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, Tong Linkai, Chu Bu Hua Jie, Han Chen, Jun Huang, Miyi Huang, Chunlei Kang, Baisha Liu, Wei Shujun, Yu Hua, Chunlei Kang, Wei Shujun, Xufeng Huang, Xinying Li, Han Mei, Caitao Wang, Chengma Zhiyuan, Matthieu Laclau

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 date11/51/2024
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, Tong Linkai, Chu Bu Hua Jie, Han Chen, Jun Huang, Miyi Huang, Chunlei Kang, Baisha Liu, Wei Shujun, Yu Hua, Chunlei Kang, Wei Shujun, Xufeng Huang, Xinying Li, Han Mei, Caitao Wang, Chengma Zhiyuan, Matthieu Laclau
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 date11/51/2024
LanguageMandarin