Guan Zongxiang

Acting

Guan Zongxiang

Born — Died

1922-12-01 — 2023-01-13

Place of birth

Pingyi, Shandong province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

1990s · 6 titles

Demon Emperor Cheng Yao Jin poster
5.0

Cheng Yaojin was the legendary hero in the Sui-Tang Dynasty, and this movie was about his fantastic legend.

Demon Emperor Cheng Yao Jin

1990

Eight Diagram Cudgel poster
9.0

Fifth brother is separated from his kin whilst fighting the marauding Lao, and is nursed back to health in a monastery. He is befriended by Grinder, a monk whose job is to mill wheat. Fifth brother assumes the name of Ming Sau, and works on improving his fu. He is alternately helped and distracted by pretty Yue Lan. Meanwhile, the treacherous Lao continue their plans for conquest.

Eight Diagram Cudgel

1990

A Monk in the City poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Monk in the City

1991

Huang tang shi jian poster
8.0

Adapted from Zhang Yu's "The Appendix" and Chen Jun's "A Boring Story," the story revolves around Zhao Youliang, the mayor of a certain city, who holds significant power. However, his actions are constantly monitored closely by his secretary and wife, with the best intentions, making it difficult for him to act freely according to his own will, which distresses him. To implement the higher authorities' instructions for clean and honest governance, he begins to act alone frequently, wandering the streets and alleys like an ordinary citizen. He feels relaxed and enlightened, gaining insights he couldn't obtain from sitting in his office.

Huang tang shi jian

1990

After Divorce poster
8.0

This movie made in the 1990's emphasize the urgent need of the legal reform regarding the divorce law, just like the Huge Battle of Divorce (1992), and the difference is that the hidden theme of this movie is concentrated on the settlement after the divorce while the Huge Battle of Divorce (Li Hun Da Zhan) concentrated on the process.

After Divorce

1992

九千六百万双眼睛 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

九千六百万双眼睛

1990

1980s · 14 titles

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain poster
8.4

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain is a 1984 Chinese film about the life of the soldiers in a PLA army company before, during and after the Sino-Vietnamese War.

Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain

1984

Moon Crescent poster
9.0

A young woman in the 1920s has a hard life and learns sympathy for her own mother's situation.

Moon Crescent

1986

Rickshaw Boy poster
8.2

Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of dystocia later. After her death, another girl, Xiao Fuzi, falls in love with Xiang Zi but they are separated by poverty. Xiang Zi works very hard in order to change his life, only to find that Xiao Fuzi is dead just as he begins to be hopeful for their future. Finally, Xiang Zi, an unflinching man, surrenders to that dark society.

Rickshaw Boy

1982

Jing du qiu xia poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Jing du qiu xia

1987

Mysterious Buddha poster
7.0

The film tells the story of a group of patriots, represented by Master Hai Neng, Mengjie, and Situ Jun, protecting Buddhist treasures in Leshan on the eve of liberation.

Mysterious Buddha

1980

Bao shi fu zi poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

Bao shi fu zi

1983

Haunting Soul from the Dark Building poster
5.5

One of the few and of the better Chinese horror movies. The plot revolves around the ghost of a murdered girl, who haunts a creepy, retro basement. A sound technician and an actress encounter her unhappy soul when the come to the film in the now cobweb ridden, dilapidated building.

Haunting Soul from the Dark Building

1989

木屋 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

木屋

1984

良宵血案 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

良宵血案

1988

A Girl from Hunan poster
5.3

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected to honour tradition and to toe the line so far as social proprieties are concerned, but the young girl rebels against the edicts of her elders until at 16, she falls in love with another man.

A Girl from Hunan

1986

Xu Mao he ta de nü er men poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Xu Mao he ta de nü er men

1981

天音 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

天音

1987

Legend of the Theatrical Troupe poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Legend of the Theatrical Troupe

1982

Shang shi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shang shi

1981

1950s · 6 titles

沙家店粮站 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

沙家店粮站

1954

Ingeniously Taking Mount Hua poster
10.0

After the major campaigns, the Liberation War’s focus shifted to the northwest. Hu Zongnan retreated south, and Fang Zhiqiao led his remnants to Mount Hua, known for its rugged terrain. Fang deployed forces at key passes, but a military intelligence officer, with herbalist Chang Shenglin’s help, cut off enemy communication by reaching the North Peak. A political offensive led to the surrender of the enemy at Qianshi Zhuang, controlling all passages between the North and West Peaks. Trapped, Fang Zhiqiao’s troops, with shattered morale, launched a futile counterattack, leading to his despairing lament.

Ingeniously Taking Mount Hua

1953

New Year Sacrifice poster
6.1

In a mountain hamlet in eastern China, a poor woman faces trial after trial. Sold into marriage as a child, she is left a young widow and enslaved by her mother-in-law, who sells her to a poor peasant. Her second marriage turns out to be happy until fate takes away her husband and son. Now seen as a bearer of bad luck, she becomes a social outcast.

New Year Sacrifice

1956

New Heroes and Heroines poster
NR

During the early War of Resistance Against Japan in Baiyangdian, Hebei, the Yanling Squad, led by Communist Party member Hei Lao Cai, conducted effective guerrilla warfare. Yang Xiaomei, fleeing abuse from her husband Zhang Jinlong, joined the squad and developed feelings for farmer Niu Dashi. Zhang Jinlong, unable to change, defected to the Japanese. As Japanese sweep operations intensified, Xiaomei, Dashi, and Zhang Jinlong faced different paths in the conflict.

New Heroes and Heroines

1951

The Sorcery poster
NR

Farmer Kang You's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child. Because she was delivered using the old method, she contracted postpartum wind and the child became ill. Kang You went to ask the witch god, but the witch god's child was also sick. The witch god himself did not deceive himself. He gave the child to He went to the medical clinic for treatment and was cured without spending any money. But he himself went to Kang You's house to perform the magic dance. As a result, the adult's illness became more and more serious and the child was tortured to death.

The Sorcery

1950

赵小兰 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

赵小兰

1953

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