in Shuiquan Primary School where […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Incense, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Incense, directed by Ning Hao, 2002, China
Buddhist Monkpious and living in a small village called Nan Xiao Zhai in Shaanxi Province where the villagers’s life revolves around live stock; feels important […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Happy Time, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Happy Times, directed by Zhang Yimou, 2000, China
Old Zhao 老赵, a factory worker in his late 50s forced to step down from his post during China’s reform and transformation from a state planned economy to […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Happy Together, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Happy Together, directed by Wang Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 1999
Ho Po-winga British national living in Hong Kong; a gay man in his mid 30s; travels to Buenos Aires, Argentina with his boy friend; lives the […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Getting Home, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
“Getting Home” (luo ye gui gen: fallen leaves return to roots)
directed by Zhang Yang, 2007, ChinaLao Zhao, Originally a peasant in his 50s from northern China, Lao Zhao came a long way to Shenzheng, a […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, For the Children, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Pretty Big Feet, directed by Yang Yazhou, 1996, China
Zhang Meili (“pretty”), name embarrasses her because she has big feet that traditional Chinese men who are used to seeing women in bond feet consider […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Farewell My Concubine, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Farewell My Concubine, directed by Chen Kaige, China, 1994
Cheng Dieyi: mother a prostitute who gives him up as a child to a Peking Opera troupe that trains brutally to play the role of the legendary […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Ermo, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Ermo, directed by Zhou Xiaowen, China 1994
Ermo, a peasant, industrious and self-assertive; married with one son; sexually frustrated because husband is impotent for years; feels unwanted and becomes […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Eat Drink Man Woman, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan, 1994
A line taken from the Classical Text by Mencius:
“It is human nature to want food and sex.”
中文分析Mr. Chu, a widower for 16 years l […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Comrades, Almost A Love Story, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
directed by Peter Chan, Hong Kong 1996 中文分析
Li, Xiao-jun 黎小军, in his 20s, arrives at Hong Kong (HK) in search of a better life with thousands of other “mainlanders” who take advantage of Ch […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, City of Life and Death, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
City of Life and Death , directed by Lu Chuan, 2009, China
Lu Jianxiong 陆剑雄, A military commander in the Nationalist Army who, during the Nanjing massacre in 1938, is killed along with close to three […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post, Chinese Box, on the site Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures 9 years ago
Chinese Box, directed by Wayne Wang, 1997 Hong Kong
John (played by Jeremy Iron), a British journalist with years of experience reporting Hong Kong’s politics, economy and people’s personal lives; […]
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