“Across the Furious Sea” is a violent tale about a family tragedy starring Chinese veterans Huang Bo and Zhou Xun, while it is adapted from a novel of the same name written by Lao Huang. This film marks the last installment of director Cao's acclaimed “Heartburn” crime thriller trilogy with “The Dead End” (2015) being the first and followed by “The Perfect Blue” in 2022.
Fisherman Jin Yun Shi is a dedicated father who runs a fleet of fishing boats and works hard to fund his daughter Jin Li Na who is studying in Japan. Upon hearing from his ex-wife that their daughter has disappeared, he promptly sets off to Kyoto to find her. As he learns more about her life, Li Miao Miao, her boyfriend seems to be the closest connection. While he tries to track him down, he receives the terrible news that his daughter Nana is dead, stabbed at least seventeen times.
Fisherman Jin Yun Shi is a dedicated father who runs a fleet of fishing boats and works hard to fund his daughter Jin Li Na who is studying in Japan. Upon hearing from his ex-wife that their daughter has disappeared, he promptly sets off to Kyoto to find her. As he learns more about her life, Li Miao Miao, her boyfriend seems to be the closest connection. While he tries to track him down, he receives the terrible news that his daughter Nana is dead, stabbed at least seventeen times.
- 5/18/2024
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
The “Best is Yet to Come” is based on the life of Han Fudong, a young journalist who exposed the fact that the social stigma against people suffering from hepatitis B in China was actually indoctrinated in the system. Considering that the sickness is endemic in China, and that in 2003 around 100 million people had it, the story resulted in a scandal which also made its author a kind of a star reporter in the country. The movie however, focuses more on his story up to that point.
“The Best is Yet to Come” is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
In that fashion, it begins by showing Han Dong, the protagonist, a high school dropout, trying to get an interview at a newspaper in a job fair, but being completely neglected due to his lack of credentials and experience. The life of both him and his girlfriend, Xiao Zhu, is...
“The Best is Yet to Come” is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
In that fashion, it begins by showing Han Dong, the protagonist, a high school dropout, trying to get an interview at a newspaper in a job fair, but being completely neglected due to his lack of credentials and experience. The life of both him and his girlfriend, Xiao Zhu, is...
- 9/29/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Filmmaker Lu Chuan, perhaps the most prominent Chinese commercial filmmaker visiting Cannes this year, will touch down on the Côte d’Azur Saturday to shop three new projects — one finished documentary, one nearly complete sci-fi thriller in need of a global distributor, and an all-new drama feature seeking a U.S. co-production partner.
Lu is best known to the industry for his acclaimed early features Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004) and City of Life and Death (2009), as well as adventure blockbuster Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015) and the big-budget documentary he made for Disney and China Film Group, Born in China (2016).
He’ll arrive in Cannes with an early cut of Beijing 2022, the official documentary of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that he directed with Chinese industry titan Zhang Yimou as executive producer. For the film, Lu was given unprecedented access to Beijing officials as they deliberated how to hold the Games...
Lu is best known to the industry for his acclaimed early features Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004) and City of Life and Death (2009), as well as adventure blockbuster Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (2015) and the big-budget documentary he made for Disney and China Film Group, Born in China (2016).
He’ll arrive in Cannes with an early cut of Beijing 2022, the official documentary of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games that he directed with Chinese industry titan Zhang Yimou as executive producer. For the film, Lu was given unprecedented access to Beijing officials as they deliberated how to hold the Games...
- 5/20/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From “All the President’s Men” to “Spotlight,” American films that valorize those ethically uncompromising reporters who have gone above and beyond, often at significant personal cost, in pursuit of stories of intense public interest, are not uncommon. So it’s more than a little ironic that in 2020, when the fourth estate’s influence is under greater attack, and its trustworthiness under greater suspicion, than ever in the U.S., the most impassioned and urgent drama in its defense should come from China, not a country traditionally known for its press freedoms.
But while it may feel dubious to be celebrating even a historical achievement in Beijing journalism in an era when so many journalists languish in the nation’s prisons, the message of admiration for professional perseverance and integrity delivered by director Wang Jing’s debut is acutely valuable at this moment, wherever in the world you are. Beggars for...
But while it may feel dubious to be celebrating even a historical achievement in Beijing journalism in an era when so many journalists languish in the nation’s prisons, the message of admiration for professional perseverance and integrity delivered by director Wang Jing’s debut is acutely valuable at this moment, wherever in the world you are. Beggars for...
- 9/15/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
In the aftermath of a crisis, even the most rigid and socially immobilized of countries are vulnerable to a certain degree of tumult; a major breakdown of any kind always provide opportunists with a chance to change things (for themselves and/or for others) before society hardens back into a less porous state. The Sars epidemic, for example, created any number of tiny fractures in the Chinese economy, and the first scene of “The Best Is Yet to Come” finds a massive throng of people descending upon a Beijing job fair in the hopes of filling them.
The year is 2003 — a time that one columnist dubbed the “Age of Ambition” — and all of Beijing is suddenly buzzing with the sense that anything is now possible. But individual change is hard to come by in a nation of billions; under the surface and behind the scenes, hopes for a brighter tomorrow...
The year is 2003 — a time that one columnist dubbed the “Age of Ambition” — and all of Beijing is suddenly buzzing with the sense that anything is now possible. But individual change is hard to come by in a nation of billions; under the surface and behind the scenes, hopes for a brighter tomorrow...
- 9/9/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
"Our duty is to report the facts accurately." A festival promo trailer has debuted for a Chinese indie drama titled The Best Is Yet To Come, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jing Wang. This is premiering at the Venice Film Festival this month, then will play at the Toronto Film Festival. Set in Beijing in 2003. Society is restless with excitement; everyone is eager to prove themselves. The internet has yet to take over. Newspaper is king. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed journalism intern Han Dong decides to change the fate of 100 million people with a single article. This film is inspired by true events. Jing Wang worked as an assistant director for Jia Zhangke for years, who states that "[Jing Wang's] perspective on the world is determined and twofold: the change of the world depends on the efforts of every individual, and the vitality of cinema lies in the continuation of consciousness.
- 9/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Produced by Jia Zhangke, the film follows an aspiring journalist facing a moral dilemma while investigating a story.
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has picked up international rights to Wang Jing’s debut feature, The Best Is Yet To Come, which has been selected for the Orizzonti Competition of Venice Film Festival as well as Toronto International Film Festival.
Produced by Jia Zhangke, the film is set in Beijing 17 years ago and tells the story of an aspiring journalist who faces a huge career dilemma while investigating a story about carriers of Hepatitis B.
Wang was born in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province,...
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has picked up international rights to Wang Jing’s debut feature, The Best Is Yet To Come, which has been selected for the Orizzonti Competition of Venice Film Festival as well as Toronto International Film Festival.
Produced by Jia Zhangke, the film is set in Beijing 17 years ago and tells the story of an aspiring journalist who faces a huge career dilemma while investigating a story about carriers of Hepatitis B.
Wang was born in Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi Province,...
- 8/7/2020
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Feng Xiaogang has been deemed as China’s box office king, with films like “Personal Tailor”, “Aftershock”,” Assembly” and many others that had huge success in mainland China. “Youth” follows in the same, blockbuster tactics and aesthetics, in a truly impressive production, based on a script by Geng Liu, one of the country’s most competent scriptwriters and authors.
“Youth” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe, and Drolma.
Xiaoping hopes...
“Youth” is screening at Five Flavours Festival
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe, and Drolma.
Xiaoping hopes...
- 11/15/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Go Brother! is a new Chinese comedy directed by Cheng Fen-fen (Hear Me) and starring Peng Yuchang (Our Shining Days) and Zhang Zifeng (Detective Chinatown). What does it feel like to have a brother who makes a fool of his sister every day and has no sense of family? Fried or steamed? Shi Miao only hopes her brother Shi Fen disappeared completely, even her precious birthday wishes are "take my brother away quickly". Unexpectedly wishes come true, the elder brother becomes the best friend Miao Miao’s elder brother, Shi Miao feels sorry for Miao Miao while thrills inside of getting rid of "the devil king"! Thanks to Magnum Films, we have Five double passes for the film to give away to our readers. For a...
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- 8/22/2018
- Screen Anarchy
China’s Tianying Media has acquired “The Last Resort,” a live-action, sci-fi comedy project from comic-book veteran Stan Lee.
The screenplay was written by Lee and Bob Underwood and was partly inspired by Lee’s 1970’s comic strip, “The Virtue of Vera Valiant,” which follows the story of a woman who inherits a resort hotel in space. Tianying is attaching leading Chinese comedy teams with a view to starting production later this year.
“We are focusing on the Chinese market, a rapidly growing audience that is extremely hungry for new ideas and a variety of different films,” said Wu Jian, CEO of Tianying Media.
The project was initially brought to Tianying Media by producers Elliot Tong and Reinhard Schreiner, who founded Roaring China in Los Angeles.
“We are taking excellent screenwriting from the West and adding local flavors and marketing sense required for the Chinese audience,” said Zhou Zheng, president of production for Tianying Media.
The screenplay was written by Lee and Bob Underwood and was partly inspired by Lee’s 1970’s comic strip, “The Virtue of Vera Valiant,” which follows the story of a woman who inherits a resort hotel in space. Tianying is attaching leading Chinese comedy teams with a view to starting production later this year.
“We are focusing on the Chinese market, a rapidly growing audience that is extremely hungry for new ideas and a variety of different films,” said Wu Jian, CEO of Tianying Media.
The project was initially brought to Tianying Media by producers Elliot Tong and Reinhard Schreiner, who founded Roaring China in Los Angeles.
“We are taking excellent screenwriting from the West and adding local flavors and marketing sense required for the Chinese audience,” said Zhou Zheng, president of production for Tianying Media.
- 5/13/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Wang Yang’s feature debut will start shooting in New York this month.
Aaron Kwok and Chinese actress Miao Miao (Youth) will star in Tianying Media’s suspense drama June, which is scheduled to start shooting in New York in mid-May.
The film is the feature debut of China-born, New York-based filmmaker Wang Yang, inspired by her award-winning short film The Little Violinist.
Arri China is co-producing the film marking the first time the company has been involved in a Chinese production. The story follows an aspiring cellist growing up in New York’s Chinatown whose life is turned upside...
Aaron Kwok and Chinese actress Miao Miao (Youth) will star in Tianying Media’s suspense drama June, which is scheduled to start shooting in New York in mid-May.
The film is the feature debut of China-born, New York-based filmmaker Wang Yang, inspired by her award-winning short film The Little Violinist.
Arri China is co-producing the film marking the first time the company has been involved in a Chinese production. The story follows an aspiring cellist growing up in New York’s Chinatown whose life is turned upside...
- 5/9/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok and Chinese actress Miao Miao (“Youth”) will star in big-budget suspense drama “June.”
The film begins production in New York this month, and is the feature-length debut of U.S.-based Chinese director Wang Yang. Wang adapted the movie from her short film “The Little Violinist,” which has had an award-winning career.
“June” is the story of an aspiring cellist who grew up in New York’s Chinatown. Her life is turned upside-down when she discovers a secret about her loving father. With the strain of preparing for a life-changing music competition, combined with the trauma of searching through his mysterious past, her life as she knows it rapidly begins to unravel.
The project was announced on Wednesday evening at a glitzy event in Cannes.
The film is one of the first live-action features produced by Tianying Media, part of the Tianjin North group, which...
The film begins production in New York this month, and is the feature-length debut of U.S.-based Chinese director Wang Yang. Wang adapted the movie from her short film “The Little Violinist,” which has had an award-winning career.
“June” is the story of an aspiring cellist who grew up in New York’s Chinatown. Her life is turned upside-down when she discovers a secret about her loving father. With the strain of preparing for a life-changing music competition, combined with the trauma of searching through his mysterious past, her life as she knows it rapidly begins to unravel.
The project was announced on Wednesday evening at a glitzy event in Cannes.
The film is one of the first live-action features produced by Tianying Media, part of the Tianjin North group, which...
- 5/9/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok and rising Chinese actress Miao Miao swept into Cannes on Wednesday to reveal that they are set to co-star in the Chinese suspense drama June, the feature-length directorial debut of Wang Yang.
The film will be co-financed and produced by Tianying Media and Arri China. May Leung of music production and talent company Top Trend — Aaron Kwok’s manager for the past 25 years — will also produce. Kwok is a pillar of the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese entertainment landscape, while Miao Miao was one of the breakout stars of Feng Xiaogang's recent blockbuster Youth.
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The film will be co-financed and produced by Tianying Media and Arri China. May Leung of music production and talent company Top Trend — Aaron Kwok’s manager for the past 25 years — will also produce. Kwok is a pillar of the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese entertainment landscape, while Miao Miao was one of the breakout stars of Feng Xiaogang's recent blockbuster Youth.
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- 5/9/2018
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok and rising Chinese actress Miao Miao swept into Cannes on Wednesday to reveal that they are set to co-star in the Chinese suspense drama <em>June</em>, the feature-length directorial debut of Wang Yang.
The film will be co-financed and produced by Tianying Media and Arri China. May Leung of music production and talent company Top Trend — Aaron Kwok’s manager for the past 25 years — will also produce. Kwok is a pillar of the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese entertainment landscape, while Miao Miao was one of the breakout stars of Feng Xiaogang's ...
The film will be co-financed and produced by Tianying Media and Arri China. May Leung of music production and talent company Top Trend — Aaron Kwok’s manager for the past 25 years — will also produce. Kwok is a pillar of the Hong Kong and mainland Chinese entertainment landscape, while Miao Miao was one of the breakout stars of Feng Xiaogang's ...
Film is based on a true event from 2014 when an armoured vehicle spilled its cash load into the street.
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment unveiled a slate of new projects at Filmart yesterday, including Michael Sit’s Keyboard Warriors, starring Stephy Tang and Grace Chan.
Currently in post-production, the film is based on a true event in Hong Kong in 2014 when an armoured vehicle spilled large bundles of cash in a busy street.
Mei Ah’s slate also includes an as-yet-untitled romantic drama, produced by Joe Ma and starring Niki Chow and Ron Ng. The company is also selling Doris Wong’s New Turn,...
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment unveiled a slate of new projects at Filmart yesterday, including Michael Sit’s Keyboard Warriors, starring Stephy Tang and Grace Chan.
Currently in post-production, the film is based on a true event in Hong Kong in 2014 when an armoured vehicle spilled large bundles of cash in a busy street.
Mei Ah’s slate also includes an as-yet-untitled romantic drama, produced by Joe Ma and starring Niki Chow and Ron Ng. The company is also selling Doris Wong’s New Turn,...
- 3/19/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Feng Xiaogang has been deemed as China’s box office king, with films like “Personal Tailor”, “Aftershock”,” Assembly” and many others that had huge success in mainland China. “Youth” follows in the same, blockbuster tactics and aesthetics, in a truly impressive production, based on a script by Geng Liu, one of the country’s most competent scriptwriters and authors.
Youth is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe,...
Youth is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the Pla’s dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng. During her stay there, she meets Suizi, the lead female dancer who also functions as the narrator of the film, Shuwen, a daughter of the elite who functions as the leader of a “gang” also including Dingding, the belle of the troupe,...
- 1/28/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Feng Xiaogang’s sprawling drama lays on the Spielbergian syrup and covers swaths of China’s history in broad brushstrokes – but it carries a potent message
There is perhaps a spoonful of sugar too many in this bittersweet Chinese drama from blockbusting director Feng Xiaogang. It’s an an ambitious, sprawling, novelistic beast of a movie that opens amid the tantrums and broken hearts of young dancers in a cultural division of the army in the mid 70s. Xiaoping (Miao Miao) is the troupe’s new girl, determined to make fresh start after a difficult childhood. But her colleagues, sensing she is vulnerable, mercilessly mock Xiaoping for crimes against sophistication (she pads her bra out with sponges). Xiaoping’s sole defender is saintly Liu Feng (Huang Xuan), a young man possessed with such superhuman goodness that he chivalrously lances the puss from one dancer’s blisters. Years pass, and the movie takes in political upheaval,...
There is perhaps a spoonful of sugar too many in this bittersweet Chinese drama from blockbusting director Feng Xiaogang. It’s an an ambitious, sprawling, novelistic beast of a movie that opens amid the tantrums and broken hearts of young dancers in a cultural division of the army in the mid 70s. Xiaoping (Miao Miao) is the troupe’s new girl, determined to make fresh start after a difficult childhood. But her colleagues, sensing she is vulnerable, mercilessly mock Xiaoping for crimes against sophistication (she pads her bra out with sponges). Xiaoping’s sole defender is saintly Liu Feng (Huang Xuan), a young man possessed with such superhuman goodness that he chivalrously lances the puss from one dancer’s blisters. Years pass, and the movie takes in political upheaval,...
- 12/15/2017
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
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