Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

April 2, 1950 · 76 years old

Zhang Yimou (born November 14, 1950 or 1951)  is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with Red Sorghum. Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitio…

Known For

28 titles
1
The Great Wall

The Great Wall

2016 · 1h 43m · Movie

In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.

5.4
2
Hero

Hero

2002 · 1h 34m · Movie

A defense officer, Nameless, was summoned by the King of Qin regarding his success of terminating three warriors.

7.9
3
House of Flying Daggers

House of Flying Daggers

2004 · 1h 59m · Movie

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

7.5
4
The Flowers of War

The Flowers of War

2011 · 2h 26m · Movie

An American finds refuge during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking in a church with a group of women. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.

7.5
5
Curse of the Golden Flower

Curse of the Golden Flower

2006 · 1h 54m · Movie

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

7.0
6
Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern

1991 · 2h 5m · Movie

A young woman becomes the fourth concubine of a wealthy man and soon realizes there's fierce competition for his attention and the associated privileges.

8.1
7
To Live

To Live

1994 · 2h 13m · Movie

After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.

8.3
8
The Road Home

The Road Home

1999 · 1h 29m · Movie

Prompted by the death of his father and the grief of his mother, a man recalls the story of how they met in flashback.

7.7
9
Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum

1988 · 1h 31m · Movie

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.

7.3
10
Not One Less

Not One Less

1999 · 1h 46m · Movie

13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.

7.7
11
Ju Dou

Ju Dou

1990 · 1h 35m · Movie

In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.

7.6
12
The Story of Qiu Ju

The Story of Qiu Ju

1992 · 1h 40m · Movie

A peasant woman seeks justice after the headman of her village has kicked her husband in the groin.

7.5
13
Coming Home

Coming Home

2014 · 1h 49m · Movie

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer recogniz...

7.2
14
Shanghai Triad

Shanghai Triad

1995 · 1h 48m · Movie

A provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.

7.1
15
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005 · 1h 47m · Movie

A Japanese father travels to China's Yunnan province in the place of his ailing son to film a folk-opera singer.

7.3
16
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · 1h 40m · Movie

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feelings about Cinema.

6.7
17
Happy Times

Happy Times

2000 · 1h 42m · Movie

An aging bachelor has to engage his old, laid-off friends to keep a blind girl happy as a masseuse at a non-existent massage parlor.

7.3
18
Full River Red

Full River Red

2023 · 2h 39m · Movie

A pawn tries to get rid of a traitorous minister, Qin Hui, when he leads an army to the border for talks with a Jurchen mission.

6.4
19
Under the Hawthorne Tree

Under the Hawthorne Tree

2010 · 1h 54m · Movie

Romance sparks between a young woman and a young man from different economic backgrounds during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.

7.1
20
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

2009 · 1h 35m · Movie

The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.

5.6
21
Cliff Walkers

Cliff Walkers

2021 · 2h 0m · Movie

In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.

6.6
22
One Second

One Second

2020 · 1h 44m · Movie

A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

7.1
23
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

2017 · 1h 16m · Movie

Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.

7.3
24
Snipers

Snipers

2022 · 1h 36m · Movie

The story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days.

6.3
25
My People, My Homeland

My People, My Homeland

2020 · 2h 33m · Movie

In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.

6.3
26
Under the Light

Under the Light

2023 · 2h 7m · Movie

Su Jianming, an ordinary young policeman, works at the Municipal Bureau's Criminal Identification Center. In order to protect the safety of the city, he embarks on a thrilling investigative journey.

5.9
27
Suddenly Seventeen

Suddenly Seventeen

2016 · 1h 47m · Movie

A 28-year-old woman who is unhappy in her marriage eats a piece of strange chocolate which transports her back to her 17-year-old self, the time before she met her husband.

6.4
28
My Country, My Parents

My Country, My Parents

2021 · 2h 37m · Movie

Included as the third installment of "National Day Celebration" trilogy with My People, My Country (2019) and My People, My Homeland (2020), My Country, My Parents focuses on four Chinese families in four different eras. Combined ...

6.2