Jonathan Kos-Read

Based on Cheng Yi's romance trilogy The Silver Valley, director Christina Yao's sprawling epic centers on the exploits of a banking dynasty -- headed by patriarch Master Kang (Tielin Zhang) -- that controls much of China's wealth at the end of the 19th century. Amid political upheaval, romantic rivalries and outright revolution, the family struggles to maintain its hold on one of history's most dominant financial empires.

At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Bayi decided to retire with his fiancée Shirley. But before his wedding, Bayi discovers his first love Ding Shitian, who had supposedly died 20 years ago, is actually still alive.

A women's prison in the Northern China in 1932, Prisoner FU Yuan (JIANG Yiyan) digs a tunnel in her prison cell with a silver spoon and escapes. Inspector SONG Donglu (LAU Ching-wan) is summoned to investigate FU's escape. By tracking down the letters sent to him by FU, it sets SONG off to Hong City to unravel FU's disappearance. (The Movie Database)

An Italian woman and Chinese man possess identical bottles of a rare and mysterious wine. They journey to Dunhuang, China to discover the truth of its' origins but are pursued by a greedy vintner and his thieves. (imdb)

The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days. (imdb)