Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Born: April 2, 1950
in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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 recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990 and Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is the resilience of Chinese people in the face of hardship and adversity, a theme which has been explored in such films as, for example, To Live (1994) and Not One Less (1999). His films are particularly noted for their rich use of colour, as can be seen in some of his early films, like Raise the Red Lantern, and in his wuxia films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers.

Movies for Zhang Yimou...

Title: Behind the Opening Ceremony: The Director's Cut
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 2022
Type: TV
This riveting, behind-the-scenes look reveals the massive project to create the opening spectacle for Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics. Set in the iconic 'Bird's Nest,' the story is told in the words of key figures involved, including director Zhang Yimou.
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My Country, My Parents
Title: My Country, My Parents
Released: September 30, 2021
Type: Movie
Actress Zhang Ziyi, actor-and-director Wu Jing, comedian Shen Teng, and actor-and-director Xu Zheng come together to direct four short films as part of a new anthology drama paying tribute to China’s families.
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Title: 极:《悬崖之上》电影纪录片
Released: May 15, 2021
Type: TV
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A Documentary About The Movie One Second
Title: A Documentary About The Movie One Second
Character: Himself
Released: November 17, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: 影响:改革开放40年的中国电影
Released: November 19, 2018
Type: TV
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Zhang Yimou's
Title: Zhang Yimou's "Shadow"
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow.
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
Title: Bergman: A Year in a Life
Character: Self
Released: July 12, 2018
Type: Movie
A focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director. During the year he shot two films, opened two of his most celebrated films (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
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Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Title: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosive event that he pulls off in his hometown in China after 20 years of failed attempts.
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Trespassing Bergman
Title: Trespassing Bergman
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2013
Type: Movie
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergmans video, 2012.)
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Bergmans video
Title: Bergmans video
Character: Self
Released: August 22, 2012
Type: Movie
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (Released in 2013, edited and abridged, as Trespassing Bergman.)
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Title: 张艺谋和他的金陵十三钗
Released: November 14, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: 张艺谋的2008
Released: January 26, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: 奥运档案
Character: Self
Released: January 5, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: 激荡·1978-2008
Released: December 1, 2008
Type: TV
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Making of House of Flying Daggers
Title: Making of House of Flying Daggers
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughter of a rebel group's recently assassinated leader- played by Zhang Ziyi . 2. Jin - police captain in the ruling Tang emperor's service, enlisted by his superior Leo to play the role of double agent by helping Mei escape and getting her to lead him - and government troops - to the rebel stronghold - played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. 3. Leo - introduced as a high ranking policeman in the Tang emperor's service, Leo turns out to a mole planted years earlier by the rebels working to overthrow the corrupt ruling Tang government - played by Andy Lau.
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'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Title: 'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece
Released: November 30, 2004
Type: Movie
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Beauty and Pureness
Title: Beauty and Pureness
Released: June 28, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers
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Cause: The Birth of Hero
Title: Cause: The Birth of Hero
Character: Himself
Released: December 5, 2002
Type: Movie
The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.
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Title: The Grand Mansion Gate
Character: 李莲英
Released: April 14, 2001
Type: TV
This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the waning years of the Ching dynasty. The affairs of this family of doctors/pharmacists (which in those days were one and the same) are intimately linked with social upheavals of the time such as the encroachment of Christian missionaries and foreign imperialism as well as conflicts that inevitably emerge in a large upper class family. Comparable in scope and production value to such recent titles as "Downton Abbey", the lives and character of both masters and servants intertwine in plot lines that spans more than a generation.
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知识改变命运
Title: 知识改变命运
Released: January 2, 1999
Type: Movie
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Keep Cool
Title: Keep Cool
Character: Poet Reader
Released: May 16, 1997
Type: Movie
China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to beat the bookseller. In the fight, the laptop computer from a man looking at the scene gets broken. Who will pay for the computer? The bookseller wants revenge. Will it be useful? The bookseller and the laptop owner are from different ages and classes. They are two different points of view, two different Chinas. How will they fight for justice?
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A Terra-Cotta Warrior
Title: A Terra-Cotta Warrior
Character: General Meng Tianfang
Released: December 18, 1989
Type: Movie
China 3000 years ago. It's the time of the Qin dynasty. The emperor seeks immortality by busily letting his alchemists search for a formula and building the famous terracotta army from the bodies of outlaws and the condemned. This is the time Mong Tiang Fong and court lady Twon fall deeply in love. Such a thing is not tolerated at the court and when their relationship is discovered both are sentenced to death. In the meantime the alchemists have discovered the formula of immortality, but decide to destroy their work. However Twon gets possession of one immortality pill which she manages to give to Tiang Fong before he's made a terracotta warrior too. China 1930. While on location a film crew discovers parts of the grave of emperor Qin guarded by the terracotta warriors. Tiang Fong, being immortal, awakes...
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New Chinese Cinema
Title: New Chinese Cinema
Released: April 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.
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Red Sorghum
Title: Red Sorghum
Released: October 10, 1988
Type: Movie
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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The Big Parade
Title: The Big Parade
Released: November 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.
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Old Well
Title: Old Well
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped. Their enforced confinement leads to them exploring their feelings for each other and those around them.
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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