根在中原

改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。

17世纪，中国尚处在清朝统治时期。阴阳混浊，世道艰险。受阴气滋养，许多尸体渐渐化作强大邪恶的僵尸，危害人间。这时期，茅山道士下山铲除妖秽，拯救世人。某墓内将军尸体化作鬼王，威力无比。一群道士与之大战，战斗中发生爆炸，无数人遇难，鬼王和带队的茅山师傅不知踪影，只有四个徒弟逃出生天。四名弟子追踪僵尸踪迹来至大方伯村，村中有一以腌制腊肉为生的姜姓富户。姜老爷（于荣光 饰）为儿子讨过几房老婆，却皆死于非命。适逢新一房媳妇过门，四名茅山弟子无意中发现姜家一个奇怪的风俗……

This is a really interesting film about how large the universe is and how powers of ten become so drastically distant.It starts out by showing a couple at a picnic in Chicago. It then shows an overhead shot a meter up of the man lying down on the picnic blanket. It then proceeds to zoom out by increasing the distance by a power of ten every ten seconds; 10 to the first meters, 10 to the second meters, 10 to the third meters, and so on.Before long the viewer is above the earth, then the solar system, then the galaxy, then much of the visible universe. The viewer is projected back forward by decreasing the powers of ten every two seconds.After a while the picnic scene is displayed again, but it doesn't stop there. The view returns to the regular speed and goes into the negative powers; ten to the negative first meter, ten to the negative second meter, and so on. The viewer is zoomed into the man's hand, and ends up zooming into a single proton in an atom.

大正元年的某个冬夜，落魄的太田胜造（緒形拳 饰）和艺妓丰竹吕鹤（池上季実子 饰）私奔，结果遭到艺妓馆黑帮的追杀。吕鹤弥留之际，将尚在襁褓中的女儿托付给胜造。二十年后，胜造成为一名艺妓的中介人，他的女儿房子（池上季実子 饰）亭亭玉立，相貌出众。胜造将房子送入阳晖楼，拜托老板娘——同时也是吕鹤当年的情敌——阿袖（倍賞美津子 饰）担当房子的师傅。经过一番艰苦训练，更名为桃若的房子最终成为阳晖楼的一道招牌。另一方面，盘桓与大阪的黑帮稻宗一家图谋入侵胜造所在的高知。恩情、亲情、爱情，与江湖恩仇搅和在一起，上演了一出出言语无法道尽的人间悲喜剧……本片根据宫尾登美子同名小说改编。