Chen Kaige

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Chen Kaige - what members say

The Emperor And The Assassin review by A customer from Bradford

Slow but beautiful 20 September 2003
...Chen Kaige gives us magnificent depth of atmosphere. Yes, it's a 'period piece', but Chen's artistic use of imagery makes it something more. The actors often behave like ... Read customer review

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot on DVD (2008)
Director: Chen Kaige
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This 2009 Palau De Les Arts production of Giacomo Puccini's 1926 opera TURNADOT marks an unusual version, in the sense that Palme d'Or winning filmmaker Chen Kaige did the lavish staging, with elaborate onstage mock-ups of palaces and opulent costumes. The imaginative story is by now well known: ..read more »

68% from 19 members

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - Blu-ray (2008)
Director: Chen Kaige
Certificate:
This 2009 Palau De Les Arts production of Giacomo Puccini's 1926 opera TURNADOT marks an unusual version, in the sense that Palme d'Or winning filmmaker Chen Kaige did the lavish staging, with elaborate onstage mock-ups of palaces and opulent costumes. The imaginative story is by now well known: ..read more »

50% from 7 members
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The Promise (2005)
Starring: Ye Liu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Director: Chen Kaige
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Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

58% from 190 members

The Promise on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ye Liu, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang
Director: Chen Kaige
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Empowered by the love of a slave (Jang), a royal concubine (Cheung) is given the chance to make an extraordinary decision.

61% from 393 members

Together With You on DVD (2002)
Starring: Chen Hong, Tang Yun, Peiqi Liu
Director: Chen Kaige
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Director-writer-producer-star Chen Kaige--well known for his visually sumptuous tales of historical China (FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE)--directs this sweet-natured coming of age tale set in modern day Beijing. An impoverished cook, Liu Chen (Liu Peiqui), gives up his provincial life to move his 13-year-..read more »

71% from 944 members

Killing Me Softly on DVD (2002)
Starring: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone
Director: Chen Kaige
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Based on the novel by Nicci French, this is the story of Alice who after a chance meeting with a total stranger called Adam, finishes with her long term boyfriend and pursues a relationship with Adam. After only a few weeks she agrees to marry him but soon realises that she doesn't really know her ..read more »

51% from 2,912 members

The Emperor And The Assassin on DVD (1999)
Starring: Gong Li, Fengyi Zhang, Zhou Sun
Director: Chen Kaige
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A visually stunning epic exploring the devastating price one country pays for peace and one man pays for power.

59% from 1,525 member

Temptress Moon (1996)
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin
Director: Chen Kaige
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A seductive new film so provocative it was banned in its own country.

55% from 49 members
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Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li
Director: Chen Kaige
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The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.

76% from 988 members
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Life On A String (1991)
Starring: Zhongyuan Liu, Lei Huang, Qing Xu
Director: Chen Kaige
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Chen Kaige's LIFE ON A STRING, based on a story by Tiesheng Shi, tells the tale of an old blind musician who, when he was a young boy, was told that he would be cured of his affliction after he broke 1000 strings on his instrument. The old master (Liu Zhongyuan) has become a grizzled, saintly ..read more »

65% from 20 members
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Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - 3.5 stars
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Promise - 3.0 stars
The Promise - 3.0 stars
Together With You - 3.5 stars

Farewell My Concubine - 4.0 stars
Together With You - 3.5 stars
The Promise - 3.0 stars
The Emperor And The Assassin - 3.0 stars
The Promise - 3.0 stars

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Life On A String - 3.0 stars
Giacomo Puccini - Turandot - 3.5 stars
Killing Me Softly - 2.5 stars
Temptress Moon - 3.0 stars

Gong Li - 3 times - show films
Leslie Cheung - 2 times - show films
Hong Chen - 2 times - show films
Nicholas Tse - 2 times - show films
Fengyi Zhang - 2 times - show films