China The Touch is a China–Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
China × Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan Co-Production
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Touch. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Fantasy in China
90 China titles in our catalog blend the Action and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Touch itself).
The 2001–2003 China Window
In the crowded 2001-2003 China release window, The Touch sits at #29 of 30. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in China, 142 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Touch premiered alongside 12 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 12 other China films in 2002.
The 97th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
33 audience reviews — more than 54% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 49th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Touch, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- artifact · 5
- tibet · 4
- collector · 3
- acrobats · 2
- thief · 23
- buddhism · 22
- china · 127
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #881 of 946 China films indexed here (7th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.7 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Action productions specifically: #294 of 319 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Mandarin, French |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | August 1, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0293660 |