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Writing
Zhong A-Cheng
Born April 5, 1949 · Beijing, China (age 77)
No biography available.
Known For
The Assassin · 2015The Assassin
★ 6.42015
MovieActionAdventure
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Hibiscus Town · 1987Hibiscus Town
★ 7.91987
MovieDramaHistory
Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.
King of the Children · 1987King of the Children
★ 7.01987
MovieDrama
An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.
Painted Skin · 1993Painted Skin
★ 5.91993
MovieFantasyHorror
A roving ghost spirit controlled by Ying Yang the Evil paints her face in the guise of a concubine. Her spirit can only be released by a ghostbusting monk who comes to her rescue.
King of Chess · 1991King of Chess
★ 6.91991
MovieDrama
Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.
Full Moon in New York · 1989Full Moon in New York
★ 7.91989
MovieDrama
Three Chinese women with vastly different backgrounds get acquainted and become friends amid the social desolation of New York.
The Go Master · 2007The Go Master
★ 6.52007
MovieDrama
The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.
