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Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Chinese film director, actor & screenwriter and film producer
April 2, 1950 (74 years old)

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V.O.: Zhengdang fangwei
Chin. 2024. Drama by Zhang Yimou with Lei Jiayin, Gao Ye, Liu Yaowen. A prosecutor juggles a tricky case where intent to injure is turned into legitimate defense.
Runtime: 141 min.

Full River Red

V.O.: Manjianghong
Chin. 2023. Comedy by Zhang Yimou with Shen Teng, Jackson Yee, Zhang Yi. In 12th century China, an insignificant soldier and a deputy commander of the imperial army become embroiled in a bigger conspiracy in order to find a secret letter that has gone missing.
Runtime: 159 min.

Under the Light

V.O.: Jian ru panshi
Chin. 2023. Thriller by Zhang Yimou with Lei Jiayin, Yu Hewei, Zhang Guoli. A policeman fights crime and political corruption in his city.
Runtime: 127 min.
Chin. 2021. Spy drama by Zhang Yimou with Liu Haocun, Qin Hailu, Yu Hewei. In 1931, four Chinese special agents are charged with freeing one of their own, held prisoner in a puppet state ruled by Japanese invaders.
Runtime: 120 min.
Chin. 2020. History by Zhang Yimou.
Runtime: 104 min.

Shadow

V.O.: Jing
Chin. 2018. History by Zhang Yimou with Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Kai. In third century China, an ailing warlord uses a look-alike capable of deceiving his enemies to implement a plan that will ensure his kingdom's victory.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 2017. Fantasy by Zhang Yimou with Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Pedro Pascal. In medieval China, two European mercenaries participate in the defence of the Great Wall that is threatened by hordes of monsters that are trying to wipe out the human race.
Runtime: 103 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.

The Flowers of War

V.O.: Jin ling shi san chai
Chin. 2011. Drama by Zhang Yimou with Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi. An American embalmer becomes the protector of a group of schoolgirls and sex workers during the 1937 siege of Nanjing by the Japanese army.
Runtime: 142 min.
Chin. 2010. by Zhang Yimou.

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

V.O.: San qiang pai an jing qi
Chin. 2009. Crime drama by Zhang Yimou with Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Ni Dahong. In feudal China, the owner of a remote inn hires a corrupt policeman to eliminate his wife and her lover.
Runtime: 95 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.

Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles

V.O.: Qian li Zou Dan Ji
Chin. 2005. Psychological drama by Zhang Yimou with Ken Takakura, Shinobu Terajima, Li Jiamin. In order to get closer to his dying son, a Japanese fisherman travels to China to film a popular opera singer that his son loves.
Runtime: 107 min.

House of Flying Daggers

V.O.: Shimian Maifu
Chin. 2004. Adventures by Zhang Yimou with Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau. In 9th century China, a young captain falls in love with the presumed daughter of the leader of a rebel clan.
Runtime: 119 min.

Hero

V.O.: Ying xiong
Chin. 2002. Epic by Zhang Yimou with Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung. Around 220 B.C., a warrior tells the King of Qin how he prevented three notorious assassins from taking his life.
Runtime: 101 min.

Happy Times

V.O.: Xingfu shiguang
Chin. 2000. Dramatic comedy by Zhang Yimou with Zhao Bensha, Dong Jie, Dong Lihua. To please a lady he hopes to marry soon, a retired worker takes in her blind daughter-in-law.
Runtime: 103 min.

Not One Less

V.O.: Yi Ge Dou Bu Neng Shao
Chin. 1999. Social drama by Zhang Yimou with Wei Minzhi, Zhang Huike, Tian Zhenda. A 13-year-old girl appointed as a substitute teacher in a village school has to take care of a group of 28 students for a month.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Road Home

V.O.: Wode fuqin muqin
Chin. 1999. Sentimental drama by Zhang Yimou with Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Zheng Hao. When his father dies, a man recalls his parents' love story in 1950s China.
Runtime: 89 min.

Keep Cool

V.O.: You hua hao hao shuo
H.-K. 1997. by Zhang Yimou.
Runtime: 93 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.
Chin. 1993. by Zhang Yimou.

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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