Jia Zhaoji

Ju Dou (1990)

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Li Wei  •  Li Baotian  •  Zhang Yi

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Li Wei  •  Li Baotian  •  Zhang Yi

Red Sorghum (1988)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Jiang Wen  •  Teng Ru-jun  •  Ji Liu

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Jiang Wen  •  Teng Ru-jun  •  Ji Liu

Code Name: Cougar (1989)

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou  •  Yang Fengliang
CAST:  Ge You  •  Gong Li  •  Min Tian  •  Liu Xiaoning

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zhang Yimou  •  Yang Fengliang
CAST:  Ge You  •  Gong Li  •  Min Tian  •  Liu Xiaoning

Chatterbox (1993)

Men Sheng (Li Lei) may be constantly getting into trouble because he speaks up when he shouldn't, but he's far from stupid. It's just that he has a lot to say, and says it incessantly. However, when his family runs into trouble, the young chatterbox manages to sort ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miaomiao Liu
CAST:  Cao Cuifen  •  Jia Zhaoji

Men Sheng (Li Lei) may be constantly getting into trouble because he speaks up when he shouldn't, but he's far from stupid. It's just that he has a lot to say, and says it incessantly. However, when his family runs into trouble, the young chatterbox manages to sort ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miaomiao Liu
CAST:  Cao Cuifen  •  Jia Zhaoji

Bloodshed on Dusk (1989)

A boy is kidnapped but it is a case of mistaken identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sun Zhou
CAST:  Shen Junyi  •  Ge Lili  •  Jia Zhaoji  •  Liu Xiaoning

A boy is kidnapped but it is a case of mistaken identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sun Zhou
CAST:  Shen Junyi  •  Ge Lili  •  Jia Zhaoji  •  Liu Xiaoning

Family Feud (1994)

A family that runs a pawnshop has a few skeletons in the closet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miaomiao Liu  •  Cui Xiaoqin
CAST:  Zhiwen Wang  •  He Bing  •  Jia Zhaoji

A family that runs a pawnshop has a few skeletons in the closet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miaomiao Liu  •  Cui Xiaoqin
CAST:  Zhiwen Wang  •  He Bing  •  Jia Zhaoji

A Story of Xiangxiang (1994)

Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teng Wenji
CAST:  Hong Chen  •  Wei Zi  •  Ge Zhijun  •  Jia Zhaoji

Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teng Wenji
CAST:  Hong Chen  •  Wei Zi  •  Ge Zhijun  •  Jia Zhaoji

The Stories of Han Dynasty (2003)

Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous actor Wu Jun stars as an ancient Conqueror while this historical figure's loyal concubine is played by the Hong Kong beauty Kristy Yang. Actors playing the leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han-Tao Wei
CAST:  Wu Chien-Lien  •  Hu Jun  •  Kristy Yang  •  Shen Aojun

Po Fu Chen Zhou is a re-enactment of the most fascinating Chinese historical legend. Mainland famous actor Wu Jun stars as an ancient Conqueror while this historical figure's loyal concubine is played by the Hong Kong beauty Kristy Yang. Actors playing the leader ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Han-Tao Wei
CAST:  Wu Chien-Lien  •  Hu Jun  •  Kristy Yang  •  Shen Aojun