Only the River Flows
strong bloody images, violence
Director(s)Wei Shujun
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes102m
CastYilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou
Only the River Flows
strong bloody images, violence
A spate of brutal murders plagues a quiet riverside town in this slow-burning and thoughtful Mandarin-language police pr ...
A spate of brutal murders plagues a quiet riverside town in this slow-burning and thoughtful Mandarin-language police procedural drama, which contains occasional gruesome crime scene imagery and implied acts of brutality.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
strong bloody images. violence
Classified Date:
30/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
violence
Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.
threat and horror
An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.
language
There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').
sex
Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.
discrimination
A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.
injury detail
There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.
theme
Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.
strong bloody images, violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
violence
Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.
threat and horror
An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.
language
There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').
sex
Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.
discrimination
A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.
injury detail
There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.
theme
Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.
Classified Date:
09/09/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified Date:
02/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified date11/09/2024
LanguageMandarin
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
discrimination
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
Director(s)Wei Shujun
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes102m
CastYilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou
strong bloody images. violence
Classified Date:
30/05/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
violence
Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.
threat and horror
An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.
language
There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').
sex
Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.
discrimination
A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.
injury detail
There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.
theme
Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.
strong bloody images, violence
Classified Date:
11/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
violence
Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.
threat and horror
An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.
language
There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').
sex
Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.
discrimination
A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.
injury detail
There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.
theme
Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.
Classified Date:
09/09/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified Date:
02/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Picturehouse Entertainment
Classified date11/09/2024
LanguageMandarin