Tag: Yimou Zhang
Posted on January 2, 2020 |
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Ju Dou (1990)
Drama | Romance
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. This tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
Starring: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wei Li, Zhijun Cong, Xingli Niu
Director: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang
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Posted on March 10, 2019 |
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Shadow / Ying (2018)
Action | Drama | History
Set during China's Three Kingdom's era (AD 220-280). The story of a great king and his people, who will be expelled from their homeland and will aspire to claim it. The king, violent and ambitious, of mysterious methods and motives; his general, a visionary who yearns to win the final battle but needs to prepare his plans in secret; the women of the palace, who struggle to find redemption in a world where they have no place; and a commoner called "Lord of all the world", will be the characters around who turn the inexorable forces of this story.
Starring: Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang, Jingchun Wang, Jun Hu, Xiaotong Guan, Lei Wu
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on December 14, 2018 |
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To Live / Living / Lifetimes / Huo zhe (1994)
Drama | War
After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
Starring: You Ge, Li Gong, Ben Niu, Wu Jiang, Deng Fei, Tao Guo
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Ben Niu, Deng Fei, Li Gong, Tao Guo, Wu Jiang, Yimou Zhang, You Ge
Posted on August 13, 2018 |
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Red Sorghum / Hong gao liang (1988)
Drama | History | Romance | War
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Starring: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Ten, Ji Liu, Ming Qian, Chunhua Ji
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on May 12, 2017 |
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The Great Wall (2016)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Starring: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Tian Jing, Numan Acar
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on August 2, 2016 |
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The Flowers of War / Jin ling shi san chai (2011)
Drama | History | Romance | War
A story of love and war – and a band of outcasts who emerge as unlikely heroes from the shadows of a city's occupation. At once lyrical and visceral, in the apocalyptic world of Nanjing in 1937, a vibrant human story about the invisible people of the city and a series of unexpected relationships that lead to a resonant act of sacrifice.
Starring: Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Tianyuan Huang, Atsuro Watabe, Dawei Tong, Paul Schneider
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on March 11, 2016 |
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Coming Home / Gui lai (2014)
Drama | History | Romance
Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident. Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return. A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.
Starring: Li Gong, Daoming Chen
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Posted on August 12, 2013 |
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Under the Hawthorn Tree / Shan zha shu zhi lian (2010)
Drama | Romance
A love history between a capitalist's young daughter, sent to re-education during the China's Cultural Revolution, and the son of a communist party member.
Starring: Dongyu Zhou, Shawn Dou, Meijuan Xi, Ruijia Jiang, Xuejian Li, Taisheng Chen, Rina Sa
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Dongyu Zhou, Meijuan Xi, Rina Sa, Ruijia Jiang, Shawn Dou, Taisheng Chen, Xuejian Li, Yimou Zhang
Posted on August 5, 2013 |
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The Story of Qiu Ju / Qiu Ju da guan si (1992)
Comedy | Drama
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society.
Starring: Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang, Kesheng Lei, Zhijun Ge
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Kesheng Lei, Li Gong, Liuchun Yang, Peiqi Liu, Yimou Zhang, Zhijun Ge
Posted on March 10, 2013 |
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Shanghai Triad / Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (1995)
Crime | Drama
Shanghai, 1930. Mr. Tang, the godfather chief of the Tang family-run underground Green dynasty, controls the city's lucrative opium and prostitution trade. He has also acquired the services of Xiao Jinbao, the most beautiful prostitute-singer in Shanghai. Fourteen-year-old Tang Shuisheng has been recruited by his uncle to watch Xiao Jinbao. Ultimately, Shuisheng becomes the only person to whom she can talk openly and whose relationship with her is not motivated by power or greed. In secret, Xiao Jinbao has become the mistress of Song, the Greens' number two man, and together they conspire against Mr. Tang.
Starring: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Biao Fu, Shu Chen
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Baotian Li, Biao Fu, Chun Sun, Li Gong, Shu Chen, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Yimou Zhang
Posted on September 2, 2012 |
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Hero / Ying xiong (2002)
Action | Adventure | Drama
From acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou comes this film set during the 'warring states' period in Chinese history when the country was divided into seven kingdoms. A low-ranking sheriff comes to the court of the king of one of the most powerful regions to claim a prize for killing three legendary warriors – Broken Sword, Flying Snow and Sky. But just how much of what the sheriff says can be trusted?
Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Daoming Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Donnie Yen
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Daoming Chen, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Yimou Zhang, Ziyi Zhang
Posted on December 2, 2011 |
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Curse of the Golden Flower / Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (2006)
Action | Drama | Romance
'Curse of the Golden Flower' fuses high drama and romantic intrigue with the best of contemporary martial arts. Set in the lavish and breathtakingly colorful world hidden from the eyes of mere mortals behind the walls of the Forbidden City, a tale of a royal family divided against itself builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and revenge.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou, Ye Liu, Jin Chen, Dahong Ni, Junjie Qin, Man Li
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Dahong Ni, Jay Chou, Jin Chen, Junjie Qin, Li Gong, Man Li, Ye Liu, Yimou Zhang, Yun-Fat Chow
Posted on October 12, 2011 |
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Raise the Red Lantern / Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991)
Drama
China in the 1920's. After her father's death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master's attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it's hers. However, things get out of hand…
Starring: Li Gong, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He, Cuifen Cao, Qi Zhao, Lin Kong, Shuyuan Jin, Weimin Ding, Zhihgang Cui, Chu Xiao, Zhengyin Cao
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Tags: Chu Xiao, Cuifen Cao, Jingwu Ma, Li Gong, Lin Kong, Qi Zhao, Saifei He, Shuyuan Jin, Weimin Ding, Yimou Zhang, Zhengyin Cao, Zhihgang Cui
Posted on August 5, 2011 |
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House of Flying Daggers / Shi mian mai fu (2004)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
Mei is an exotic, beautiful blind dancer, associated with a dangerous revolutionary gang, known as the House of Flying Daggers. Captured by officers of the decadent Tang Dynasty, Mei finds herself both threatened – and attracted – to the most unusual circumstances. Here, her heart and loyalties battle each other, amid warriors in the treetops and dazzling combat – the likes of which have never before been seen!
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song
Director: Yimou Zhang
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