Shiwa, the son of a poor Chinese farmer, is doing well at school. But when his mother dies and his sister leaves the house, he's the only one left to take care of his disabled father.
Chen Jun Fei runs a marriage counseling center. In order to complete the entrustment of a beautiful client named Shan Zhuo, Chen Jun Fei personally disguised himself as a fortune-telling master. Unexpectedly, one after another troubles followes them, and Chen Jun Fei, known as a master of empathy,...
During WWII, Taiwan was occupied by Japan. Hai Sheng, a young man from Taiwan, was deeply influenced by Japanese militarism. He enthusiastically joined the Japanese vanguard and went to the mainland China to participate in the war together with his foster-brother, Yamamoto Ichiro. However, when he...
A touching contemporary drama about the emerging Chinese middle class: When his unhappy wife leaves for a month of corporate training, a struggling young father loses his job, learns to cope with their 7 year old son, and finds unlikely salvation in the form of a cake delivery job that allows him...
Four parallel stories of people just getting by, unfolding over seven days in Beijing. For most of the story, the main characters mis-connect with others, except through their pagers.
