A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.

A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

Screenwriter Leo is searching for the wolf in the south of France. During a scouting excursion he is seduced by Marie, a free-spirited and dynamic shepherdess. Nine months later she gives birth to their child. Suffering from post-natal depression and with no faith in Leo, who comes and goes without warning, Marie abandons both of them. Leo finds himself alone, with a baby to care for.

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.

2000 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke

Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.

1983 film by Andrei Tarkovsky

2006 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke

本书作为电影学入门教程，既可作为高校影视艺术专业的基础教材，也可作为其他专业选修类课本。本书不仅具有一定的学术价值，还兼具一定的流行读物性质。在结构上，本书主要内容分成三大部分共十五章，每一章都以电影的一个基本概念为核心，尽量简明扼要、深入浅出地介绍相关电影理论，并精选重要的中外影片内容穿插其中。每一章都包含四个小节，由浅入深、由简到繁、由远及近地对与这一概念相关的内容进行介绍；其中第一节都先引入某一部（或几部）电影的案例分析，由此带出本章核心概念的阐释与分析。每一章中所包含的理论不止于传统意义的“电影学”，还包括一些文学、心理学、传播学、社会学、文化研究等学科的相关理论。十五章对应的十五个电影鉴赏的关键词，连缀起来构成了鉴赏电影的初步知识和基础观念。 本书避免机械化的条目罗列式八股风格，采用一种较为文学化和自然化的方式叙述和阐释，围绕核心概念将知识、理论和故事娓娓道来，令阅读更为流畅和随意。每一章都配以大量的图片，令阅读更为轻松惬意的同时，也便于生动、多媒和综合地教学。每一章提供一些电影视频段落，这些段落都同文字所述内容相契合，读者可以通过扫描文中的二维码获取并欣赏。衷心盼望本书能够引领读者进入电影五彩斑斓的世界，饱览胜景，任意翱翔。

Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.

1989 film by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

全球畅销40余年，历经12次修订的电影入门书 著名学者焦雄屏潜心增修校译, 中文世界新版首发！ 精编精校，高度还原版式重排，全彩精装版！ ................... ※编辑推荐※ 《认识电影》一书诞生于20世纪70年代，历经四十余年的洗礼，已成为百余所世界名 校电影概论、影视制作、电影美学等专业的经典教材和必读书目，并被翻译成多国语言在世界范围内广为流行。书中提供了各种认识电影的角度，帮助读者了解电影是怎样以一种复杂的语言进行表达和传播的；同时，通过剖析大量影片实例，结合众多剧照来解释电影创作过程，使学电影变得更为生动有趣。 作者路易斯·贾内梯教授不断更新再版、修订内容、添加新近电影剧照及案例，使本书一直与时代趋势同步。此次借着英文第12版修订面世，特别邀请焦雄屏老师更订译文，并随之重编重排，推出全彩精装版，更完美地呈现这本图文并茂的经典教材的全貌，以飨各位读者。 ☆ 自出版以来全球畅销四十余年，历经12次修订，是当今世界发行量、流传度皆高居榜首的电影入门书。在英、德、加、澳、南非等地广受欢迎，并被译成日、韩、希伯来等多种语言。 ☆ 哈佛大学、MIT、纽约大学、北京大学、北京电影学院、台湾大学等众多世界知名院校影视课程指定教材，培生教育集团全球畅销的教材之一。 ☆ 集电影概论和电影赏析于一体。全书搜集超过四百张珍贵剧照，涵盖影史经典之作和近年卖座佳片，第12版特别增加了下列案例：（1）对当下电影类型进行补充，如动画片《料理鼠王》《我在伊朗长大》、CG电影《贝奥武夫》；（2）通过现代喜剧片拓展讨论电影的娱乐属性，如《朱诺》《太坏了》《热带惊雷》；（3）更新科幻片、动作片、歌舞片、政治电影案例，如《科洛弗档案》《变形金刚》《钢铁侠》《理发师托德》《反恐疑云》；（4）探讨新近非美影片，如《潘神的迷宫》《女王》《贫民窟的百万富翁》《满城尽带黄金甲》。 ☆ 提供精准而成熟的电影分析技巧，批露当今最热明星的独家新闻（关于投身社会公益活动的演员如安吉丽娜·朱莉、布拉德·皮特、乔治·克鲁尼），探讨高票房电影的市场策略，展现电影技术前沿动向，反映电影产业发展趋势。 ☆翻译权威可靠，译文流畅优美，著名电影人焦雄屏特别为第12版重新增订译文。 ................... ※内容简介※ 《认识电影》是电影入门书中的经典之作，问世四十多年来，始终是世界各地影视从业人员和主流专业院校的必备之选，更是电影爱好者不可或缺的手边书。面对电影中复杂的语言系统、构成要素、表意手段，作者划分了现实主义、形式主义两大阵营，用深入浅出、简明扼要的笔触，引出了电影作为艺术、作为工业、作为意识形态等方方面面。 书中穿插以数百幅精美剧照和精辟说明，如美国的史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格、英国的迈克·李、伊朗的阿巴斯以及中国的李安等著名导演的杰作，组成了一道全球电影人的经验光谱。此次修订的第12版，增加了对动画片、喜剧片、科幻片、歌舞片、CG电影的评述，经过精校重排和全书彩印，呈现出更贴近英文原版的风貌。 ................... ※名人推荐※ 近二十年来，在任何华人电影人的书架上，总会看到此书的踪影，足见它对电影的制作也发生了一定的影响。 ——焦雄屏　电影监制，台北艺术大学电影研究所教授

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

发现电影的魅力，呈现文化的症候，戴锦华文章精选结集，坦言学术和人生思考的心路历程。 本书包括十篇戴锦华本人精选的文章和一篇访谈，从中可以看到戴锦华教授多年来以电影为基点，对当下与历史议题所展开的思考，尤其可以看到作者思想发展的断面。

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.