Tao Zeru
Also Known As: 陶泽如, Zeru Tao, Tao Ze-Ru, 陶澤如
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Birthday: December 07, 1953
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Gender: Male
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Cow
Overview: A Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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The Village of Widows
Overview: In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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远山情
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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One And Eight
Overview: Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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General Chen Geng Part 2
Overview: Early life of Senior General Geng Chen of the People's Liberation Army
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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General Chen Geng Part 1
Overview: First part of the two series about Senior General Gen Chen of the People's Liberation Army
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Life Show
Overview: The story of a beautiful, single woman who runs a restaurant in inland China, delving into her battle to understand the rapid changes affecting society around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2002-05-31
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Feed Me
Overview: On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. Wang Wang attends the local school, but, in the absence of maternal authority, with great reluctance. Then, one night, a young pregnant woman is discovered hiding on the boat, ready to give birth. With the arrival of her little baby girl, the young mother, already used to her river accommodations, opts to stay with them. Life on the barge is no longer the same. Wang Wang feels the stirring of adolescence and an Oedipal attraction to the young woman; the grandfather is diagnosed with dementia and and is warned that its first signs could soon manifest themselves; and the new young mother keeps a bag whose contents will later reveal a dark secret. Three people at a crossroads in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-08-29
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Evening Bell
Overview: Taking place in the immediate aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Evening Bell follows a small platoon of five Chinese soldiers who must negotiate a devastated landscape, burying bodies, disarming mines, and eventually facing off against a starving band of Japanese soldiers who do not yet know that the war has ended.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-03-27
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The Last Day of Winter
Overview: Three young people meet by chance on their way to visit relatives imprisoned in a remote labor camp.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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Rice
Overview: Shot in 1995, but banned until 2004, this is an adaptation of Su Tong's novel about a shrewd amoral country boy who arrives in the big city in the 1930s and works at a rice emporium.. Initially pushed around, he learns the ropes in his new environment quickly, eventually climbing to the position of boss by marrying the daughter of the house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2003-03-22
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The Founding of a Republic
Overview: The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-09-17
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Song of the Phoenix
Overview: The life and trials of You Tianming, a young suona apprentice who forms his own suona troupe at a time when the traditions of suona music are declining in Chinese society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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A Time to Remember
Overview: In this sentimental family drama, a talented young boy is encouraged to pursue a singing career by his priest. Unfortunately, his father is against it.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-07-22
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Shooting by the Suolun River
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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1911
Overview: China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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The Last Supper
Overview: The story of two warring generals fighting for control of China at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-05-07
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Love for Life
Overview: Set in a small Chinese village where HIV virus is spreading rapidly as a result of illicit blood trade, Mo shu wai zhuan revolves around De Yi and Qinqin are both estranged from their respective family because of their disease and unexpectedly find love with each other by their misfortunes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-05-10
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Beginning of the Great Revival
Overview: A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
Genres: Drama Action History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-06-23
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The September of Mine
Overview: Before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, a group of elementary school kids compete for the chance to participate in a martial arts performance for the opening ceremony. In this coming-of-age story, kind-hearted An Jianjun pursues his dreams through sweat and tears, friendship and betrayal. The comedy depicts Beijing locals in precise, humorous, and loving detail.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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Sun Mountain
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Joyous Heroes
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Mr. Six
Overview: Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-12-18
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The Hundred Regiments Offensive
Overview: The Japanese has invaded far into china, defeating the Kuomintang (KMT) soldiers many times and pushing them back into Central China. There was a general sentiment among anti-Japanese resistance forces that the Communist Party of China (CCP) was not contributing enough to the war, and that they were only interested in expanding their power. As a result, the CCP planned a major offensive against the Japanese, consisting of 105 regiments, called the Hundred Regiments Offensive.
Genres: War History Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-08-28
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The Big Mill
Overview: A Communist is outraged by the structures of power in his village in China in the 1930s, during the corrupt Nationalist regime of Chiang Kai Shek.
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-10-23
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Unwelcome Lady
Overview: A story of the upheavals and changes in Chinese society from the 1960s to 1980s, set in the hutong alleyways of Beijing.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Don't Cry, Nanking
Overview: In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-09-14
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Angry Kid
Overview: Angry Kid is a Chinese Comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-01-29
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爱上爱
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-02-10
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