Known internationally for their critically acclaimed films, Fifth Generation Chinese directors Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou have decided to venture into new territory - the long-form web series. In the west, it is old news that television, the long-form episodic format, is ...

Film still from 'Shadow' The Zhang Yimou we once knew - the acclaimed director of masterpieces such as 'Red Sorghum' and 'Raise the Red Lantern' - is back! His new film is 'Shadow'. Set in China's Three Kingdom's era, 'Shadow' is a martial arts epic ...

For Ni Ni (倪妮), making Zhang Yimou’s (张艺谋) THE FLOWERS OF WAR《金陵十三钗》was a remarkably personal experience, for she grew up in the city of Nanking, where the action takes place. [Image of Ni Ni in The Flowers of War]Set during the Rape ...

From early films like Ju Dou (1990) and Raise the Red Lantern (1991) to recent efforts like Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004), Zhang Yimou (张艺谋) has consistently proved himself as China’s most outstanding director of the past 25 ...