To many Westerners, Chinese culture can seem daunting to learn about. For many of us, the extent of Chinese culture that we know comes through such things as American Chinese takeout food or walks through a Chinatown district. Not exactly thorough ways to immerse oneself, in more than a superficial way. It doesn’t help that the Chinese dialects are rather difficult to pronounce and aren’t phonetic, like say Japanese is. Fortunately, besides the many excellent Chinese language and cultural programs available these days, people can learn a lot about these ancient people and their customs and culture. And as one of the world’s oldest contiguous civilizations, there’s a lot to learn. When it comes to learning more about Chinese culture in a cinematic sense, there are some pretty decent films to choose from. But for me at least, the majority of them are a bit too confusing—there are just so …