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Zhang Yimou is a Chinese filmmaker and one of the key figures of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers. He has directed acclaimed films such as Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, and The Great Wall, and has won numerous awards and honors.
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 Curse of the Golden Flower.
- January 1, 1
- Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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.
Jul 31, 2024 · Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director who, as a leading member of China’s ‘Fifth Generation,’ is known for films that explore sexual repression and political oppression. His notable movies included Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers. Learn more about Zhang’s life and career.
- Jessie Nguyen
- Senior List Writer
- ‘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.
May 2, 2024 · Zhang Yimou received a lifetime achievement honor at Udine and, in a masterclass, talked talent discovery, development and perseverance.
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Apr 12, 2004 · Z hang Yimou is China’s most celebrated director. His films Hero, Raise the Red Lantern and Ju Dou were all nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film Oscars. His latest project, House of Flying...