Collaborations: The Cinema Of Zhang Yimou & Gong Li NEW Blu-Ray 8-Disc Box Set

Description: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brand new, official studio-released Blu-Ray of this great film, imported from Australia ( Hong gao liang / Ju Dou / Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Qiu Ju da guan si / Huo zhe / Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia / Gui lai ) ( Red Sorghum / Ju Dou / Raise the Red Lantern / The Story of Qiu Ju / To Live / Shanghai Triad / Curse of the Golden Flower / Coming Home ) This is a Blu-Ray Disc, Region A/B/C. This Blu-Ray Disc will play on any standard Blu-Ray player. Blu-Ray Discs will not play on any regular (not Blu-Ray) DVD player. Blu-Ray Discs will not play on any regular (not Blu-Ray) DVD player. This item does not contain pornographic material and may be lawfully sold to and viewed by minors. OUR OTHER PRODUCTS AND POLICIES o If you found this DVD/Blu-Ray to your liking, you will probably find one or more other rare items that we sell to your tastes. 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FILM DETAILS Original Title: Hong gao liang / Ju Dou / Da hong deng long gao gao gua / Qiu Ju da guan si / Huo zhe / Yao a yao, yao dao wai po qiao / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia / Gui lai Alternate Title: Red Sorghum / Ju Dou / Raise the Red Lantern / The Story of Qiu Ju / To Live / Shanghai Triad / Curse of the Golden Flower / Coming Home Screened, competed or awarded at:Australian Film Institute BAFTA Awards Berlin International Film Festival Cannes Film Festival David Donatello Awards Golden Globes Oscar Academy Awards Stockholm Film Festival Vancouver International Film Festival Venice Film Festival Other Film Festival Awards Language Selections:Chinese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ) Chinese ( Dolby Linear PCM ) Chinese ( Dolby TrueHD ) Chinese ( DTS 5.1 ) Chinese ( Mono ) English ( Subtitles ) Product Origin/Format:Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C ) Running Time:872 min Aspect Ratio:Widescreen (2.35:1) Special Features:Alternative Footage Behind the scenes Box Set Cast/Crew Interview(s) Collectors Edition Commentary Documentary Featurette Interactive Menu Multi-DVD Set Scene Access Special Edition Trailer(s) Movie filmed in 1988-2014 and produced in:Country: China ( Region: India, Eastern Asia ) Country: France ( Region: France, Benelux ) Country: Hong Kong ( Region: India, Eastern Asia ) Country: Japan ( Region: India, Eastern Asia ) Directed By:Yimou Zhang Fengliang Yang Written By:Jianyu Chen Yan Mo Wei Zhu Heng Liu Tong Su Ni Zhen Yuan Bin Chen Wei Lu Hua Yu Feiyu Bi Li Xiao Zhihong Bian Yu Cao Nan Wu Yimou Zhang Geling Yan Jingzhi Zou Xiaofeng Zhou Actors:Gong Li ..... Wo Nainai (My Grandma) Wen Jiang ..... Wo Yeye (My Grandpa) Rujun Teng ..... Wo Luohan Yeye (Uncle Luohan) Ji Liu ..... Wo Die (My Dad) Ming Qian ..... Wo Nainai ta Die (My Grandma's Dad) Chunhua Ji ..... Sanpao Chunhua Zhai Zhaoji Jia Yuxiang Zhang Guiyun Zhou Qianbin Yang Gong Li ..... Ju Dou Baotian Li ..... Yang Tianqing Wei Li ..... Yang Jinshan Zhang Yi ..... Yang Tianbai as a child Ji-an Zheng ..... Yang Tianbai as a youth Ma Chong Zhijun Cong Wu Fa Jia Jin Xingli Niu Gong Li ..... Songlian Saifei He ..... Meishan (Third Wife) Jingwu Ma ..... The Master Cuifen Cao ..... Zhuoyan (Second Wife) Qi Zhao ..... Housekeeper Lin Kong ..... Yan'er Shuyuan Jin ..... Yuru (First Wife) Weimin Ding ..... Songlian's Mother Zengyin Cao ..... Old Servant Zhigang Cui ..... Dr. Gao Chu Xiao ..... Feipu Gong Li ..... Qiu Ju Peiqi Liu ..... Wan Qinglai, chili farmer Liuchun Yang ..... Meizi, Qinglai's sister Kesheng Lei ..... Wang Shantang, village chief Zhijun Ge ..... Officer Li Wanqing Zhu Luowen Cui Huiqin Yang Jianfa Wang Zi Lin Jun Ye You Ge ..... Xu Fugui Gong Li ..... Xu Jiazhen Ben Niu ..... Town Chief Wu Jiang ..... Wan Erxi Deng Fei ..... Xu Youqing Tao Guo ..... Chunsheng Tianchi Liu ..... Xu Fengxia, as an adult Zongluo Huang ..... Fu Gui's Dad Yanjin Liu ..... Fu Gui's Mom Dahong Ni ..... Long'er Lian-Yi Li ..... Sgt. Lao Quan Gong Li ..... Xiao Jingbao Baotian Li ..... Tang, the Gang Boss Xiaoxiao Wang ..... Shuisheng, the boy Xuejian Li ..... Liu, 6th Uncle Chun Sun ..... Song, Tang's No. 2 Biao Fu ..... Zheng, Tang's No.3 Shu Chen ..... Shi Ye Jiang Liu ..... Fat Yu Baoying Jiang ..... Cuihua, the Widow Qianquan Yang ..... Ah Jiao Ying Gao Chow Yun-Fat ..... Emperor Ping Gong Li ..... Empress Phoenix Jay Chou ..... Prince Jai Ye Liu ..... Crown Prince Wan Dahong Ni ..... Jiang / Imperial Physician Junjie Qin ..... Yu / Prince Man Li ..... Jiang Chan Jin Chen ..... Mrs. Jiang Aaron C. Shang ..... Liang / Prince Liam O'Brien ..... Prince Jai Yuri Lowenthal ..... Prince Yu Gong Li ..... Feng Wanyu Daoming Chen ..... Lu Yanshi Huiwen Zhang ..... Dan Dan, the daughter Tao Guo ..... Officer Liu Ni Yan ..... Officer Li Chun Li ..... Cui Meifang Jia-yi Zhang ..... Doctor Dai Peiqi Liu ..... Officer Liu Jiali Ding ..... Mr. Fang's wife Bai Qing Xin ..... Officer Ballet School Feng Zu ..... Officer Deng Synopsis:Red Sorghum: In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business. Ju Dou: A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting. Raise the Red Lantern: China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it's hers. However, things get out of hand... The Story of Qiu Ju: A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most scenes. To Live: Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry. Addicted to gambling, Fugui loses everything. In the years that follow he is pressed into both the nationalist and communist armies, while Jiazhen is forced into menial work. They raise a family and survive, managing 'to live' from the 40's to the 70's in this epic, but personal, story of life through an amazing period. Shanghai Triad: Uncle Liu brings his cousin to Shanghai to work for 'Boss,' the leader of a powerful drug empire in the 1930's. Shuisheng, a simple country boy is awed and overwhelmed by the opulence and immense wealth he is suddenly surrounded by. He is to be the attendant of Xiao Jingbao, the new mistress of 'Boss.' While he fumbles with the demands of his new role, much intrigue is going on around him, well beyond his bewildered perception. Xiao Jingbao is having a tumultuous affair, Fat Yu is starting a gang war, and 'Boss' is beginning to suspect that one of his trusted men is not loyal. Curse of the Golden Flower: China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century. On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing Empress (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous. For many years, the Empress and Crown Prince Wan (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love Chan (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter. Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path? The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the Imperial Doctor (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area. While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, Jiang Shi (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises. Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner? Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace. Coming Home: Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory. US/CANADA/MEXICO BUYER WARNING o WARNING: Please note that we sell NTSC/Region 1 DVDs from USA and PAL/Region 2&4 DVDs from other countries. If you have a standard DVD player bought in USA/Canada, and you have not specifically selected it to be able to play multi- region DVDs, please don't bid on PAL Region 2 & Region 4 DVDs - your player will not be able to play them. 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