Feng-pan Yao

White Dragon must get the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon. (imdb)

In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. "Black Bull and White Snake", a film version of Young Nien-ts'u's best-selling novel of the same title, is exactly about a white snake-woman, having been sold into prostitution at an early age, is rescued by a black bull of a man only to fall back into the gutter again. (youtube)

A newly appointed court official enters his duties full of optimism, only to be confronted by the deep-seated corruption and cruelty of the feudal legal system. Over the course of a single night preceding an execution, he witnesses the horrific consequences of coerced confessions and torture, sparking an intense internal conflict over morality, duty, and his own powerlessness.

A film in the "healthy realism" tradition of mid-20th-century Taiwanese film, "Our Neighbor" tells the story of a young girl, Pearl Lin, and the family that takes her in after her mother dies of an untreated illness. The family experiences hardships, including trying to send young Pearl to school, while next door a prostitute and her pimp/boyfriend discover that you reap what you sow.