Xiu Jiang

Historical film based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history

This movie is based on the famous Chinese folklore that is more than one and a half millennium old. The same folklore was what the Disney animation Mulan is based on, and similarly, it was what many Chinese movies/operas/plays based on.

Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family.

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War.