List of Chinese films of 1997

A list of mainland Chinese films released in 1997:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Chinese Box	Wayne Wang	Gong Li, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Cheung, Rubén Blades	Drama
Colors of the Blind	Chen Guoxing	Tao Hong	Drama
Concerto of Life	Xia Gang		Drama
Dragon Town Story	Yang Fengliang	Wu Chien-lien	Revenge drama
Dream Factory	Feng Xiaogang	Ge You, Feng Xiaogang	Comedy
Eighteen Springs	Ann Hui	Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Ge You	Drama	Hong Kong/Mainland co-production
Fitness Tour	Liu Guoquan		Comedy
Frozen	Wang Xiaoshuai	Jia Hongsheng	Drama	Wang made this film under the name "Wu Ming" or "no name"
Keep Cool	Zhang Yimou	Jiang Wen, Li Baotian	Black comedy
Live in Peace	Hu Bingliu	Pan Yu	Drama	1998 Golden Rooster for Best Picture
Maiden Work	Wang Guangli	Ye You, Lou Ming	Drama
The Making of Steel	Lu Xuechang	Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Liping	Drama
The Opium War	Xie Jin		War/Historical	1997 Golden Rooster for Best Picture
Out of Phoenix Bridge	Li Hong		Documentary
Red River Valley	Feng Xiaoning	Ning Jing	Historical
Spicy Love Soup	Zhang Yang	Gao Yuanyuan	Romantic drama	Zhang Yang's directorial debut
Surveillance	Huang Jianxin			Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
Warriors of Virtue	Ronny Yu	Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Chao-Li Chi		Co-produced with U.S.A.
Xiao Wu	Jia Zhangke	Wang Hongwei	Drama	Jia Zhangke's directorial debut

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