- Big
Bird in China (1991) [ videorecording ] produced by
the Children's Television Workshop.
New York : Random House Home Video, c1987. 75 min., sd., col.
; 1/2 in.
- Grades: K-4
Big Bird and Barkley the dog travel to China where
they visit with schoolchildren, learn some Chinese words and songs,
watch a tai chi demonstration, and meet the mischievous Monkey
King.
CALL NUMBER: PZ 7 .S87785 Bib 1982
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- The
blue kite
[videorecording ] / a Kino International release ; a Longwick
Production Ltd. presentation; Chuo Eyetos & Co., Ltd.
Publisher: New York : Kino On Video, 1994.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Screenplay, Xiao Mao ; director of photography, Hou Yong
; sound recording, Wu Ling ;
director, Tian Zhuangzhuang.
Cast/Performer: Lu Liping, Yi Tian, Zhang Wenyao, Chen Xiaoman,
Pu Cunxin, Li Xuejian, Guo Baochang, Zong Ping.
Summary: Banned in China, this film is the most acclaimed and
controversial to come out
of the new Chinese cinema. Told from the perspective of a young
boy, Tietou, it traces the fate
of a Beijing family and their neighbors through the political
and social upheavals in
1950's and 60's China.
General Notes: Originally released as motion picture in the United
States in 1993.
Letterboxed.
Not rated.
In Mandarin with yellow English subtitles.
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .B68 1993
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- Ch`a
kuan
[videorecording ] = Teahouse/ Pei-ching tien ying chih pien ch`ang
; director, Hsieh T`ien.
Parallel Title: Teahouse
Other Entries: Lao, She, 1899-1966. Ch`a kuan.
Hsieh, T`ien.
Yü, Shih-chih.
Pei ching tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
Pei-ching tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : China Film Export & Import
; Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai Co. [distributor], [1982?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Writer, Lao She ; photography, Cheng Yü-yüan
; settings, Yang Yü-ho ; music, P`eng Hsiu-wen ; producer,
Wang Hsüeh-p`u.
Cast/Performer: Yü Shih-chih, Cheng Jung, Lan T`ien-yeh,
T`ung Ch`ao, Hu Tsung-wen.
Summary: Life in a teahouse in Beijing from 1898 to 1945.
General Notes: Based on the play by Lao She.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PL2804.C5 C524 1982
- Uniform
Title: [Ch`eng nan chiu shih (Motion picture)]
Ch`eng nan chiu shih [videorecording ] =
My memories of old Beijing / Shang-hai tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
Parallel Title: My memories of old Beijing
Other Entries: Lin, Hai-yin. Ch`eng nan chiu shih. Wu, I-kung,
1938- I, Ming. Shen, Chieh.
Cheng, Chen-yao. Chang, Min. Chang, Feng-i.
China Film Import & Export Inc.
(Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : China Film Export & Import (distributor),
[1983?].
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS letterbox format.
Credits: Director, Wu I-Kung ; screenplay, I Ming ; photography,
Ts`ao Wei-yeh.
Cast/Performer: Shen Chieh, Cheng Chen-yao, Chang Min, Chang Feng-i.
Summary: The reminiscences of Lin Ying-tzu's childhood experiences
in Beijing.
General Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
Based on a book by Lin Hai-yin. Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PL2878.N13 C424 1982
- China
[videorecording ] : ancient rhythms and modern currents / producer/director,
Erica Marcus ; writers, Erica Marcus and Nancy Berliner.
Other Entries: Marcus, Erica. Berliner, Nancy.
International Video Network.
Subject(s): Documentary films.
China--Description and travel.
Publisher: San Ramon, CA. : International Video Network, c1996.
Series: Video visits. Far east collection, Video travel library
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Cast/Performer: Narrator, Charles Halpern.
Summary: Travel across 2,000 miles and 4,000 years of legends
to discover the treasures
of China. See the monumental Great Wall, stretching from the Gobi
Desert to the East China Sea. In bustling Beijing, enjoy the exquisite
opera company and enter The Forbidden City,
the playground of ancient emperors.
ISBN: 1563453908
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS712 .C464 1996
- China's
cosmopolitan age
[videorecording ] : the Tang, 618-907 / produced and directed
by Chung-wen Shih ; in association with George Washingon University.
Other Entries: Shih, Chung-wen, 1922-
George Washington University.
Annenberg/CPB Project.
Subject(s): Art, Chinese--T'ang-Five dynasties, 618-960.
Documentary films.
China--History--T`ang dynasty, 618-907.
China--Civilization--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
Publisher: Burlington, Vt. : The Annenberg/CPB Project, c1993.
Series: Annenberg/CPB collection
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. + 1 guide (vi, 48 p. ; 22 cm.)
Summary: Presents an overview of China's T`ang dynasty, its history,
civilization, arts, and culture, A.D. 618-907.
ISBN: 155946805X
1559468599 (guide)
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LOCATION: Watson Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: DS749.3 .C49 1993
Holdings: guide
Status: Not Charged
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LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS749.3 .C49 1993
Holdings: cassette
- China
boom
[videorecording ] : nurturing the socialist marketplace / CBC
International ; producer, Diane Rotteau ; director, Chuck Easler
; writer, Deborah Lamb. PUBLISHER: Princeton, NJ : Films for the
Humanities, c1996. 1 videocassette (16 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
SUBJECTS:
1) China--Economic conditions--1976-
2) Mixed economy--China. Originally broadcast on Canadian television
in 1993 as a segment of: Venture. Describes how elements of the
market economy are being adopted in China.
CALL NUMBER: HC 427.92 .C4636 1993
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
CURRENT STATUS: Ask at the Watson Library Reserve Desk
- China
and Sunsets
[videorecording ] / Phill Niblock.
Subject(s): Niblock, Phill, 1933-
Electronic music. China. Publisher: Black Rock, CT : OO Discs,
c1995.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. +
1 guide (1 sheet ; 19 cm.)
Computer Info: VHS.
Table of Contents video: China (1986-88) (44:23) ; music: Early
winter
video: Sunsets (1970) (15:30) ; music: First performance.
Credits: Produced & written by Emma Peddie ; series producer,
David Williams ; executive producer, Joel Marks
Summary: Combines drone music with video to create an intermedia
experience.
LOCATION: Watson Library Stacks
CALL NUMBER: NX512.N53 A4 1995
Holdings: guide
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: NX512.N53 A4 1995 Holdings: cassette
- China,
the great leap forward [videorecording ] / script
en research, Arnold Verhofstad ; organisatie opnamen, Boris de
Vroomen ; AVK Filmprodukties in opdracht van de EO ; Journeyman
Pictures.
Other Entries: Verhofstad, Arnold.
Subject(s): Wu, Chung.
Textile workers--China.
Documentary films.
China--Economic conditions--1976-
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, Inc., [199-?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Camera, Frans Kuipers.
Summary: The story of Wu Zhong, a young man who leaves his struggling
rural Chinese family
to seek his fortune in a big city.
General Notes: Video in English; some dialogue in Chinese with
English subtitles, credits at end
of video in Dutch.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HD8039.T42 C63 1990z
- China,
trading in death
[videorecording ] / researcher, Pete Sawyer ; production assistants,
Emma Clarke, Eugene Godden.
Other Entries: Sawyer, Pete.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Journeyman Pictures.
Subject(s): Human rights--China.
China--Economic conditions--1976-
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, Inc., 199-?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Tim Wise, camera.
Summary: For the workers who have created China's new commercial
wealth, there has been little
development in their civil rights. Foreign companies enjoy the
benefits of cheap labor, but make no provisions for safety arrangements.
General Notes: "Produced by Journeyman Pictures"--Container.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: JC599.C6 C466 1990z
- Chinese-American
heritage
[videorecording ].
Videorec'd Number: K6654 Schlessinger Video Productions
Other Entries: Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
Schlessinger Video Productions.
Subject(s): Chinese Americans--Juvenile films.
Documentary films.
China--Juvenile films.
Publisher: Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1997.
Series: American cultures for children video series
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Cast/Performer: Host: Phylicia Rashad.
Summary: Exciting adventures appear at every turn as children
are introduced to the vast land
and culture of China as well as the immigration of Chinese Americans
and the traditions they observe today.
General Notes: Closed captioned.
ISBN: 1572251042
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: E184.C5 C478 1997
- Chinese
New Year
[videorecording ] / Schlessinger Video Productions ; [produced
and directed by
Fabian-Baber Communication].
Other Entries: Fabian-Baber, Inc.
Schlessinger Video Productions.
Subject(s): Chinese New Year--Juvenile films.
Chinese Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile films.
Documentary films.
Publisher: Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1994.
Series: Holidays for children video series
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Summary: Children will excite in the sights and sounds of the
traditional Chinese New Year as
the usually peaceful Chinatown erupts with the noise of drums
and firecrackers, and the beauty
of vibrant, festive colors. During this most important and popular
of all Chinese festivals, the ideas of communal awareness and
starting anew are taught through the celebration in honor of Tsun
Kwan, the god of the hearth, and the traditional festival of the
dragon.
General Notes: Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
ISBN: 1572250135 :
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: GT4905 .C45 1994
- Chinese
prison labor [videorecording
]: inside China's Gulag / a production of Yorkshire Television
; producer/director, Roger Finnigan ; producer, Tim Tate.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1993.
1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SUBJECTS:
1) Concentration camps--China.
2) Political prisoners--China.
3) Forced labor--China. Chiefly in English; some portions in Chinese
with English subtitles.
Through prison interviews and undercover footage of factories
in the "Laogai," or Chinese labor camps, Harry Wu, a Chinese dissident
who was released after 19 years, discloses the imprisonment, brainwashing,
and torture that half a million Chinese political prisoners still
suffer.
CALL NUMBER: HV 8964 .C5 C55 1993
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
CURRENT STATUS: Ask at the Watson Library Reserve Desk
- Chiu-chu
ta kuan ssu [videorecording
] = The story of Qiu Ju = Qiu Ju
Da Guan Si.
Produced by Pei-ching tien ying hsueh yuan ; China Film Production
Corporation; co-ordinate producer, Feng Yiting ; directed by Zhang
Yimou ; original script by Chen Yuanbin ; screenplay by Liu Heng
; a SIL-Metropole Organization Ltd. & Beijing Film Academy,
the Youth Film Studio production. Burbank,CA : Columbia Tristar
Home Video, c1993.
The story of a village woman who goes to great lengths to sue
the village chief who beats her husband in a dispute over land
rights.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .C3982 1993
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Chiu
tien ti tung hua
[videorecording ] = An autumn's tale.
Produced by Te pao tien ying kung ssu ; screenplay, Lo Chi-jui
; director, Chang Wan-ting ; producer, Tsen Chien-hsun. San Francisco,
CA : Tai Sheng Video Marketing Inc., [1987]
A young Chinese girl dreams of joining her boyfriend in the U.S.
and attending the same college. However, upon her arrival in the
United States, she discovers her boyfriend has a new girlfriend.
A young man from a Chinatown youth group befriends her and helps
her to adjust to her new life
as an immigrant.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .C4682 1987
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Chu
fu
[videorecording ] = New Year sacrifice / Pei-ching
tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang ; yüan chu Lu Hsün ; pien
chü Hsia Yen ; tao yen, Sang Hu.
Parallel Title: New Year sacrifice
Other Entries: Lu, Hsün, 1881-1936. Hsia, Yen.
Sang, Hu. Pai, Yang. Wei, Ho-ling.
Pei ching tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang. Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles : China Film Import & Export (L.A.)
; Millbrae, Calif. : Nan Hai Co., [1990?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: She ying, Ch`ien Chiang.
Cast/Performer: Pai Yang, Wei Ho-ling.
Summary: Story of a young peasant widow who is sold into marriage,
who eventually falls in love with her husband, and who is beset
by tragedy for the rest of her life.
General Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .C4552 1956
- Chueh
li jen chia
[videorecording ] = A confucius family.
produced by Shanghai film studio. Shanghai : Shanghai film Studio
: Nan Hai (U.S.A.) Co., Inc. [distributor], 1995. 96 min.: sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Chinese with English subtitles. Director, Wu Yigong
["Wy" Yigong on the paper sleeve is a misprint]; Writers, Qi Jian,
Zhou Meisen, Yu Aiping.
The Kong family, descendents of Confucius, has been governed by
strict codes of behavior for 76 generations. But in the 1990s,
the social and cultural changes of the past fifty years have had
great effects on Kong lineage. Patriarch Kong Dexian finds himself,
his family, and his entire world view shaken by the conflicts
that arise between three generations of his family.
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .C4262 1990z
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Chüeh
lieh
[videorecording ] = Breaking with old ideas / Pei-ching
tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang ; Li Wen-hua [director] ; [screenplay
by] Ch`un Ch`ao, Chou Chieh.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Voyager Press, [1986]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
Credits: Music, Lu Yuan, T`ang He.
Cast/Performer: Kuo Chen-ch`ing, Wang Su-ya.
Summary: Tells the story of the struggle of Chinese peasants and
workers during the Great Leap Forward in 1958 to create a new
kind of college in the countryside against the powerful opposition
of those who would take China back to capitalism.
General Notes: In Chinese with English subtitles.
Filmed with the cooperation of Chiang-hsi Communist Workers University
and the workers cultural organizations of Yung-hsin, Lien-hua,
and Chi-an counties.
Made in 1975 by the Peking Film Studio.
ISBN: 0931393205 (VHS) :
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .C4666 1986
- Chung-kuo
hui hua ho yuan lin I shu ti I ching [videorecording
] =Artistic Conceptions in Chinese Paintings and Gardens
.
[Peking] : Peking University ; Distributed by [Millbrae, CA] : Nan-hai
Co., 1996.
CALL NUMBER: Brief no.: 33-19311-picture file
LOCATION: East Asian Library [picture-file]
- Chung-kuo
ku tai ti ts’ai tao I shu
[videorecording ] = Ancient Chinese painted pottery.
Produced by [Peking] : Peking University; distributed by [Millbrae,
CA] : Nan-hai yu hsien kung ssu, 1996.
CALL NUMBER: Brief no.: 33-19310-picture file
LOCATION: East Asian Library [picture-file]
- Confucianism
[videorecording ] / Public Affairs Television. Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1996. 1 videocassette
(58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Series:
1) Wisdom of faith
2) Moyers collection
SUBJECTS:
1) Confucianism.
2) Buddhism.
3) Taoism. "A Bill Moyers special"--container.
Videocassette release of a television series originally broadcast
on PBS in 1996.
Huston Smith explains how the intertwining of opposites is key
to understanding the great religions of China--Confucianism, Taoism,
and Buddhism. He shows that Eastern religions provide "an emphasis
on direct experience and a method for attaining that".
CALL NUMBER: BL 1840 .C66 1996
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
CURRENT STATUS: Ask at the Watson Library Reserve Desk
- Conversational
Chinese 301
= Han yu hui hua 301.
By Kang, Yu-hua. Beijing: Language Institute Press,1990.
This book is for adult beginners in Chinese language study, the
focus of this text is to maximize as quickly as possible the student's
ability to communicate in daily situations. 40 lessons lead to
an 800 word vocabulary and 301 basic sentence patterns. For classes
and self-study.
CALL NUMBER: PL1125.E6 H36 1990
LOCATION: Watson [stacks]
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- Discovering
China and Tibet [ videorecording ] / a Centre Production.
Other Title: Discovering China & Tibet.
China & Tibet.
Other Entries: International Video Network.
Centre Productions.
Subject(s): China--Civilization.
China--Description and travel.
Tibet (China)--Civilization.
Tibet (China)--Description and travel.
Publisher: San Ramon, CA : International Video Network, 1988.
Series: Video visits. Far East collection
Video travel library
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Producer/writer, Ronald C Meyer.
Cast/Performer: Dave Jackson.
Summary: A tour of China beginning in Beijing and ending in Tibet.
General Notes: Title on cassette label: Discovering China &
Tibet.
Container title: China & Tibet.
ISBN: 068166083X
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS712 .D58 1988
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- Echoes
from Tibet [ videorecording ] / directed by Deben
Bhattacharya ; production, ... Open End Theater & Deben Bhattacharya
Ltd.
Videorec'd Number: V72336 Audio-Forum
Other Entries: Bhattacharya, Deben.
Subject(s): Folk music--China--Tibet.
Buddhist music--China--Tibet.
Dance--China--Tibet.
Publisher: London : Sussex Tapes ; Guilford, CT : [Distributed
by] Audio-Forum, c1992.
Series: Music and society series (Guilford, Conn.)
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Photography, Denny Densham, Gour Karmakar.
Summary: Discusses the part music plays in the lives of the Tibetan
Buddhists who fled to the Indian village of Leh-Lakakh. Includes
footage of the Dalai Lama's visit to the Tibetan Children's Village
in Dharamsala and a ritual dance-drama staged for the occasion.
General Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1980.
ISBN: 0884326020
LOCATION: Music & Dance Library-Media & Reserve Desk
CALL NUMBER: video ML3758.T55 E25 1980
- The
Education of a Singer at the Beijing Opera
[ videorecording ] / a lm by Marie-Claire Quiquemelle.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1994.
1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
It took seven years for Wang Runqing to get his diploma from the
Conservatory of the Beijing National Opera. This program follows
his rigorous training.
CALL NUMBER: ML 420 .W36 E38 1994
LOCATION: Music [circulation desk]
- The
Emperor's eye
[videorecording ] : art and power in Imperial China / producer/director,
Lisa Hsia ; writers, Gerald Jonas, Lisa Hsia.
Portion of Title: Art and power in Imperial China
Other Entries: Hsia, Lisa.
Jonas, Gerald, 1935-
Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc.
Ku kung po wu y?n (China)
Filmakers Library, inc.
Subject(s): Ch`ien-Lung, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.
Art, Chinese--Ming-Ch`ing dynasties, 1368-1912.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c1990, c1989.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Editor, Sarah Stein; music, Jason Hwang; associate producer,
Carol Hunag.
Summary: Relates the priceless treasures of China's imperial Art
collection in the National Palace Museum to the political climate
of their time. Describes how Emperor Chienlung tried to create
the world's greatest art collection.
LOCATION: Art & Architecture Library-Closed Stacks
CALL NUMBER: N7343.5 .E94 1990
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- First
moon
[videorecording ] / produced and directed by Richard Gordon and
Carma Hinton.
Other Title: Celebration of a Chinese New Year.
Other Entries: Gordon, Richard Hinton, Carma
New Day Films (Firm)
Subject(s): Chinese New Year--China.
China--Social life and customs.
Publisher: New York : New Day Films, c1987.
Series: One village in China
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits: Written and narrated by Carma Hinton ; cameraman, Richard
Gordon ; editor, David Carnochan ; folk music by the Guzhang Village
Band ; original music composed by Tan Dun.
Summary: An examination of the New Year's celebrations in modern
China. Shows customs
and ceremonies with centuries-old origins that are still performed.
Colorful shows and parades are put on by villages and factories.
The New Year festivities last for fifteen days, culminating in
the Lantern Festival.
General Notes: In English and Chinese with English subtitles.
Subtitle on label: Celebration of a Chinese New Year.
VHS format.
ISBN: 1878232045
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: GT4905 .F57 1987
- The
Forbidden City [videorecording
] / produced by Lucy Jarvis ; written by Sidney Carroll ; directed
by Tom Priestley.
Other Title: China & the Forbidden City.
China and the Forbidden City.
Other Entries: Jarvis, Lucy.
Priestley, Tom.
Carroll, Sidney.
Newman, Edwin.
NBC News.
Monterey Home Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
Art--China--Beijing.
China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
China--History--Ch`ing dynasty, 1644-1912.
China--Civilization--1949-
Publisher: [United States] : Monterey Home Video : Distributed
by Fries Home Video, c1988.
Series: The Jarvis collection
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (approx. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Still photographer, Audrey Topping ; cameraman, Bryan
Anderson ; supervising film editor, Angelo Farina ; film editors,
Tim Gibney, William Lockhart ; narrated by Alan Douglas ; music
scored and conducted by Vladimir Selinsky ; special consultants,
Wang Yeh-Chiu ... et al.
Summary: Explores the history and culture of China as reflected
in the art and architectural treasures of the Forbidden City.
General Notes: Title on cassette label and cassette container:
China & the Forbidden City.
An NBC News film released as a motion picture in 1975.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS795.8.F67 F67 1975
- From
courtyard house to block apartment [videorecording
] / written and produced by Wynette Yao ; WHYY ; UCIR. Includes:
[Video/Choreo/Graphy--"O".]
Other Entries: Yao, Wynette.
Strothman, Randy.
Gillis, Susan.
Steel, Judy.
Riley, Terry, 1935-
First Run/Icarus Films.
WHYY (Television station : Philadelphia, Pa.)
University of Pittsburgh. University Center for Instructional
Resources.
Subject(s): Housing--Taiwan.
Courtyard houses--Taiwan.
Apartment houses--Taiwan.
Documentary films.
Taiwan--Social conditions--1945-
Taiwan--Social life and customs--1975-
Publisher: New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c1986.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (31 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Summary: Looks at the transition from traditional to modern housing
in Taiwan. The courtyard house is giving way to western style
block apartments as rapid industrialization disrupts traditional
patterns of housing and living.
General Notes: With: Video/Choreo/Graphy--"O" / choreography,
Susan Gillis, Judy Steel ; music, Terry Riley ; director Randy
Strothman. c1985. (7 min.).
English and Chinese, with some English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HD7370.A3 F76 1986
- From
Mao to Mozart [videorecording ] : Isaac Stern in China
/ Harmony Film Group ; producer-director Murray Lerner.
Other Title: Mao to Mozart.
Other Entries: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Violin music.
Selections.
Stern, Isaac, 1920-
Lerner, Murray.
Subject(s): Stern, Isaac, 1920-
Violin--Instruction and study.
Music--China.
Violin music.
China--Description and travel.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Karl Lorimar Home Video, c1980.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits: Executive producer, Walter Scheuer ; artistic supervisor,
Allan Miller ; editor, Tom Haneke.
Summary: Follows Isaac Stern to China where he taught classical
music to Chinese students. Contains a segment on the suffering
of Chinese musicians during the Cultural Revolution.
General Notes: Title on container: Mao to Mozart.
VHS format.
On box: "Featuring the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."
LOCATION: Music & Dance Library Circulation Desk
CALL NUMBER: MT260 .F76 1980
- Fu-jung
chen
[videorecording] = Hibiscus town / Shang-hai tien ying chih p`ien
ch`ang ; screenplay, Ah Cheng, Xie Jin ; director, Xie Jin.
Variant Title: Small town called Hibiscus
Portion of Title: Hibiscus town
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : China Film & Export ; Palo
Alto : Nan-hai, c[1989?].
Series: China film
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Cast/Performer: Liu Xiaoqing, Hiang Wen, Zheng Zaishi, Xu Songzi,
Qin Shutian, Zu Shibin.
Summary: Story of a couple who sells rice beancurd for a living.
During the "four clean-ups" movement of 1964, they are classified
as new rich peasants: their house is confiscated and the husband
is driven to suicide. After the Cultural Revolution, the wife
falls in love with a rightist and almost dies when having a difficult
delivery of their baby.
Target audience: General.
General Notes: Based on a story by Ku Hua.
Chinese dialog, with English subtitles.
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: PL2874.U1 F8 1989
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- The
Gate of Heavenly Peace
[videorecording ] / a production of Long Bow Group, produced in
association with WGBH/Frontline and the Independent Television
Service ; produced and directed by Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton.
Other Entries: Gordon, Richard, 1945-
Hinton, Carma.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Independent Television Service.
National Asian American Telecommunications Association.
Frontline (Television program)
Subject(s): Students--China--Political activity.
Student movements--China.
Documentary films.
China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
China--Politics and government--1976-
China--Social conditions--1976-
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Distributed by NAATA/CrossCurrent
Media, c1996.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 2 videocassettes (87, 56 min) : sd, col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Directors, Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton ; producers,
Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton, Peter Kovler, Orville Schell, Lise
Yasui ; writers, Geremie Barm? John Crowley ; editor, David Carnochan
; camera, Richard Gordon ; narrator, Carmen Flowers.
Summary: Revisits the Tiananmen Square incident of June 4, 1989
and explores the complex political process that led to the protests
and the eventual Beijing massacre. Includes still photographs,
eyewitness accounts, interviews, and newsreels.
General Notes: Videocassette release of the 1995 television production.
English and Chinese with English subtitles.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS779.32 .G37 1995
Holdings: cassette 1-2
- The
giant awakes
[videorecording ] / written & presented by Michael Robinson
; series producer, David Harrison. Films for the Humanities
& Sciences
Other Entries: Robinson, Michael.
BBC News And Current Affairs.
Subject(s): China--Economic conditions--1976-
China--Social conditions--1976-
China--Politics and government--1976-
China--Foreign economic relations.
Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
c1998.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 3 videocassettes (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Table of Contents [1] Chinese capitalism: Moving the mountain
(50 min.)
[2] Human rights in China (50 min.)
[3] The path of Chinese privatization (50 min.)
Summary: Examines China's newly emerged economic power and looks
at the problems associated with China's economic reform, including
internal and external pressure for political liberalization.
General Notes: "A Money Programme Special."
Produced by BBC News and Current Affairs in 1994.
Distributed under license from BBC Worldwide Americas.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HC427 .G53 1994
Holdings: cassette 1-3
- The
Good earth [videorecording
] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Other Entries: Muni, Paul, 1895-1967.
Rainer, Luise, 1910-
Franklin, Sidney A., 1893-1972.
Davis, Donald, 1904-
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. Good earth.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Subject(s): Feature films.
Married women--China--Drama.
China--Social life and customs--Drama.
China--History--1928-1937--Drama.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video ; [s.l.] :
Turner Entertainment Co., c1990.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (138 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 1/2
in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Producer, Irving Thalberg ; director, Sidney Franklin
; writers, Talbot Jennings, Tess Schlesinger, Claudine West ;
music, Herbert Stothart.
Cast/Performer: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly
Losch.
Summary: Set in China, this is a drama about a simple peasant
farmer who grows rich with
the help of his faithful wife. Tragedy follows as he betrays his
family and neglects the earth he
had worshipped.
General Notes: Based on the novel of same title by Pearl Buck
that was adapted for the stage by Owen Davis and Donald Davis.
Videocassette release of 1937 motion picture.
ISBN: 0792803825
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PS3503.U198 G624 1937
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- Half
the sky
[videorecording ] / produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Other Entries: Burgess, Lynn.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Subject(s): Sex discrimination against women--China.
Women--China--Social life and customs.
Women's rights--China.
Publisher: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [1997?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Producer Lynn Burgess.
Summary: We learn about the role of Chinese women in a society
still dominated by men.
General Notes: Originally broadcast on CBC as a segment of the
National magazine.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HQ1237.5.C45 H35 1997
- Hai
tan ti i tien
[videorecording ] = That day on the beach
.
Produced by Chung Yang tien ying kung ssu ; Hsin i cheng ying yeh
kung ssu ; Yang Te-chang [director] San Francisco, CA : Tai Seng
Video Marketing Inc., [1983]
Brought up in a strict and well-protected environment, Chia-li fought
against a pre-arranged marriage, left home and married Je-wei. As
Je-wei's career advances, they gradually grow apart and problems
arise which Chia-li refuses to confront.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .H2452 1983
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- The
Heart of the dragon.
Correcting [videorecording ] / written and
directed by Peter Montagnon ; an Antelope-Sino-Hawkshead Films
co-production with the English Association Trust for Channel Four
; Mike Chinoy, host.
Other Title: Correcting.
Social control in Chinese society.
China's legal system.
Other Entries: Montagnon, Peter.
Quayle, Anthony, 1913-
Antelope-Sino-Hawkshead Films
English Association Trust.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Subject(s): Justice, Administration of--China.
Law--China.
Crime--China.
China--Social life and customs--1976-
Publisher: Lincoln, NE : GPN, University of Nebraska, c1991.
Series: The Chinese ; prog no. 8-9
Format: Visual Material
Description: 2 videocassettes (29 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Summary: Explains the basis of the Chinese legal system as a desire
to restore social harmony, rather than to punish the criminal
or to protect society. Shows how the system works,
and explores the social pressures in the new consumer society,
including what makes
a crime a crime.
General Notes: Titles from containers: Social control in Chinese
society ---China's legal system.
LOCATION: Law Library
CALL NUMBER: KNQ1572 .H43 1991
- Hei
p`ao shih chien [videorecording
] = Black cannon incident / screenplay, Li Wei ;
producers Ts`ui I-sung, Tuan Wei-t`ang ; director, Huang Chien-hsin
; Hsi-an Tien Ying Chin P`ien Chang.
Parallel Title: Black cannon incident
Other Entries: Liu, Tzu-feng.
Li, Wei.
Ts`ui, I-sung.
Tuan, Wei-t`ang.
Huang, Chien-hsin.
Chang, Hsien-liang. Lang man ti hei p`ao.
Kao, Ming.
Hsi-an tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
China Film Export-Import Corporation.
Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles : China Film ; Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai Co.,
Inc. [distributor], [1988?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Cinematographers, Wang Hsin-sheng, Feng Wei ; editor,
Ch`en Ta-li.
Cast/Performer: Liu Tzu-feng, Kao Ming.
Summary: Chao, an engineer working as a translator for a German
expert who is in China to oversee a major industrial project,
comes under the suspicion of the authorities. While the unwitting
Chao is being investigated he is reassigned, and another translator--to
the detriment of the project, a less capable one--takes over for
him. Behind the scenes Chao's superiors disagree with one another
over what to do about him. Chao's fate and the fate of the project
both hang in the balance.
General Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Based on the story Lang man ti hei p`ao by Chang Hsien-liang.
Primarily in Chinese with English and Chinese subtitles. Includes
some dialogue in English and German with Chinese subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PL2837.H762 H424 1985
- Ho
shang
[videorecording ] /written by Su Hsiao-k'ang, Wang Lu-hsiang ;
pien tao Hsia Chun ; chih p'ien Huang Mei-wen ;Chung yang tien
shih t'ai. [Pei-ching] : Chung yang tien shih t'ai ; Millbrae,
CA. : Nan-hai Co [distributor], 1988. 6 episodes in 2 videocassettes
(219 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
In Mandarin. A well-documented study about the origin of the Chinese
civilization
- "Yellow River". The history, culture and the future of China
are examined and discussed.
- 1 Hsun
meng
- 2 Ming
yun
- 3 Ling
kuang
- 4 Hsin
chi yuan
- 5 Yu huan
- 6 Wei lan
se.
CALL NUMBER: DS721 .H4972 1988
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Hong
Kong
[videorecording ] : a family portrait / National Geographic Society
and WQED/Pittsburgh.
Other Entries: Meredith, Burgess, 1908-
WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Vestron Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Family--China--Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China)--Description and travel.
Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs.
Publisher: Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, 1990.
Series: National Geographic video
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videorecording (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Executive producers, Dennis B. Kane, Thomas Skinner ;
narration written by Miriam Birch ; photographer, Robert Young
; editor, Barry Nye ; ,music, Gerald Fried.
Summary: National Geographic travels to this cosmopolitan port
for an intimate visit with a boat family that has made its home
on the Hong Kong waters for more than 100 years. Like many Hong
Kong families, they are suspended between the modern world and
ancient Chinese customs in a city precariously located at the
edge of a Communist giant.
General Notes: Videocassette release of the 1978 production.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Title on cassette label: Hong Kong: portrait of a family.
Date on cassette label: c1989.
ISBN: 0805108645
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HQ687 .H66 1978
- Hong
Kong
[videorecording ] / an international co-production of Maryland
Public Television, NHK, Film Australia ; writer & producer,
David Vassar.
Variant Title: Mini dragons. Hong Kong
Other Entries: Vassar, David.
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Maryland Public Television.
Nihon H?os?o Ky?okai.
Film Australia Pty Limited.
Mini dragons (Television program)
Subject(s): Hong Kong (China)--Economic conditions.
Hong Kong (China)--History.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Publishing, c1991.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Camera, Peter Smokler ; editor, Charlotte Grossman ;
narrator, Richard Pilcher.
Summary: Examines, through the lives of several citizens, the
factors that make Hong Kong an economic power and illustrates
a common anxiety about an uncertain future when China takes control
in 1997.
General Notes: Originally broadcast on the PBS television program
Mini dragons.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HC470.3 .H65 1991
- Hsiang
ssu nü tzu k'o tien
[videorecording ] = Forget-me-not inn / Pei-ching tien ying chih
p`ien ch`ang ; tao yen, Tung, K'ona ; pien chü, Yeh, Tan.
Publisher: Los Angeles, Ca. : China Film Import & Export,
1987.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits: Photography, Chang, Shih-ch`eng.
Cast/Performer: Chang Hsiao-lei, Chung Hsing-huo, Liu Yü.
Summary: A pro-reform accountant is put in charge of a remote
mountain town's inn.
General Notes: Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
Title on container: Ormosia inn.
Based on the novel by Gu Hua.
Originally produced as a motion picture in the 1980's.
A foreign film (China).
VHS.
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: No call number
Status: If item is not on shelf, ask at circulation desk
- Huang
t'u ti [videorecording
] = Yellow earth.
Produced by Guangxi Film Studio ; scenario, Zhang Ziliang ; directed
by Chen Kaige ; International Film Circuit Inc. New York, NY :
Fox Lorber Home Video [distributor], [1993]
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .H7952 1984
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Hung
lou meng
[videorecording ] = Dream of red mansions.
pien chu Chou Lei, Liu Keng-lu, Chou Ling ; chien chih Tai Lin-feng
; tao yen Wang Fu-lin ; Chung yang tien shih t'ai, Chung-kuo tien
shih chu chih tso chung hsin lu chih, [198-] [Millbrae, CA] :
Nan Hai Co., 630 min., 7 videocassettes, sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
In Mandarin. Television dramatization of the Chinese classic Dream
of the Red Chamber, which tells the saga of four wealthy families
in the heyday of the Ch'ing dynasty.
CALL NUMBER: PL 2727 .S224 1980z
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Uniform
Title: [Huo che (Motion picture)]
Huo che [videorecording ] = To live / the
Samuel Goldwyn Company presents an Era International (HK) Ltd.
production in association with Shanghai Film Studios.
Videorec'd Number: 2110179 Orion Home Video
Variant Title: Huozhe
Parallel Title: To live
Other Entries: You, Ge.
Kung, Li, 1965-
Chang, I-mou.
Hua, Y? 1930- Huo che.
Samuel Goldwyn Co.
Era International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Shanghai Film Studios.
Orion Home Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Feature films.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949--Drama.
China--History--1949---Drama.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Orion Home Video, c1998.
Series: World films
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Director of photography, Lu Yue ; music, Zhao Jiping
; editor, Du Yuan ; screenplay, Yu Hua, Lu Wei ; executive producers,
Christophe Tseng, Kow Fuhong ; producer, Chiu Fusheng ; director,
Zhang Yimou.
Cast/Performer: Ge You, Gong Li.
Summary: In a smoky gambling den in 1940's China, a drunken young
man runs through his family's fortune, losing their ancestral
home and all their possessions. This staggering loss proves to
be their salvation, and the first step in an odyssey of survival
that will take them through war
and revolution love and loss, tragedy ... and triumph.
General Notes: Based on the novel by Yu Hua.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1994.
"This film has been modified from its original version. It has
been formatted to fit your TV"--Container.
In Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.
ISBN: 0792899180 :
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .H8552 1994b
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- Inner
visions [videorecording
] : avant-garde art in China / producer, Lydia Chen.
Parallel Title: Avant-garde art in China
Other Entries: Chen, Lydia.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Subject(s): Artists--China.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--China--History--20th century.
Art, Chinese--20th century.
China--Civilization--1976-
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c1993.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (29 cm.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Camera, editor, narrator, Lydia Chen ; camera, Ellen
Seidler ; on-editors, Vince Gasalaina, Mike Francisco.
Summary: Set in Beijing, this documentary examines artists in
post-Mao China who are turning inward, looking at their own emotions
and personalities as a source of artistic inspiration. This inward
focus, learned from Western philosophy and modern art concepts
is considered avant-garde. The narrator provides a historical
and social context for the rise of modern art in China, and the
artists share their histories.
General Notes: Narration in English; some dialog in Chinese with
English voiceover.
LOCATION: Art & Architecture Library-Closed Stacks
CALL NUMBER: N7345 .I563 1993
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- Jing,
A Chinese Girl [videorecording
]
Produced by Leslie Swartz, China specialist in the Harvard East
Asian Program at the Children's Museum of Boston. Chatsworth,
Calif. : AIMS Multimedia, c1990. 18 min., color.
Grades: 4-8
In this program, viewers spend a typical Saturday and Sunday with
a fifth-grade student in Hangzhou, China and are introduced to
her family, school and friends.
CALL NUMBER: DS 779.23 .J56 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Ju
Dou [videorecording
] / Miramax Films ; China Film Co-Production Corporation ; Tokuma
Shoten Publishing Co. Ltd. ... [et al.].
Other Entries: Kung, Li, 1965-
Li, Pao-t`ien.
Li, Wei.
Liu, Heng, 1954- Fu hsi fu hsi.
Chang, I-mou.
Yang, Feng-liang.
China Film Co-Production Corporation.
Tokuma Shoten.
Miramax Films.
LIVE Home Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: [Van Nuys, CA] : Live Home Video, [1991], c1990.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS hi-fi; Dolby stereo.
Credits: Producers, Zhang Wenze, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Hu Jian ; directors,
Zhang Yi-Mou and Yang Feng-liang ; story, Liu Heng ; camera, Gu
Changwei, Yang Lun ; editor, Du Yuan ; music, Zhao Jipin.
Cast/Performer: Gong Li, Li Bao-tian, Li Wei.
Summary: The abused wife of a sadistic Chinese mill owner and
his overworked nephew fall in love. Only murder could free the
lovers from the mill owner's tyranny-- or could it?
General Notes: Videocassette release of the 1990 motion picture.
Based on the story Fu hsi fu hsi by Liu Heng.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
ISBN: 1556586469 :
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .J722 1990
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- Ke tu chiu hen [videorecording ] = Song
of the exile.
Produced by Kao shih tien ying kung ssu, Chung yang tien ying
kung ssu. New York, N. Y. : Kino International Corp., c1991. 1
videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; ½ VHS.
Graduating from a university in Britain, Hueyin Cheung returns
home to attend her sisterâs wedding but quickly finds herself
at social and emotional odds with her seemingly imperious mother.
The turbulent homecoming revives Heuyinâs memories of the
changed atmosphere of her childhood in Macao. Hueyin reluctantly
agrees to accompany her mother on a visit to her once rich and
prominent family in Japan. There, she begins to understand that
she and her mother are very much alike, both having suffered similar
feelings of loss and alienation throughout their adult live.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .K392 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Konversationskurs
chinesisch.
[videorecording + textbook ] = Chinese through pictures
= Han yu chiao hsueh t'u ts'e.
ed. by Li Xiulan et al. Beijing, Sinolingua, 1990. Four video
tapes and one textbook.
CALL NUMBER: PL 1129 .G4 K66 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Kuo
nien
[videorecording ]=Spring festival
By Pei-ching tien ying chih p'ien ch'ang, Hsiang-kang wan ho ying
shih yu hsien kung ssu lien ho she chih ; pien chèu Chiang
I ; tao yen Huang Chien-chung. Millbrae, Calif. : Nan-hai [distributor],
[1995?] In Mandarin with English subtitles. Color.
An old couple in a small snow-bound town in northern China thinks
they are going to have a peaceful Spring Festival, but the unexpected
arrival of their five children and their families and fiancâees
brings excitement, conflict, and melodrama.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .K782 1995
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
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- Lao
ching
[videorecording ] / Hsi-an tien ying chih pien ch`ang ; tao yen
Wu T`ien-ming = Old well / Xi'an Film Studio ; director
Wu Tian-ming.
Parallel Title: Old well
Other Entries: Wu, T`ien-ming.
Cheng, I.
Tu, Ch`ang-min.
Wang, An-ch`ing.
Chang, I-mou.
Liang, Yü-chin.
Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
Hsi-an tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, USA : China Film Import & Export
; Millbrae, Calif. : Nan Hai Co., c1987.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Pien chü Cheng I ; she ying Ch`en Wan-ts`ai, Chang
I-mou ; mei kung Yang Kang ; tso ch`ü Hsü Yu-fu ; chih
pien Tu Ch`ang-min, Wang An-ch`ing.
Cast/Performer: Chang I-mou, Liang Yü-chin.
Summary: An educated youth returns to his village and helps his
family realize their dream of finding water on their land. To
do so, he marries a widow and sacrifices his real love. The villagers
succeed in digging a good well.
General Notes: Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .L292 1987
- Uniform
Title: [Last emperor (Motion picture)]
The last emperor [videorecording ] / Jeremy
Thomas presents a film by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Edition: Widescreen version.
Other Entries: Bertolucci, Bernardo.
Peploe, Mark.
Lone, John, 1952-
Chen, Joan, 1961-
O'Toole, Peter, 1932-
Ying, Ruocheng.
Artisan Entertainment (Firm)
Subject(s): P`u-i, 1906-1967 --Drama.
Feature films.
China--History--20th century--Drama.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Artisan Entertainment, c1999.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 2 videocassettes (218 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Director, Bernardo Bertolucci ; producer, Jeremy Thomas
; screenplay, Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci ; editor, Gabriela
Cristiani ; photography, Vittorio Storaro ; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto,
David Byrne, Cong Su.
Cast/Performer: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng.
Summary: The epic adventure and true story of Pu Yi, who, at the
age of 3, toddled to the Imperial Dragon Throne to become "Lord
of 10,000 Years," China's last emperor.
Awards: Academy Award winner, best picture, best director, best
screenplay, best score, best art direction, best cinematography,
best costume design, best film editing, best sound, 1987.
General Notes: "Contains an additional hour of never-before-seen
footage"--Container.
Original director's cut released in 1998.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Letterbox format.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
ISBN: 0784012164
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .L3352 1998
Holdings: cassette 1-2
- Lien
lien feng ch`en
[videorecording ] = Dust in the wind / Chung yang
tien ying shih yeh ku fen yu hsien kung ssu, Shih chieh jih pao
t`u shu pu.
Parallel Title: Dust in the wind
Other Entries: Wu, Nien-chen, 1952-
Chu, T`ien-wen.
Hou, Hsiao-hsien, 1947-
Hsin, Shu-fen.
Wang, Ching-wen.
Li, Tien-Lu.
Chung yang tien ying shih yeh ku fen yu hsien kung ssu.
Shih chieh jih pao t`u shu pu.
International Film Circuit (Firm)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: New York : International Film Circuit Inc., c1987.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Screenplay, Wu Nien-chen, Chu T`ien-wen ; director, Hou
Hsiao-hsien ; chih p`ien, Li Hsien-chang, Chang Hua-k`un.
Cast/Performer: Hsin Shu-fen, Wang Ching-wen, Li T`ien-lu.
Summary: A love story about a young couple from a village in the
southern part of Taiwan. The boy goes to Taipei to work after
graduating from junior high to earn money to send home. The girl
follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money
to marry. Then the young man spends three years in the military
and the girl marries someone else. Although the young man regrets
what happened he does not blame the girl.
General Notes: Videocassette release of the 1987 motion picture.
English title on cassette and container: Dust in the wind.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .L5662 1987
- Lin
chü [videorecording
] = Neighbors / Produced by China Film Inc.
Publisher: Los Angeles : China film, [1982]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (114 min) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Credits: Directors, Zheng Dongtian, Xu Guming.
Cast/Performer: Feng Hanyuan, Wang Pei, Xu Zhongguan.
Summary: Heart-warming human drama in an apartment complex. Winner
of best picture of 2nd Golden Cock Award in China.
General Notes: In Mandarin.
VHS format.
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: No call number
- Mao
par lui-meme.
[videorecording ]=Mao by Mao
Princeton, N .J. : Films for Humanities and Sciences; 28 min.,
color.
This autobiography is drawn from the text of Mao's writings, diaries,
speeches and personal notes. Mao became a virtual living god to
nearly a billion Chinese during Chinese Cultural Revolution period
(1964-1975). His historical importance in the history of China
remains unchanged despite current Chinese re-evaluations of his
political infallibility.
CALL NUMBER: DS 778 .M3 A33 1980
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Mao
Tse-tung: the architect of modern China .
[videorecording ]
Princeton, N. J. : Films for Humanities and Sciences; 30 min.,
b&w/color.
This program looks at the life, the achievements, and the legacy
of Mao Tse-tung from his birth, education, and enlistment in the
revolutionary army revolting against the Manchu dynasty; through
the founding of the Communist Party and the first Chinese Soviet;
the break with the Kuomintang and the Long March; the formulation
of the rectification campaign adapting Marxism to Chinese culture;
victory over the Nationalists in 1949; the Great Proletarian Revolution;
the Cultural Revolution; to the opening of China to the West;
the death of Zhou En-lai; the death of Mao; the fall of the Gang
of Four; and the Tiananmen massacre.
CALL NUMBER: DS 778 .M3 M28 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- More
than rice
[ videorecording ] / by Heather Finnegan ; a Carousel Film and
Video presentation ; [presented by] Bouquet Multimedia ; written
by Heather Finnegan.
Other Entries: Finnegan, Heather.
Carousel Films.
Bouquet Multimedia.
Subject(s): Documentary films.
China--Civilization--1949-
China--History--1976-
Publisher: New York, NY : Carousel Film & Video, c1996.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Video, Matt Craven, Miguel Peralta ; editor, Heather
Finnegan.
Summary: The world is watching China as it charges into the 21st
century and it is trying to understand China for business, political,
and personal reasons. The way to this understanding is through
the people. This documentary presents a wide variety of perspectives
as well as taking a fresh look at the past, present, and future
of this fascinating nation.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS779.23 .M67 1996
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- Nieh
tzu
[ videorecording ] = Outcasts / a film by Yu Kan-Ping.
Parallel Title: Outcasts
Other Entries: Yü, K`an-P`ing.
Sun, Yüeh.
Chao, Hsin.
Chiang, Hou-jen.
Pai, Hsien-yung, 1937- Nieh tzu.
Award Films (Firm)
Subject(s): Gays--Taiwan--Drama.
Feature films.
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Award Films International, c1987.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Cast/Performer: Sun Yueh, Chao Hsin, Chiang Ho-Jen, Tien Wei-Wei,
Ma Chao Chun, Tsi Peng-Tao, Lee Tai-Ling.
Summary: Discovered during sex by a nightwatchman, young Ah-Ching
is beaten and expelled from home by his violent abusive father.
Rescued from the gutter by Yang, he is introduced to three other
teenage boys--all abandoned by their families because they were
gay. Yang struggles to create a loving family unit with them.
General Notes: Based on the novel Nieh tzu by Bai Shiang Yeong.
n Mandarin Chinese with English and Chinese subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PL2892.A345 N524 1987
- Niu peng
[videorecording ] = Chine, ma douleur = China,
my sorrow.
Une co-production [de] Titane, Flach film, La sept. ; une film
de Dai Sijie. Santa Monica, Calif. : Connoisseur Video, c1993.
1 videocassette (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
SUBJECTS: 1) Prisons--China--Drama. 2) China--History--Cultural
Revolution, 1966-1969-- Drama.
A 13 year-old boy plays a love song to a girl and is arrested
by Mao's cultural police and branded as a propagator of obscene
records. Sent off to a remote mountain re-education work camp,
he befriends another teenage enemy of the people and an elderly,
sage Buddhist monk. His new friends help him preserve his familial
traditions and his unique sense of self.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .N52322 1989
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- No more disguises
[videorecording ] / Skylight Pictures.
Other Entries: Cui Jian.
Sigel, Tom.
Varbanov, Boryana.
Skylight Pictures (Firm)
Subject(s): Political ballads and songs--China.
China--History--Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
Publisher: New York : First Run/Icarus Films, c1989.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocasstte (6 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Producer, Pamela Yates ; directors, Tom Sigel, Boryana
Varbanov.
Cast/Performer: Cui Jian, Ado.
Summary: A music video focusing on the faces of China interspersed
with images of the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989.
General Notes: Filmed in China in January, 1989.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS779.32 .N6 1989
Top
- Origins of Chinese characters
= Han tzu tzu yuan ru men .
by Wang, Hung-yuan. Beijing: Sinolingua, 1993.
Text in Chinese and English. A guide to the origins and histories
of Chinese characters. Wang employs a new approach to teaching
the practical ideograph of Chinese to those whose native scripts
are alphabet-based.
CALL NUMBER: PL 1281 .W36x 1993
LOCATION: East Asian Library
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- Pa-wang pieh Chi
[videorecording ] = Farewell my concubine
Miramax Films in association with Maverick Picture Company and
Tomson (HK) Films Co., Ltd. [ S. l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment
; Burbank, Calif. : Buena Vista Home Video (distributor), c1993.
2 videodiscs (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Based on the novel by Lilian Lee. Story that spans more than 50
years in the lives of two men at the Peking Opera, friends since
childhood, and the woman who comes between them.
Also an absorbing drama of the period in Chinese history from
the warlord era through the Cultural Revolution.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .P382 1993
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Pei-ching ni tsao
[videorecording ] = Budding desires (Good morning, Beijing)
/ Pei-ching tien ying hsüeh yüan Ch`ing nien tien ying
chih p`ien ch`ang.
Variant Title: Good morning, Beijing.
Other Title: Good morning, Beijing.
Parallel Title: Budding desires (Good morning, Beijing)
Other Entries: Chang, Nuan-hsin.
T`ang, Ta-nien.
Ma, Hsiao-ch`ing.
Wang, Ch`üan-an.
Chia, Hung-sheng.
Pei-ching tien ying hsüeh yüan. Ch`ing nien tien ying
chih p`ien ch`ang.
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : China Film Import & Export (L.A.)
Inc. ; Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai Co., [1991]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Director, Chang Nuan-hsin ; screenplay, T`ang Ta-nien
; cinematographers, Chang Hsi-kuei, Hua Ch`ing ; music, Kuo Wen-ching.
Cast/Performer: Ma Hsiao-ch`ing, Wang Ch`üan-an, Chia Hung-sheng,
Chin T`ieh-feng.
Summary: "Set in the late 80s in Beijing, Ai Hong, Zou Yongqiang
and Wang Lang all work on a bus. Ai Hong and Zou Yongqiang are
in love with each other, and while they live ordinarily, the pace
of economic reform disturbs their equilibrium"--Container.
General Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1991.
Letterbox format.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .P452 1991
- Pien
tsou pien chang [videorecording
] = Life on a string.
A Serene production with Pandora Film, Beijing Film Studio, and
China Film Co-production Corporation ; producer, Don Ranvaud ;
director, Chen Kaige ; screenplay, Chen Kaige. New York, N. Y.
: Kino on Video, c1994. 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
From a short story by Shi Tiesheng. The story of a blind boy who
is promised the restoration of his sight if he devotes his life
to music.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .P482 1991
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Practical cultural communication 400
= Shih yung wen hua chiao chi 400 chu.
by Ni, Ming-Liang. Beijing: Sinolingua, 1995. 351 p.
A practical elementary textbook structured around the theme of
cultural comparisons between China and other countries.
CALL NUMBER: Brief no.: 33-19339
LOCATION: East Asian
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- Red capitalism
[videorecording ] / produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Other Entries: Starowicz, Mark.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Filmakers Library, inc.
Subject(s): Capitalism--China.
Investments, Foreign--China.
Corporations, Foreign--China.
China--Economic policy--1976-
China--Politics and government--1976-
China--Foreign economic relations.
Shen-chen ching chi t`e ch`?(Shenzhen, Guangdong Sheng, China)
Shenzhen (Guangdong Sheng, China : East)--Economic policy.
Publisher: New York : Filmakers Library [distributor], [199-?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Journalist, Mark Starowicz.
Summary: This documentary focuses on the municipality of Shenzhen
which was turned into a special economic zone in Southern China.
Cheap labor and liberalized trading practices attracted a myriad
of western corporations eager to do business in this future third
largest consumer market in the world. Making money became an obsession
with the growing population. Professionals from other parts of
China were flocking to this booming economic zone looking for
better paid manufacturing jobs.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HC427.92 .R42 1990z
- Ren min ying hsiung
[videorecording ] = People's hero
producer, Chen Chien-hsun ; director, Erh Tung-sheng. [Taiwan]
: Long Shong Picture Ltd. ; [s. l.] : Maverick Film
Ltd. ; Tai Seng Video Marketing, c1988. 1 videocassette (ca. 80
min.) : sd., col.or ; 1/2 in.
Cantonese language, English subtitles.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .R45862 1988
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
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- Salisbury’s
report on China: The Chinese revolution and beyond
. [videorecording]
Princeton, N. J. : Films for Humanities and Sciences, 1993. 3-
50 min. color.
Part 1. The leaders of the revolution
Part 2. Slogans and policies
Part 3. From liberalization to crackdown Harrison Salisbury, noted
New York Times correspondent, witness to much of the history of
the Chinese revolution and confidant of many of its leading political
figures, is the host of this major series, which covers the history
of the Chinese Revolution and culminates in the Tianamen Square
Massacre.
CALL NUMBER: DS 777.75 .S254 1989
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Shadow
of China [videorecording ] / Fine Line Features.
Other Entries: Lone, John, 1952-
Davis, Sammi.
Wu, Vivian, 1966-
Yanagimachi, Mitsuo.
Maxwell, Richard.
Lewitt, Elliott.
Guest, Don.
Nishiki, Masaaki. Sun¯eku heddo.
Fine Line Features.
New Line Home Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: New York, NY : New Line Home Video, c1991.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Music, Yasuaki Shimizu ; production designer, Andrew
McAlpine ; director of photography, Toyomichi Kurita ; screenplay,
Richard Maxwell and Mitsuo Yanagimachi ; exec. producer, Satoru
Iseki ; producers, Elliott Lewitt and Don Guest ; director, Mitsuo
Yanagimachi.
Cast/Performer: John Lone, Sammi Davis, Vivian Wu, Koichi Sato.
Summary: A mysterious young tycoon fights to seize control of
Hong Kong, and to hide a past that could destroy him and the empire
that he built.
General Notes: Based on a novel by Masaaki Nishiki.
Hi-fi ; Dolby surround stereo.
Rated PG-13.
ISBN: 0800108612
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PL857.I776 S824 1991
- Silk and strings [ videorecording
] : a tale of Taiwan / produced by Seabourne Enterprises (Film
Productions) Ltd. ; executive producer, John Seabourne ; directed
by Deben Bhattacharya.
Variant Title: Silk and strings : Taiwan
Other Entries: Bhattacharya, Deben.
Subject(s): Folk music--Taiwan.
Dance--Taiwan.
Publisher: Guilford, CT : Video-Forum, [199-?]
Series: Music and society series (Guilford, Conn.)
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassete (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Photography, Denny Densham.
General Notes: Originally released by Sussex Tapes, London in
1973.
"An A-FM video recording"--Container.
ISBN: 0884328945
LOCATION: Music & Dance Library-Media & Reserve Desk
CALL NUMBER: video ML3747 .S55 1973
- Silk
Road. [videorecording ]: an ancient world of adventure
Produced by NHK/Japan and China Central TV; Distributed by Boston,
[New York] : Central Park Media, c1990-1992.
- Grades: 9-12+
A panoramic tour examining the world's most historic and inaccessible
locations, Silk Road escorts the viewer on the ancient path travelled
by Marco Polo, linking the riches of China with the European markets
of the Middle Ages.
Program titles include: 1. Glories of Ancient Chang-An
2. 1000 Kilometers Beyond Yellow River
3. Art Gallery in the Desert
4. The Dark Castle
5. In Search of the Kingdom of Lou-lan
6. Across the Taklamakan Desert
7. Khotan-Oasis of Silk and Jade
8. A Heat Wave Called Turfan
9. Through the Tian Shan Mountains
10. Journey into Music -- South through the Tian Shan Mountains
11. Where Horses Fly Like the Wind
12. Two Roads to the Pamirs CALL NUMBER: DS 712 .S54 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks] has: cassette 1-12
CURRENT STATUS: if item is not on shelf, ask at circulation desk
- Storm
from the east [videorecording ] / series producer,
Robert Marshall ; an NHK, BBC co-production.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, [c1994] 4 videocassettes
(124 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
SUBJECTS: 1) Mongols--History, Military.
2) Genghis Khan, 1162-1227.
3) Kublai Khan, 1216-1294.
OTHER ENTRIES: - Marshall, Robert.
- Barrett, Sean.
- Woodruff, Viviana.
- Nihon Hoso Kyokai.
- British Broadcasting Corporation.
OTHER ENTRIES: Mongols, storm from the east. [title]
NOTES: Title on containers: Mongols, storm from the east. Contents:
[tape 1]. Birth of an empire -- [tape 2]. World conquerors --
[tape 3]. Tartar crusaders -- [tape 4]. The last khan of khans.
Directors, Robert Marshall, Viviana Woodruff ; series consultants,
David Morgan, Morris Rossabi, James Chambers, Reuven Amitai-Press
; music, Richard Attree. Narrator: Sean Barrett.
Eight hundred years ago Europe awoke to a terrible army which
suddenly appeared out of the eastern mists. Very little was known
about it, and what was known was terrifying. This series traces
the history of the Mongol empire from Genghis Khan, who united
the Mongol tribes, to the fifth Great Khan, Kublai Khan, who was
disappointed in his quest to unite the entire Chinese nation.
CALL NUMBER: DS 919 .S76 1993
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks] has: cassette 1-4
CURRENT STATUS: if item is not on shelf, ask at circulation desk
- Song
of the bicycle [videorecording ] / South Productions
for Channel Four in association with RTVE (Spain) and SBS (Australia).
Other Entries: I, Ling.
Yang, Shu.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
First Run/Icarus Films.
South Productions.
Subject(s): Bicycles--China.
Transportation--China.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : First Run Icarus Films, c1991.
Series: South (Series)
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (17 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Director, Yang Shu ; series producers, Jenny Hay, Ana
de Skalon.
Summary: China is a land of 370 million bicycles and 600 bicycle
factories. In this lyrical portrait, scenes of bicycles being
used to transport huge earthenware urns and bamboo cabinets to
market, to haul timber to construction sights, and to simply get
from place to place are interspersed with the observations of
artist, Yi Ling, who spent 4 1/2 years cycling around China's
perimeter. He notes that while foreigners may use bicycles for
recreation, they are essential to the livelihood of many Chinese.
General Notes: In Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: GV1046.C6 S66 1991
- Storm
from the east [ videorecording ] / series producer,
Robert Marshall ; an NHK, BBC co-production.
Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, [c1994] 4 videocassettes
(124 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
SUBJECTS: 1) Mongols--History, Military.
2) Genghis Khan, 1162-1227.
3) Kublai Khan, 1216-1294.
OTHER ENTRIES: - Marshall, Robert.
- Barrett, Sean.
- Woodruff, Viviana.
- Nihon Hoso Kyokai.
- British Broadcasting Corporation.
OTHER ENTRIES: Mongols, storm from the east. [title]
NOTES: Title on containers: Mongols, storm from the east. Contents:
[tape 1]. Birth of an empire -- [tape 2]. World conquerors --
[tape 3]. Tartar crusaders -- [tape 4]. The last khan of khans.
Directors, Robert Marshall, Viviana Woodruff ; series consultants,
David Morgan, Morris Rossabi, James Chambers, Reuven Amitai-Press
; music, Richard Attree. Narrator: Sean Barrett.
Eight hundred years ago Europe awoke to a terrible army which
suddenly appeared out of the eastern mists. Very little was known
about it, and what was known was terrifying. This series traces
the history of the Mongol empire from Genghis Khan, who united
the Mongol tribes, to the fifth Great Khan, Kublai Khan, who was
disappointed in his quest to unite the entire Chinese nation.
CALL NUMBER: DS 919 .S76 1993
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve has: cassette 1-4
CURRENT STATUS: if item is not on shelf, ask at circulation desk
- Study of Chinese characters
= Chien ming shih yung Han tzu hsueh .
by Li, Dasui. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993. 334 pp.
Comprehensive introduction on shape, definition, index and calligraphy
of Chinese words.
CALL NUMBER: PL1281 .L5177 1993
LOCATION: East Asian
- Sun
Yat-sen and the three principles of the revolution.
[videorecording ]
Princeton, NJ: Films for Humanities and Sciences; 14 min. Videotape,
Black and white.
This program shows China's peasants and their lives in 1949; the
antecedents, events, and aftereffects of the Boxer Rebellion;
the revolts of 1911 and 1919, and the appearance of Sun Yat-sen
on the scene; the founding of the Kuomintang, the role of the
war lords, and the events following the death of Sun, up to the
Long March. The program thus presents the backdrop and explains
the goals of the three principles of the Chinese Revolution; improve
the life of the people, drive out the foreigners, and modernize
China.
CALL NUMBER: DS 777 .S87 1991
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Sun-tzu:
the art of war. [videorecording ]
Princeton, NJ: Films for Humanities and Sciences; 50 min, color.
The Art of War, from the calligraphic brush of a fourth century
BC Chinese general and military philosopher, has been the textbook
of Western as well as Eastern leaders for centuries—to the benefit
of those who were able to apply his lessons well and the disaster
of those who were not. The book is as much about psychology, morality,
and style as a novel.
CALL NUMBER: U101 .S9524 1994
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
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- Ta
hung teng lung kao kao kua [videorecording ] =
Raise the red lantern = Da hong deng long
gao gao gua
ERA International (Hong Kong) Ltd. ; China Film Co-Production
Corporation ; directed by Chang Yi -mou ; produced by Chiu Fu-sheng
; screenplay by Ni Chen. New York, NY. : Orion Home Video, c1992.
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Based on the original novel, Wives and concubines by Su T'ung.
Set in 1920's China, 19-year-old Songlian has become Fourth Wife
to the wealthy Chen. Yet she must share her husband with three
existing wives. Each must wait until dusk for the arrival of a
red lantern, which signifies with whom the master will sleep tonight.
When Songlian discovers that the other wives cheat to win the
red lantern, she decides to join the fight for Chen's attention.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .T232 1991
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Ta
yüeh ping [videorecording ] / Kuang-hsi tien
ying chih pien ch`ang ; tao yen Ch`en K`ai-ko = Big military parade
/ Guangxi Film Studio ; director Chen Kaige.
Variant Title: Big parade
Parallel Title: Big military parade
Other Entries: Ch`en, K`ai-ko, 1952-
Kao, Li-li.
Ch`en, Li-kuo.
Kuang-hsi tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, USA : China Film Import & Export
; San Francisco, Calif. : Nan Hai (U.S.A.) Co., Inc., [1987?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Pien chü Kao Li-li ; she ying Chang I-mou ; mei
kung Ho Chün ; tso ch`ü Ch`ü Hsiao-sung, Chao Chi-p`ing
; chih pien Ch`en Li-kuo.
Cast/Performer: Wang Hsüeh-ch`i, Sun Ch`un, Lu Lei, Wu Ju-p`u,
Kuan Ch`iang, K`ang Hua.
Summary: The lives of six soldiers in an airborne division of
the Chinese People's Liberation Army, ending in a military parade
at Tienanmen Square.
General Notes: Chinese dialogue, English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .T252 1987
- Taiwan
[videorecording ] / an international co-production of Maryland
Public Television, NHK, Film Australia ; senior producer, Fumihiko
Ninomiya ; producers, Jun Takashima, Shunya Hirano, Nobuko Akiyama
; writer, Daniel Bailes.
Variant Title: Mini dragons. Taiwan
Other Entries: Bailes, Daniel.
Ambrose Video Publishing.
Film Australia Pty Limited.
Maryland Public Television.
Nihon H¯os¯o Ky¯okai.
Mini dragons (Television program)
Subject(s): Taiwan--Economic conditions--1975-
Taiwan--Politics and government--1988-
Taiwan--History.
Taiwan--Social conditions.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Ambrose Video Publishing, c1991.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Camera, Sadao Yoshida ; editor, Masahara Yoshioka ; narrator,
Richard Pilcher.
Summary: Examines Taiwan's economic success and the political
changes since the lifting of martial law. Asks whether the economic
miracle can be sustained amidst the turmoil of political democratization.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HC430.5 .T336 1991
- Taiwan
[videorecording ] : a force to be reckoned with
/ producer, Brian Davies ; BBC Education & Training.
Other Entries: Lomax, David F.
Davies, Brian.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Subject(s): Taiwan--Economic conditions--1945-
Taiwan--Politics and government--1945-
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
c1997.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min., 19 sec.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Photographer, Michael Spooner ; research, Elizabeth Farrar
; film editor, Alex Richardson.
Summary: Focuses on the political and economic problems that Taiwan
is dealing with.
General Notes: Videocassette release of a 1994 BBC production.
Contains some dialogue in Chinese with English voice-overs.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMNER: HC430.5 .T35 1994
- Taiwan
[videorecording ] : exotic blossom of the orient
/ produced, directed and written by Dan Goldblatt ; International
Video Network.
Other Entries: Goldblatt, Dan.
International Video Network.
Subject(s): Documentary films.
Taiwan--Description and travel.
Publisher: San Ramon, CA : International Video Network, c1988.
Series: Video visits. Far East collection
Video travel library
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Cast/Performer: Narrator, Roberta Wong Murray.
Summary: Travel to the island nation of Taiwan, where ancient
Chinese traditions blend seamlessly with a dynamic high-tech culture.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: DS799.24 .T36 1988
- Tao
li chieh [videorecording ] = Plunder of the peach
and plum Produced by Diangtong Corp. Film Studio.
Publisher: Los Angeles : China film, [198-?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (110 min) : sd., b&w. ; 1/2 in.
LOCATION: ON ORDER--request this item at the circulation desk
CALL NUMBER: No call number
Status: If item is not on shelf, ask at circulation desk
- Tao
ma tsei [videorecording ] = The horse thief
produced by Xi'an Film Studio. New York : Kino on Video, c1991.
1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/2 in.
A herdsman, caught between poverty and religion, commits a crime
and is expelled form his clan. The story takes place in 1923 in
Tibet.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .T332 1986
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Tien
luan [videorecording ] = Song of China .
Douglas MacLean presents a United Photoplay Service picture ;
supervision and direction, Lo Ming-yu ; author, Chung Shih-ken
; photography, Wang Shao-fen. Burbank, Calif. : Hollywood's Attic,
c1996. 1 videocassette (ca. 65 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
A family saga set in China during the late 19th and early 20th
centuries.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .T5162 1936
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- To
live [videorecording ]
The Samuel Goldwyn Company presents an Era International (HK)
Ltd. production in association with Shanghai Film Studios.
Los Angeles : Hallmark Home Entertainment, 1995. 134 min.: sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in
Base on the novel Huo che by Yu Hua. The story of a prodigal son
set against the backdrop of China in the tumultuous era of the
40s and beyond.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .T59372 1994
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Tu
Wei-ming [videorecording ] : a Confucian life in America
/ from WNET/New York, WTTW/Chicago, WTVS/Detroit ; produced and
directed by Gail Pellett ; edited by Michael Collins ; executive
producers, Judith Davidson Moyers, Bill Moyers ; a production
of Public Affairs Television, Inc.
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1994.
Moyers collection. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with
b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
SUBJECTS: 1) Tu, Wei-ming--Interviews.
2) Philosophy, Confucian.
3) Confucianism.
OTHER ENTRIES: - Tu, Wei-ming.
OTHER ENTRIES: - Moyers, Bill D.
- Pellett, Gail.
- Films for the Humanities (Firm)
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.)
- WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)
- Public Affairs Television (Firm)
- World of ideas (Television program) [title]
NOTES: Title on container: Confucian life in America, Tu Wei-ming.
S: First released in 1990.
Broadcast over PBS as a segment of: A world of ideas / with Bill
Moyers.
"FFH 5005"--Container.
Presenter: Bill Moyers.
Bill Moyers interviews Tu Wei-ming who discusses the relevance
of Confucian philosophy to our times and the recent student movement
in China. Tu Wei-ming suggests that the humanism of Confucius
can help us sort out some of the ethical problems of today.
CALL NUMBER: B 127 .C65 T8 1990
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
CURRENT STATUS: Ask at the Watson Library Reserve Desk
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- Understanding
China in the 21st Century: Political, Economic, and Security Issues
in the Asia/Pacific Region. [audio tape + text]
Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education
(SPICE), Stanford University, Stanford, 1996.
- Grades: 9-12+
This curriculum unit including an audio tape, text, and activity
cards introduces students to the historical legacies of Japan's
military involvement in China during the 1930s and the Tiananmen
Square incident of June 4, 1989; describes China's political situation
and economy in transition; explores issues related to human rights
and security; and introduces concepts related to Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC).
CALL NUMBER: DS 779.26 .U64 1995
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
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- Wan
chia teng huo [videorecording ] = Myriads
of lights .
Produced by The Peak Film Industries Corp., Ltd. ; producers:
Xia Yunhu, Ren Zongde ; screenplay: Yang Hensheng, Shen Fu, director:
Shen Fu. [Beijing : China Film Export and Import Corp. ; Los Angeles,
CA : China Film Import & (LA), 1994?] 122 min. : sd., b &
w, 1/2 in. VHS In Chinese with subtitles in English.
Portrays life in war-torn Shanghai (1937-1945).
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .W322 1947
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Wan
chu [videorecording ] = The trouble-shooters
/ director, Mi Chia-shan ; screenplay, Wang Shuo, Mi Chia-shan
; produced by Emei Film Studio.
Parallel Title: Trouble-shooters
Other Entries: Mi, Chia-shan.
Wang, Shuo.
Chang, Kuo-li.
P`an, Hung.
Ko, Yu.
O-mei tien ying chih p`ien ch`ang.
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : China Film Import & Export
; Millbrae, CA : Distributed by Nan Hai Co., Inc., U.S.A., [199-?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Cinematographer, Wang Hsiao-lieh ; composor, Wang Ti
; art director, Kan Shao-ch`eng.
Cast/Performer: Chang Kuo-li, P`an Hung, Ko Yu, Liang T`ien.
Summary: To alleviate depression, resolve problems and take responsibility
for other persons, a group of youngsters set up a trouble-shooting
company. They dispense pleasure, anger, sorrow and joy, and savor
all the sweet and bitter experiences of life. Comical incidents
compound as their company carries out its unusual operations.
General Notes: Dialog in Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .W322 1990z
- Wild
swans [videorecording ] / BBC Omnibus.
Other Entries: Chang, Jung, 1952-
Scorer, Mischa.
Filmakers Library, inc.
BBC Omnibus (Television program)
Subject(s): Chang, Jung, 1952- --Family.
Women--China--Biography.
Documentary films.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, [1993]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Director, Mischa Scorer ; producer, Anne Scorer.
Summary: Jung Chang describes how her mother inspired her to write
the book Wild swans, in which she tells the story of three Chinese
women, her grandmother, her mother, and herself.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: HQ1767.5.A3 W54 1993
- Wo
ho wo ti t'ung hsueh men [videorecording ] = Me
and my classmates.
Produced by Shang-hai tien ying chih p'ien ch'ang ; pien chu,
Hsieh Yu-chun ; tao yen, P'eng Hsiao-lien. [Millbrae, Calif. :
Nan-hai Co., 1988] 80 min. : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Chinese dialogue, English subtitles. A female high school student
who is elected sport monitor of her class learns to grow up and
develops friendships with her classmates.
CALL NUMBER: PN 1997 .W5952 1988
LOCATION: Watson [Stacks]
- Wu
ya yü ch`üeh [videorecording ] = Crows
and sparrows / produced by Xia Yunhu and Ren Zongde ;
screenplay by Chen Baichen ; directed by Zheng Junli.
Parallel Title: Crows and sparrows
Other Entries: Hsia, Yün-hu.
Jen, Tsung-te.
Ch`en, Pai-ch`en, 1908-
Cheng, Chün-li.
Chao, Tan.
Wu, Yin.
China Film Import & Export Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Nan Hai Co. (U.S.)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : China Film Import & Export ;
Millbrae, CA : Nan Hai, [1992?]
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (111 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS format.
Credits: Photography, Miao Zhenhua, Hu Zhenhua.
Cast/Performer: Zhao Dan, Wu Yin, Sun Daoling, Shanggluan Yunzhu,
Wei Heling, Li Tianji, Huang Zongying, Wang Pei.
Summary: Portrays a dramatic struggle between tenants and landlords
on the eve of the Communist revolution.
General Notes: Released in 1949 as a motion picture.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .W732 1949
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- Yu
tseng [videorecording ] = Temptation of a monk
/ Tedpoly Films Limited Production of a film by Clara Law.
Videorec'd Number: FLV1168 Fox Lorber Home Video
Variant Title: You zeng
Parallel Title: Temptation of a monk
Other Entries: Chen, Joan, 1961-
Wu, Hsin-kuo.
Law, Clara.
Fong, Eddie L. C.
Li, Pi-hua.
Fox Lorber Home Video (Firm)
Subject(s): Feature films.
Publisher: New York : Fox Lorber Home Video, c1995.
Format: Visual Material
Description: 1 videocassette (118 min.) : sd., col., stereo ;
1/2 in.
Computer Info: VHS.
Credits: Produced by Teddy Robin Kwan ; directed by Clara Law
; screenplay by Eddie Fong Ling-ching Lilian Lee ; director of
photography, Andrew Lesnie ; edited by Jill Bilcock ; music by
Tats Lau.
Cast/Performer: Joan Chen, Wu Hsin-kuo.
Summary: Set in 7th century China, it tells the story of a young
general who is betrayed and forced to take refuge in a Buddhist
temple in order to contront his mistakes.
General Notes: Videocassette release of a 1993 motion picture.
Mandarin with enhanced English subtitles.
LOCATION: Watson Library-Reserve
CALL NUMBER: PN1997 .Y8272 1993
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