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Gong Li

Gong Li

Chinese-Singaporean actress
December 31, 1965 (58 years old)
U.S. 2020. War drama by Niki Caro with Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee. A young Chinese girl disguises herself as a man to go and fight hordes of barbarian invaders in place of her father, who can barely walk and has no son.
Runtime: 115 min.

Leap

V.O.: Duo Guan
Chin. 2020. Sports drama by Peter Ho-Sun Chan with Gong Li, Huang Bo, Wu Gang.
Runtime: 135 min.

Monkey King 2

V.O.: Xi You Ji Zhi: Sun Wukong San Da Baigu Jing
Chin. 2016. Fantasy by Pou-Soi Cheang with Aaron Kwok, Gong Li.
Runtime: 119 min.

Coming Home

V.O.: Gui lai
Chin. 2014. Drama by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Chen Daoming, Zhang Huiwen. Released at the end of the Cultural Revolution, a political prisoner comes home to find that his wife is suffering from amnesia and does not recognize him.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 2009. Drama by Mikael Hafström with John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-fat.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 2006. Crime drama by Michael Mann with Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li. Two Miami narcotics detectives pose as drug dealers to solve a murder case.
Runtime: 132 min.

Curse of the Golden Flower

V.O.: Man Cheng Jin Dai Huang Jin Jia
Chin. 2006. History by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Chow Yun-fat, Jay Chou. In 928, on the eve of a great celebration under the sign of the chrysanthemum , various palace intrigues shake the imperial family.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 2006. Thriller by Peter Webber with Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans. In 1950s Paris, the young Hannibal Lecter sets out to find the renegade cannibals who devoured his sister during World War II.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 2005. Mores drama by Rob Marshall with Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh. In Kyoto, in the 1930s, a young geisha arouses the lust of all men and the jealousy of a rival.
Runtime: 145 min.
Chin. 2004. Sentimental drama by Wong Kar-wai with Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li. Back in Hong Kong in 1966, an ex-journalist writing a science fiction novel is haunted by a lost love.
Runtime: 129 min.
U.S. 2004. Sketches by Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni with Gong Li, Robert Downey Jr., Christopher Buchholz. Variations on the themes of desire and eroticism by three masters of cinema.

Zhou Yu's Train

V.O.: Zhou Yu de huo che
Chin. 2002. Sentimental drama by Sun Zhou with Gong Li, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Sun Honglei. A young porcelain decorative artist who takes the train twice a week to visit her lover, a poet, is courted by another man.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Emperor and the Assassin

V.O.: Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang
Chin. 1999. History by Chen Kaige with Li Xuejian, Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi. In the 3rd century B.C., the king of Qin is obsessed with the desire to unify the seven kingdoms of China despite their fierce resistance.
Runtime: 160 min.
Fr. 1997. Psychological drama by Wayne Wang with Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung. In Hong Kong, an English journalist with leukemia is in love with a barmaid while being fascinated by a punk.

Temptress Moon

V.O.: Feng Yue
H.-K. 1996. Mores drama by Chen Kaige with Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin.
Runtime: 90 min.

Shanghai Triad

V.O.: Yao a Yao Yao Dao Waipo Qiao
Chin. 1995. Drama by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Li Baotian, Wang Xiaoxiao.
Runtime: 100 min.

To Live

V.O.: Huozhe
Chin. 1994. Chronicle by Zhang Yimou with Ge You, Gong Li, Niu Ben.
Runtime: 129 min.

Farewell My Concubine

V.O.: Ba wang bie ji
Chin. 1993. Chronicle by Chen Kaige with Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li. The friendship between two opera actors survives through the years despite many trials.
Runtime: 170 min.

The Story of Qiu Ju

V.O.: Qiu Ju da guan si
Chin. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Lei Lao Sheng, Liu Pei Qi. A young pregnant woman takes legal action to obtain compensation from the village chief who injured her husband.
Runtime: 90 min.

Raise the Red Lantern

V.O.: Dahong Denglong Gaogao Gua
Chin. 1991. Mores drama by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, He Caifei, Cao Cuifeng. In the 1920s, in Northern China, the four concubines of a rich lord are engaged in a devious game.
Runtime: 125 min.
Chin. 1990. Mores drama by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Wei. The adopted nephew of an old dyer falls in love with his abused young wife.
Runtime: 95 min.

Red Sorghum

V.O.: Hong Gaoliang
Chin. 1987. Mores drama by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun. The story of a woman's life, from her arrival at a wine factory where she will take over the leadership to her efforts to resist the Japanese invaders.
Runtime: 92 min.

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