Zhou XunFilmography

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  • Painted Skin

    Actors: Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Sun Li

    Synopsis: This action-fantasy opus from Hong Kong director Gordon Chan - a co-production of Hong Kong, China and Singapore with a predominantly Chinese cast - represents at least the third screen incarnation of a famous macabre Asian short story from the Qing Dynasty. (Prior versions emerged in 1966 and Read More

    2008

  • The Equation of Love and Death

    Actors: Zhou Xun, Deng Chao

    Synopsis: A single day in the life of an unhappy young woman throws her into a vortex of strange coincidence in this black comedy from China. Li Mi (Zhou Xun) is a street smart but nervous cab driver whose boyfriend Fang-Wen (Deng Chao) vanished four years ago; since then, she often finds herself asking her Read More

    2008

  • All About Women

    Actors: Zhou Xun, Kwai Lun-Mei, Kitty Zhang Yuqi

    Synopsis: Seven Swords director Tsui Hark proves his multi-genre mastery with this romantic comedy. Kitty Zhang (CJ7), Guey Lun Mei (Secret), and Zhou Xun (Painted Skin) star as three women who are very different, but they share a similar goal of finding romance. They encounter a variety of strange Read More

    2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Banquet

    Crew: Singer

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

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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