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- Four short films from four different directors, spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- The 18 Buddha palm styles are used to take on the evil Won Wu Ti and his men.
- Qing official Lin Zexu burns the opium of British traders in a bid to end the opium trade. Incensed by his actions, the British traders appeal to their government, leading to the First Opium War and the eventual cessation of Hong Kong.
- Three vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan's Cold War period.
- In this melodrama, set in a tiny Chinese fishing village, two rival fishermen compete for a young woman's love. She does love one of them, but as she is obligated to the other, she cannot marry him. Tragedy is averted when the one she is obliged to falls in love with another. Happiness briefly ensues as the men, with their respective mates, resume their friendship. Unfortunately, they set out to sea and disappear.
- Grace Chang seduces as Hong Kong's most sensual Carmen ever. The torrid passions of Bizet's famous opera gets a postmodern reading when it is transposed to the noir-like setting of Hong Kong's Wanchai district. One of the most exhilarating and energetic musicals in the Chinese language.
- The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally, to a stable adult.
- A battalion of Chinese soldiers defend the Sihang (4 Bank) warehouse from the invading Japanese army in 1937 at the end of the Battle of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War. There are only 452 defenders, but to mislead the Japanese they tell the outside world that they are 800 in number. Their heroism leads to them becoming known as the 800 Heroes.
- An anthology film of four stories that feature far more swindlers and swindling than lovers or love.
- The story of a small group of Chinese flying aces in 1937 at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- Set in the 1950s, the emerging period of new occupations --air hostess. Three beautiful young girls pass the interview of air hostess and start their new life and career. There are so many stories between the three new air hostesses and two airplane captains.
- A woman finds out that she's adopted and sets out to find her long-lost biological mother.
- Patriotic extravaganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan.
- Joon-pil is the toughest guy in school, but also a idiot. So when the innocent, yet delightfully feisty, Min-he throws him a hormonal curve-ball, he is ill-prepared to face life's nastiest test question of all - For love or lunch money?
- Tells the story of "Bao sheng da di" - a marvelous man who wanted to become a doctor so that he could save his mother's life.
- A talented but reckless young longshoreman Sun Chi-Chiang from the wrong side of the docks gets a chance to achieve showbiz stardom as the Krupka-esque 'Thunder King Drummer' with a tip from his mild mannered but equally talented composer brother Yi-Chuan, both to the dismay of his bitter working class mother who disapproves of her sons leading their lives as struggling musicians. Chi-Chiang gets his fifteen minutes of fame with the patronage of the beautiful well-heeled promoter Li-Chen seeking a replacement for the drummer and lover who was tempted away by a rival promoter. Chi-Chiang wins a televised jazz drumming contest against his rival and achieves new-found fame but not without further obstacles including his mother's disapproval, his rival's jealously, his rival's vamp girlfriend's advances and a chorus of shady denizens who inhabit the nightclub scene plotting for King Drummer's demise.
- Luo Jingchen is a wealthy young master born with a golden spoon in his mouth. After graduating from school, his father, who runs a clothing company, hopes that he can inherit the family business. However, Luo Jingchen has no interest in the clothing industry and is eager to become a writer. One day, while collecting folk, Luo Jingchen met a woman named Zhang Xiaohong. Xiaohong's beauty and gentleness deeply attracted Jingchen's attention, and the latter couldn't forget her. After unremitting efforts, Jingchen finally found the trace of Xiaohong again, and the two of them came together as they fell in love. However, when Jingchen brought Xiaohong home and introduced her to his parents, she faced strong opposition from both parents. Angry Jingchen chose to run away from home to resist the pressure of the family, and joined hands with Xiaohong into the palace of marriage in a penniless situation.
- A kung fu knight walks the road to vengeance after the evil Ghost Gang kills his wife and son. The swordsman known as "Twin Blades" must take on a quartet of color-coded cutthroats to set things right.
- Slow Coach and Luck Boy are two knockabout scheming orphans who were saved from a life of begging by Granny- a fierce kung fu mistress. The Leopard Fist dispatches Granny iand now Slow Coach and Lucky Boy have to step up to the plate and avenge the Granny and fight for the survival of the Xin Yi clan.
- The happy lives of animals in the forest are stirred by the sudden attack of a pack of wolves. The Father Deer comes to the rescue, and asks Birdy to notify his son, the Deer. When the Deer rushes to his father's side and before he dies he asks his son to seek revenge.