Zhang Fengyi
Also Known As: Zhang Feng-Yi, Zhang fengyi, Zhang Feng Yi, Fengyi Zhang, ژانگ فنگیی
Biography: Zhang Fengyi (张丰毅) is a Chinese actor born on September 1, 1956. He is most famous for his role in Farewell My Concubine, as a Chinese stage actor dealing with China's changing political climate and the affections of his singing partner. Other notable roles have been his interpretations of the would-be assassin Jing Ke in the film The Emperor and the Assassin and the warlord Cao Cao in the two-part film Red Cliff. Zhang was born in Changsha, Hunan province. His ancestor was from Tanghe, Henan province. When he was merely one month old, he moved with his father, a veteran, to Dongchuan, Yunnan province. He left high school without completing study in 1971, and entered Chinese Opera team of art group in Dongchuan. He transferred to Singing and Dancing team in 1973. In 1978, he was enrolled into the acting department of Beijing Film Academy with excellent grades. In 1980, when he was a sophomore, he was selected by Hong Kong Phoenix Studio and acted as Xin Dalei in the movie Treasure Hunting in Desert, which was his debut in movie industry. In 1981, acting as Xiangzi, he gave excellent performance in Rickshaw Boy, adapted from Lao She's masterpiece and directed by Ling Zifeng. Ever since, he became a renowned young actor in China. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zhang Fengyi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Changsha, Hunan Province, China
Birthday: September 01, 1956
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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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Red Cliff
Overview: In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Action War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-07-10
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Red Cliff II
Overview: The battle of Red Cliff continues and the alliance between Xu and East Wu is fracturing. With Cao Cao's massive forces on their doorstep, will the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu survive?
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-01-07
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The Assassin
Overview: A poor farmer who loves a woman he is forbidden to associate with becomes a hardened mercenary, and is hired by a local warlord as a professional assassin. Years later, he runs into his old love and begins to question his violent past
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-09-23
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21 Red List
Overview: China, 1915. A secret and unequal treaty that would increase Japan's dominance over China is about to be signed unwillingly but not before external forces jump in to make sure it never happens. Therefore both the US and a small band of thieves and orphans (among them Lau Sek-Ming and Alexander Lo Rei) are ordered by their foster father (Zhang Feng-Yi) to track it down in Shanghai. Feeling an unease in terms of their involvement in high politics all of a sudden, it becomes clear there's a traitor in the group...
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-07-07
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Temptation of a Monk
Overview: Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded. The crown prince is murdered by one of his brothers who then becomes emperor. Shi retreats to a monastery, perhaps to hide, perhaps to plan a coup. When his loyal troops as well as the princess he desires are slain, he seeks refuge in a remote, abandoned monastery where an aged abbot schools him with practical, earthy teachings. The emperor's forces pursue Shi: first a woman, then a general seek to overpower him with lust and might. Over the course of the film, the reds of battle give way to blues of meditation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-09-15
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The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Overview: Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/general Xiang Yu and the cunning peasant Liu Pang join forces to win through civil war. Xiang Yu's weakness for Lady Yu combine with Liu Pang's treachery result in Liu founding the legendary Han dynasty
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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Farewell My Concubine
Overview: Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Sacrifice
Overview: For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.
Genres: History Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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西楚霸王II 楚漢爭霸
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-06-09
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My Memories of Old Beijing
Overview: It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-11-15
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The Blue Kite
Overview: A young man recalls his childhood growing up in a poor alley in Beijing during the 1950s and 1960s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-02-02
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乾隆痛失郑板桥
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-09-05
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Sea Scooper
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-04-01
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Beautiful World
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-11-13
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Police Confidential
Overview: A Hong Kong policeman (Simon Yam) seeks honesty and loyalty amid corruption, crime and violence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-10-10
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Sun Valley
Overview: The Avenger, a brooding swordsman armed with a blade marked "Slayer of 1000 Armies" claims he's waiting for a long-missing friend, at an outpost in Northwest China's Sun Valley. The Avenger suffers an intense fear of blood, from being the only survivor of his clan's massacre. The sight of blood propels him into a killing fury. Winter is setting in, so the local horse trader Black Bull, and most of the valley's men, prepare to drive a herd to market, leaving behind Black Bull's girlfriend, a feisty innkeeper.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-05-30
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Jing du qiu xia
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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White Deer Plain
Overview: In the White Deer Village in Shaanxi Province the two most important families - Bai and Lu - and their sons have always lived together in peace. But the turmoil leads to a fierce struggle for land ownership.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-09-13
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Xue hun
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Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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南行记
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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No Regrets About Youth
Overview: Zheng Jianong, a bulldozer driver, has been suffering from illness for years and his wife leaves him
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Rickshaw Boy
Overview: Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of dystocia later. After her death, another girl, Xiao Fuzi, falls in love with Xiang Zi but they are separated by poverty. Xiang Zi works very hard in order to change his life, only to find that Xiao Fuzi is dead just as he begins to be hopeful for their future. Finally, Xiang Zi, an unflinching man, surrenders to that dark society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Cut Throat Struggle For An Invaluable Treasure
Overview: In the early days of Republic of China, Buddhist monks from Shanhua Temple of Shanxi Province escort an important Buddhist relic to the Shaolin Temple. On the journey, the treasure is heisted. Wide spread rumors implicates the famous bandit Jing. Jing is a Robin Hood figure roaming the grasslands. To clear his name, Jing with the help of friend “Divine Hand” Zhang start a fierce battle against the real culprit - Captain Mai of the security team.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-04-08
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The Hunted Hunter
Overview: The Hunted Hunter is a Hong Kong Crime movie starring Yuen Biao
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-10-30
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The Legend of Nezha
Overview: Nezha gets into trouble and implicates his parents who are punished by the heavens along with him. He bravely steps up and admits his fault, which touches the heavens, and his effort comes to fruition. The family of three finally reunites in the end.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: zh
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Road
Overview: The story of a group of unemployed young people headed by Qiu Hua and the creation of woolen sweaters to overcome their difficulties
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-10-10
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One and a Half
Overview: After getting out of prison, Ma returns home to find his wife Ji Ha remarried and his son apparently dead. He kidnaps Siu Ching, Ji Ha's new son, and takes him on a trip through China.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-10-26
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Revanchist
Overview: Brothers Fay and Fong arrive in Shanghai dreaming of a future. They end up in the Horng Men gang, and Fong is sentenced to prison while his brother rises through the ranks. On an undercover mission in rival gang, Fay is killed and his brother seeks revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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龙年警官
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Business Circles
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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New Year's In-Laws
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-01-31
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Velvet Gloves
Overview: Women train to become members of a SWAT team.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-07-12
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Flying Tigers
Overview: Before the breakout of the Sino-Japanese War, Hong, Wang, and Peng were best friends. Hong and Wang secretly joined the local guerrillas after the Japanese began invading China. Hong ran a small business and Wang worked as a courier for a Japanese trading firm, hiding their true identities in order to collect intelligence on the Japanese for the Eight Route Army, and established a railway guerrilla unit. Wang soon found out that the trading firm he was working for was indeed an intelligence unit of the Japanese. They infiltrated the Japanese special forces and eliminated many Japanese. Suspicions arise from the Japanese as to the real identity of the individuals suspected of being part of the railway guerrilla forces, so called Flying Tigers unit, so the Japanese began to form a counter-spying operation and other under-handed means by recruiting Chinese traitors to uncover and eliminate them all.
Genres: War Action History Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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鸽子迷的奇遇
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Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-06-25
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