Tian Zhuangzhuang

Delamu () is an award winning 2004 documentary film directed by the acclaimed Fifth Generation Chinese filmmaker, Tian Zhuangzhuang. Delamu documents the people living in the Nujiang River Valley, along the Tea Horse Road (Chamagudao), an...

In this article: Delamu, The Blue Kite, Asia, Tibet, Tribeca Film Festival, People's Republic of China, and Springtime in a Small Town

The Go Master () is a 2006 biopic by director Tian Zhuangzhuang of renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known by his adopted name of Go Seigen. The film, which premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, focuses on the...

In this article: The Go Master, New York Film Festival, Japan, China, Maryland, and New York Times

...eventually result in Tian's years-long exile from the film industry, an exile he has only recently returned from. In recent years, Tian Zhuangzhuang has returned to the fore of Chinese cinema, directing films like Springtime in a Small Town...

In this article: The Blue Kite, The Horse Thief, Beijing Film Academy, China, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, The Go Master, and Springtime in a Small Town

...for a 1993 film says his nine-year absence from the movies turned out to be a welcome chance to catch up on foreign works. Tian Zhuangzhuang ran afoul of Chinese censors with "The Blue Kite," a critical look at the first 17 years of...

In this article: Beijing Film Academy, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Japanese chess, Dessert, University of Hong Kong, Joe Odagiri, The Go Master, and Maggie Q

The Horse Thief is a 1986 Chinese film by acclaimed director, Tian Zhuangzhuang. It follows one of Tian's favorite topics, Chinese minorities, a topic he touched upon in 1984's On the Hunting Ground and would return to in 2004's documentary,...

In this article: The Horse Thief, Buddhist, Martin Scorsese, Roger Ebert, Delamu, Xi'an, Tibet, United States, and China

..."The Eye" series. Werner says that the company already has received multiple offers. "Warrior and the Wolf" is directed by China's Tian Zhuangzhuang, produced by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's" Bill Kong and stars Joe Odagiri and Maggie...

In this article: Michael J. Werner, Fortissimo Films, Wouter Barendrecht, Asia, Business partner, and Joe Odagiri

September is a 1984 Chinese film directed by the fifth generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though not his first film as director, September is considered Tian's first major feature. The film is also known by the title In September.

In this article: The Communist Party, Beijing Film Academy, and People's Republic of China

As the first Chinese filmmakers since 1949 to garner the interest of festival programrs, such helmers as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang were the first to run the gauntlet between Chinese film authorities and the international...

In this article: China, Zhang Yimou, Tsui Hark, Lost in Beijing, To Live, John Woo, and Lou Ye

...Tian film HONG KONG Maggie Q will headline "The Warrior and the Wolf," a high profile historical actioner being helmed by Chinese director Tian Zhuangzhuang. The "Live Free or die Hard" and "Mission Impossible III" thesp steps into a role...

In this article: Tang Wei, Lust, Caution, Maggie Q, China, Suzhou River, Oscar, Wang Yu, Emi Wada, and Joe Odagiri

...more careful about leaving fingerprints. Wu Di, a researcher at the China Movie Art Center in Beijing, said that when the director Tian Zhuangzhuang shot "The Blue Kite," a 1993 movie about the banned topic of the Cultural Revolution, notice...

In this article: Lust, Caution, Hong Kong, Shanghai, China, Beijing, and Li Yu