Movies: Zhang Yimou

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life....

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China....

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Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow....

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on b...

Two-part TV film made by Chen Kaige for Air Force Political Department Drama Troupe....

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In the southwest frontiers of China there lie many luxuriant forests where live a great variety of plants and animals. Three kids of Daizu minority is told by a granny that a red elephant which is the symbol of God lives in the forest so in a summer ...

A woman works with an assassin to get revenge upon the man who murdered her family nine years earlier....

On February 4, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium....

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On February 20, 2022, the closing ceremony of the 24th Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium....

Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit....

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Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughter of a rebel group's recently assassinated leader- played by Zhang Ziyi . 2. Jin - police captain in...

A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to them exploring their feelings for each other and those around th...

After a critical intelligence leak, a national security unit launches an intensive investigation. But successive setbacks in their arrest operations reveal a shocking truth: the trail leads back to within the unit itself. Amidst a storm of trust and ...

It tells the story of Lu Fei helping a parent find out why his child wanted to commit suicide, but discovered many doubts. Through unremitting efforts to find out the truth, he finally saved lives and families lingering on the verge of tragedy....

A short film about the power of cinema to bring a community together. It also showcases the excitement and magic around cinema that children experience when waiting for movies to begin....

Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Serge...