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2. Coming Home (Guilai), feature film, directed by Zhang Yimou, Beijing: Le Vision Pictures Co., Ltd. 2014.
3. Crimson Romance (Xuese langman. 2003. TV drama serial, directed by Teng Wenji. Beijing: Runya Entertainment Co., Ltd.
4. Cui, Shuqin. 2003. Women Through the Lens: Gender and Nation in a Century of Chinese Cinema. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press.
5. Curse of the Golden Flower (Mancheng jindai huangjinjia), feature film, directed by Zhang Yimou, Beijing: New Pictures 2006.