Zhang Yimou Movies

Tony Rayns presents the work of the 'Fifth Generation' and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China.

A married village worker teams up with an old girlfriend to try to dig a well for his water-starved village. The well collapses and they are trapped....

Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. The opera was performed by Giovanna...

The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero.

Behind the scenes look at the making of Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower".

In the southwest frontiers of China there lie many luxuriant forests where live a great variety of plants and animals. Three kids of Daizu minority...