Yan Ni

Acting

Yan Ni

Born 1971-03-10 · Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Yan Ni (Chinese: 闫妮), born Yan Kaiyan, is a Chinese film and television actress. Most well known for her role as Tong Xiangyu in the hit sitcom My Own Swordsman. She works for the Television Art center of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yan Ni,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Monster Hunt poster
6.5

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

Monster Hunt

2015

Coming Home poster
7.3

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.

Coming Home

2014

True Legend poster
6.6

Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King of Beggars."

True Legend

2010

Kung Fu Dunk poster
6.0

Shi-Jie is a brilliant martial artist from the Kung Fu School. One day, he encounters a group of youths playing basketball and shows off how easy it is for him, with his martial arts training, to do a Slam Dunk. Watching him was Chen-Li, a shrewd businessman, who recruits him to play varsity basketball at the local university.

Kung Fu Dunk

2008

At Last poster
3.0

When a busy Beijing couple struggling with their relationship decide to holiday in Australia and focus on conceiving a baby, they suddenly find themselves caught in the middle of a complex art heist, leading them on a dangerous yet hilarious journey.

At Last

2020

The Wasted Times poster
6.9

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

The Wasted Times

2016

The Volunteers: Peace at Last poster
8.2

Set during the final phase of the War to Resist U.S. and Aid Korea, the film depicts the tense final battles and simultaneous peace negotiations leading to the armistice, capturing the spirit of perseverance and sacrifice on both the battlefield and the diplomatic front.

The Volunteers: Peace at Last

2025

Family At Large poster
5.3

The story follows an estranged father, nicknamed Reindeer, who is involved in a gruelling human trafficking run on China’s northeaster border with a young pregnant woman and a boy who has been kidnapped before.

Family At Large

2025

Papa poster
6.7

A father and mother rack their brains in order to help their son achieve early success in China's education system.

Papa

2023

The Great Magician poster
6.0

In the years after the Revolution, China broken up into fiefdoms held by warlords, who are busy fighting each other. One warlord has imprisoned a girl and wants her to be his seventh wife, but he's too honorable to force her. The local revolutionaries wants to kill him and bring back the republic. But when a stranger returns from abroad with mastery of magic to recover the girl he loved, who is tricking whom and who will win at the end?

The Great Magician

2011

My People, My Homeland poster
6.2

In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.

My People, My Homeland

2020

Our Shining Days poster
7.5

A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.

Our Shining Days

2017

Across the Furious Sea poster
6.3

A murder case reveals unknown secrets of the killer and the victim.

Across the Furious Sea

2023

Some Like It Hot poster
6.8

After the unexpected death of his best friend, a man examines his life and finds it incredibly lonely. Inspired by an encounter with a beautiful and sexy model, he embarks with his three friends on what turns out to be a crazy (and slightly stupid) endeavor on a path towards fulfillment.

Some Like It Hot

2016

Mural poster
5.3

Mural tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian, a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination. During this trip, Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land depicted therein. There he meets the fairies who inhabit this fantasy land and encounters love and hate.

Mural

2011

Every Dog Has Its Day poster
7.0

Old Lin, a retired steel mill veteran with mobility issues, lives a materially comfortable yet emotionally desolate life. His routine is unexpectedly disrupted when he crosses paths with Ma Teng, an idle drifter brimming with "useless knowledge" and a chronic habit of abandoning projects midway, during a botched caregiver interview. What begins as a comedic clash of misunderstandings evolves into an extraordinary companionship. Through their unlikely journey bridging generational and social divides, the mismatched pair transforms from chaotic strangers into mutual pillars of support. This transgenerational bond defying conventional boundaries of age and mortality becomes a profound testament to human resilience. In each other's flawed existence, they discover the courage to confront physical decline and mortality, ultimately unearthing the fortitude to embrace life's uncertainties with renewed bravery.

Every Dog Has Its Day

2026

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop poster
4.9

Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.

A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop

2009

All's Well, End's Well 2011 poster
5.0

Popular beautician Sammy (Louis Koo) has the good fortune of being hired as the CEO of a cosmetics company, but quickly finds that he has his work cut out for him when the female employees reject him outright.

All's Well, End's Well 2011

2011

Inseparable poster
6.1

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.

Inseparable

2012

So Long for Love poster
7.7

A small family, with the help of their four-legged companion, confronts their pain and finds the strength to embrace life once again. An adaptation of Wang Xiaolie’s novel.

So Long for Love

2023

“湾区升明月”2025大湾区电影音乐晚会 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

“湾区升明月”2025大湾区电影音乐晚会

2025

复仇的女人 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

复仇的女人

1992

Wished poster
7.1

An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical powers, offers to turn his life around by granting him 19 of his old wishes. He laughs her off, until even his old childhood wishes start coming true.

Wished

2017

Magic to Win poster
3.9

Nobody knows that Professor Hong Sum Kwai is actually the Water Magician, one of the five elemental wizards. One day, Hong accidentally loses his magical powers, which are transferred to his student Cheng Meisi. The girl happily uses the superhuman abilities she acquired by luck in life, at school, and on the volleyball court, but those powers also land her in trouble as a war of wizardry rages around her... Fire Magician Bi Yewu is desperate to turn back time to change a tragedy in the past, but to do so he needs to bring together the powers of all five elemental wizards. Wood Magician Gu Xinyue foresees catastrophe if time is warped, so he alerts the other wizards - including Earth Magician Ling Feng and Metal Magician Charlie - to join forces and prevent it from happening...

Magic to Win

2011