1999年，由曹小卉先生导演，北京科学教育电影制片厂制作的电影《猫咪小贝》上映。（影片编码：001100571999）

影片刻画了一个美丽善良、知音律、晓歌舞、喜爱荣华富贵，不问朝政大事，三千宠爱集一身而又导致辗转蛾眉马前死，君王有泪救不得的宫廷贵妇形象。

本片是山中貞雄的遺作，也是他的“時代劇的庶民電影”的代表作之一。他在片中吸取了美國電影和法國電影的影響，並受到摯友兼老師小津安二郎的“小庶民電影 ”美學影響，將歷史上江戶時代的小人物形像注入現代庶民的語言、性格、行止、靈魂，成就了一部難得的社會現實主義的佳作。故事發生於十八世紀德川幕府時代，以悲涼調子訴說德川幕府時期低下層的生活，開頭與結尾都是自殺場景，映照出舊時日本社會草根階層的悲哀。另外，山中的剪輯流暢自如，視覺風格鋒如日本繪畫，演員表演也很自然。此片公認為山中最好的作品，也是他僅存的三部電影之一。Humanity and Paper Balloons,unlike most other Japanese films of this period,is a historical film with a critical edge.Refusing to glorify samurai,the film insteaddeflates the myth around them with a gentle humanity. The film opens directly after a penurious ronin samurai has taken his own life.At his funeral his neighbors from his slum mourn his death. Here the film introduces another ronin samurai who lives in equal poverty. Having pawned his sword for food,the samurai searches for work but to no avail. The family's only income comes from the little balloon children's toys made by the wife.Out of desperation,the samurai abets in an attempted kidnapping. After finding out,the wife kills him in his sleep and then takes her own life, closing the film's narrative circle.Brian Whitener, All Movie Guide.

为破获一起大型国宝失窃案，身为刑警的赵红雨（焦俊艳饰），为了调查亲生父亲万正纲（范伟饰）的现任妻子林白玉（陈数饰），在搭档邵宽城（宋洋饰）的掩护之下，到其身边卧底。就在案件得以水落石出之时，这批国家宝藏竟在警察的严密监控下不翼而飞，林白玉也突然失踪……身为历史学教授的万正纲遭到警察怀疑，作为女儿的赵红雨决心找父亲探询真相，却不料陷入一场更大的危机。是夫妻反目成仇引发的悲剧？还是父女冰释前嫌时突遇袭击？在邵宽城的调查下，随着真相浮出水面的，是一场真正关于人性的博弈……