"Actor: Jian Jiang"

• Warriors Of Heaven And Earth | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Anybody hungering for a good old-fashioned Western needs to check out Warriors of Heaven and Earth, which--although it's set in 7th-century China--has all the valor and spectacle of a John Ford picture. It also has a goofy supernatural streak, for the chopsocky crowd. The opening 10 minutes or so offer an alarmingly convoluted plot, but it swiftly settles down. What's going on is that a long-exiled Japanese hit man (Kiichi Nakai), hired to kill a renegade Chinese warrior (Jiang Wen), temporarily teams up with his quarry in order to escort a camel caravan along the Spice Road. Of course, they are menaced by a brutal warlord, and beautiful Zhao Wei (So Close) is mixed in there too. Director He Ping (Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker) captures some magnificent vistas in the Gobi Desert, but more importantly he sketches the codes or honor and behavior essential to any such tale. --Robert Horton

• Speechless | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  An intoxicating sexy story Speechless opens on a riverbank where we meet a nameless naked man. Refusing to speak and seemingly unaware of his surroundings he is taken to a local police station and then to a hospital where it seems that only the young hospital assistant can get through to him. Soon the two men form a strong alliance which becomes increasingly sexual. As the beguiling stranger's predicament verges into dangerous territory the pair's bond becomes crucial for his survival. Mysterious exotic and always riveting Speechless is not to be missed.

• Empresses in the Palace | DVD | (15/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Sun Li stars as Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng (Chen Jianbin). Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption. Her arrival sparks anger and resentment in Consort Hua (Jiang Xin), the highest-ranking concubine in the imperial harem and a powerful figure due to the authority of her brother, a prominent general. Zhen Huan must also do battle with the First Empress (Ada Choi), whose own elevated position in the court is under threat. Amidst all the bitter rivalries and deadly conspiracies, Zhen Huan must summon all her inner strength to protect herself even from those she once counted as friends. But can she rise to wealth and glory in the Forbidden City without being tainted by corruption? Shown in China as 76 45-minute episodes across two seasons, the English version is presented as six sumptuous episodes of 90 minutes, with the drama and intrigue played out among fascinating insights into court etiquette, fashions, poetry, performance, Chinese medicine and ageless human frailty and chicanery. Winner of Best Television Series, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup and Costume Design awards at the 2013 China Television Director Committee Awards. Winner of the Magnolia Award for Best Directing for a Television Series at the Shanghai International TV Festival. Stars China's Queen of Televsion and winner of the 2014 Magnolia Award for Best Actress and Best Actress at the China TV Golden Eagle Awards, Sun Li. Sun Li was nominated for an International Emmy in 2013 for her role in the show. 39 million viewers in Japan after just one week of being broadcast