Zhang Yimou — Director (32)
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Shadow (2018) [Movie]
影
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Deng Chao / Sun Li …
other title: Sombra / 影 …
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
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The Flowers of War (2011) [Movie]
金陵十三釵
7.0 (7 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Christian Bale / Ni Ni …
other title: I fiori della guerra / As Flores da Guerra …
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
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Red Sorghum (1988) [Movie]
红高粱
8.5 (8 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Lei Gung / Wen Jiang …
other title: Sorgo rosso / O Sorgo Vermelho …
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
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Not One Less (1999) [Movie] TMDB Douban
一个都不能少
director: Zhang Yimou actor: Wei Minzhi / Zhang Huike …
other title: Non uno di meno / Nenhum a Menos …
Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.
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Coming Home (2014) [Movie]
归来
7.7 (6 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Gong Li / Chen Daoming …
other title: Lettere di uno sconosciuto / Regreso A Casa …
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 remembers him.
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Keep Cool (1997) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
有话好好说
7.8 (12 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Wen Jiang / Li Baotian …
other title: Mantén la calma / 有话好好说 …
A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer.
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Article 20 (2024) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
第二十条
6.0 (20 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Lei Jiayin / Ma Li …
other title: Zheng Dang Fang Wei (Article 20) / 第二十条
Tells the story of prosecutor Han Ming who is involved in a difficult case where the intentional injury of people is turned into a legitimate defense.
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Under the Light (2023) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
坚如磐石
5.6 (7 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Lei Jiayin / Yu Hewei …
other title: Bajo la Luz / 坚如磐石
Officers Su Jianming and Li Huilin investigate a crime involving wealthy businessman Li Zhitian. As clues emerge, the investigation becomes more and more like a game of chess.
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The Great Wall (2016) [Movie]
The Great Wall
6.0 (9 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Matt Damon / Jing Tian …
other title: Den Kinesiske Mur / A Grande Muralha …
European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
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To Live (1994) [Movie]
活着
9.0 (17 ratings) director: Zhang Yimou actor: Ge You / Lei Gung …
other title: Vivere! / Tempo de Viver …
Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.