Teng Wenji

Directing

Teng Wenji

Born

1944-11-08 (81)

Place of birth

Beijing,China

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

Known for

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up poster
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Documentary about China's film industry and the monumental changes in the past 40 years from beginning with propaganda films to the "5th generation" filmmakers and beyond, who embraced art and commercial films to make China the second largest box office market in the world after Hollywood.

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up

2018

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils poster
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A new young manager in a state-run restaurant finds his non-traditional approach to management is not popular with the older managers. Life has been frustrating for refreshment company worker Niu Hong, whose troubles only seem to double when he factors in his responsibilities as manager of the Chun City Restaurant. With help from his employees, Niu Hong vows to reform the business. But in the process, he ends up writing a whole new chapter into his otherwise humdrum life. Sun Chun and Yin Tingru co-star in foreign-language drama from director Teng Wenji.

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils

1983

Village in the City poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Village in the City

1982

Sunrise, Sunset poster
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Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.

Sunrise, Sunset

2005

Awakening poster
10.0

A disillusioned and lonely young man working for a foreign trade company finds his enthusiasm for life revived when he meets a young woman who seems to reflect the ideals and ambitions he once had.

Awakening

1981

Rhapsody of Spring poster
10.0

Tracing the fascinating, real-life saga of one of China's most revered composers, master storyteller Teng Wenji sweeps us into China's intellectual and artistic coming of age during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). As a young composer, Zhao Liming (Shao Bing) struggles with a constellation of opposing forces: personal ambitions vs. communal obligation, romantic love vs. loyal friendship, modern music vs. traditional.

Rhapsody of Spring

1998

Series credits

Behind the camera

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils poster
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A new young manager in a state-run restaurant finds his non-traditional approach to management is not popular with the older managers. Life has been frustrating for refreshment company worker Niu Hong, whose troubles only seem to double when he factors in his responsibilities as manager of the Chun City Restaurant. With help from his employees, Niu Hong vows to reform the business. But in the process, he ends up writing a whole new chapter into his otherwise humdrum life. Sun Chun and Yin Tingru co-star in foreign-language drama from director Teng Wenji.

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils

1983

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils poster
NR

A new young manager in a state-run restaurant finds his non-traditional approach to management is not popular with the older managers. Life has been frustrating for refreshment company worker Niu Hong, whose troubles only seem to double when he factors in his responsibilities as manager of the Chun City Restaurant. With help from his employees, Niu Hong vows to reform the business. But in the process, he ends up writing a whole new chapter into his otherwise humdrum life. Sun Chun and Yin Tingru co-star in foreign-language drama from director Teng Wenji.

A Symphony of Cooking Utensils

1983

Village in the City poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Village in the City

1982

Sunrise, Sunset poster
NR

Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.

Sunrise, Sunset

2005

Awakening poster
10.0

A disillusioned and lonely young man working for a foreign trade company finds his enthusiasm for life revived when he meets a young woman who seems to reflect the ideals and ambitions he once had.

Awakening

1981

Rhapsody of Spring poster
10.0

Tracing the fascinating, real-life saga of one of China's most revered composers, master storyteller Teng Wenji sweeps us into China's intellectual and artistic coming of age during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). As a young composer, Zhao Liming (Shao Bing) struggles with a constellation of opposing forces: personal ambitions vs. communal obligation, romantic love vs. loyal friendship, modern music vs. traditional.

Rhapsody of Spring

1998

At the Beach poster
7.0

"At he beach" - A hidden masterpiece: one part rural elegy, one part urban romance, forged together in an editing tour de force. Rarely screened in China or outside, this story of a fisherman’s daughter caught between factory work and feudal forced marriage is simply astonishing.

At the Beach

1984

Big Star poster
10.0

Actress Tingting and cinematographer Xizi fall in love and their careers flourish.

Big Star

1985

Big Star poster
10.0

Actress Tingting and cinematographer Xizi fall in love and their careers flourish.

Big Star

1985

The Kinship poster
9.0

Chen Yunxuan and his daughter Xiujuan escape from China to Taiwan in 1949 but leave Chen's pregnant wife behind. 30 years later Xiujuan meets her mother and a brother she never knew.

The Kinship

1980

The Thrill of Life poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Thrill of Life

1979

The Thrill of Life poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Thrill of Life

1979

Chess King poster
7.0

In 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

In the Remote Place poster
9.0

A tragic romance set in the Tibetan plateau.

In the Remote Place

1993

致命的一击 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

致命的一击

2001

Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth poster
7.0

A historical drama depicting the youth of Japanese Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher, Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi, as he travels to China's Tang Dynasty to study under Huiguo.

Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth

1991

Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth poster
7.0

A historical drama depicting the youth of Japanese Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher, Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi, as he travels to China's Tang Dynasty to study under Huiguo.

Mandala: Kobo Daishi Kukai in His Youth

1991

Rang shi jie chong man ai poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rang shi jie chong man ai

1987

Ballad of the Yellow River poster
7.3

Dang Gui saves a woman, Liu Lan and her daughter, who are running away from bandits. Dang Gui falls in love with Liu Lan, but she is taken by the bandits and Dang Gui must take responsibility for raising the girl.

Ballad of the Yellow River

1989

No artwork available
7.0

Chinese film directed by Wenji Teng.

A Story of Xiangxiang

1994