Acting
Xie Yuan
Born — Died
1959-06-17 — 2020-08-18
Place of birth
Beijing, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
8.8The first Mandarin-language sitcom.
I Love My Family
1993
5.2Liu E, an orphaned girl, becomes the Empress of the Northern Song dynasty and a regent for the next Emperor.
Palace of Devotion
2021
7.6In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a brutal war of aggression against China. Xu Tian was a color-blind accountant in Shanghai with military training who decided to stay close to his mother after the death of his father. After an accident involving a group of patriots led by a friend of his late father, he was touched by the patriotic spirit. He used his sharp mind to help the patriots transporting important materials, which also drew the attention of Japanese occupying the city to himself. During this period, he befriended Jin, a conman-turned-businessman and Tielin, a police officer working in the Shanghai French Concession. At the same time, pharmacist Tian Dan rented a room in Xu's house after losing her parents in an incident Xu was deeply involved. On the backdrop of the national crisis, people were living their intertwined lives with their own agenda, be it for revenge, for duty, for self-interest, or for ideology.
The Red
2014
8.0No synopsis available yet.
闯关东2
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Seahorse Dance Hall
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
New Fortress Besieged
2019
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
2000s · 2 titles
1990s · 8 titles
6.8Taxi driver Xian Feng asks her husband Da Ming for a divorce. A legal technicality forces them to remain together.
Li hun da zhan
1992
8.0No synopsis available yet.
爱情傻瓜
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Hot Line
1991
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Comic Star
1991
6.2No synopsis available yet.
A Born Coward
1995
10.0The setting is a heavily wooded, bandit-infested mountain pass somewhere in northern China during the Sino-Japanese War. In a dilapidated church lives a sullen young woman and her ferocious mutt. Passing through are strong, silent traders and porters, to whom she dispenses food, foot care and occasional sexual favors. Following an attack by bandits, a brutish porter stays on to tend his injuries and make moves on the woman. She, meanwhile, has the mutual hots for another porter, the handsome, kindlier “Sixth Brother." As tensions rise between the two men, the Japanese arrive to take the place by force...
Black Mountain
1994
8.0No synopsis available yet.
无人喝彩
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
高朋满座
1991
1980s · 14 titles
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Reign Behind a Curtain
1983
7.0Winner of the Golden Rooster Award in 1982 for Best Film
Neighbours
1982
7.0An 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.
King of the Children
1987
7.0In 1949, a small Chinese fishing village populated almost entirely by women awaits the establishment of a government by the newly victorious communist regime. In addition to other worries, the villagers wonder how the government will react to their traditional customs, which decree that wives may only see their husbands three times a year, and the circumstances under which they are permitted to become pregant are very limited. In addition, those who are caught violating these rules are drowned. The almost exclusively female population of the village is explained by the fact that most of the male population died during an ocean storm. Winner of the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Film in 1989
The Village of Widows
1989
6.8A young woman is increasingly out of control with her determination to nail the man who raped her teenage sister.
The Price of Frenzy
1989
7.0No synopsis available yet.
心灵的呼声
1982
8.5A recruit grows up quickly in the army and becomes a mature soldier.
Ma Qiang a New Soldier
1981
NRThe story of a group of unemployed young people headed by Qiu Hua and the creation of woolen sweaters to overcome their difficulties
Road
1983
7.0Ding Jian arrives in Guangzhou and learns about city life.
Out of Breath
1988
7.0Beauty saloons compete with each other.
Zhenzhen Beauty Parlor
1986
NRSet in southern China during the Cultural Revolution, the film follows Jia Yimin, head of an Anti-Revisionist Hospital Revolutionary Committee, as he purges intellectual doctors and elevates politically favored but unqualified “young heroes.” He assigns Yao Yao, a cook with only days of veterinary training, to operate on a critical patient, resulting in a disastrous mistake. Though Yao Yao admits he is unfit and asks to return to the kitchen, Jia, driven by ambition, insists on remaking him into a “model doctor” and places him on another major case. When veteran surgeon Chang Chunlai is forced to step in and save the operation, Yao later causes another crisis by bringing the wrong medicine to the recovering patient, who falls into a coma. Faced with mounting consequences, Jia begins plotting his next move...
Dangerous Time
1986
7.0After getting an abortion at a local clinic, unwed Beijing TV anchor Lu Yun decides to focus her next special report on women's reproductive issues, working at that clinic to research her topic.
Unforgettable Life
1988
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Horse Galloping Toward Screen
1984
7.0In a small southern frontier town, an old man called “Nail Li” boasts about his chess skills by nailing a general piece to the board, challenging anyone to remove it. During this era, many young people moved to the countryside. The town’s new party secretary, played by Niu Ben, was angry after losing a game and sent his team to the city to find talents in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Wang Yisheng, a Beijing youth known as “The Chess Fool,” was mistakenly labeled a counter-revolutionary during the Cultural Revolution but was saved by those searching for him. Unconcerned about his destination, he was content with food and chess, saying, “What can relieve my worries? Only playing chess.” He became engrossed in the game, leaving memorable matches with various masters in the unfamiliar town.
Chess King
1988
Series credits
8.8The first Mandarin-language sitcom.
I Love My Family
1993
5.2Liu E, an orphaned girl, becomes the Empress of the Northern Song dynasty and a regent for the next Emperor.
Palace of Devotion
2021
7.6In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a brutal war of aggression against China. Xu Tian was a color-blind accountant in Shanghai with military training who decided to stay close to his mother after the death of his father. After an accident involving a group of patriots led by a friend of his late father, he was touched by the patriotic spirit. He used his sharp mind to help the patriots transporting important materials, which also drew the attention of Japanese occupying the city to himself. During this period, he befriended Jin, a conman-turned-businessman and Tielin, a police officer working in the Shanghai French Concession. At the same time, pharmacist Tian Dan rented a room in Xu's house after losing her parents in an incident Xu was deeply involved. On the backdrop of the national crisis, people were living their intertwined lives with their own agenda, be it for revenge, for duty, for self-interest, or for ideology.
The Red
2014
8.0No synopsis available yet.
闯关东2
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Seahorse Dance Hall
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
New Fortress Besieged
2019
6.7A young heir, burdened by his grandfather’s disgraced past, uncovers a major antique forgery scheme tied to a fake painting in the Forbidden City. Teaming up with unlikely allies, he dives into the shadowy world of counterfeit artifacts, racing against a powerful auction house to expose the truth and protect China’s cultural treasures.
Antique Bureau Midgame
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
无限生机
2005
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jade
2017
7.0No synopsis available yet.
古董局中局
2018
7.0During the Ming Dynasty’s Yongle reign, a series of mysterious crimes unsettle Zhejiang. Investigator Zhou Xin is tasked with uncovering the truth, bringing justice, and protecting the people. However, as he delves deeper, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of corruption and power struggles that threaten everything he stands for.
Postscript of Daming Procurator
2014
NRYang Guihua unexpectedly becomes village head and, determined to improve her village, works hard to secure a project and open a factory, overcoming resistance from rivals and a lack of support from her husband.
女人当官
2011
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Honey Bee Man
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Married But Available
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
He Ping's Golden Age
2014
8.0Pan Jun, a descendant of a famous physician from Chong Cao Medical Hall, meets the descendant hailing from the five great families from the Chong tribe. Together, they discover a trail leading to the hidden treasures of the Chong tribe. On their journey to retrieve these treasures, they undergo various adventures which leads them to discover the secrets behind these treasures dating back twenty years ago.
Insect Totem
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Perfect Couple
2017
8.5No synopsis available yet.
One Family in Shanghai
1991
NRFour well-developed and ambitious police school graduates, Ma Xiaoshuai, Ou Jie, Zhao Jiahui, and Yang Yiliu, push for their goals and fight against the struggles.
Sunshine Police
2020
NRA story that takes place during a time of economic reform in China and follows the little people and their struggles amidst a great era. Zhou Xiao Qiang has decided to ride the tide of economic reform. Starting out as a man who outwitted others for his own gain, he managed to build a small factory in the 80's. In the the 90's, he has created a garments empire. In the advent of a new millennia and the rise of e-commerce, he has steered his company into the international markets. However, the ups and downs of business does not come without a price. With the help of his wife Liu Li Xia, his close confidante Xiao Yao and his younger brother Zhou Da Chao, he faces the obstacles head on. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)
Years of Passion
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
爱你没商量
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Warm Village
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
日出
2002
NRIn 1920s Shanghai, private detectives Zhan Tianyuan and Liu Weiyi are torn apart after their shared love, Rong Shaojuan, dies during a case. Liu joins the police, while Zhan continues investigating. When socialite Xiang Jingrong disappears, her daughter Zhang Ziqing returns to seek help. As Zhan and Zhang uncover a web of crimes linked to crime lord Mr. Bai, their path converges with Liu’s official investigation.
Hunter Jame
2025
7.0No synopsis available yet.
My Enemy, My Neighbour
2019
NR"Xiaoyanglou", in the context of Tianjin, tells the story of the sorrowful joys and sorrows of the Tianjin business giant Sima Zuyin living in Xiaoyanglou from the late period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the four-year civil war, the establishment of the new China until the reform. The side shows the history of the Chinese nation's changing past half century. Through the depiction of the fate of the characters in the play, it outlines a period of ups and downs, outlines the life of the Chinese people connected with the blood in this era, and outlines the history and reality that both sides of the strait belong to the same China.
Small Western-style Building
2013
NRNo synopsis available yet.
富贵临门
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
回头是爱
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
清明酒家
2004
NRNo synopsis available yet.
野丫头
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
追杀横路靖六
2008
NRNo synopsis available yet.
我们的青春期
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
八九不离十
2016
NRNo synopsis available yet.
月供
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
风流怪才祝枝山
1990
