Zhang Nuanxin

Directing

Zhang Nuanxin

Born — Died

1940-10-27 — 1995-05-28

Place of birth

Inner Mongolia, China

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Zhang Nuanxin (27 October 1940 - 28 May 1995) was a Chinese film director, and a leading figure of the Fourth Generation of Chinese directors. Her most famous film The Drive to Win won the 2nd Golden Rooster special awards. Nuanxin Zhang is also best known for her films Sacrifice of Youth, A Yunnan Story.

Known for

Behind the camera

Le palanquin des larmes poster
7.8

The story of three generations of a family in Shanghai against the backdrop of tumultuous times.

Le palanquin des larmes

1986

The Drive to Win poster
6.5

Sha Ou is a volleyball player and works hard against her injuries resulting from training. In spite of her defeat in an international competition and the the death of her boyfriend, she insists on her training.

The Drive to Win

1981

The Drive to Win poster
6.5

Sha Ou is a volleyball player and works hard against her injuries resulting from training. In spite of her defeat in an international competition and the the death of her boyfriend, she insists on her training.

The Drive to Win

1981

Good Morning Beijing poster
7.5

A Beijing bus driver is in love with a ticket-taker, but she becomes pregnant by a Singapore student.

Good Morning Beijing

1990

Li Siguang poster
NR

The biography of famous Chinese geologist Li Siguang.

Li Siguang

1979

1994: South China poster
NR

A melodrama about the return to class exploitation in a capitalist enterprise in a southern city. It was prohibited from screening in China.

1994: South China

1994

The Story of Yunnan poster
7.0

Raised in occupied Manchuria during World War II, young Shuzi is left behind when her father's regiment suddenly retreats. When she is captured on the Great Wall, she is protected by a Chinese officer whom she marries and accompanies to his village in Yunnan. Shortly after they arrive, he dies and leaves her with his compassionate mother and younger brother, who claims to be her husband now.

The Story of Yunnan

1993

The Story of Yunnan poster
7.0

Raised in occupied Manchuria during World War II, young Shuzi is left behind when her father's regiment suddenly retreats. When she is captured on the Great Wall, she is protected by a Chinese officer whom she marries and accompanies to his village in Yunnan. Shortly after they arrive, he dies and leaves her with his compassionate mother and younger brother, who claims to be her husband now.

The Story of Yunnan

1993

Sacrificed Youth poster
7.9

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

Sacrificed Youth

1985

Sacrificed Youth poster
7.9

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

Sacrificed Youth

1985