17 Films & TV Shows Set In Yunnan Province
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Youth Dinner
Yunnan Province The 1990sThe triumphs and travails of six members of two single parent families in 19th century Yunnan.
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Breakup Buddies
Beijing Hunan Province Yunnan ProvinceRecently cuckolded and reeling from a messy divorce, a hapless former singer hits the road - and the bar - with his all-too-helpful best bud, in this hilarious romantic comedy.
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A Moment of Love
Beijing Yunnan ProvinceJi Ya Qing goes on a business trip right before her wedding. She meets on her stay at the hotel a young man intent on the search of an old lady, having in his possession only letters his grandfather wrote before passing away. They go together on a journey in the country scenery of China, in the quest of the lady in the letters. This journey yet holds more for both of them, as they discover what love could mean and bring.
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Dragon
Yunnan Province The 1910sBlood Always Leaves a Trail — A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
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Red River
Yunnan Province 🇻🇳 VietnamA haunting, tragic love story about the aftermath of the American War in Vietnam, and the long-term effect it had on ordinary people's lives. Set in a border town between China and Vietnam, it is a universal story that could be about any war, in any country.
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The Equation of Love and Death
Yunnan ProvinceWhen a mysterious death occurs, the lives of five unexpected strangers are suddenly intertwined together. A drug trafficking crime is unveiled, and through the twist and turns of the investigation, their stories unravel, and a bizarre connection is gradually discovered between them.
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Trouble Makers
Yunnan ProvinceThe story of four simple men living in Black Well Village in rural Yunnan province who decide to finally run the criminal Xiong Brothers out of their homes.
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Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Yunnan ProvinceTakada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.
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South of the Clouds
Yunnan ProvinceXu Daqin, a retired Chinese factory worker, returns to the remote Yunnan province, where he hopes to reconcile himself with the life and opportunity he passed up in this place 40 years ago.
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Two Great Sheep
Yunnan ProvinceThe film follows a peasant couple, Zhao Deshan and his wife Xiuzhi, living in rural Yunnan province near Zhaotong in southern China. Their lives are thrown into upheaval when the local mayor “rewards” them with two foreign sheep donated by a former villager, now an official in Beijing. The couple is then tasked with breeding the sheep for their wool and to bring prosperity to their small community. Much to their chagrin, the sheep do not take to their new environment and the couple are forced into ever more ingenious ways of making the sheep appear greater than they really are. As they do so, they also come to value the sheep as companions in their family. When it becomes clear that the two “great” sheep are not the boon they were thought to be, the local authorities repossess the animals.
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Love Trilogy
Yunnan ProvinceThree pairs of lovers arrived at Yunnan at the same time, meets Shibo Yuan tourguide, Liu Hai.
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Goddess of Mercy
Yunnan ProvinceYang Rui falls in love for the cleaning woman who works in a taekwando gym, only to later discover she's an undercover cop named An Xin. An is in hiding from drug smugglers who have a score to settle with her - a raid she led resulted in the death of one of the smuggler's parents. To complicate matters further, An was previously romantically involved with the smuggler whose parents were killed.
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The Foliage
Yunnan ProvinceOn her way back from a family visit, young female intellectual Xing-Yu meets the equally young and rebellious Si-Mong and the two fall in love. When Xing-Yu's childhood friend and lover Yuan gets into a fight with Si-Mong, Xing-Yu tries to make peace between the two jealous rivals. Her attempts for truce further draw her into a forbidden and passionate relationship instead.
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The Bird People in China
Yunnan ProvinceThe children of the sky — Wada (Masahiro Motoki), a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet sentimental, yakuza (Renji Ishibashi), who takes the liberty of joining his adventure through China. Led on their long and disastrous journey to the mine by Shen, the three men come across something even more magical and enticing...
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King of the Children
Yunnan ProvinceDuring the Cultural Revolution, an unschooled young man is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education.
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God Is My Co-Pilot
Yunnan Province The 1930s The 1940sRobert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into China. In China, he persuades General Chennault to let him fly with the famed Flying Tigers, the heroic band of airmen who'd been fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor. Scott gets his chance to fight, ultimately engaging in combat with the deadly Japanese pilot known as Tokyo Joe.
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The Case
Yunnan ProvinceA mysterious case arrives at a hotel.
