Directors DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of YIMOU ZHANG (1 Viewer)

Jim_K · May 26, 2005

DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of YIMOU ZHANG

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[SIZE= 12px] YIMOU ZHANG[/SIZE]

The Love of the Hawthorn Tree (2010)

[SIZE= 12px]A Simple Noodle Story (2009)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 12px]To Each His Own Cinema (2007) (segment "En Regardant le Film")[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 12px]Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Hero (2002)
Happy Times (2001)
Not One Less (1999)
The Road Home (1999)
Keep Cool (1997)
Lumière and Company (1996)
Shanghai Triad (1995)
To Live (1994)
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Ju Dou (1990)
Codename Cougar (1989)
Red Sorghum (1987) [/SIZE]

Jim_K · May 26, 2005

Ratings out of :star: :star: :star: :star:

[SIZE= 14px]YIMOU ZHANG (1951 - )[/SIZE]

The Love of the Hawthorn Tree (2010)

A Simple Noodle Story (2009)

To Each His Own Cinema (2007) (segment "En Regardant le Film") :star: :star: 1/2
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) :star: :star: :star:
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) :star: :star: :star:
House of Flying Daggers (2004) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Hero (2002) :star: :star: :star: 1/2
Happy Times (2001)
Not One Less (1999) :star: :star: :star:
The Road Home (1999) :star: :star: :star:
Keep Cool (1997)
Lumière and Company (1995) :star: :star: :star:
Shanghai Triad (1995) :star: :star: :star:
To Live (1994) :star: :star: :star:
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) :star: :star: :star:
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Ju Dou (1990) :star: :star: :star:
Codename Cougar (1989)
Red Sorghum (1987) :star: :star: :star: 1/2

Arman · May 26, 2005

Steve Christou · May 26, 2005

House of Flying Daggers (2004) :star: :star: :star: :star:
Hero (2002):star: :star: :star: :star:

1)Hero
2)House of Flying Daggers

george kaplan · May 26, 2005

YIMOU ZHANG

Seen: 0
Like: 0
Own: 0

I do have a number of Zhang films on my to see list:

Hero (2002)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Ju Dou (1990)
Red Sorghum (1987)

Unforunately, at the moment I have no opinion about him one way or another.

SteveGon · May 26, 2005

Curse of the Golden Flower ***
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) ***1/2
House of Flying Daggers (2004) ***1/2
Hero (2002) ***1/2
Happy Times (2001) ***
Not One Less (1999) ***
The Road Home (1999) ***
Keep Cool (1997)
Lumière and Company (1996) N/A (don't remember it that well)
Shanghai Triad (1995) ***
To Live (1994) ***
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) ***
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) ****
Ju Dou (1990) ***1/2
Codename Cougar (1989)
Red Sorghum (1987) ***1/2

Bolded films I've seen.

Brook K · May 26, 2005

Yimou is not a director I think about often, but I love several of his films. Good choice Jim!

*1. To Live - A (Beautiful and powerfully moving)
2. Raise The Red Lantern - A (ditto)
3. Not One Less - A (It's getting a little dusty in here)
4. Ju-Dou - A
5. Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles - A-
6. The Story Of Qiu Ju - B+
7. Curse of the Golden Flower - B+
8. Hero - B+
9. House Of Flying Daggers - B
10. Happy Times - B
11. Shanghai Triad - B-
12. The Road Home - C+

13. A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop - C+

Own: 1

Would love to see Red Sorghum

Kirk Tsai · May 26, 2005

Ranking:

1. Hero
2. Ju Do
3. Raise the Red Lantern
4. To Live
5. Red Sorghum (need to rewatch, memory is based on 6 years ago)
6. The Road Home
7. Shanghai Triad
8. House of Flying Daggers
9. Not One Less
10. Curse of the Golden Flower

Bill McA · May 26, 2005

Rated from (Own the VHS)

Seen 17
Own 10

Phil_La · May 30, 2005

House of Flying Daggers (2004) :star::star::star::star:
Hero (2002) :star::star::star:1/2
Shanghai Triad (1995) :star::star::star:
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) :star::star::star::star:
Ju Dou (1990):star::star::star::star:

Adam_S · Jun 3, 2005

Hero (2002) - :star::star::star::star:
To Live (1994) - :star::star::star:

Kristian · Jul 3, 2005

1. Hero
2. House of Flying Daggers
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3. Happy Times
4. Not One Less

ThomasC · Jul 26, 2005

out of :star: :star: :star: :star:

Red Sorghum :star: :star: :star:
To Live :star: :star: :star:
Hero :star: :star: 1/2
House of Flying Daggers :star: :star: :star:

Elizabeth S · Jul 26, 2005

Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Red Sorghum (1987)
Ju Dou (1990)
The Road Home (1999)
To Live (1994)
Shanghai Triad (1995)
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
Not One Less (1999)
Happy Times (2001)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Seen the above, in general order of preference. "Raise the Red Lantern" is far and above the best, though.

SteveGon · Feb 18, 2006

Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles ***1/2

Jim_K · Apr 15, 2006

Updated Master list...............................

Jim_K · Apr 24, 2006

Updated Master list...............................

Jim_K · May 20, 2006

Updated Master list...............................

SteveGon · Aug 24, 2006

Not One Less *** out of ****

Martin Teller · Nov 30, 2006

Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) - 6/10
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) - 8/10
House of Flying Daggers (2004) - 7/10
Hero (2002) - 6/10
Not One Less (1999) - 9/10
The Road Home (1999) - 6/10
To Live (1994) - 7/10
The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) - 10/10
Raise the Red Lantern (1991) - 8/10
Red Sorghum (1987) - 6/10

A few disappointments, but his work is usually beautiful and touching.

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