Asanali Ashimov
Also Known As: Асанали Ашимов
Biography: Asanali Ashimov is a legendary Kazakh actor, director, screenwriter, and educator. Born on May 8, 1937, in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, he graduated from the Kurmangazy Kazakh State Conservatory in 1961 with a degree in drama acting. Ashimov gained nationwide fame for his iconic roles in Kazakh cinema, including Kyz-Zhibek (1970) and the End of the Ataman series. He also directed several acclaimed films, such as Legendary Chokan (1985) and Wormwood (1986). Over his career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including the title of People's Artist of the USSR and Kazakhstan's Hero of Labor. A towering figure in Kazakh culture, Ashimov continues to inspire generations through his work in film, theater, and education.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Байкадам, СССР (Казахстан)
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Birthday: May 08, 1937
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Male
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Purely Kazakh History
Overview: At his father's funeral, the boy meets his uncle, who has been in prison for a long time, an unemployed and drunk man who came to say goodbye to his brother. Soon the boy learns that in fact his father is exactly this fallen man, who at one time left the family to his older brother. The newly-born father expels the boy's mother from the house. Unable to control himself, the child kills the offender.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2001-08-01
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Wolf Trail
Overview: After many years spent in a Bangkok prison, an old man returns to his homeland, Kazakhstan. Did he think that thanks to a random traveling companion, a cute guy Igor, he would be drawn into a dangerous intrigue. Now, in order to survive himself and save Igor, he must unravel this ingenious tangle, balancing "on the razor's edge", make criminals get entangled in their own nets. And this is possible for a person with courage, composure and ingenuity. Who is this old man? And how random is what is happening for him? His past is a mystery, his present is a chess game for life and death.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-01-19
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Trans-Siberian Express
Overview: An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a Japanese businessman.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1977-04-04
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A Shot or It All Started on Saturday
Overview: Based on Kyr Bulychev's Sci-Fi story, a man acquires the ability to throw objects with precision. He tries to become a basketball player.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter
Overview: The third part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film is dedicated to the formation of the Ancient Russian state and Eurasian culture under the rule of Genghis Khan.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-01
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The House by the Salt Lake
Overview: The film is based on the complex intersections of human destinies during the Patriotic War. The family of the headmaster of the school, Turlyzhan Zhanakov, with their participation and care for disadvantaged people, show the high moral values inherent in Kazakhs. The house by the salt lake became a home for immigrants and evacuees and became a kind of Noah's Ark for the post-war future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Ermak
Overview: The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1997-06-10
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Hostages of War
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-10
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Lady Zhibek
Overview: Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other. The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is foully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr, or nobleman, of the rival family), who earlier strived for the hand of Zhibek. Zhibek commits suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1972-08-18
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The End of Ataman
Overview: A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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My Love Is in the Third Year
Overview: The student team arrived to spend their work semester at a virgin land collective farm with the motto of living and working by communal principles. However, even in a limited space and time, this proved to be challenging.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Manchurian Variant
Overview: In August 1945 Soviet agent Kasym-khan Chadiyarov (Asanali Ashimov) works undercover in Manchuria, impersonating a Japanese businessman Ishijima. His mission is to prepare forthcoming Soviet operations against the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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A Provincial Romance
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh
Overview: The builders of the hydroelectric power station face a difficult task: it is necessary to speed up the work in order to provide electricity to a number of other industrial facilities in the region. Construction managers are taking different paths to solving this problem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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In One Area
Overview: About the secretary of the district committee of the party, Sabyr Bayanov, who at the beginning of his work deservedly won the authority and respect of people, and then, having become arrogant, he lost his sense of responsibility and turned into a bureaucrat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-07-29
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Crossroads
Overview: The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1965-06-07
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The Silver Horn of Ala-Tau
Overview: After a car accident, Kaisar's driver is deprived of his driver's license for five years. The hero gets a job as a gamekeeper, and faces shameless poaching. A young huntsman comes into the confidence of criminals and, having warned the police, organizes a hunt for them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-05-01
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The Choice
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Worrisome Morning
Overview: 1918. "I don't know," he said. Commissar Tokhtar Baitenov leads a detachment of Chekists, which is not numerous. The story of the film unfolds quickly, it is a typical "Ostern" — an oriental action movie: shooting, chase, dancing of beautiful girls, but at the same time, along the film line, there is a smell of mysterious gossip and repression with characters.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1968-03-25
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Artemisia
Overview: Little Ergesh wants to help his sick grandfather buy expensive medicine. To earn the necessary money, he and the city guy Omash collect wormwood to deliver to the pharmacy.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-02-04
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Turksib
Overview: The year is 1929. The construction of a railway connecting Central Asia and Siberia is in full swing in Kazakhstan. This highway threatens the age-old way of life of the inhabitants of the steppe, where gangs of Basmachi still operate. The heroes of the film are the chief engineer of the Dzhungarov construction site and an elder of a large family, bai Sarybura. The fate of both is developing dramatically, both, each in their own way, are interested in the early completion of the Turksib.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-05-12
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Wings of Song
Overview: Bai Nurtaza hopes to find in the young poet, ambitious and not indifferent to female beauty, a loyal ally in the fight against the Soviet government. Taking advantage of Musa's weakness, unable to resist temptations, he completely subordinates him to his influence...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 1966-08-01
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The Messengers Hurry
Overview: The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII century).
Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-11-01
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The Old Woman
Overview: An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also has two restless friends: Baybet and Saskebai, who were once in love with Kulpash. And then one day…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2014-08-04
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The Falls
Overview: Asan works as a bulldozer operator on a road construction project. One day, during an explosion, he saves the geologist Krista from certain death...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Aruah
Overview: In the boundless Kazakh steppe, in a house on a hill, old man Agatai lives. His beloved wife died a long time ago, they had no children, there were no relatives left. But Agatai does not give up, his life is full of worries and labors. He takes care of his modest household and, as best he can, protects and protects the expanse of the steppe, which he considers his homeland. And another good deed is done by an old man: he adopts a child who ran away from an orphanage, who accidentally wandered into a house on a hill.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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Botagoz
Overview: A film is based on the novel by a Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov. It shows Kazakhstan in 1916-1917 and how people reacted to tough times, the World War I and the ideas of the revolution and Bolshevism. Botagoz is a girl who never stopped believing in justice, despite numerous trials. She performed a heroic act and contributed to the battle against the White Guardsmen (Belogvardeytsi)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: kk
Release Date: 1958-12-08
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Song Calls
Overview: In the center of the plot of the film is the fate of a young girl Aigul. She works well in the collective farm fields, acts as a leader of the youth, dreams of creating her own folk theater in her native collective farm. The famous singer Dosai Nurlanov, by a misunderstanding, gets into the "Singing village" (this is the playful name of the collective farm) and becomes a witness to the growing culture of the village. This inspires him to become the head of the people's theater...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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