b WEEK 5: Sunday, 26 January - Saturday, 1 February 2020 ALL MARKETS Start Consumer Closed Date Genre Title TV Guide Text Country of Origin Language Year Repeat Classification Subtitles Time Advice Captions The mischievous Monkey King acquires the famed As-You-Will Gold-Banded 2020-01-26 0640 Fantasy Uproar In Heaven CHINA Mandarin-100 1963 RPT PG a v Y Cudgel, and goes up against the might of the Jade Emperor. A tiny nymph found inside a bamboo stalk grows into a beautiful and desirable Studio 2020-01-26 0820 Fantasy The Tale Of Princess Kaguya young woman, who orders her suitors to prove their love by completing a JAPAN English-100 2013 RPT PG a n v Ghibli series of near-impossible tasks. An assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill a political leader in eighth 2020-01-26 1055 Martial Arts The Assassin CHINA Mandarin-100 2015 RPT PG v Y century China. In Shanghai in the 1940s, residents of a poor community fight back when they Lunar are invaded by the notorious Axe Gang. This is a kung fu comedy full of action Cantonese-50; 2020-01-26 1255 Action Adventure Kung Fu Hustle New and mixed with The Matrix-like scenes. Nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe CHINA 2004 RPT M v Y Mandarin-50 Year for Best Foreign Language Film. Directed by and stars Stephen Chow. Also stars Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Lam Tze-Chung. Set in the artistic underground of 1930’s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China’s greatest opera star. Born in Beijing in 1894, Mei grew up in a period where an opera 2020-01-26 1450 Biography Forever Enthralled CHINA Mandarin-100 2008 RPT PG Y Y career was only slightly more respectable than prostitution. Nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Chen Kaige and stars Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi and Sun Hong-Lei. Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labour camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days Lunar of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his 2020-01-26 1730 Drama Coming Home New CHINA Mandarin-100 2015 RPT PG beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to Year recognise Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of Hindi-33.34; Homegrown 2020-01-26 1930 Drama Lion kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by USA Bengali-33.33; 2016 RPT PG a Y Y Cinema a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family. 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This is a kung fu comedy full of action Cantonese-50; 2020-01-26 2345 Action Adventure Kung Fu Hustle New and mixed with The Matrix-like scenes. Nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe CHINA 2004 RPT M v Y Mandarin-50 Year for Best Foreign Language Film. Directed by and stars Stephen Chow. Also stars Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Lam Tze-Chung. The final chapter of legendary director John Woo's two-part action epic centring on politics and war in 3rd century China. Scheming and manipulative Lunar Prime Minister Cao Cao is attempting to unify the country, and in doing so 2020-01-26 2540 Action Adventure Red Cliff - Part 2 New CHINA Mandarin-100 2008 RPT MAV v Y overthrow the authority of a young and politically impotent Emperor. Winner Year of five 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards. Stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Fengyi Zhang. Set in the artistic underground of 1930’s China, this is the epic story of Mei Lanfang - the performer who overcame prejudice to become China’s greatest opera star. 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