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Zhang was born on 14 November 1951 in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. Zhang's father, Zhang Bingjun (张秉钧), a dermatologist, had been an officer in the National Revolutionary Army under Chiang Kai-shek during the Chinese Civil War; an uncle and an elder brother had followed the Nationalist forces to Taiwan after their ...
Yimou Zhang is a Chinese director, writer and producer known for his martial arts and historical epics. He has won two BAFTA awards and directed films such as Hero, House of Flying Daggers and The Great Wall.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Zhang Yimou is a Chinese director who belongs to the Fifth Generation of filmmakers and explores social and political issues in his films. He is known for his acclaimed works such as Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Hero, and The Flowers of War.
Feb 15, 2017 · A review of the director's most acclaimed films, from The Story of Qiu Ju to The Great Wall, with ratings and trailers. Learn about Zhang Yimou's style, themes, and challenges in Chinese cinema.
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- ‘Full River Red’ (2023) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 100% Full River Red is set in 12th-century China's Song Dynasty, against the backdrop of a Jin people uprising against the Imperial Court.
- ‘Ju Dou’ (1990) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 100% Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ju Dou or Red Sorghum follows the titular woman (Gong Li), who is forced into an arranged marriage with a leprous winemaker in a remote sorghum-wine distillery.
- ‘One Second’ (2020) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 100% Based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi by Geling Yan, One Second is set during the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s and follows a prisoner who has been sent to a labor camp for political reeducation and becomes deeply attached to a film reel that contains the only copy of a film he desires to watch – in particular, a single second of it.
- ‘Raise the Red Lantern’ (1991) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 97% Raise the Red Lantern is set in 1920s China during the warlord era and follows Songlian (Gong Li), who Songlian is compelled to live as a concubine, where she must negotiate the complicated family relationships as well as the rivalry and resentment of the other wives.
Learn about the life and career of Yimou Zhang, a Chinese director and writer known for his epic films. Find out his birth date, family, awards, quotes and more on IMDb.
One of the most acclaimed Chinese filmmakers of the late 20th century, award-winning director Zhang Yimou produced a series of intensely moving period dramas about the political...
