Zhou Dongyu

Zhou Dongyu

Born: January 31, 1992
in Shijiazhuang,Hebei Province,China
Zhou Dongyu, born in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, China. A graduate from the Beijing Film Academy, Zhou Dongyu rose to stardom for the leading role in UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE (Berlinale 2010) directed by Zhang Yimou. She received the Golden Horse Award for best lead actress for SOUL MATE (2016) and the Best Actress at the 33rd Golden Rooster Awards, 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, 35th People's Hundred Flowers Awards for Oscar nominated BETTER DAYS (Berlinale, 2019), both directed by Derek Tsang. Her recent films included San Sebastian Film Festiavl official selection FIRE ON THE PLAIN (2021) and Cannes Un Certain Regard selection THE BREAKING ICE (2023).

Movies for Zhou Dongyu...

Strangers When We Meet
Title: Strangers When We Meet
Character: Chang Juan
Released: May 17, 2024
Type: Movie
After serving 30 years in prison, Lao Qin starts a new life with 1.5 million compensation from the government for demolition and relocation. He just wants to marry a wife and have children to live in peace, but his life is completely changed with the intrusion of the eccentric 24-year-old girl Chang Juan.
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Trending Topic
Title: Trending Topic
Character: Chen Miao
Released: November 30, 2023
Type: Movie
Chen Miao, an editor in chief of a grassroots journalism platform, encountered a series of follow-up events after publishing a popular article.
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Under the Light
Title: Under the Light
Character: Li Huilin
Released: September 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Su Jianming, the son of Deputy Mayor Zheng Gang of Jinjiang City, defies his father's counsel and attends a cunning dinner invitation from the wealthiest man in Jinjiang City, Li Zhitian (played by Yu Hewei). To his astonishment, he becomes an unwilling witness to a shocking incident where someone is coerced into thrusting their hand into a simmering hotpot. As past mysteries resurface, hidden factions from various quarters plot and scheme, employing intricate strategies, scrutiny, and suspicion. Amidst the web of conflicting desires, the pressing question remains: who will ultimately unveil the final mask?
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Tainted Love
Title: Tainted Love
Character: Zhou Ran
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Following a woman’s search for truth after being cheated in a romance scam.
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The Breaking Ice
Title: The Breaking Ice
Character: Nana
Released: August 22, 2023
Type: Movie
In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.
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Young People and Their Youth of China
Title: Young People and Their Youth of China
Character: Zhou Xiaoyu
Released: May 1, 2023
Type: Movie
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Born to Fly
Title: Born to Fly
Character: Shen Tianran
Released: April 28, 2023
Type: Movie
A talented trainee pilot is given the opportunity to virtually test the latest fighter jet, which pushes him to his limits.
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Tale of the Night
Title: Tale of the Night
Character: Lanzhou Girl
Released: April 28, 2023
Type: Movie
The story takes place on a wonderful night in Changsha. Nightbird Jing Weiwei met He Xixi, who was about to leave her hometown tomorrow morning at a bookstore, and they arranged to take a night trip together.
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Art College 1994
Title: Art College 1994
Character: Hao Lili (voice)
Released: February 18, 2023
Type: Movie
In the 1990s, a group of students on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts are pursuing their studies and preparing to face the world. China is opening up to the West and the students’ lives are a tangle of love stories and friendships, artistic research, ideals and ambitions brought about by new influences. Caught between tradition and modernity, they have to decide who they want to become.
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2022年中央广播电视总台中秋晚会
Title: 2022年中央广播电视总台中秋晚会
Released: September 10, 2022
Type: Movie
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Ode to the Spring
Title: Ode to the Spring
Released: July 1, 2022
Type: Movie
This film tells five independent and intertwined stories, presenting the anti-epidemic life with laughter and tears from the point of view of doctors, patients, volunteers in Hubei, grassroots staff and ordinary people. They pay tribute to the "ordinary heroes" in the epidemic and pass on the endless force of "spring".
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Embrace Again
Title: Embrace Again
Character: Xia Xiao
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: Movie
A series of interconnected stories, set against the backdrop of the early days of the pandemic. Here, individual souls realize the world is changing, sometimes yielding heartbreak, sometimes yielding happiness, always leading to a deeper understanding of their fellow human beings. From finding love, to connecting through music, heroes emerge, each contributing in small ways to a very new world around them, however dangerous.
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Fire on the Plain
Title: Fire on the Plain
Character: Li Fei
Released: December 24, 2021
Type: Movie
A series of murders strikes the city of Fentun. The crimes mysteriously stop without the authorities having been able to find the perpetrator. Eight years later, a young police officer, close to one of the victims, decides to reopen the investigation.
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The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Title: The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Featuring seven stories from seven auteurs from around the world, the film chronicles this unprecedented moment in time, and is a true love letter to the power of cinema and its storytellers.
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Title: Ancient Love Poetry
Character: Shang Gu / Hou Chi
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: TV
Gu Jue Zhuan follows Shang Gu, once a leader of the four immortals, who falls into a deep sleep after sacrificing herself in a trial that lasted 60,000 years. Shang Gu wakes up many years later, and memories of what happened 300 years ago were completely wiped. But her former lover, Bai Jue, never forgot about her. Sacrificing his reincarnation for her life, he waited for her for 60,000 years. Even when his soul disappears, Shang Gu will wait for him forever. Gu Jue Zhuan, previously known as Shang Gu, was first announced in 2014, but was stuck in production hell. Its based on the xianxia novel of the same name by Xing Ling (星零), first published in 2012.
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A Fangirl's Romance
Title: A Fangirl's Romance
Character: Gao Bei (young)
Released: May 28, 2021
Type: Movie
Young zoomer Gao Ge is a technology geek full of fantastic ideas. In order to prevent her mother from telling the world that his father is a singer Luo Dayou, she took her mother to Shenzhen to confront Luo Dayou. However, after arriving in Shenzhen, unfortunately lost with her mother, she and her friend Doudou and Xiaobian, not only met her mother's old coworkers, but also found her mother's crazy youth and legendary love story. Gao Ge finally eliminated the misunderstanding of his mother and embarked on a journey of finding his father with his mother.
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The Break Away
Title: The Break Away
Released: May 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Over the course of 45 days, a relationship begins to break apart as confinement tests its bonds.
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A New Awakening
Title: A New Awakening
Released: January 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Burberry's special film in celebration of the Chinese New Year. The film celebrates the arrival of spring bringing a sense of new beginnings and a yearning to explore the unknown
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Unspeakable Love
Title: Unspeakable Love
Character: Zhou Chun
Released: December 10, 2020
Type: Movie
A pair of deaf-mute lovers who met through the Internet. The two share each other's lives through mobile phones, and finally meet at the train station through the sea of ​​people.
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Title: New World
Character: Jia Xiao Duo
Released: January 13, 2020
Type: TV
Set in the city of Beiping during the 22 days before the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 is a story about the drastic changes in the lives of three brothers Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian as well as a romance between Xu Tian and Tian Dan. In investigating the murder that claimed the life of his fiancee, policeman Xu Tian starts on a trail that will eventually lead to his involvement in the liberation of Beiping. Jin Hai, Tie Lin, and Xu Tian are three friends who are as close as brothers. In the face of historic changes and conflicting beliefs, they make choices that take them on diverging paths. Xu Tian and communist member Tian Dan meet during their lowest moments and find a common goal that brings them together.
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Title: The Protectors
Released: December 3, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Life Choices
Released: November 20, 2019
Type: TV
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Better Days
Title: Better Days
Character: Chen Nian
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
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My People, My Country
Title: My People, My Country
Character: Hospital nurse (segment "Passing By")
Released: September 30, 2019
Type: Movie
Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.
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Youth China hits headlines
Title: Youth China hits headlines
Character: Journalist
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
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On the Balcony
Title: On the Balcony
Character: Lu Shanshan
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Zhang Yingxiong’s father died due to a fight with demolition worker Lu Zhiqiang, so Zhang Yingxiong decided to revenge for his father. But during the “revenge”, he gradually start to have a special feeling for Lu Shanshan, Lu Zhiqiang’s daughter.
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Title: Behind the Scenes
Character: Bu Xiao Gu
Released: January 5, 2019
Type: TV
Media student Bu Xiao Gu has a dream: she is determined to become an outstanding producer. Her idol is Chun Yu Qiao, who is a top-notch producer at Xintian production company, and Xiao Gu manages to enter the company as an intern. But Yu Qiao’s unreasonable personality makes Xiao Gu feel great disappointment. With her hopes shattered, Xiao Gu is asleep at the wheel and not only causes a live broadcast accident which makes her lose her job, but also misses the deadline for her master thesis. However, Yu Qiao takes on the sole responsibility for the accident and thus saves Xiao Gu’s career. Xiao Gu finally recognizes Yu Qiao’s true personality and the two start to work and fight for their dreams together.
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Kung Fu Monster
Title: Kung Fu Monster
Character: Bella
Released: December 21, 2018
Type: Movie
In the waning years of the Ming Dynasty, the Bruneian Empire offers a rare creature to the nation as a gift. Ocean, a member of the Imperial Secret Police, has been tasked to tame the beast. Though the furry beast appears ferocious on the outside, Ocean discovers that it is kind by nature. Not wanting to turn the beast into a killing machine on the battlefield, Ocean secretly releases the beast into the wild and elopes with Frigid, the daughter of a man executed on false charges.
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Goddesses In The Flames Of War
Title: Goddesses In The Flames Of War
Released: September 3, 2018
Type: Movie
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Animal World
Title: Animal World
Character: Liu Qing
Released: June 29, 2018
Type: Movie
Backed into a corner by mounting debts, a youth agrees to submit himself to a high stakes game of chance in international waters aboard a disused warship.
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Us and Them
Title: Us and Them
Character: Fang Xiaoxiao
Released: April 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again. Will they make the most of this second chance and rekindle what they once lost?
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Goldbuster
Title: Goldbuster
Released: December 29, 2017
Type: Movie
A quirky internet star, a pair of retired gangsters, and the black sheep of a prolific family of herbalists are a few of the oddball tenants that call the dilapidated apartments of Humble Grove home. Fearful of being locked out by a ruthless property developer with his eye on the building, they’ve stayed inside for years. So, when supernatural incidents befall them all on one night, instead of running, they turn to flamboyant ghost hunter Golden Ling to perform a most unusual exorcism.
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The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Title: The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Character: Xiao Yuan
Released: December 15, 2017
Type: Movie
The world is on the brink of catastrophe in a chaotic age where evil demons roam. In order to keep evil at bay, a mysterious organisation from the pugilist world emerges. A new constable and a young girl with a mysterious past are also drawn into this group, and the group embarks on an incredible adventure.
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City of Rock
Title: City of Rock
Character: Tongtong
Released: September 30, 2017
Type: Movie
A young musician from a small town in China tries to save his town's treasured Rock Park by organizing a charity rock concert.
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Title: Youth Inn
Released: September 23, 2017
Type: TV
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The Founding of an Army
Title: The Founding of an Army
Character: Fan Guixia
Released: August 1, 2017
Type: Movie
The Founding of an Army is a 2017 Chinese film commissioned by China's government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
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Title: Chinese Restaurant
Character: Herself
Released: July 22, 2017
Type: TV
Chinese Restaurant is a Chinese celebrity reality show broadcast by Hunan Television.It's Vicky Zhao's first reality/variety show as a regular guest.
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Title: Shall I Compare You To a Spring Day
Character: Xiao Hong
Released: July 20, 2017
Type: TV
A coming-of-age story about young love and brotherhood among a group of young adults who lived during the revolutionary times in Beijing.
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Title: 魔都风云
Released: May 6, 2017
Type: TV
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This Is Not What I Expected
Title: This Is Not What I Expected
Character: Gu Shengnan
Released: April 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Lu Jin is a handsome, wealthy hotel executive whose drive for perfection is matched only by his taste for fine cuisine. When he checks into the Rosebud, he's dissatisfied with everything he sees and is ready to take action... until flamboyant female sous chef Gu Shengnan creates the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Now, these bitter rivals find themselves brought together in the kitchen in this light-hearted romantic comedy, infused with fun and flavors to create a delicious dish that foodies around the world wouldn't dare to miss.
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A Nail Clipper Romance
Title: A Nail Clipper Romance
Character: Emily
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: Movie
After being released from hospital after a surfing accident, Sean meets a girl at a party and falls in love. She draws him into her strange world and confesses that she follows an unusual diet: she only eats... nail clippers! Sean loses his head and decides to help her realize her dream of opening a bar for other nail-clipper eaters.
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Title: Love & Life & Lie
Character: Liu Xin Tong
Released: January 4, 2017
Type: TV
Liu Xin Tong is a positive girl, living in a poor household. There was nothing out of the ordinary until she got into an accident that moved her and her mother into a rich businessman's house. There, she meets Li Yao Nan, her fated love along with two siblings that play important roles in her new life. She is met with multiple obstacles that she must overcome to ultimately keep her lover and friends, in addition to finding out the real truth about her birth.
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Soul Mate
Title: Soul Mate
Character: Li Ansheng
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The films spans two decades as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.
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Title: Sparrow
Character: Xu Bi Cheng
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
This drama is set during the revolutionary time in Shanghai, based on a novel of the same name of Hai Fei. During the republican revolution, Chen Shen is a secret agent under Special Operations Executive Director Bi Zhongliang, among the agents called “sparrow” (similar to the program “zero” in Japan)
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Never Said Goodbye
Title: Never Said Goodbye
Character: Xiao You
Released: August 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Junhao declares to go to Sicily to learn opera and ends the relationship with his fiancée, Xiaoyou. In disbelief, she determines to learn the truth behind his sudden decision. Lee Joon-gi has teamed up with Lin for his first Chinese film.
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Lost in White
Title: Lost in White
Character: Zhou Xinyi
Released: April 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Lost in White takes places in the north-east of China, where two bodies have been found under the ice of a frozen lake, their remains made unidentifiable by carnivorous fish, but still bearing the mark of having been dragged with an ice hook. In charge of the investigation is Captain Zhou (Tony Leung Ka Fai), a dedicated cop who's dragging along his teenage daughter Xinyi (Zhou Dongyu). Soon he's joined by Wang Hao (Tong Dawei) a young Shanghai detective who's on a missing person case that has led him to the same village where the murders happened. The two cases prove to be connected: the missing person and the two victims were part of a quartet of businessmen who ten years ago opened a refinery in the region, and disposed of chemical waste in an unethical way that has poisoned the waters and led to malformed babies in the following decade. Is the missing businessman the killer, the next victim or a red herring?
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Run for Love
Title: Run for Love
Character: Bai Qiezi
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan Norway, where the sun is brought down where the can't shine by large mirrors.
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Mr. Nian
Title: Mr. Nian
Character: 沙果
Released: February 8, 2016
Type: Movie
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The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee
Title: The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee
Released: February 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Three generations of family butt heads during Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Everybody's Fine
Title: Everybody's Fine
Character: Taxi Passenger
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.
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The Ark Of Mr. Chow
Title: The Ark Of Mr. Chow
Character: Zhou Lan
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: Movie
A group of bright teenagers are recruited for a special college program for young geniuses only to find themselves socially awkward among their more normal peers.
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Title: Go Fighting
Released: June 14, 2015
Type: TV
Go Fighting! is classified as a game-variety-reality show, and the MCs and guests complete missions at a landmark to win the objective. Usually each episode will also have an over-arching theme or story. Each episode varies in the challenges and the instructions given to the MCs, and rules are not strictly enforced, resulting in a largely unscripted show.
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Life Unplugged
Title: Life Unplugged
Released: May 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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Shanghai Noir
Title: Shanghai Noir
Character: Hui Lan
Released: January 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Fan Ruyi, a detective, finds himself framed after getting a top secret mission. Along the way he meets a blind performer and a powerful warlord's daughter that further complicates his quest to clear his name.
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Breakup Buddies
Title: Breakup Buddies
Character: Zhou Lijuan
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Recently cuckolded and reeling from a messy divorce, a hapless former singer hits the road - and the bar - with his all-too-helpful best bud, in this hilarious romantic comedy.
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Title: Chef Nic
Released: July 12, 2014
Type: TV
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My Old Classmate
Title: My Old Classmate
Character: Zhou Xiao Zhi
Released: April 25, 2014
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1993, timid and shy Zhou Xiao Zhi meets her table partner. Sitting in the classroom’s infamous back row is troublemaker Lin Yi. They go through junior high, high school, and college years together. Lin Yi said to Zhou Xiaozhi: "One day, I’ll take you to a place that only belongs to us." Fast forward ten years...
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The Palace
Title: The Palace
Character: Chen Xiang
Released: August 13, 2013
Type: Movie
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang.
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Miao Shan and the Minotaur
Title: Miao Shan and the Minotaur
Released: June 16, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Allure of Tears
Title: The Allure of Tears
Released: March 1, 2012
Type: Movie
The Romance film by Barbara Wong tells three touching love stories which are named the :three teardrops.” Each story portrayed by different actors explores the hidden emotions, confusion and desire of today’s young people.
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The Road Of Exploring
Title: The Road Of Exploring
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: Movie
The story of a group of revolutionary leaders in their youth and the friendship between them.
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Under the Hawthorn Tree
Title: Under the Hawthorn Tree
Character: Jing
Released: September 16, 2010
Type: Movie
The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.
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Title: Golden Horse Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times
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Animal World 2
Title: Animal World 2
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie