Hong Tao

Tao Hong (Chinese: 陶虹; born 15 January 1972) is a Chinese actress and former synchronised swimmer. A National Games of China champion, Tao was part of the Chinese national team at several synchronised swimming competitions from 1987 to 1991, including the 1991 World Aquatics Championships. As an actress, Tao has received wide acclaim for films like Colors of the Blind (1997) and Forgetting to Know You (2013), though she is better known for hit TV dramas like Sunny Piggy (2000), Nothing in the Mirror (2002), Chuncao (2007) and The Red (2014). Internationally, Tao is probably best known for her small role in the Academy Award-winning film The Red Violin (1998).

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The Red Violin (1998)

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300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  Carlo Cecchi  •  Irene Grazioli  •  Anita Laurenzi  •  Tommaso Puntelli

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  Carlo Cecchi  •  Irene Grazioli  •  Anita Laurenzi  •  Tommaso Puntelli

In the Heat of the Sun (1994)

The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiang Wen
CAST:  Xia Yu  •  Ning Jing  •  Geng Le  •  Jiang Wen

The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun nicknamed Monkey, a teenage boy. Monkey and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiang Wen
CAST:  Xia Yu  •  Ning Jing  •  Geng Le  •  Jiang Wen

Agreed Not to Separate (1999)

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DIRECTION:  Fu Jingsheng  •  Fei Ming
CAST:  Xu Qing  •  Pu Cunxin  •  Guo Feng  •  Hong Tao

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DIRECTION:  Fu Jingsheng  •  Fei Ming
CAST:  Xu Qing  •  Pu Cunxin  •  Guo Feng  •  Hong Tao

Forgetting to Know You (2013)

Young Chinese parents Chen Xuesong and Cai Weihang find their marriage eroding as they deal with financial troubles, jealousy and constant bickering. When Weihang finds a photo of Xuesong and her ex-boyfriend, things spiral out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quan Ling
CAST:  Hong Tao  •  Guo Xiaodong  •  Wang Ziyi  •  Zhang Yibai

Young Chinese parents Chen Xuesong and Cai Weihang find their marriage eroding as they deal with financial troubles, jealousy and constant bickering. When Weihang finds a photo of Xuesong and her ex-boyfriend, things spiral out of control.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quan Ling
CAST:  Hong Tao  •  Guo Xiaodong  •  Wang Ziyi  •  Zhang Yibai

No Man's Land (2013)

Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ning Hao
CAST:  Xu Zheng  •  Huang Bo  •  Yu Nan  •  Hong Tao

Pan Xiao, a young lawyer, goes to a rural small village settled in the western desert lands of China to handle the case of a falcon poacher who has ran over a policeman. Pan wins the case through sophisticated reasoning and forces the poacher to give him his car as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ning Hao
CAST:  Xu Zheng  •  Huang Bo  •  Yu Nan  •  Hong Tao

Unfinished Girl (2007)

He Wei and Xiao Feng are a perfect couple. Xiao Feng has a younger sister, Xiao Ke, who needs regular life-sustaining medicine. One day, Xiao Ke accidentally discovers that the man who murdered her parents is her sister's husband, He Wei. Xiao Feng becomes pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Er Cheng
CAST:  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Xu Zheng  •  Hong Tao  •  Po Yan

He Wei and Xiao Feng are a perfect couple. Xiao Feng has a younger sister, Xiao Ke, who needs regular life-sustaining medicine. One day, Xiao Ke accidentally discovers that the man who murdered her parents is her sister's husband, He Wei. Xiao Feng becomes pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Er Cheng
CAST:  Gao Yuanyuan  •  Xu Zheng  •  Hong Tao  •  Po Yan

Lost in Thailand (2012)

Lost in Thailand is the story of two rival business managers, Xu and Bo, who are fighting over a revolutionary new in-house technology for control of their company. If Xu wins, his future will be secured. The critical task is to secure control over the shares of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng
CAST:  Wang Baoqiang  •  Xu Zheng  •  Huang Bo  •  Hong Tao

Lost in Thailand is the story of two rival business managers, Xu and Bo, who are fighting over a revolutionary new in-house technology for control of their company. If Xu wins, his future will be secured. The critical task is to secure control over the shares of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng
CAST:  Wang Baoqiang  •  Xu Zheng  •  Huang Bo  •  Hong Tao

Guns N'Roses (2012)

The film tells the story of a group of Chinese youths who robbed a bank of the “Manchuguo”, a puppet regime formed in China’s northeastern provinces by Japanese invaders in the 1930s and ’40s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ning Hao
CAST:  Cheng Yuanyuan  •  Lei Jiayin  •  Fan Wei  •  Guo Tao

The film tells the story of a group of Chinese youths who robbed a bank of the “Manchuguo”, a puppet regime formed in China’s northeastern provinces by Japanese invaders in the 1930s and ’40s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ning Hao
CAST:  Cheng Yuanyuan  •  Lei Jiayin  •  Fan Wei  •  Guo Tao

People Mountain People Sea (2011)

A story of vengeance set in China’s wild Southwest, where brutality can be the norm rather than the exception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Shangjun
CAST:  Wu Xiubo  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Hong Tao  •  Wang Xun

A story of vengeance set in China’s wild Southwest, where brutality can be the norm rather than the exception.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Shangjun
CAST:  Wu Xiubo  •  Chen Jianbin  •  Hong Tao  •  Wang Xun

Fortune King Is Coming to Town! (2010)

"Here Comes Fortune" is about the God of Fortune coming down from heaven to spread some love and wealth to humans in need. The movie is developed by talking about stories which took place in three cities: Shenyang, where a kind-hearted teacher is willing to give up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Yuen
CAST:  Alan Tam  •  Chang Chen  •  Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah  •  Kitty Zhang

"Here Comes Fortune" is about the God of Fortune coming down from heaven to spread some love and wealth to humans in need. The movie is developed by talking about stories which took place in three cities: Shenyang, where a kind-hearted teacher is willing to give up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Yuen
CAST:  Alan Tam  •  Chang Chen  •  Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah  •  Kitty Zhang

You Deserve To Be Single (2010)

Li Zheng and Li Ying are two brothers the owners of a dating agency called "True Love Club". The business is going very well, but everything changed when Xiao Feng is passed by a sweet love, who is interested in the agency to prove the relationship with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Xin
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Mike He  •  David Wu  •  Wang Gang

Li Zheng and Li Ying are two brothers the owners of a dating agency called "True Love Club". The business is going very well, but everything changed when Xiao Feng is passed by a sweet love, who is interested in the agency to prove the relationship with their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cai Xin
CAST:  Ruby Lin  •  Mike He  •  David Wu  •  Wang Gang

A Beautiful New World (1999)

A satirical comedy about a country bumpkin who goes to the big city, and ends up teaching the cynical city folk a few lessons about basic human decency. The hero leaves home for the first time to go to Shanghai, to collect his lottery prize - a brand new apartment. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shi Runjiu
CAST:  Jiang Wu  •  Richie Jen  •  Wu Bai  •  Hong Tao

A satirical comedy about a country bumpkin who goes to the big city, and ends up teaching the cynical city folk a few lessons about basic human decency. The hero leaves home for the first time to go to Shanghai, to collect his lottery prize - a brand new apartment. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shi Runjiu
CAST:  Jiang Wu  •  Richie Jen  •  Wu Bai  •  Hong Tao

Lost in Hong Kong (2015)

The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of life set in. With his life now revolving around his wife Cai Bo who is obsessed with having children, the quirks of his eccentric family and his mediocre, ordinary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng
CAST:  Xu Zheng  •  Zhao Wei  •  Bao Bei Er  •  Du Juan

The film follows Xu Lai, a former artist whose dreams were dashed when the responsibilities of life set in. With his life now revolving around his wife Cai Bo who is obsessed with having children, the quirks of his eccentric family and his mediocre, ordinary ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng
CAST:  Xu Zheng  •  Zhao Wei  •  Bao Bei Er  •  Du Juan

My Belle Boss (2010)

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DIRECTION:  Hong Li
CAST:  Peter Ho  •  Fan Ming  •  Jing Tian  •  Waise Lee Chi-Hung

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DIRECTION:  Hong Li
CAST:  Peter Ho  •  Fan Ming  •  Jing Tian  •  Waise Lee Chi-Hung

Master of Everything (2004)

A loveable modern twist on a Chinese fairytale, Bamboo Shoot's mixing of screwball kung-fu with Shakespearean themes of desire and confusion elevates this film to one with universal appeal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Xin
CAST:  CoCo Lee  •  John Lone  •  Hong Tao  •  Xia Yu

A loveable modern twist on a Chinese fairytale, Bamboo Shoot's mixing of screwball kung-fu with Shakespearean themes of desire and confusion elevates this film to one with universal appeal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Li Xin
CAST:  CoCo Lee  •  John Lone  •  Hong Tao  •  Xia Yu

Sky of Love (2003)

A young woman (Gigi Leung) begins a romance via ham radio with someone (Ken Zhu) who exists in another time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teng Huatao
CAST:  Ken Zhu  •  Gigi Leung Wing-Kei  •  Tung Da-Wei  •  Hong Tao

A young woman (Gigi Leung) begins a romance via ham radio with someone (Ken Zhu) who exists in another time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teng Huatao
CAST:  Ken Zhu  •  Gigi Leung Wing-Kei  •  Tung Da-Wei  •  Hong Tao

How Long Will I Love U (2018)

Gu Xiaojiao, a young girl from 2018 and Lu Ming, a man from 1999, discover that they have both woken up in the same bed at the same space-time. More surprisingly, they realize that they can time travel by exiting the bedroom door. The fun begins when they start to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su Lun
CAST:  Tong Liya  •  Lei Jiayin  •  Wang Zhengjia  •  Fan Ming

Gu Xiaojiao, a young girl from 2018 and Lu Ming, a man from 1999, discover that they have both woken up in the same bed at the same space-time. More surprisingly, they realize that they can time travel by exiting the bedroom door. The fun begins when they start to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su Lun
CAST:  Tong Liya  •  Lei Jiayin  •  Wang Zhengjia  •  Fan Ming

Adoring (2019)

This movie tells 6 stories of how people interact with their pets to find love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Yang
CAST:  Wallace Chung  •  Yang Zishan  •  Leo Wu  •  Zhang Zifeng

This movie tells 6 stories of how people interact with their pets to find love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Yang
CAST:  Wallace Chung  •  Yang Zishan  •  Leo Wu  •  Zhang Zifeng

My People, My Country (2019)

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng  •  Ning Hao  •  Guan Hu  •  Xiaolu Xue  •  Chen Kaige  •  Zhang Yibai  •  Muye Wen
CAST:  Ge You  •  Huang Bo  •  Simon Yam  •  Zhang Yi

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xu Zheng  •  Ning Hao  •  Guan Hu  •  Xiaolu Xue  •  Chen Kaige  •  Zhang Yibai  •  Muye Wen
CAST:  Ge You  •  Huang Bo  •  Simon Yam  •  Zhang Yi

Sky Lovers (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Jiang Qinmin
CAST:  Dong Jie  •  Feng Enhe  •  Mu Liyan  •  Liu Ye

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DIRECTION:  Jiang Qinmin
CAST:  Dong Jie  •  Feng Enhe  •  Mu Liyan  •  Liu Ye
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