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Red SorghumRed Sorghum (1988) Recommended
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 DouJu Dou (1990) Aro Favourite
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 LanternRaise the Red Lantern (1991) Aro Favourite
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, TheStory 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…
Farewell My ConcubineFarewell My Concubine (1993)
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
Lavish, episodic journey through 20th Century Chinese history, encompassing more revolutions than a 45. Joint winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes is…
To LiveTo 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 TriadShanghai 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…
Temptress MoonTemptress Moon (1996)
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
Chen Kaige elevates the sumptuous Chinese epoch of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE with this visually rapturous, though far less coherent saga of epic…
Chinese Box (1998)
Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung
Set in Hong Kong just prior to the British handover to China, this follows the last dissatisfied days of dying journalist Jeremy Irons as he pads the…
Emperor and the Assassin, TheEmperor and the Assassin, The (Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang) (1999)
Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Gong Li, Zhang Fenyi
Vast, gilded historical spectacle set in the 3rd Century BC, centred on China's legendary first Qin emperor's struggle to consolidate a unified…
Zhou Yu's TrainZhou Yu's Train (2003)
Dir. Sun Zhou
Feat. Tony Leung (Kar-fai), Gong Li, Honglei Sun
Gong Li shimmers as a gorgeous ceramic artisan in rural China, who is torn between two men – a reclusive poet (Leung) and an affable vetenarian…
20462046 (2004) Recommended
Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li
A companion piece of sorts to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, this has the seasoned stylist dir. Wong Kar–Wai sketch an impressionistic portrait of loss,…
Memoirs Of A GeishaMemoirs Of A Geisha (2005) Recommended
Dir. Rob Marshall
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li
The ravishing Zhang Ziyi takes the lead in this exotically pleasing, if contentious adaptation of Arthur Golden's 'insider' novel, as a young woman…
Miami ViceMiami Vice (2006)
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li
A brooding reprise of the cult 80s cop TV series with uber–stylist Michael Mann (HEAT) ramping up the serious atmospherics in a prolonged…
Curse of the Golden FlowerCurse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou
Another sumptuous Tang Dynasty epic in martial arts from the dir. of HERO, cast in the mould of a Shakespearian power struggle between an Emperor, an…
Hannibal RisingHannibal Rising (2007)
Dir. Peter Webber
Feat. Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Gong Li
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS creator Thomas Harris pens this original back–story to Hannibal Lecter’s murderous reign, in which we’re privy to the…
ShanghaiShanghai (2010)
Dir. Mikael Håfström
Feat. John Cusack, Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat
Lavish Sino–Japanese prestige picture with John Cusack as an American expat ensconced in 40s Shanghai on the eve of the Pearl Harbour attacks.…
What Women WantWhat Women Want (2011)
Dir. Daming Chen
Feat. Andy Lau, Gong Li, Russell Wong
Amiable Chinese remake with Andy Lau stepping into Mel Gibson's shoes as a chauvinistic executive who gains the ability to hear what women are really…

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