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Cheng Taishen has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Zhou Dongyu, Shawn Dou, Xi Meijuan
The opening of the new tunnel, which took ten years to build, coincided with a series of serious cataclysms. The lives of 160,000 people depend on the actions of two people, a father and a son.
Dir. Li Jun · With Zhu Yilong, Huang Zhizhong, Chen Shu

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu · With Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib

During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investigating the case and meets up with a monk. The two work together and pull apart the thread of clues to reveal a history of truths leading to the events.
Dir. Chen Kaige · With Huang Xuan, Shota Sometani, Hiroshi Abe