Zhang Yimou Movies

A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks...

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narra...

An awakened immortal warrior struggles between defending the emperor and the actress he believes to be his love of old.

Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughte...

A documentary on the filming of the movie House of Flying Daggers

The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.

A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped....

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm...

The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and...

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

Documentary about the making of Zhang Yimou's fiction movie Shadow.

Army volunteers train for places in China's 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit.

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosiv...

This anthology drama presents four short films honoring Chinese families, spotlighting the struggles of key groups across four pivotal eras: the revol...

Recording of the documentary 'Big Fish in China', a film looking at the work and life of Zhang Yimou, one of China's most famous film directors, and h...

Behind the scenes look at the making of Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower".

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under condition...