Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in Suzhou River and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.

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Cloud Atlas (2012)

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A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lilly Wachowski  •  Lana Wachowski  •  Tom Tykwer
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Halle Berry  •  Jim Broadbent  •  Hugo Weaving

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lilly Wachowski  •  Lana Wachowski  •  Tom Tykwer
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Halle Berry  •  Jim Broadbent  •  Hugo Weaving

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor’s beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dai Sijie
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Liu Ye  •  Wang Shuangbao

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor’s beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dai Sijie
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Liu Ye  •  Wang Shuangbao

The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Zhang Fengyi  •  Sun Zhou  •  Lü Xiaohe

In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Gong Li  •  Zhang Fengyi  •  Sun Zhou  •  Lü Xiaohe

Temptress Moon (1996)

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Leslie Cheung  •  Gong Li  •  Kevin Lin  •  He Saifei

Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest daughter, Ruyi, is brought up as a servant to her opium-addicted father and brother. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Kaige
CAST:  Leslie Cheung  •  Gong Li  •  Kevin Lin  •  He Saifei

Perhaps Love (2005)

A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chan
CAST:  Jacky Cheung  •  Zhou Xun  •  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Ji Jin-hee

A love triangle develops between the male and female leads and the director during the making of a musical in Mainland China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Chan
CAST:  Jacky Cheung  •  Zhou Xun  •  Takeshi Kaneshiro  •  Ji Jin-hee

The Message (2009)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gao Qunshu  •  Kuo-Fu Chen
CAST:  Li Bingbing  •  Huang Xiaoming  •  Zhiwen Wang  •  Alec Su

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gao Qunshu  •  Kuo-Fu Chen
CAST:  Li Bingbing  •  Huang Xiaoming  •  Zhiwen Wang  •  Alec Su

Beginning of the Great Revival (2011)

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lu Chuan  •  Han Sanping  •  Huang Jianxin  •  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Chen Kun  •  John Woo  •  Daniel Wu

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lu Chuan  •  Han Sanping  •  Huang Jianxin  •  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Liu Ye  •  Chen Kun  •  John Woo  •  Daniel Wu

A Pinwheel Without Wind (2002)

It sets in China 1945, a romance develops between the young Ningjing ZHAO (Xun Zhou) and LIN Shuang-Ran, although they are distant cousins ​​and Shuang-Ran is already betrothed. Each will seek to fight against there destiny to try to live each their romantic feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Lau
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Zeng Li  •  Gong Xibing  •  Qiu Xinzhi

It sets in China 1945, a romance develops between the young Ningjing ZHAO (Xun Zhou) and LIN Shuang-Ran, although they are distant cousins ​​and Shuang-Ran is already betrothed. Each will seek to fight against there destiny to try to live each their romantic feelings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Lau
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Zeng Li  •  Gong Xibing  •  Qiu Xinzhi

Where Have All the Flowers Gone (2002)

Gao Ju (Xia Yu) and Zhang Yang (Pu Shu) were best of friends, but they fall in love with Huanzi (Zhou Xun). Huanzi loves both of them and thus they formed an unbalanced trinity. A simple promise not to meet ever again after college ended up in disaster when Gao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gao Xiaosong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Xia Yu  •  Shu Pu  •  Li Ming

Gao Ju (Xia Yu) and Zhang Yang (Pu Shu) were best of friends, but they fall in love with Huanzi (Zhou Xun). Huanzi loves both of them and thus they formed an unbalanced trinity. A simple promise not to meet ever again after college ended up in disaster when Gao ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gao Xiaosong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Xia Yu  •  Shu Pu  •  Li Ming

The Silent War (2012)

An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Mak  •  Felix Chong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Xuebing Wang  •  Mavis Fan

An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works for a piano tuner. He is recruited for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Mak  •  Felix Chong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Xuebing Wang  •  Mavis Fan

Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)

According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure human heart is freely offered to a demon, it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wuershan
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Zhao Wei  •  Morgan Benoit

According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure human heart is freely offered to a demon, it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wuershan
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Zhao Wei  •  Morgan Benoit

The Great Magician (2011)

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Yee Tung-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Lau Ching-wan  •  Tsui Hark  •  Daniel Wu

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Yee Tung-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Lau Ching-wan  •  Tsui Hark  •  Daniel Wu

Maiden Rosé (1995)

To celebrate his newborn baby girl, an old wine brewer made a bottle of Maiden Rose for her future marriage. Eighteen years later, the girl was already a beautiful woman and fall in love with a youngster. However, her father was unhappy with their romance, though ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xie Yang
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Josephine Koo Mei-Wah  •  Gua Ah-leh  •  Cao Xiaoqiang

To celebrate his newborn baby girl, an old wine brewer made a bottle of Maiden Rose for her future marriage. Eighteen years later, the girl was already a beautiful woman and fall in love with a youngster. However, her father was unhappy with their romance, though ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xie Yang
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Josephine Koo Mei-Wah  •  Gua Ah-leh  •  Cao Xiaoqiang

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsui Hark
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Gwei Lun-mei

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate picks up three years after the infamous Dragon Inn was burnt down in the desert when its innkeeper Jade vanished. A new gang of marauders had taken over - innkeepers by day and treasure hunters by night. The inn is the rumoured location ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsui Hark
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Gwei Lun-mei

Stolen Life (2005)

When Yan'ni starts college she believes she is embarking on a new life away from her family, and she is, but not the new beginning she anticipates. Once at school, she immediately meets Muyu and falls in love with him. What she does not know is that from the moment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Wu Jun  •  Cai Ming  •  Su Xiaoming

When Yan'ni starts college she believes she is embarking on a new life away from her family, and she is, but not the new beginning she anticipates. Once at school, she immediately meets Muyu and falls in love with him. What she does not know is that from the moment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Wu Jun  •  Cai Ming  •  Su Xiaoming

The Beauty Remains (2005)

Set in 1948 against the backdrop of Communism's rise, "Fei" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father, a legendary business entrepreneur, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Hu
CAST:  Vivian Wu  •  Lisa Lu  •  Zhou Xun  •  Zhiwen Wang

Set in 1948 against the backdrop of Communism's rise, "Fei" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father, a legendary business entrepreneur, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ann Hu
CAST:  Vivian Wu  •  Lisa Lu  •  Zhou Xun  •  Zhiwen Wang

A West Lake Moment (2005)

Xiao Yu (Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by Westlake in Hangzhou. Since a car crash long ago, she had been leading a peaceful life with her kind-hearted best friend and fellow car crash survivor Tong (Yim) who is unabashed in admitting that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yim Ho
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Yim Ling

Xiao Yu (Zhou), a barista and cake maker in a teahouse-café by Westlake in Hangzhou. Since a car crash long ago, she had been leading a peaceful life with her kind-hearted best friend and fellow car crash survivor Tong (Yim) who is unabashed in admitting that his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yim Ho
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Yim Ling

Baober in Love (2004)

Liu Zhi, a young man, depressed and trapped in a loveless marriage with a dominating girl, meets Baober (an ageless young girl) on a Beijing street one day. They fall in love and start to live a strange, mysterious life....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Huang Jue  •  Liao Fan

Liu Zhi, a young man, depressed and trapped in a loveless marriage with a dominating girl, meets Baober (an ageless young girl) on a Beijing street one day. They fall in love and start to live a strange, mysterious life....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Shaohong
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Chen Kun  •  Huang Jue  •  Liao Fan

True Legend (2010)

Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuen Woo-Ping
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Jiang Luxia  •  Michelle Yeoh  •  Andy On

Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuen Woo-Ping
CAST:  Zhou Xun  •  Jiang Luxia  •  Michelle Yeoh  •  Andy On

Confucius (2010)

In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Mei
CAST:  Chow Yun-fat  •  Zhou Xun  •  Wang Ban  •  Chen Jianbin

In 500 B.C., during Chinas famed 'Spring and Autumn Period', Kong Ze (Confucius), a commoner reverred for his outstanding wisdom, is made Minister of Law in the ancient Kingdom of Lu. Under his inspired leadership, Lu ascends to new heights but becomes a target of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hu Mei
CAST:  Chow Yun-fat  •  Zhou Xun  •  Wang Ban  •  Chen Jianbin
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