Zhang Yimou
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Red Sorghum (1988)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li, Wen Jiang
- A love story set among village winemakers who fight back against Japanese marauders in 1930's China. Blackly humorous and agonisingly horrific, this…
- Ju Dou (1990)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- Immaculately composed fable about a village girl who conducts an illicit affair with the nephew of the bitter factory owner she has been forced to…
- Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- Gong Li is unforgettable as an educated woman who bitterly serves as the fourth arranged wife of a feudal nobleman. A magnificent tragedy, enriched…
- Story of Qui Ju, The (1992)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- Docu–drama about a peasant wife's determined fight for her justice after her husband is assaulted. An insight into modern China is glimpsed…
- To Live (1994)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- An absorbing tale of Chinese peasantry in the dark shadow of politics over three decades.
Distinguished by the star presence of Gong Li and her…
- Shanghai Triad (1995)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- Richly–hued encounter with the criminal high–life of 1930s Shanghai, told through the hired servant of a pampered gangster's moll, and…
- Turandot Project, The (1998)
- Dir. Allan Miller
Feat. Zhang Yimou, Zubin Mehta
- The glorious insanity of Italian opera defeats all obstacles in this amusing behind–the–scenes account of a gigantic international…
- Not One Less (1999)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Wei Minzhi
- 13–year old peasant–girl Wei Minzhi is handed the responsibility of substitute–teaching a class of children in a rural China…
- Road Home, The (2000)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Honglei Sun, Hao Zhang
- Tackling the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, period dir. Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) gives the story of a young man's return home…
- Happy Times (Xingfu Shiguang) (2001)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Dong Jie, Zhao Benshan
- Putting a gentle Asian spin on the "French farce" model, dir. Zhang Yimou takes a light–hearted detour with this comedy about a retired…