Zhu Xu

Zhu Xu

Born: April 15, 1930
Died: September 15, 2018
in 中国,辽宁,沈阳
Zhu Xu (Chinese: 朱旭) is a Chinese actor. He is well known for his roles in Zhang Yang's Shower and Wu Tianming's The King of Masks, the latter film helping him garner a Best Actor prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Movies for Zhu Xu...

We'll Meet in Heaven
Title: We'll Meet in Heaven
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In China, during the Cultural Revolution, a young girl's parents are thrown in jail for ten years. She is raised by her grandfather. He introduces her to gymnastics where she does her best to fit in with the others.
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The Message
Title: The Message
Character: Mr. Fan
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: Movie
After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.
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Sunny Cour Tyard
Title: Sunny Cour Tyard
Character: 爷爷
Released: January 23, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: 似水年华
Character: 齐叔
Released: July 4, 2003
Type: TV
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The Gua Sha Treatment
Title: The Gua Sha Treatment
Character: Grandfather Xu
Released: May 11, 2001
Type: Movie
The painless bruise marks on a child from the traditional Chinese guasha/scraping treatment was mistaken by child protection services as evidence of abuse and neglect, stirring clashes and debates on cultral prejudice and false philanthropy.
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Title: More You Live, More You Understand
Character: Father of Jin Baofa
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: TV
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Our Tradition
Title: Our Tradition
Character: Guan Juchen
Released: September 20, 2000
Type: Movie
This family tale spans three generations of Chinese trying to understand and come to terms with life's changes. Middlesome relatives stir up a storm. The old and the young find themselves and their values developing and evolving, and new relationships come and go. The eldest family member, Guan, the son of a royal physician of the former Qing Dynasty, has also become a great physician who is able to predict the exact time of a patient's death. His ex-daughter-in-law, Yu, trained by him to be a physician, still stays with the family as his assistant. Her ex-husband, Jin, comes back from the USA with his new girlfriend, Jenny, a beautiful American who is doing a research on the death of Guangxu, the second last Emperor of Qing Dynasty who is Guan's father's patient. Jenny speaks fluent Mandarin, but she has a long way to go before understanding and getting accustomed to the Chinese tradition and mindset. On the other hand, Yu falls in love with her old friend who is a married man.
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Shower
Title: Shower
Character: Meister Liu
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: Movie
An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.
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Lotus Lantern
Title: Lotus Lantern
Character: Terracotta Warrior (voice)
Released: July 30, 1999
Type: Movie
A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.
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Title: 惊天大劫案
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Daichi no Ko
Released: November 11, 1995
Type: TV
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The King of Masks
Title: The King of Masks
Character: Wang Bianlian
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Wang Bianlian is an aging street performer known as the King of Mask for his mastery of Sichuan Change Art in a true story. His wife left him with and infant son over 30 years ago. The son died from illness at age 10. This left Wang a melancholy loner aching for a male descendent to learn his rare and dying art.
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The True-Hearted
Title: The True-Hearted
Released: November 7, 1992
Type: Movie
The film illustrates classical Beijing Opera in different generations and the boy’s process of growing-up.
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Descendants of Confucius
Title: Descendants of Confucius
Character: Kong Lingtan
Released: October 28, 1992
Type: Movie
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Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
Title: Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch
Character: Prince Chun
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime.
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Title: The Last Emperor
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: TV
Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of Qing dynasty, as well as the last emperor of entire Chinese history. This TV series explore modern history and its main incidents in Puyi's perspective.
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The Street Players
Title: The Street Players
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Based on Lao She’s novel, a story about a street player set in the wartime Chongqing.
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The Girl in Red
Title: The Girl in Red
Character: Dad
Released: March 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Sixteen-year-old An-ran gets into repeated trouble because she refuses blind obedience to authority, openly challenging and correcting a teacher who makes a mistake in class. She is different.
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A Narrow Lane Celebrity
Title: A Narrow Lane Celebrity
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A brilliant, blackly comic script and the subtle comic genius of star Zhu Xu mark this as one of the best tragi-comedies of post-liberation Chinese cinema.
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Teahouse
Title: Teahouse
Character: 茶客
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the waning days of the Qing dynasty to the eve of the People's Republic.