Zhang Ziyi Filmography

Born:: February 9, 1979 in Beijing, China
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: An actress of almost eerie, otherworldly beauty and simmering intensity, Zhang Ziyi burst onto the international film scene with her role as the governor's daughter in Ang Lee's acclaimed martial arts adventure Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Stunningly convincing despite her lack of martial arts...Read More

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The Horsemen

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis: Emotionally distanced form his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife, an troubled detective investigates a series of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a dark psychological thriller starring Dennis Read More

2008
TMNT

Actors: Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Patrick Stewart, Mitchell Whitfield

Synopsis: The stars have aligned in an ominous sign, and as a legion of malevolent monsters descends upon New York City to wage war against humanity, the only thing that stands between humankind and certain destruction are four wisecracking turtles with a flair for martial arts and a hearty appetite for Read More

3/23/07
The Banquet

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Zhou Xun, Huang Xiaoming

Synopsis: A World Without Thieves director Feng Xiaogang shifts his focus from modern-day con artists to tenth century intrigue with this tale of internal turmoil in the age of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms starring Zhang Ziyi, Daniel Wu, and Ge You. Her empire on the verge of a massive revolution as Read More

2006
The First Emperor

Actors: Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Elizabeth Futral

Synopsis: Famed tenor Placido Domingo headlines this December 2006 stage production of Tan Dun's unique opera The First Emperor, mounted by Raise the Red Lantern director Zhang Yimou. Dun composed the score and conducts; he also co-authored the libretto with Ha Jin, adapting both historical records by Sima Read More

2006
Memoirs of a Geisha

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh

Synopsis: This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the early 1930s. Here, she learns that becoming a geisha can be the single path to wealth and independence for a woman. The head Read More

12/9/05
The Legend of Zu

Synopsis: Directed by Tsui Hark, The Legend of Zu is an adaptation of the 64-volume epic novel of the same name, and follows several warriors training in the mysterious Zu mountains. Somehow, the powers of the mountain are absorbed by the warriors and subsequently used to help combat the evil forces Read More

8/19/05
2046

Actors: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis: Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai moves back and forth in time as he reexamines and amplifies the themes from his film In the Mood for Love in this offbeat romantic drama. Opening in the year 2046, in which a man named Tak (Takuya Kimura) attempts to persuades wjw 1967 (Faye Wong) to travel Read More

8/5/05
Princess Raccoon

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Jô Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Mikijiro Hira, Saori Yuki

Synopsis: Veteran director Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill) takes a new direction with the colorful operetta-fairy tale, Princess Raccoon. When Azuchi Momoyama (Mikijiro Hira), the master of Grace Castle, is told by his soothsayer, Virgen the Old Maid (Saori Yuki) that his son, Amechiyo (Joe Odagiri), will Read More

2005
House of Flying Daggers

Actors: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau Tak-wah, Song Dandan

Synopsis: Chinese director Zhang Yimou fuses a martial arts action-drama with a tragic romance in this elegant period piece. In the year 859 A.D., as the Tang dynasty is beset by rebellion, Leo (Andy Lau) and Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) are a pair of lawmen who have been given the task of ferreting out the Read More

12/3/04
Purple Butterfly

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Liu Ye, Feng Yuanzheng, Toru Nakamura

Synopsis: Directed by Lou Ye, Zi Hudie revolves around the underground faction of anti-Nipponese fighters in 1930s Shanghai, just prior to the onset of the Sino-Japanese war. It's only the beginning when Cynthia (Zhang Ziyi), a young Chinese woman, learns the news of her lover Itami's (Toru Nakamura) Read More

11/26/04
Jasmine Woman

Actors: Zhang Ziyi, Joan Chen, Jiang Wen, Liu Ye, Lu Yin Pei

2004
Jopok Manura 2: Dolaon Jeonseol

Actors: Shin Eun-gyeong, Park Jun-gyu, Jang Sae-jin, Lee Weon-jong, Ju Hyeon

Synopsis: South Korean filmmaker Jeong Heung-sun directs the blockbuster action sequel Jopok Manura 2: Dolaon Jeonseol (My Wife is a Gangster 2: The Legend Returns). This time around, gang boss Cha Eun-jin (Shin Eun-gyeong) is without her husband. She is stricken with amnesia following a big gang battle on Read More

2003
Hero

Actors: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Chen Daoming, Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis: Hero is two-time Academy Award nominee Zhang Yimou's directorial attempt at exploring the concept of a Chinese hero. During the peak of their Warring States period, China was divided into seven kingdoms all fighting for supremacy. Most determined to dominate China was the kingdom of Qin, whose Read More

12/19/02
Rush Hour 2

Actors: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez

Synopsis: A surprise box-office smash spawns this inevitably action-packed buddy comedy follow-up that reunites director Brett Ratner with stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Chan is Chief Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police, who travels back to China with his American colleague, Los Angeles Read More

8/3/01
The Road Home

Actors: Sun Hong-Lei, Hao Zheng, Zhang Ziyi, Li Bin

Synopsis: Following on the heels of director Zhang Yimou's Not One Less (1999), which won the top prize at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, comes this sensitively-wrought portrait of a young woman's unshakable love. The film opens in the present, shot in gritty black and white, as businessman Luo Yusheng (Sun Read More

5/25/01
The Warrior

Actors: Ahn Sung-kee, Jung Woo-Sung, Ju Jin-mo, Zhang Ziyi, Yu Rongguang

Synopsis: Touted as the most expensive Korean film ever produced, Musa is a sweeping real-life epic about an official envoy from Koryo (ancient Korea) struggling to stay alive in war-torn China. The film is set in 1375 when the Yuan dynasty collapses after a 100-year reign against the insurgent Ming. As the Read More

2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Actors: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung, Cheng Pei-Pei

Synopsis: Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee took a break from making Western period dramas to fashion this wild and woolly martial arts spectacular featuring special effects and action sequences courtesy of the choreographer of The Matrix (1999), Yuen Woo Ping. In the early 19th century, martial arts master Li Mu Read More

12/8/00