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English-language translations of Chinese drama have tended to prioritize traditional opera. Works of huaju have been translated since the 1930s, with Cao Yu's Thunderstorm serialized in the Shanghai-based T'ien Xia Monthly (1936–1937) and the Commercial Press publishing an anthology of six dramas titled Modern Chinese Drama (1941). [30]
Chinese drama genres range from romance, comedy, horror, family drama, sports, thriller, wuxia, xianxia, nationalist, political or a mixture of these in the form of ancient, historical, Republican era or modern contemporary settings. There is a significant preference for romance television series in Asia.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Chinese: 天浴) is a 1998 Chinese drama film directed by Joan Chen in her directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geling Yan.Based on Yan's 1981 short story "Celestial Bath", the film is set in the 1970s during the Cultural Revolution's Down to the Countryside Movement in People's Republic of China. [2]
The Shadowless Tower (Chinese: 白塔之光) is a 2023 Chinese Drama film written and directed by Korean-Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lü and stars Xin Baiqing, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Huang Yao. The film depicts the warm story of people healing and accompanying each other exhibiting family bond and love.
Ash Is Purest White (Chinese: 江湖儿女; 'Sons and Daughters of Jianghu' [3]) is a 2018 Chinese drama directed by Jia Zhangke. [4] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. [5] [6] [7] The story is loosely based on the leader of a gang from Jia Zhangke's childhood, whom he had admired as a role model. [3]
Mountains May Depart (Chinese: 山河故人) is a 2015 Mandarin-language drama and the 8th feature film directed by Jia Zhangke. [3] [4] It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. [5] [6] and was also selected to be shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [7]
Not One Less was Zhang Yimou's ninth film, but only the second not to star long-time collaborator Gong Li (the first was his 1997 Keep Cool). [7] For this film, he cast only amateur actors whose real-life names and occupations resembled those of characters they played in the film—as The Philadelphia Inquirer ' s Steven Rea described the performances, the actors are just "people playing ...
The popular drama was nominated for a number of Golden Bell Awards (Taiwan’s Emmys). Some controversial parts of the story received heated discussion, and the producer Wang Peihua ( 王珮華 ) decided to make it into a feature movie set four years after the main female character Xie Anzhen ( 謝安真 ) get divorced.