Zhou Xun Filmography

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Beauty Remains

Actors: Zhou Xun, Vivian Wu, Wang Zhiwen

Synopsis: A woman's tainted family history proves to be both a blessing and a curse in this drama from Chinese-American filmmaker Ann Hu. Fei (Zhou Xun) is a young woman who was born as a result of an extra-marital dalliance by her father, the wealthy Master Li. When Master Li dies while Fei is away at Read More

9/21/07
The Banquet

Crew: Singer

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
Mingming

Actors: Zhou Xun, Daniel Wu, Tony Yang, Jeffrey Chang

Synopsis: A 21st Century martial arts princess who steals from the rich in the name of love incurs the wrath of a powerful underworld boss in a romantic thriller starring Zhou Xun and Daniel Wu. Irresistible rogue D (Wu) has announced that he will run away with the first woman who can $5 million, and now Read More

2006
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Actors: Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Wang Shuangbao, Chung Zhijun

Synopsis: Dai Sijie directs Balzac et La Petite Tailleuse Chinoise (The Little Chinese Seamstress), a film adaptation of his own best-selling autobiographical novel. Set in China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1970s, the story follows Luo (Chen Kun) and Ma (Liu Ye), two young men from the city who Read More

8/26/05
Stolen Life

Actors: Zhou Xun, Wu Jun, Cai Ming, Su Xiaoming, Wang Peiyi

Synopsis: A young woman finds herself torn between the promise of autonomous adulthood and the demands of subservience to a lover in Stolen Life, a contemporary feminist parable by acclaimed 6th Generation Chinese Filmmaker Li Shaohong (Blush). For Yanni (Zhou Xun), life has never been easy; bereft by her Read More

2005
Perhaps Love

Actors: Jacky Cheung, Zhou Xun, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ji Jin-hee, Eric Tsang

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Peter Chan takes the helm for this lavish, award winning musical concerning the love triangle between a handsome actor, his beautiful co-star, and a talented film director. Lin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and his ex-lover Sun (Zhou Xun) are shooting a movie for celebrated director Nie Read More

2005
Lian'Aizhongde Baobei

Actors: Zhou Xun, Huang Jue, Chen Kun-chang, Liao Fan, Wang Peiyi

Synopsis: A woman who lives apart from the world around her invites a troubled man to join her in this visually striking fantasy. Liu Zhi (Huang Jue) is a man stuck in a loveless marriage who has come to despair of his life in a confining modern apartment building. When he's alone, Liu records virtual diary Read More

2004
Beijing Bicycle

Actors: Cui Lin, Li Bin, Zhou Xun, Gao Yuanyuan

Synopsis: A young man from rural China struggles to make good in Beijing in this drama, which suggests an updated and relocated variation on the neorealist classic Ladri di Biciclette. Guei (Cui Lin) is a teenager who arrives in the big city looking for work; he and a handful of other youngsters are hired Read More

1/25/02
Heunggong Yau Gok Holeiwut

Actors: Zhou Xun, Glen Chin, Wong You-nam, Ho Sai-man, Leung Sze-ping

Synopsis: Sex, violence, and pork are the hallmarks of this ultra-black comedy from maverick Hong Kong filmmaker Fruit Chan. Boss Chu (Glen Chin) is the rotund proprietor of a fast-food stall specializing in pork located in a decaying Hong Kong shanty town. Boss Chu runs the business with his equally Read More

2001
Suzhou River

Actors: Zhou Xun, Jia Hongshen, Nai An

Synopsis: Recalling both Vertigo (1958) and Chungking Express (1994), Chinese director Lou Ye spins this riveting tale of obsession and love. The film opens with shots of the Suzhou River, which is clogged with the detritus and pollution of a rapidly expanding Shanghai. Narrated by an unseen freelance Read More

11/10/00
The Emperor and the Assassin

Actors: Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Li Xuejian, Sun Zhou, Wang Zhiwen, Lu Xiaohe

Synopsis: A lavishly produced historical drama from China, Jing Ke Ci Qin Wang/The Emperor and the Assassin tells the complex, multi-facetted story of the man who became the first Emperor of a unified China, another man who has sworn to kill him, and a woman who is loved by both men. Late in the Third Read More

12/17/99