Change in mandarin

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows change in mandarin

poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer

A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …

poster Romance of a Fruit Peddler

Romance of a Fruit Peddler

Cheng the fruit seller is in love with the daughter of his neighbor the doctor, but the good doctor won't let him marry her unless Chang finds him more patients...

poster Children of Troubled Times

Children of Troubled Times

The young poet Xin Baihe flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, but Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized wid…

poster Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion

Moonlight Sword and Jade Lion

94mn - Drama, Adventure, Action

Tyrone Shu directs Lung Chun, Wang Tao, and Angela Mao in the historically set martial arts film Moonlight Sword & Jade Lion. During the Sung Dynasty, Mao plays a martial arts expert who finds herself inv…

poster Fate of Graduates

Fate of Graduates

The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for th…

poster Alice Chops the Suey

Alice Chops the Suey

7mn - Animation

Alice is kidnapped by Chinese Gangsters and brought to Chinatown. Her cat tries (successfully) to rescue her, but then they're hunted by a bunch of angry Chinese Triad members.

poster Lost for Words

Lost for Words

107mn - Drama, Romance

A wounded ex-Marine seeking a fresh start in Hong Kong falls for a talented Chinese ballerina from Beijing, but as their cross-cultural romance deepens through language lessons and shared dreams, mounting…

poster Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

71mn - Mystery, Thriller

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to …

poster Chinese Laundry Scene

Chinese Laundry Scene

1mn - Crime, Comedy

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

poster The White-Haired Girl

The White-Haired Girl

111mn - Drama, Music, History

Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang …

poster The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern

Mahlee and Blanche Sackville are half-sisters, Blanche the daughter of an Englishman and his wife, Mahlee of the Englishman and his Chinese mistress. Mahlee rejects her people and attempts to find a life …

poster A Tale of Two Worlds

A Tale of Two Worlds

A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.

poster Broke in China

Broke in China

Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small w…

Shadows

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathe…

poster Shanghaied

Shanghaied

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some …

poster Kung Fu Traveler 2

Kung Fu Traveler 2

96mn - Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

After Southern Style Kung Fu fails to defeat invading aliens, General Chen must travel back in time to the late Qing Dynasty to find a Northern Style Kung Fu master. But when time travel erases his memory…

poster New Women

New Women

Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up even…

poster The Toll of the Sea

The Toll of the Sea

54mn - Family, Drama, Fantasy

A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.

poster The Chinese Shadows

The Chinese Shadows

3mn - Comedy, Animation

At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

poster Shanghaied Lovers

Shanghaied Lovers

Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him.

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