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[2000]., Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Crouching Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.
![Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [DVD] (2000). Directed by Ang Lee. : Wo hu cang long](/Library/images/~imageCT84833.JPG "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon [DVD] (2000). Directed by Ang Lee. : Wo hu cang long")
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c2001, p1987., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Empire Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.
![Empire of the sun [DVD] (1987). Directed by Steven Spielberg.](/Library/images/~imageCT71029.JPG "Empire of the sun [DVD] (1987). Directed by Steven Spielberg.")
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[2010]., Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Enter Edition: Widescreen version. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A master martial artist is sent by British intelligence to the island fortress of a criminal warlord, whose martial arts academy also serves as a front for opium-smuggling and prostitution rings.
![Enter the dragon [DVD] (1973) directed by Robert Clouse.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "Enter the dragon [DVD] (1973) directed by Robert Clouse.")
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2019., Adult, 100, VVS Films Call No: DVD Fic Farewell Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there's a lot to celebrate.
![The farewell [DVD] (2019). Directed by Lulu Wang.](/Library/images/~imageCT100709.JPG "The farewell [DVD] (2019). Directed by Lulu Wang.")
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2005, p2004., General, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Flight P Edition: Fullscreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A cargo plane on a routine flight suddenly hits a high-turbulence storm, forcing a crash landing hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert. Among the survivors, one eccentric passenger leads the crew to build a new plane - against all odds, against all hope, and sometimes - against each other.
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-- Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannomc2010., General, IFC Films : Distributed by E1 Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Good BW Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: It's 1930s Manchuria, and greed is in the air. A manic outlaw, a nasty holy man, and a determined bounty hunter are all in hot pursuit of a treasure map. Throw in Chinese gangsters, the Japanese army, and other rival factions also in pursuit of the invaluable map, and it all comes down to a big showdown in the desert.
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(1998)., General, Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Kundun Edition: Widescreen format. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A dramatization of the life and work of the current (14th) Dalai Lama and his ongoing struggle to regain independence for Tibet.
![Kundun [DVD] (1998). Directed Martin Scorses.](/Library/images/~imageCT72439.JPG "Kundun [DVD] (1998). Directed Martin Scorses.")
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c2003., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Love Is Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Studio classic.Summary Note: A widowed Eurasian doctor and an American war correspondent stationed in Hong Kong begin an intensely passionate affair, but when the journalist is transferred to Korea where war has broken out, tragedy strikes.
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(2011)., Distributed by Mongrel Call No: DVD Fic Mao's Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free.
![Mao's last dancer [DVD] (2011). Directed by Bruce Beresford.](/Library/images/~imageCT72499.JPG "Mao's last dancer [DVD] (2011). Directed by Bruce Beresford.")
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2006., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Painted Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.
![The painted veil [DVD] (2006). Directed by John Curran.](/Library/images/~imageCT71149.JPG "The painted veil [DVD] (2006). Directed by John Curran.")
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2001., 179, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic SandP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The Sand Pebbles tells many stories. It's the story of China, a slumbering giant that rouses itself to the cries of its people -- and of the Americans who are caught in its bloody awakening. It's the story of Frenchy (Richard Attenborough), a crewman on the U.S.S. San Pablo who kidnaps his Chinese bride from the auction block. Most of all, it's the story of Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), a sailor who has given up trying to make peace with anything -- including himself. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for McQueen, The Sand Pebbles blends explosive action with stirring drama and romance to form "engrossing entertainment of a special and memorable sort." (The Hollywood Reporter).
![The sand pebbles [DVD] (1966). Directed by Robert Wise.](/Library/images/~imageCT100682.JPG "The sand pebbles [DVD] (1966). Directed by Robert Wise.")