He Ping

He Ping (Hé Píng) (born 1957 in Shanxi, China) is a Chinese film director, whose main filmography consists of a hybrid genre of Western-wuxia movies. He made three movies along this genre - Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (1991), Sun Valley (1995) and Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2004). He is an ethnic Manchu whose ancestors were members of the Blue Banners. His mother was the female lead in Communist China's first feature film Bridge (1949). Description above from the Wikipedia article He Ping, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003)

A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Jiang Wen  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Wang Xueqi  •  Zhao Wei

A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Jiang Wen  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Wang Xueqi  •  Zhao Wei

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994)

A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Ning Jing  •  Wu Gang

A woman inherits her father's fireworks factory, as he had no son. The business does well and everything works in an orderly fashion until one day, an itinerant painter is hired to decorate the doors and vases at the factory. The woman, forbidden to marry and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Ning Jing  •  Wu Gang

The Swordsman in Double Flag Town (1991)

Honoring his father's dying words, a young man comes to the dusty desert village of Double Flag Town to claim his bride. Everyone looks down upon him because he looks inept and ignorant. When he kills a man who is attempting to rape his bride, he provokes the wrath ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Wei Gao  •  Mana Zhao  •  Jiang Chang  •  Sun Hai Ying

Honoring his father's dying words, a young man comes to the dusty desert village of Double Flag Town to claim his bride. Everyone looks down upon him because he looks inept and ignorant. When he kills a man who is attempting to rape his bride, he provokes the wrath ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Wei Gao  •  Mana Zhao  •  Jiang Chang  •  Sun Hai Ying

Sun Valley (1996)

The Avenger, a brooding swordsman armed with a blade marked "Slayer of 1000 Armies" claims he's waiting for a long-missing friend, at an outpost in Northwest China's Sun Valley. The Avenger suffers an intense fear of blood, from being the only survivor of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Zhang Fengyi  •  Yang Kuei-Mei  •  Wang Xueqi  •  Gao Yang

The Avenger, a brooding swordsman armed with a blade marked "Slayer of 1000 Armies" claims he's waiting for a long-missing friend, at an outpost in Northwest China's Sun Valley. The Avenger suffers an intense fear of blood, from being the only survivor of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Zhang Fengyi  •  Yang Kuei-Mei  •  Wang Xueqi  •  Gao Yang

Wheat (2009)

"Wheat," is a historical action drama about the women left behind when their men have gone off to war -- and the lies they are told to keep them from knowing the awful truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Huang Jue  •  Fan Bingbing  •  Wang Ji  •  Wang Xueqi

"Wheat," is a historical action drama about the women left behind when their men have gone off to war -- and the lies they are told to keep them from knowing the awful truth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Huang Jue  •  Fan Bingbing  •  Wang Ji  •  Wang Xueqi

The Promised Land (2015)

Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Wang Jiajia  •  Zhang Yi  •  Zhiwen Wang  •  Liu Yiwei

Ling Ai and He Jiang are young, ambitious, and in pursuit of careers imported from the West, but romantic longings and career ambitions are inevitably shaped by larger social forces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Wang Jiajia  •  Zhang Yi  •  Zhiwen Wang  •  Liu Yiwei

We are the world (1988)

In 1940, the desert areas of northwest China suffered from a famine year, and the people of all ethnic groups prayed for rain and no results. In desperation, a foreign priest came, and the rain fell, many people became God believers. It is possible to continue in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping  •  Guo Fangfang
CAST:  Wang Gang  •  Shuangli Zhang  •  Zhang Jianmin  •  Liu Ruolei

In 1940, the desert areas of northwest China suffered from a famine year, and the people of all ethnic groups prayed for rain and no results. In desperation, a foreign priest came, and the rain fell, many people became God believers. It is possible to continue in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  He Ping  •  Guo Fangfang
CAST:  Wang Gang  •  Shuangli Zhang  •  Zhang Jianmin  •  Liu Ruolei

Kawashima Yoshiko (1989)

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DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Xiaomin Zhang  •  Fa Gao  •  Yuan Yuan  •  Gao Ming

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DIRECTION:  He Ping
CAST:  Xiaomin Zhang  •  Fa Gao  •  Yuan Yuan  •  Gao Ming

东陵大盗(四) (1987)

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DIRECTION:  Li Yundong
CAST:  Xuecheng Fu  •  Yuan Zhang  •  Hu Qingshi  •  He Ping

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DIRECTION:  Li Yundong
CAST:  Xuecheng Fu  •  Yuan Zhang  •  Hu Qingshi  •  He Ping

东陵大盗(三) (1987)

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DIRECTION:  Li Yundong
CAST:  Sun Feihu  •  Yuan Zhang  •  Dai Huiyao  •  Hu Qingshi

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DIRECTION:  Li Yundong
CAST:  Sun Feihu  •  Yuan Zhang  •  Dai Huiyao  •  Hu Qingshi

Lion-Hearted Warriors (1948)

Teacher Huang San extends to his pupils the high principles of patriotism, thus arousing the hatred of the occupying Japanese. Huang is forced to flee and to escape from the Japanese clutches. One night, he helps a robber escape from a pursuing Japanese officer by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Yuanlong
CAST:  Wang Yuanlong  •  Wang Hao  •  Yuwen Cui  •  Lu Yukun

Teacher Huang San extends to his pupils the high principles of patriotism, thus arousing the hatred of the occupying Japanese. Huang is forced to flee and to escape from the Japanese clutches. One night, he helps a robber escape from a pursuing Japanese officer by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Yuanlong
CAST:  Wang Yuanlong  •  Wang Hao  •  Yuwen Cui  •  Lu Yukun