Directing
Chen Kaige
- Titles
- 39movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 4 main titles.
- Directed
- 33titles as director
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Yellow Earth86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Warfare3.7average 1.2
- Politics5.1average 2.6
- Pathos7.0average 5.2
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
- Wonder5.0average 3.4
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
- Catharsis6.1average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.4
- Crime2.6, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 5
- Chinese Cinema 5
- Korean War 4
- Patriotism 4
- Historical Epic 3
- Intense Action 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Slow Burn 3
- Political Intrigue 2
- Epic Warfare 2
- Sacrifice 2
- Visual Spectacle 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Wang XueqiActorMonk Comes Down the Mountain, Sacrifice, Yellow Earth, Forever Enthralled, The Big Parade, +1 more
Zhu YawenActorThe Battle at Lake Changjin, The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge, The Volunteers: Peace at Last, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: To the War- LLi DianshiEditorLegend of the Demon Cat, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: To the War, Caught in the Web, Shu Zhen
Zhao JipingComposerFarewell My Concubine, The Emperor and the Assassin, Temptress Moon, Yellow Earth, Forever Enthralled
Chen HongActorThe Promise, Together, Forever Enthralled, Caught in the Web- PPei XiaonanEditorFarewell My Concubine, Temptress Moon, Yellow Earth, Life on a String
- ZZhang KeWriterThe Volunteers: Peace at Last, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, My People, My Country, The Volunteers: To the War
Wu JingActorThe Battle at Lake Changjin, The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death
Zhang ZifengActorThe Volunteers: Peace at Last, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: To the War
Arthur ChenActorThe Volunteers: Peace at Last, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, Sacrifice
Zhang FengyiActorFarewell My Concubine, The Emperor and the Assassin, Sacrifice
Ge YouActorFarewell My Concubine, My People, My Country, Sacrifice
Movies and TV shows
40Type
Upcoming
2 titles
Director
Director
2020s
8 titles · average score 60
TV show · as 艺术长青特别贡献
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
Producer, Director
Executive Producer, Director
TV show
Director
2010s
9 titles · average score 50
Director
TV show
Director, Writer
Director
Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
TV show
Director, Screenplay
2000s
12 titles · average score 62
as Feng Yuxiang
Director, Screenplay
Stage Director
Director
Director
Writer, Director
Director
as Professor Yu
Director
TV show · as 府衙差官
1990s
4 titles · average score 74
as Lu Buwei
Director, Story
Director
Director, Screenplay
1980s
5 titles · average score 74
Writer, Director
as Captain of Imperial Guard
Director
Screenplay, Director
Director