Liu Heng’s Typical Vibe
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Liu Heng has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
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A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Gong Li, Liu Peiqi, Liuchun Yang
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.
Dir. Feng Xiaogang · With Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang
Tianqing falls in love with Ju Dou, his uncle's wife who is tortured for being childless. However, after they have an affair, they discover that his uncle is impotent and try to conceal the truth.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Gong Li, Li Wei, Li Baotian
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