Literary Adaptation Filmes

  • 1953
    Family

    Family

    Family

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    "Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent...

    Family
  • 1967
    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    The Top of Mount Fuji

    01967HD

    A touching drama based on the novel of the same name by Eikichi Hashimoto. In the 23rd year of the Meiji period, weather forecasts were rarely...

    The Top of Mount Fuji
  • 1981
    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

    Timon of Athens

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    Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a...

    Timon of Athens
  • 1959
    Pilgrimage at Night

    Pilgrimage at Night

    Pilgrimage at Night

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    Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...

    Pilgrimage at Night
  • 1958
    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

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    Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting...

    Wuthering Heights
  • 1970
    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    The Long Walk

    01970HD

    In a dystopian near-future, 100 teenage boys must embark on an annual competitive test known as "The Long Walk". The rules are simple: maintain a...

    The Long Walk
  • 1965
    The Girl in the Bus

    The Girl in the Bus

    The Girl in the Bus

    01965HD

    Bus Money dons various disguises on public buses to protect the defenceless from the bullies and receives heroic praise. Money meets Tai Ngau, a...

    The Girl in the Bus
  • 1961
    Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

    Sanctuary

    5.31961HD

    In 1920s rural Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, an African-American servant, is placed on death row for the murder of Temple Drake's infant child....

    Sanctuary
  • 1959
    The Natural Son

    The Natural Son

    The Natural Son

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    Chor Yuen started his directorial career with a bang. From its very first image, The Natural Son establishes Chor as a filmmaker of stylistic...

    The Natural Son
  • 1955
    An Orphan's Tragedy

    An Orphan's Tragedy

    An Orphan's Tragedy

    71955HD

    Rascal To Chai-yan brings a false charge of selling fake medicine against doctor Fan Tin-sang, who is sentented to a twenty-year imprisonment. Fan...

    An Orphan's Tragedy
  • 1964
    Spy No. 13

    Spy No. 13

    Spy No. 13

    01964HD

    During World War II, spy Wu Lai-sheung is instructed by her superior Fan Yeung-shan to murder spy number 13 Cheung Chi-ping. While Wu establishes a...

    Spy No. 13
  • 1936
    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

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    The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

    Great Bodhisattva Pass 2
  • 1960
    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine

    01960HD

    The Diamond Gang commits a robbery. The leader Chiu Yee-kong wants to keep the booty and this arouses the suspicion of gang member Tai-wai. The...

    The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
  • 1967
    Stroller

    Stroller

    Stroller

    01967HD

    An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional...

    Stroller
  • 1989
    The Dream

    The Dream

    The Dream

    8.71989HD

    Starring Jeremy Irons in a one-man drama, adapted from a Dostoevsky short story by Murray Watts. In his dream, the Man visits an unspoilt Garden of...

    The Dream
  • 1956
    Beauty Raised from the Dead

    Beauty Raised from the Dead

    Beauty Raised from the Dead

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    Lau Mung-mui chances on To Lai-leung and their encounter transcends to a rendezvous in their dreams. They admire each other, but they do not know...

    Beauty Raised from the Dead
  • 1955
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    Resurrection

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    Ah Hing is made pregnant by her master Fan Chun-kit. Fan soon leaves for his studies overseas while Ah Hing suffers gross prosecution and is reduced...

    Resurrection
  • 2009
    The Wall

    The Wall

    The Wall

    102009HD

    An adaptation of the J.P. Sartre story "Le Mur". What goes on in his mind and what happens outside when he has left only few more hours left to...

    The Wall
  • 1966
    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    The Witty Bus Girl

    01966HD

    Industrialist Tam Kar-cheung knowingly puts the lives of his workers at risk so as to line his pocket with insurance payments. The chivalrous Bus...

    The Witty Bus Girl
  • 1999
    Genesis

    Genesis

    Genesis

    5.61999HD

    Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters...

    Genesis