In 1985, Chinese films flourished, with realistic themes dominating the mainstream, and detective films, martial arts films, adaptations of famous books and remakes were colorful. The exploratory and avant-garde style of some of the films still seems to be impressive today.
"The Great Knife King V" was filmed by Xi'an Film Studio in 1985, directed by Yu Lianqi, and starred Ge Chunyan, Wang Xiaozhong and Zhao Changjun. In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the struggle between the Hou Party headed by Cixi and the imperial party headed by Guangxu was becoming increasingly fierce, the "Great Hero of the Jing Division" And the Great Sword King Wu opened a dart board, ran to the rivers and lakes, set up a ring, and gathered patriotic heroes and righteous soldiers in an attempt to jointly raise events, oppose the Qing Dynasty, destroy the foreigners, and revitalize China. However, his original brother Gou Fengtao sold himself to the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, accused Wang Wu of plotting rebellion, broke up the ring, and arrested Wang Wu for questioning.
"Acting Mayor" was produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1985, directed by Yang Zaibao, and starring Xu Huanshan and Yang Zaibao. The film tells the story of an economic reform brewing in the southern Chinese city of Yingzhou in the early 1980s. Acting Mayor Xiao Ziyun, with the support of the masses, with a strong sense of mission, has the courage to open up, boldly innovate, and do ten good things for the people. Yang Zaibao won the Best Actor Award at the 9th Hundred Flowers Awards.
"Emei Flying Thief" was produced by Emei Film Studio in 1985, directed by Zhang Xihe, starring Xia Zongyou, Ma Shuchao, pei Yu. The cultural relics treasured by the Cultural Relics Management Office were stolen, and the criminal police brigade arrested the thief Xiao Sanwa according to the traces at the scene. Xiao Sanwa confessed that she was instructed by Wu Jiagui, a criminal who had been robbed of the nest, to commit the crime. However, Wu Jiagui died suddenly, and the cultural relics he hid were missing "turquoise earrings" and "jade skin", and the clues to solve the case were interrupted. After a fierce struggle between life and death, the "flying thief" finally failed to escape the punishment of justice.
"Black Cannon Incident" was filmed by Xi'an Film Studio in 1985, directed by Huang Jianxin, starring Liu Zifeng and Gao Ming. Based on Zhang Xianliang's novel "Romantic Black Cannon", through a bizarre and funny story, it satirizes the complex contradictions and strange mentalities in real life, reflecting the positive and negative sides in the different attitudes towards intellectuals and the national cultural psychology in the period of historical change, which arouses people's thinking. He won the Outstanding Feature Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and Liu Zifeng won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Golden Rooster Awards.
"Good Family Woman" was produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1985, directed by Huang Jianzhong, starring Zhang Weixin, Wang Jiayi, and Cong Shan. It mainly tells the story of the deformed marriage customs of the eldest daughter-in-law and the younger husband in the qianbei mountains on the eve of liberation. He has won many international awards such as the 25th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the International Film Critics Organization Award, and the Best Film Award at the 18th Atlantic International Film Festival in Spain.
"Charming Band" was produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1985, directed by Wang Haowei, starring He Wei, Liang Guanhua and Mi Tiezeng. Xin Tianxi, a young man in the countryside, set up the first peasant orchestra in his hometown, and after many tribulations, he was finally welcomed by the broad masses, and Xin Tianxi also gained sincere love. He won the Special Award of the 6th Golden Rooster Awards and the 1985 Outstanding Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.
"Gourmet" was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1985, directed by Xu Changlin, and starring Xia Xia and Wang Shihuai. Based on Lu Wenfu's novel of the same name, through the depiction of Zhu Ziye, a food-eating eater, it artistically summarizes the lessons learned from several historical stages since the founding of the People's Republic of China, has a deep and broad historical connotation and social content, reflects the changing pulse of the country's historical destiny, and has far-reaching social and historical significance.
Kapok Robes was co-produced by Hong Kong Goodman Pictures and Fujian Film Studio in 1984 and released in Hong Kong in 1985. Directed by Xu Xiaoming, starring Xu Xiangdong, Lin Qiuping, Yu Rongguang and so on. It tells the story of the arrogant attempt of Jinyi Wei to snatch the Shaolin relic Kapok robes and take charge of Shaolin in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, which was jointly attacked by Shaolin Wudang and eradicated by The Shaolin Wudang. He won the Special Award for Outstanding Film of the Ministry of Culture and the Special Award for Cooperative Film at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.
"Youth Festival" was produced by Beijing Youth Film Studio in 1985, directed by Zhang Nunxin, starring Li Fengxu, Feng Yuanzheng and Guo Jianguo. Based on Zhang Manling's novel "There Is a Beautiful Place", it reflects the folk customs of Dai Township and the enthusiasm and kindness of the Dai people during the turbulent years. The film shows the impact of the spiritual world that the protagonist suffers in a specific era and a specific region in a dreamlike way, seeing through the important ideas of youth consciousness and the awakening of beauty, with a unique aesthetic taste.
"Juvenile Offender" is produced by Shenzhen Film Company in 1985, directed by Zhang Liang and Wang Jingzhu, starring Shen Guangwei, Zhu Manfang, Jiang Jian, Lu Bin and so on. It tells the story of juvenile offenders Fang Gang, Xiao Fo, Shen Jinming and others who were escorted to the city juvenile correctional center and eventually reformed. The film uses prison live-action shooting, selects 18 detained juvenile offenders as actors, and realistically reproduces the life of juvenile offenders serving sentences and reforming in a documentary style of realism, revealing the family and social roots of juvenile delinquency. It won the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Outstanding Film Award and the 9th Hundred Flowers Award for Best Feature Film.
"Midsummer and Her Fiancé" was produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1985, directed by Qin Zhiyu and starring Xiao Xiong, Liang Tongyu and Ge You. It tells the story of Midsummer, after being subjected to a series of changes, struggling strongly and getting back on her feet. It is a film that reflects the life of the intellectual youth in the city, it is not immersed in the reflection on the bumpy life of the intellectuals in the turbulent years, nor does it stay in the praise of their return to simplicity, but from one side, it shows their awakening and pursuit in the wave of sudden changes in the times. This is Ge You's first film.
"The King of Gold" was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1985, directed by Shen Yaoting, and starring Zang Jinsheng, Liao Xueqiu, Niu Ben and Song Jia. The film revolves around the grudges and hatreds of a group of gold diggers and the struggle around the search for gold, showing the miserable life of gold prospectors in the old society, criticizing the oppression of gold diggers by the ruling class, and revealing the truth that gold is valuable and love is priceless. Everyone has gone through hardships and found not only gold, but more precious people's simple and sincere trust and true feelings. The film portrays Xu Tianxiong, Xiao Luzhu and other characters with different characteristics and distinctive personalities, deepening the theme of the film.
"Homesickness" was produced by Jiangxi Film Studio in 1985, directed by Qi Shilong and Wu Anping, and starring Yin Tingru and Zhang Guoguo. The film tells the story of a young woman in the 1980s in the rural areas of northern Ganbei, where Zhou Lianggu, a young woman, took her four-year-old daughter Lianlian on the daughter bridge at the mouth of the village for weeks to wait for her husband Li Ming, who had returned from the city. But Li Ming was tired of rural life, and he didn't go home because he could no longer live with Lianggu.
"Acacia Women's Guest House" was produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1985, directed by Dong Kena, starring Zhang Xiaolei, Liu Yu, and Zhong Xinghuo. The film focuses on the difficult reform process of a small shop in a mountainous area and the hardships of the reformers, and puts forward the serious theme that the pioneers of reform must first pay a huge price in reform. The film successfully portrays the bold and persistent reformer Guanyin, and boldly reveals the stumbling blocks of various reforms that objectively exist in society, reflecting the contradictions and conflicts between them, which is thought-provoking. The film won the 1985 Outstanding Film Award from the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.
"Wild Mountain" was produced by Xi'an Film Studio in 1985. Director: Yan Xueshu, starring: Du Yuan, Yue Hong, Xin Ming, Xu Shouli. Based on Jia Pingwa's novel "Chicken Nest Depression People's Home", the performance of the actors in the film is unified with the style of documentary life of the work, and Yue Hong and Xin Ming both won the Golden Rooster Award of that year for this film. It was the first film to win six Golden Rooster Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Recording, and Best Costume. He also won the 1985 Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Outstanding Feature Film Award, the Feature Film Award of the 8th Three Continents International Film Festival in Nantes, France, and many other domestic and foreign awards.
"Midnight Song" was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1985, film: Yang Yanjin, starring: Wang Weiping, Zhang Qi, Li Tianji, Li Yun, Zhai Naishe. Based on a 1937 film directed by Ma Xu Weibang and starring Jin Shan, the film was remade. The film is also directed by Yuan Qiufeng in 1962, starring Lottie, Zhao Lei and Li Xiangjun, and in 1994 directed by Yu Rentai, starring Zhang Guorong, Wu Qianlian and Huang Lei.
"Sunrise" was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1985, directed by Yu Benzheng, and starring Fang Shu, Wang Futang, Yan Xiang, Wang Shihuai and Wang Fuli. Based on Cao Yu's drama of the same name, set in Tianjin in the 1930s, it tells the story of Chen Bailu, a young woman who was influenced by society and degenerated, and finally lost the hope of a new life and committed suicide. He won the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television Outstanding Film Award, the 9th Hundred Flowers Award for Best Feature Film, Fang Shu for Best Actress, and Wang Fuli for Best Supporting Actress.
"Our Veterans" was produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 1985, directed by Zhao Huanzhang, starring Wang Baosheng, Fu Yiwei, Ding Yi, Chen Yude, and Xue Shujie. It shows the story of veteran soldier Fang Erhu helping the villagers get rich after returning to his hometown. He won the Special Award of the 6th Golden Rooster Awards, the Best Feature Film Award of the 9th Hundred Flowers Awards, the Best Supporting Actor Award of Chen Yude, and the 1985 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.
Films made in 1980: Bashan Night Rain, White Lotus, White Snake, Red Peony, Miao Miao
1981 classic movies: Du Shiniang, Neighbor, Submarine Network, Small Street, Xiying Gate, Zhiyin, Midnight
Classic films made in 1982: Pen Love, Tea House, Peacock Princess, Wrangler, Shaolin Temple
Films produced in 1983: Under the Bridge, Fine Change, Long Live Youth, Wudang, Xizhao Street
Classic 1984 movies: Yellow Land, Thunderstorm, Life, Garlands Under The Mountains, Postal Edges