Films produced by Shanghai Film Studio

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate...

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy...

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria,...

A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love.

After Hero Hua marries Jade and leaves her in China, he goes to America to work as a servant and rebels against cruel labour conditions. Jade soon...

Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the...

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain is a 1984 Chinese film about the life of the soldiers in a PLA army company before, during and after the...

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami,...

A young woman has a reoccurring nightmare and decides to uncover the secret of her dead mother.

Filmmaker Jia Zhangke chronicles his local literature festival in Shanxi, China which includes a multi-generational roster of the country's most...

It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow...

The film tells the story about the daughter of a Nationalist general who revisits the famous summer resort Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province in...

A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a...

The protagonists are mainly Huirong, Zhaobai, and Jikan, who have studied business management in the USA and have returned to their hometown,...

The 1971/72 released film adaptation of China's famous revolutionary ballet, The White-Haired Girl (白毛女).

For 10 years, Ani, a young wife and mother, has sported the same hair style. She has a humdrum life and a platonic relationship with young Mr. Ahua,...

Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of...

Set in 1976, Ye Chuan, the party secretary of a certain city Dongfeng Chemical Equipment General Factory, resolutely implemented the task of...

Biopic of Qiu Jin (1877-1907), early Chinese womens’ liberationist and martyred revolutionary.