Directing
Zhang Junzhao
Born — Died
1952-01-01 — 2018-06-09
Place of birth
中国，北京
Known for
Directing
Credits
8 titles
Zhang Junzhao (Chinese: 张军钊; October 1952 – 9 June 2018) was a Chinese film director and screenwriter who was mainly active in the 1980s. A graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and a contemporary of acclaimed directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Junzhao was a prominent early member of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers. His 1984 film One and Eight is well known as the film that marked the advent of the Fifth Generation, while The Shining Arc (1988) was selected for competition for the Golden St. George award at the 1989 Moscow International Film Festival. Zhang Junzhao was born in October 1952 in Beijing, with ancestral roots in Henan province. He became involve…
Known for
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Blood from Mother's Hand
1992
6.0Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.
One And Eight
1983
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Come On, China
1985
10.0In 1948 the corrupt in-law of a newly appointed minister in the Nationalist government in Chongqing travels with the minister from Xinjiang with a collection of loot which attracts robbers.
Defying Death
1990
7.0On a cold night, psychology student Liu Kai took Jing Huan, a paranoid schizophrenia patient, to a mysterious frozen lake she had often dreamed of. The lake reflected an “8” shape, causing Jing Huan’s expression to change, unsettling Liu Kai. During an internship at a psychiatric hospital, Liu Kai’s classmate Xie Ni, who was in a relationship with him, became interested in Jing Huan, a former factory cashier who developed mental illness after embezzling funds. Xie Ni wanted to study Jing Huan’s condition for a thesis and asked Liu Kai to help her, even arranging for Jing Huan to stay at her home.
The Shining Arc
1989
NRRemnants of Taiping Rebellion plan and carry out an assassination aimed at a traitor.
The Loner
1986
Behind the camera
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Blood from Mother's Hand
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Blood from Mother's Hand
1992
6.0Director Zhang Junzhao's superbly tense revisionist war film (featuring striking cinematography from future Fifth Generation standard bearer Zhang Yimou) is widely considered to be the first work of Mainland Fifth Generation cinema.
One And Eight
1983
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Come On, China
1985
10.0In 1948 the corrupt in-law of a newly appointed minister in the Nationalist government in Chongqing travels with the minister from Xinjiang with a collection of loot which attracts robbers.
Defying Death
1990
7.0On a cold night, psychology student Liu Kai took Jing Huan, a paranoid schizophrenia patient, to a mysterious frozen lake she had often dreamed of. The lake reflected an “8” shape, causing Jing Huan’s expression to change, unsettling Liu Kai. During an internship at a psychiatric hospital, Liu Kai’s classmate Xie Ni, who was in a relationship with him, became interested in Jing Huan, a former factory cashier who developed mental illness after embezzling funds. Xie Ni wanted to study Jing Huan’s condition for a thesis and asked Liu Kai to help her, even arranging for Jing Huan to stay at her home.
The Shining Arc
1989
NRRemnants of Taiping Rebellion plan and carry out an assassination aimed at a traitor.
The Loner
1986
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Three Daring Daughters
1993