Du Jie

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Du Jie

Born September 17, 1976 · Shenze, Hebei Province, China (age 50)

Du Jie is an acclaimed cinematographer, director, and screenwriter known for his visual mastery in major productions like the Detective Chinatown series and The Wasted Times. Moving into independent filmmaking, his latest directorial feature, The Height of the Coconut Trees, explores varied realism through deeply poetic narratives.

Known For

Detective Chinatown 3Detective Chinatown 3 · 2021
Detective Chinatown 3
★ 5.62021
MovieActionComedy
Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul play, they engage in a battle of wits against foreign detectives.
Tai Chi ZeroTai Chi Zero · 2012
Tai Chi Zero
★ 6.02012
MovieActionDrama
In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to young children, defeats him using their Tai Chi moves. But when a man from the village's past returns with a frightening steampowered machine and plans to build a railroad through the village at any costs, the villagers realize they may have no choice but to put their faith in Lu Chan... who has a secret power of his own.
Tai Chi HeroTai Chi Hero · 2012
Tai Chi Hero
★ 6.12012
MovieActionAdventure
Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.
Detective Chinatown 1900Detective Chinatown 1900 · 2025
Detective Chinatown 1900
★ 6.22025
MovieComedyMystery
In 1900, the mysterious murder of a white woman and a Native American man in San Francisco's Chinatown triggers a race against time as the Chinese suspect and the Native American's adopted Chinese son work to uncover the truth while a politician seeks to leverage the Chinese Exclusion Bill as well as the prevailing xenophobia and racism to close down Chinatown and elect himself as the mayor.
Detective ChinatownDetective Chinatown · 2015
Detective Chinatown
★ 6.82015
MovieComedyMystery
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
Detective Chinatown 2Detective Chinatown 2 · 2018
Detective Chinatown 2
★ 6.22018
MovieComedyMystery
Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren tricked Qin Feng to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
Tiger Wolf RabbitTiger Wolf Rabbit · 2024
Tiger Wolf Rabbit
★ 6.72024
MovieDramaCrime
Three parents who have lost their children are involved with each other because of a deal; they have no soul in their eyes and hatred in their hearts, and each of them, with their own purposes, set out on the road of seeking revenge for their children, and staged a bizarre and dangerous killing in the barren land.
Crazy StoneCrazy Stone · 2006
Crazy Stone
★ 7.62006
MovieActionComedy
Three thieves try to steal a valuable jade that is tightly guarded by a security chief. But the security guards are not the only obstacle these thieves are facing. An extremely unlucky internationally known master thief is also trying to get a hand on this piece of precious jade. What would be the final destination of this piece of crazy stone?

Filmography

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Just Call Me NobodyJust Call Me Nobody · 2010
Just Call Me Nobody
★ 4.52010
MovieComedy
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.

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