Once upon a time in china

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows once upon a time in china

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…

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 Anything Once!

Anything Once!

ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot of bumps in life and doesn't know where the next bump …

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 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 Chinatown Nights

Chinatown Nights

83mn - Drama, Action, Crime

When bored socialite Joan Fry ventures into San Francisco's Chinatown seeking excitement, she becomes caught in the violent crossfire of a brutal gang war and falls for Chuck Riley, the ruthless white lea…

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 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 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 The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of the film survive, and no intertitles are known to exist…

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 Chinese Laundry Scene

Chinese Laundry Scene

1mn - Crime, Comedy

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

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 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 Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

75mn - Drama, Fantasy, Romance

The Princess of Illyria has spurned every suitor, when a gypsy loitering around the castle catches her eye. In actuality, he is the Prince of Denmark, there with his friend Kasper Røghat. The prince capti…

poster His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

59mn - Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers pla…

poster Cinderella

Cinderella

7mn - Animation

Cinderella, the "ash girl," is kept in menial labor by her two wicked stepsisters. Meanwhile the handsome prince of the territory is out hunting bears. His father invites everyone in the country to a ball…

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 Alice's Wonderland

Alice's Wonderland

12mn - Animation

Instead of Wonderland, Alice visits the Walt Disney animation room.

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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