Yang Yazhou

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

Back to Back, Face to Face (1994)

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Niu Zhen-Hua  •  Lei Kesheng  •  Li Qiang  •  Ju Hao

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Niu Zhen-Hua  •  Lei Kesheng  •  Li Qiang  •  Ju Hao

Surveillance (1997)

Hailed by the Chinese government as one of the ten best films of the 1996-97 season, this irony-laced light drama is based on a novel by Fang Fang, and begins with the brutal slaying and robbery of a dock worker's family. The city assigns one of its best detectives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Feng Gong  •  Jiang Shan  •  Teng Ru-jun  •  Niu Zhen-Hua

Hailed by the Chinese government as one of the ten best films of the 1996-97 season, this irony-laced light drama is based on a novel by Fang Fang, and begins with the brutal slaying and robbery of a dock worker's family. The city assigns one of its best detectives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Feng Gong  •  Jiang Shan  •  Teng Ru-jun  •  Niu Zhen-Hua

For the Children (2002)

In response to the death of her husband and young son, peasant Zhang Meili founds a school in the dry desert landscape of northwest China. When cultured and chipper Xia Yu arrives from Beijing to help her out, the two women bond and learn from each other's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Ni Ping  •  Yuan Quan  •  Sun Hai Ying  •  Xu Yajun

In response to the death of her husband and young son, peasant Zhang Meili founds a school in the dry desert landscape of northwest China. When cultured and chipper Xia Yu arrives from Beijing to help her out, the two women bond and learn from each other's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Ni Ping  •  Yuan Quan  •  Sun Hai Ying  •  Xu Yajun

The First Emperor of China (1989)

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China’s vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Ianzelo  •  Liu Hao Xue
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Bo Guan Jin  •  Wang Guang Hui  •  Wang Guo Ren

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China’s vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Ianzelo  •  Liu Hao Xue
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Bo Guan Jin  •  Wang Guang Hui  •  Wang Guo Ren

The Black Cannon Incident (1985)

A bumbling factory translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department but never informed of the reason for his demotion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin
CAST:  Gerhard Olschewski  •  Yang Fengliang  •  Yang Yazhou  •  Zifeng Liu

A bumbling factory translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department but never informed of the reason for his demotion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin
CAST:  Gerhard Olschewski  •  Yang Fengliang  •  Yang Yazhou  •  Zifeng Liu

Feed Me (2013)

On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Yu Nan  •  Tao Zeru  •  Vivian Wu  •  Jin QiaoQiao

On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Yu Nan  •  Tao Zeru  •  Vivian Wu  •  Jin QiaoQiao

Signal Left, Turn Right (1996)

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DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Niu Zhen-Hua  •  Ding Jiali  •  Ju Hao  •  Wang Jinsong

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DIRECTION:  Huang Jianxin  •  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Niu Zhen-Hua  •  Ding Jiali  •  Ju Hao  •  Wang Jinsong

Steal Happiness (1999)

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DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Feng Gong  •  Zheng Weili  •  Li Mingqi  •  Ding Jiali

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DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Feng Gong  •  Zheng Weili  •  Li Mingqi  •  Ding Jiali

Loach is Fish Too (2006)

A divorced woman takes twin daughters to Beijing for living opportunities. She meets a widowed labor contractor. The two both have same nickname 'Loach'. They help each other for their adrift lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Ni Ping  •  Ni Dahong  •  Pan Hong  •  Tang Li

A divorced woman takes twin daughters to Beijing for living opportunities. She meets a widowed labor contractor. The two both have same nickname 'Loach'. They help each other for their adrift lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Ni Ping  •  Ni Dahong  •  Pan Hong  •  Tang Li

Bright Sunshine (a.k.a. The Sun) (2011)

Bright Sunshine (a.k.a. The Sun, 大太阳)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Hao Lin  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Liu Peiqi  •  Ni Ping

Bright Sunshine (a.k.a. The Sun, 大太阳)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Hao Lin  •  Jiang Qin Qin  •  Liu Peiqi  •  Ni Ping

最长的拥抱 (2012)

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DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Tong Yao  •  Ni Ping  •  Hong Jiantao  •  Wang Jinsong

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DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Tong Yao  •  Ni Ping  •  Hong Jiantao  •  Wang Jinsong

Snow in the Wind (2006)

A country girl marries a projectionist to satisfy her passion for the movies, but when her husband has an accident, she is forced to take over, and their life together is never the same.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Miao Pu  •  Liu Wei  •  Ni Ping

A country girl marries a projectionist to satisfy her passion for the movies, but when her husband has an accident, she is forced to take over, and their life together is never the same.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yang Yazhou
CAST:  Miao Pu  •  Liu Wei  •  Ni Ping