Directing
Chen Kaige
- Titles
- 41movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 6 main titles.
- Directed
- 35titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Farewell My Concubine90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.5average 2.6
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Warfare3.2average 1.2
- Pathos6.9average 5.2
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
- Spiritual3.4average 2.0
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.0, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.5
- Crime2.6, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Chinese Cinema 5
- Historical Epic 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Korean War 4
- Slow Burn 3
- National Pride 3
- Patriotism 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Family Drama 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Melancholy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Wang XueqiActorMonk Comes Down the Mountain, Yellow Earth, Sacrifice, Forever Enthralled, Caught in the Web
Zhu YawenActorThe Battle at Lake Changjin, The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge, The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: Peace at Last, 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, Temptress Moon, The Emperor and the Assassin, Yellow Earth, Forever Enthralled
Chen HongActorThe Promise, Forever Enthralled, Together, Caught in the Web- PPei XiaonanEditorFarewell My Concubine, Temptress Moon, Yellow Earth, Life on a String
- ZZhang KeWriterThe Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: Peace at Last, My People, My Country, The Volunteers: To the War
Gong LiActorFarewell My Concubine, Temptress Moon, The Emperor and the Assassin
Ge YouActorFarewell My Concubine, My People, My Country, Sacrifice
Arthur ChenActorThe Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: Peace at Last, Sacrifice
Zhang ZifengActorThe Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death, The Volunteers: Peace at Last, 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
Movies and TV shows
34Upcoming
2 titles
Swan Song
Director
Flowers from the Ashes
Director
2020s
6 titles · average score 60
70
The Volunteers: Peace at Last (2025)
Director, Writer
61
The Volunteers: The Battle of Life and Death (2024)
Writer, Director
64
The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge (2022)
Producer, Director
49
The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
Director, Executive Producer
Shu Zhen (2020)
Director
2010s
6 titles · average score 63
84
My People, My Country (2019)
Director
65
Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
Director, Writer
China's Megatomb Revealed (2016)
Director
48
Monk Comes Down the Mountain (2015)
Director, Screenplay
52
Caught in the Web (2012)
Writer, Director
66
Sacrifice (2010)
Director, Screenplay
2000s
12 titles · average score 63
63
Forever Enthralled (2008)
Screenplay, Director
Turandot (2008)
Stage Director
One 2008th (2008)
Director
65
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Director
Zhanxiou Village (2007)
Director
77
The Promise (2005)
Director, Writer
25
Killing Me Softly (2002)
Director
72
Together (2002)
as Professor Yu
100 Flowers Hidden Deep (2002)
Director
100 Flowers Hidden Deep (2002)
Director
100 Flowers Hidden Deep (2002)
Director
1990s
4 titles · average score 75
77
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
as Lu Buwei
65
Temptress Moon (1996)
Story, Director
90
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Director
69
Life on a String (1991)
Writer, Director
1980s
4 titles · average score 71
70
King of the Children (1987)
Director, Writer
56
The Big Parade (1986)
Director
86
Yellow Earth (1984)
Director, Screenplay
Forced Take-off (1984)
Director