Wolf Pack / Lang qun (2022)
Action | Thriller | War
During one of the missions, of the Wolf Pack squad led by Lao Diao who are engaged in overseas security work for a long time discovers that foreign terrorist forces have extended their reach into China's energy lifeline.
Starring: Jin Zhang, Aarif Rahman, Luxia Jiang, Mark Luu, Liu Ye, Yi Zhang, Kuo-Chung Tang
Director: Michael Chiang
Full River Red / Manjianghong (2023)
Comedy | Drama | History | Mystery
A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.
Starring: Teng Shen, Jackson Yee, Yi Zhang, Jiayin Lei, Yunpeng Yue, Jiayi Wang
Director: Yimou Zhang
One Second / Yi miao zhong (2020)
Drama
A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
Starring: Yi Zhang, Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, Ailei Yu, Shaobo Zhang, Yan Li
Director: Yimou Zhang
The Sacrifice / Jin gang chuan (2020)
Action | Drama | War
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
Starring: Yi Zhang, Jing Wu, Jiuxiao Li, Vision Wei, Chao Deng
Director: Hu Guan, Frant Gwo, Yang Lu, Yusheng Tian
Cliff Walkers / Xuan ya zhi shang (2021)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, afterreturning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.
Starring: Yi Zhang, Hewei Yu, Hailu Qin, Haocun Liu, Yawen Zhu, Naiwen Li, Dahong Ni
Director: Yimou Zhang
The Eight Hundred / Ba bai (2020)
Action | Drama | History | War
From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Starring: Qianyuan Wang, Yi Zhang, Wu Jiang, Zhi-zhong Huang, Zhang Junyi, Hao Ou, Chun Du, Vision Wei
Director: Hu Guan
The Climbers / Pan deng zhe (2019)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
The four members of the China Everest Climbing Commando confront the most difficult mount. The first four failures have cost them too much physical strength until the wind and snow stop the gap.
Starring: Jing Wu, Ziyi Zhang, Boran Jing, Yi Zhang, Ge Hu, Jackie Chan, Long Chen
Director: Daniel Lee
Operation Red Sea / Hong hai xing dong (2018)
Action | Drama | Thriller | War
PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.
Starring: Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du, Luxia Jiang, Sanâa Alaoui, Fang Yin, Yutian Wang, Jiahao Guo, Henry Prince Mak
Director: Dante Lam
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield / Xiu chun dao II: xiu luo zhan chang (2017)
Action | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
In the Ming dynasty of China, Shen Lian, a secret police of corrupt government, is trapped by the conspiracy on a mission. To prove the innocence, he seeks the truth with a girl called Bei Zhai.
Starring: Chen Chang, Mi Yang, Yi Zhang, Shih-Chieh King, Jiayin Lei, Zhilei Xin
Director: Yang Lu
Mountains May Depart / Shan he gu ren (2015)
Drama | Romance
China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang. They soon have a son he names Dollar… From 1999 to 2025, from China to Australia, the lives, loves, hopes and disillusions of a family over two generations in a society changing at breakneck speed.
Starring: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Jing Dong Liang, Zijian Dong, Sylvia Chang
Director: Zhangke Jia
Dearest / Qin ai de (2014)
Drama
Based on a true story, the film follows Tian Wen-Jun and his ex-wife Lu Xiao-Juan as they search frantically for their missing three year-old son Pengpeng. Years later, after numerous dashed hopes, they find Pengpeng living with Li Hong-Xin. But their reunion with the vastly changed Pengpeng proves difficult, and Hong-Xin convincingly claims that she is unaware that the child – who now calls her mother – was originally stolen.
Starring: Wei Zhao, Bo Huang, Dawei Tong, Lei Hao, Yi Zhang
Director: Peter Chan
An Inaccurate Memoir / Eastern Bandits / Pi fu (2012)
Action | Drama | War
Movie is set during a period of time when Japanese invaded China. The story is told from Gao's perspective, a soldier seeking revenge from the Japanese in trying to assassinate the visiting Japanese chief in command. In the process of plotting such scheme, he had a chance encounter with a local Mafia, lead by its charismatic leader Fang. Fang had a bandit of followers, of which one is Fang's sister. Fang in the past have rescued many of these followers using his own blood and as a result all the members in the bandit formed a life long bond and friendship. When Gao realizes he could use the firearms and man power of Fang's bandit, he sets up a scheme to get captured by Fang on purpose. When Fang found out – he was extremely angry and upset and almost killed Gao, but Gao is saved by Fang's sister because she clearly developed feelings for Gao after seeing how he fared during the interrogation phases when he was in Fang's capture. Gao later redeems himself by saving Fang and all of his bandit members when a bank robbery went wrong. From there on, Gao partners with Fang to take down the Japanese chief in command. Pi Fu in Chinese means commoner, and this is a movie about friendship, loyalty and brotherhood.
Starring: Xiaoming Huang, Yi Zhang, Xinyi Zhang, Jingyang Ni, Tino Bao, Lie Wang
Director: Shu-peng Yang
Caught in the Web / Sou Suo (2012)
Drama | Romance | Thriller
This is the story of three women whose worlds collide. Told from multiple narrative perspectives, director Chen Kaige creates a social commentary on our internet-based society and how judgements are passed based on few facts with little or no care for the truth.
Starring: Yuanyuan Gao, Chen Yao, Mark Chao, Hong Chen, Luodan Wang, Xueqi Wang, Ran Chen, Yi Zhang
Director: Kaige Chen
