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Rental > Foreign Cinema: 3260 Films to Rent
Blush (1994)
- Dir. Shaohong Li
Feat. Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Caifei He…
- A sensual historical epic that follows the fortunes of two prostitutes who escape the Chinese revolution by fleeing their brothel in 1949 Shanghai.…
Bodyguard from Beijing (1994)
- Dir. Yuen Kwai
Feat. Jet Li
- Jet Li is "The Bodyguard" in this delightful parody of the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston smash. A gourmet chop suey of action, humour and simmering…
Burning Paradise (1994)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. John Ching, Willi Chi
- Dir. Ringo Lam hits prime form in this Kung Fu excursion into the distant Chinese past. Previous hero Fong Sai Yuk and friends must quickstep…
Burnt By the Sun (1994)
- Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov
Feat. Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
- Oscar–winning drama contrasts sunlit Chekhovian lyricism with the dark undercurrents of Stalinist Russia during the "Great Purge", when…
City Hunter (1994)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Jackie Chan, Chingmy Yau, Joey Wong
- Jackie Chan is the popular Japanese comic book character Ryu Saeba: part detective, part mercenary, all womanizer – is contracted to return the…
Cold Fever (1994)
- Dir. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Feat. Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens…
- Stylish one–off depicts a Japanese businessman's pilgrimage to Iceland, to where his holidaying parents died.
Taking its cues from the…
Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
- Dir. Yim Ho
Feat. Siqin Gaowa
- Stark melodrama set in Northern China about a man who accuses his mother of having murdered his father some years before. Tantalising central tale,…
Drunken Master II (Legend of Drunken Master) (1994)
- Dir. Lau Kar Leung
Feat. Jackie Chan
- Jackie Chan gets comic mileage with the dubious idea that he can only tap into his martial art prowess while pissed as a newt. Jackie continues to…
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu
- Those that attended Ang Lee's WEDDING BANQUET will want to sample his tasty and sensual comedy about the perennial delights of life – sex and…
Ermo (1994)
- Dir. Zhou Xiaowen
Feat. Liya Ai, Liu Peiqi
- A young woman yearns to acquire the largest colour tele in her village, largely as a bid in the popularity stakes. The Chinese flirt with materialism…