Zongxiang Guan

A simple-minded yet happy barber is called upon to act as the emperor's double. Sarcastic mockery and moments of false triumph bring humor to this turn of the century comedy. (hkmdb.com)

In a mountain hamlet in eastern China, a poor woman faces trial after trial. Sold into marriage as a child, she is left a young widow and enslaved by her mother-in-law, who sells her to a poor peasant. Her second marriage turns out to be happy until fate takes away her husband and son. Now seen as a bearer of bad luck, she becomes a social outcast. When the New Year comes, can this poor woman find any hope in this society?

Description of Chinese characters (mostly in People's Liberation Army) in the 1979 Sino-Vietnam Border Clash. Based on the novel of the same name, which was also produced as a play, radio and TV show. (KG)

China, 1900. Xiaoxiao, a girl of about 12, comes to a mountain village for an arranged marriage with a two-year-old boy, Chunguan. Strict clan rules govern all behaviors. She becomes her husband's nanny (he calls her "sister"). Soon, Huagou, a local peasant, takes notice of Xiaoxiao, singing suggestive songs as they work and sending her compliments via the boy. At about the same time, Xiaoxiao sees "girl students" in the nearby town: young women her age who have friends who are boys, who read, w

This film has it setting in old Beijing,telling the story of Xiangzi and Huniu.Xiangzi comes to the city from the village,dreaming to alter his fate by being a free rickshaw boy.He bears the humiliation,goes to hungry and runs with his rickshaw desperately.Anyway,he can't possibly change his fate but ends up with miserable life. (imdb)