Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Dead Pigs
Dead Pigs

Dead Pigs

Genres

ComedyDrama

OverView

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

122 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

19 January 2018

Country

China

Cast

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Candy Wang

Yang Haoyu

Yang Haoyu

Old Wang

Li Meng

Li Meng

Xia Xia

Mason Lee

Mason Lee

Wang Zhen

David Rysdahl

David Rysdahl

Sean Landry

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz

Angie

Archibald C. McColl IV

Archibald C. McColl IV

Phil Johnson

Wang Zhipeng

Wang Zhipeng

Waiter

Zhang Zhihong

Zhang Zhihong

Contractor

Wang Hongxiang

Wang Hongxiang

Countryman

Similar Movies

8.1

In the Mood for Love

September 2000 •

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.

6.9

Shanghai Express

February 1932 •English

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

7.5

Empire of the Sun

December 1987 •English

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

7.3

The Painted Veil

December 2006 •English

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

3.3

Tiny Times 3

July 2014 •Chinese

Lin Xiao, Gu Li, Nan Xiang, Tang Wanru - these four best friends, after waving goodbye to their school campus and entering the workforce, they are faced with various challenges in their life: friendship, love, and career. Together, they become lost in life, having long forgotten their past courage.

7.2

Lust, Caution

September 2007 •Chinese

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.

6.2

Code 46

September 2003 •English

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the forgeries. After a passionate affair, Gold returns home, having named a coworker as the culprit. But when one of Gonzalez's customers is found dead, Gold is sent back to Shanghai to complete the investigation.

7.2

Suzhou River

April 2000 •Chinese

After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover, who he attempted to kidnap 3 years ago.

3.2

Tiny Times 4

July 2015 •Chinese

In the film series finale, Lily finds herself near financial ruin because of the debts left behind by her father, all while battling a newly diagnosed cancer. Too proud to seek solace from anyone around her, Lily sets off a chain of self-destructive events that lead to her estrangement from best friends Lin Xiao, Nan Xiang, and Ruby.

6.2

The White Countess

October 2005 •English

In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.

6.7

Shanghai Triad

September 1995 •Chinese

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.

6.1

Shanghai

June 2010 •English

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

5.6

Crossroads

April 1937 •Chinese

Four students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Xu contemplates suicide but his friend Zhao talks him out of it. Zhao lives in a shabby room with just a flimsy wall of planks separating him from the room behind. Miss Yang, in town to take a factory job, moves in behind. Her nails into the wall knock Zhao's photos down. The unseen neighbours start playing tit for tat... Zhao gets a job as proofreader at a newspaper. He sees that pretty girl on the tram to work every day. He doesn't know her, but it's Miss Yang... Zhao is assigned to cover labour conditions for the paper. He is sent to a factory, the one where Miss Yang works...

6.2

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

December 1932 •English

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

6.7

Purple Butterfly

July 2003 •Chinese

Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.

7.3

Heroes of the East

December 1978 •Chinese

When a series of martial misunderstandings spirals into an international incident, a Chinese martial arts student struggling to relate to his new Japanese wife is forced to take on seven of Japan's most powerful martial arts masters, each an expert in a different discipline, ranging from karate to samurai to ninjitsu.

7.6

Jasmine Women

June 2004 •Chinese

Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.

6.6

Saturday Fiction

October 2021 •Chinese

Iconic actress Jean Yu returns to Japanese-occupied China to star in a play directed by her former lover. However, her undercover work for the Allies soon places her life in grave danger.

6.8

Flowers of Shanghai

October 1998 •Chinese

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.

6.3

The Shanghai Gesture

December 1941 •English

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.