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Film Movement
1982–1994

Chinese Fifth Generation

East Asian Cinema
Key Directors
Chang Cheh
China
Zhang Yimou
China
Defining Films
Lumière et Compagnie
Lumière et Compagnie
1995
One Second
One Second
2020
To Live
To Live
1994
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Beijing 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2008
Yellow Earth
Yellow Earth
1984
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
2016
Coming Home
Coming Home
2014
The Flowers of War
The Flowers of War
2011
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Under the Hawthorn Tree
2010
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
2009
To Each His Cinema
To Each His Cinema
2007
Related Movements in East Asian Cinema
Japanese Golden Age
1950s–1960s
Japanese New Wave
1960–1973
Hong Kong New Wave
1979–1997