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Yimou Zhang - what members say


  • Not One Less
  • Not One Less review by A customer from Shanxi, China
    Rated - 5 stars truely a part of China 16 March 2005
    ..., but this one, never makes me disapointed, don't miss it! another film from Yimou Zhang which I really recommanded is a film called 'to live' that's his best film ever...  
  • Happy Times
  • Happy Times review by ThomasKus from Cardiff
    Rated - 4 stars Great film but DVD could be better 23 May 2004
    ... keep this going until events take some unexpected final turns... Once again Yimou Zhang creates a film full of warmth and love for his characters. This seemingly simpl...  
  • Ju Dou
  • Ju Dou review by A customer from ISLE OF SKYE
    Rated - 5 stars drop dead gorgeous 3 December 2008
    ...Excuse the vulgarity, but as with all Yimou Zhang's films this offering (like the lead actress) is visually just that. Though even for art film buffs the melodramatic ...  

Yimou Zhang - filmography


  • Happy Times on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Benshan Zhao,  Qibin Leng,  Jie Dong
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Zhao is an aging bachelor who hasn't been lucky in love. While good-hearted, Zhao has a tendency to fib--it's not that he's a compulsive liar, it's just that his dreams always seem to surpass his reality, and he tries to fill in the gap. Thinking he has finally met the woman of his dreams, Zhao ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 985 members
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  • Hero on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Jet Li,  Maggie Cheung,  Ziyi Zhang
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 53,570 members
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  • Not One Less on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Wei Minzhi,  Zhang Huike
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Teacher Gao loves the students in his poor village and is devoted to educating them in the hope of their greater futures. When he is called away to tend to his dying mother for a month, the Mayor calls in an inexperienced 13 year-old replacement, Wei Minzhi; much to Teacher Gao's dismay. Teacher ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,565 member
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  • The Road Home on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ziyi Zhang,  Sun Honglei,  Zheng Hao
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A man returns to the village where he was raised to help his mother arrange his father's funeral in this romantic drama about the courtship of his parents and the value of tradition and devotion. Upon his return to the village of Sanheutun, Luo Yusheng (Sun Honglei) finds his aging mother seized ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,459 member
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  • Shanghai Triad (1995)
    Starring: Li Gong,  Baotian Li
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The charms of an alluring prostitute are used as bait between feuding ganglords against a dramatic backdrop of 1930's Shanghai in this exotic and utterly captivating thriller.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 80 members
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  • To Live (1994)
    Starring: You Ge,  Li Gong,  Ben Niu
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry...
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 211 members
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  • Red Sorghum on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Li Gong,  Wen Jiang,  Rujun Ten
    Director: Yimou Zhang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1930s China a young woman is sent by her father to marry the leprous owner of a winery. In the nearby red sorghum fields she falls for one of his servants. When the master dies she finds herself inheriting the isolated business.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,053 member
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Yimou Zhang facts

5 most recent films

Curse Of The Golden Flower - 3.0 stars
Riding Alone For Thousands Of Miles - 3.5 stars
House Of Flying Daggers - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
House Of Flying Daggers - 3.5 stars
Hero - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

To Live - 4.0 stars
House Of Flying Daggers - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Hero - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Road Home - 3.5 stars
The Story of Qiu Ju - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Tan Dun - The First Emperor - 2.0 stars
Red Sorghum - 3.0 stars
Turandot At The Forbidden City Of Beijing - 3.0 stars
Curse Of The Golden Flower - 3.0 stars
Hero - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ziyi Zhang - 5 times - show films
Li Gong - 4 times - show films
Andy Lau - 2 times - show films
Jet Li - 2 times - show films
Maggie Cheung - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Hugo Kach - 1 times - show films
Fengliang Yang - 1 times - show films