Zhao Benshan
Also Known As: 赵本山, 本山大叔, Benshan Zhao, Triệu Bổn Sơn, Zhao Ben Shan, Чжао Бэнь Шань, 趙本山, ژائو بنشان
Biography: Zhao Benshan is a Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director, and businessman. Originally from Liaoning province, Zhao has appeared on the CCTV New Year's Gala, a widely watched performing arts program, every year from 1990 to 2011.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tieling, Liaoning, China
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Birthday: October 02, 1957
Age: 67 years old
Gender: Male
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The Emperor and the Assassin
Overview: In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-10-08
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Getting Home
Overview: A black comedy about a farmer who tries to bring home the body of his friend, who died far from their town.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-12-31
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现世活宝
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
Overview: Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-12-11
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The Grandmaster
Overview: Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-01-10
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Happy Times
Overview: Zhao is an old laid-off worker who's dreaming of getting married. After trying unsuccessful proposals, he finally pairs off with a gargantuan divorcée with two children. She, however, demands a lavish wedding and that Zhao finds a job and another place to stay for her blind step-daughter. Pretending he's the General Manager of a non-existent posh hotel "Happy Times", Zhao has to find ways and means of keeping both mother and stepdaughter happy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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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 Lion Roars 2
Overview: A woman is disliked by men in her village because of her bad temper. She uses her martial arts skills to beat up men who are unfaithful to their wives.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-08-17
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Just Call Me Nobody
Overview: Poor young cobbler Wu Di lives with his mother and is crazy about martial-arts picture books. One day he repairs the shoe of wandering swordswoman Yuelou and later helps save her in a fight with wanted criminal Tian Baguang, even though he has no martial-arts training. She tells him she owes him a life and can be found on Qin Mountain if he ever needs her. Yuelou is actually a princess who was due to marry the emperor but ran away after setting fire to her palace quarters. In love, Wu Di sets out to find her, fighting river pirate Dugu and his sidekick on the way, and also meeting a hermit Buddhist monk who offers to take him on as a pupil. Yuelou plans to attend a martial arts tournament to establish her name, little knowing that the emperor's chief eunuch Cheng has arranged for her to be secretly protected by Penal Bureau officer Yang Guo and to win the tournament, so the emperor can award her the prize and persuade her to reconsider marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-12-03
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Bie jiao wo ba li
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-01-08
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Happy New Year
Overview: Chinese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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卖拐
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2001-01-23
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Keep Cool
Overview: China, the 1990s. A young bookseller is in love with a woman. The woman is now with another guy, a rich man. The rich man sends his people to beat the bookseller. In the fight, the laptop computer from a man looking at the scene gets broken. Who will pay for the computer? The bookseller wants revenge. Will it be useful? The bookseller and the laptop owner are from different ages and classes. They are two different points of view, two different Chinas. How will they fight for justice?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-09-02
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The New Year's Eve Of Old Lee
Overview: Three generations of family butt heads during Chinese New Year celebrations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-02-01
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Male Sorority Director
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Whoever Comes is a Guest
Overview: Since the establishment of the bamboo weaving cooperative, the appearance of Zhulin Village has changed significantly. Visitors seeking to learn, inspectors, interviewers, and tourists placing orders have been coming in an endless stream. They eat all day and all month long, leading to frequent quarrels, fights, and cases of alcohol poisoning, causing the smart and capable cafeteria manager, Xiao Wangfa, to be driven to tears and indescribable suffering. Once, when Vice Secretary Guo of the Provincial Committee came to the village for an inspection, the lunch prepared for him was eaten by the leaders from the county. Xiao Wangfa had no choice but to serve simple home-cooked meals like mung bean porridge, steamed buns, and peanuts, anxiously preparing for punishment. Unexpectedly, Vice Secretary Guo was very pleased with the meal, and the villagers of Zhulin saw hope from this incident.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-03-11
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Let the Music Fly
Overview: In order to realize his music dream, the young man left home to study with his father since childhood. Facing the uncertain future, the whole family remained true to their original intention, accumulated in adversity, and broke through from difficulties. One day, the heroic leopard changed, and at the age of seventeen, he ascended to the top art palace and conquered the world with his peak performance.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy
Original Language: zh
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摔三弦
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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