
Acting
Asanali Ashimov
Born
1937-05-08 (89)
Place of birth
Байкадам, СССР (Казахстан)
Known for
Acting
Credits
38 titles
Asanali Ashimov is a legendary Kazakh actor, director, screenwriter, and educator. Born on May 8, 1937, in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, he graduated from the Kurmangazy Kazakh State Conservatory in 1961 with a degree in drama acting. Ashimov gained nationwide fame for his iconic roles in Kazakh cinema, including Kyz-Zhibek (1970) and the End of the Ataman series. He also directed several acclaimed films, such as Legendary Chokan (1985) and Wormwood (1986). Over his career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including the title of People's Artist of the USSR and Kazakhstan's Hero of Labor. A towering figure in Kazakh culture, Ashimov continues to inspire generations th…
Known for
8.0In the center of the plot of the film is the fate of a young girl Aigul. She works well in the collective farm fields, acts as a leader of the youth, dreams of creating her own folk theater in her native collective farm. The famous singer Dosai Nurlanov, by a misunderstanding, gets into the "Singing village" (this is the playful name of the collective farm) and becomes a witness to the growing culture of the village. This inspires him to become the head of the people's theater...
Song Calls
1961
6.1An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a Japanese businessman.
Trans-Siberian Express
1977
8.5After spending years in a notorious Thai prison, an enigmatic old man known as Mr. Ka returns to his homeland. His path crosses with Igor, a young man who becomes his accidental companion. Little did they know that this chance encounter would pull them into a web of dangerous international intrigue. To survive and protect Igor, Mr. Ka must use his lethal skills and sharp mind to unravel a deadly conspiracy, forcing his enemies to fall into their own traps.
Who Are You, Mr. Ka?
2010
5.0The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.
Crossroads
1963
NRAn old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also has two restless friends: Baybet and Saskebai, who were once in love with Kulpash. And then one day…
The Old Woman
2014
NRA television film about a famous scientist, traveler, and educator of the 19th century. About the life and work of Shokan Valikhanov— the first Kazakh scholar-educator, historian, ethnographer, and folklorist.
Shokan Valikhanov
1985
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 3 titles
8.5After spending years in a notorious Thai prison, an enigmatic old man known as Mr. Ka returns to his homeland. His path crosses with Igor, a young man who becomes his accidental companion. Little did they know that this chance encounter would pull them into a web of dangerous international intrigue. To survive and protect Igor, Mr. Ka must use his lethal skills and sharp mind to unravel a deadly conspiracy, forcing his enemies to fall into their own traps.
Who Are You, Mr. Ka?
2010
NRAn old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgali without malice. Kairgali has known his old lady, Kulpash, since high school. So they've been together for forty years. And maybe even more. Shorty also has two restless friends: Baybet and Saskebai, who were once in love with Kulpash. And then one day…
The Old Woman
2014
NRIn the boundless Kazakh steppe, in a house on a hill, old man Agatai lives. His beloved wife died a long time ago, they had no children, there were no relatives left. But Agatai does not give up, his life is full of worries and labors. He takes care of his modest household and, as best he can, protects and protects the expanse of the steppe, which he considers his homeland. And another good deed is done by an old man: he adopts a child who ran away from an orphanage, who accidentally wandered into a house on a hill.
Aruah
2018
2000s · 3 titles
NRThe film is based on the complex intersections of human destinies during the Patriotic War. The family of the headmaster of the school, Turlyzhan Zhanakov, with their participation and care for disadvantaged people, show the high moral values inherent in Kazakhs. The house by the salt lake became a home for immigrants and evacuees and became a kind of Noah's Ark for the post-war future.
The House by the Salt Lake
2004
NRThe third part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film is dedicated to the formation of the Ancient Russian state and Eurasian culture under the rule of Genghis Khan.
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter
2005
NRAt his father's funeral, the boy meets his uncle, who has been in prison for a long time, an unemployed and drunk man who came to say goodbye to his brother. Soon the boy learns that in fact his father is exactly this fallen man, who at one time left the family to his older brother. The newly-born father expels the boy's mother from the house. Unable to control himself, the child kills the offender.
Purely Kazakh History
2001
1980s · 7 titles
NRA television film about a famous scientist, traveler, and educator of the 19th century. About the life and work of Shokan Valikhanov— the first Kazakh scholar-educator, historian, ethnographer, and folklorist.
Shokan Valikhanov
1985
NRLittle Ergesh wants to help his sick grandfather buy expensive medicine. To earn the necessary money, he and the city guy Omash collect wormwood to deliver to the pharmacy.
Artemisia
1986
7.5In August 1945 Soviet agent Kasym-khan Chadiyarov (Asanali Ashimov) works undercover in Manchuria, impersonating a Japanese businessman Ishijima. His mission is to prepare forthcoming Soviet operations against the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Manchurian Variant
1989
9.0The film is about the heroic struggle of the Kazakh people against the hordes of bloodthirsty Dzungars and the victory over the Dzungars (XVIII century).
The Messengers Hurry
1980
8.0A historical drama set during the 1929 construction of the Turkestan–Siberian Railway, contrasting modernization with traditional life in the Kazakh steppe.
Turksib
1986
NRAfter a serious car accident, Kaysar, a driver, has his license suspended for five years and takes a job as a gamekeeper. A gang of local poachers tries to make a deal with him, but Kaysar proves incorruptible. Unable to catch them red-handed right away, he wins their trust, organizes a staged hunt, tips off the militia, and finally brings the criminals to justice.
Серебряный рог Ала-Тау
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Provincial Romance
1981
1970s · 8 titles
6.1An espionage thriller set aboard the train of the title. A group of agents try to thwart the Japanese-Soviet trade agreement by assassinating a Japanese businessman.
Trans-Siberian Express
1977
8.5Kyz-Zhibek - Kazakh poetic folk legend of the 16th century, tells about the period in the Kazakh nation when the people suffered from bloody feuds. In those times each province of the Kazakh nation had its own Khan and each tried to supersede the other. The love story of Tolegen, the brave warrior, and the beauty Zhibek ends tragically because of inter-family strife. Tolegen is foully murdered by Bekejan (the batyr, or nobleman, of the rival family), who earlier strived for the hand of Zhibek. Zhibek commits suicide after learning about the death of Tolegen.
Lady Zhibek
1972
5.4A Kazakh spy thriller: In 1921, at the height of the civil war, a Soviet officer is assigned to kill the ataman Dutov, a White collaborator. In order to get close to the ataman he infiltrates his gang.
The End of the Ataman
1970
8.0The student team arrived to spend their work semester at a virgin land collective farm with the motto of living and working by communal principles. However, even in a limited space and time, this proved to be challenging.
My Love Is in the Third Year
1976
5.0An exploration of “virgin soil” in Kazakhstan through the stories of a party worker, a agronomist, and the director of a state farm.
A Taste of Bread
1979
NRAsan works as a bulldozer operator on a road construction project. One day, during an explosion, he saves the geologist Krista from certain death...
The Falls
1973
6.7Based on Kyr Bulychev's Sci-Fi story, a man acquires the ability to throw objects with precision. He tries to become a basketball player.
A Shot or It All Started on Saturday
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Choice
1975
1960s · 7 titles
8.0In the center of the plot of the film is the fate of a young girl Aigul. She works well in the collective farm fields, acts as a leader of the youth, dreams of creating her own folk theater in her native collective farm. The famous singer Dosai Nurlanov, by a misunderstanding, gets into the "Singing village" (this is the playful name of the collective farm) and becomes a witness to the growing culture of the village. This inspires him to become the head of the people's theater...
Song Calls
1961
5.0The film tells about the ambulance doctor Galia Ismailova, her worries and joys.
Crossroads
1963
8.0About the secretary of the district committee of the party, Sabyr Bayanov, who at the beginning of his work deservedly won the authority and respect of people, and then, having become arrogant, he lost his sense of responsibility and turned into a bureaucrat.
In One District
1961
NRBai Nurtaza hopes to find in the young poet, ambitious and not indifferent to female beauty, a loyal ally in the fight against the Soviet government. Taking advantage of Musa's weakness, unable to resist temptations, he completely subordinates him to his influence...
Wings of Song
1966
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Boy!
1962
9.0Zhaukhaz leaves her father's house, as custom dictates and her stepmother wishes. Zhaukhaz does not love her future husband, but she does not dare to break the old custom. Zhaukhaz, along with her husband and his parents, lives in a remote high-altitude pasture. The entire family tends a flock of collective farm sheep. The daily life of the shepherd's family is harsh, and the work is monotonous: cleaning the kennels, feeding the sheep, and, on sunny and quiet days, taking them out for grazing. The winter house is surrounded by silence. Sometimes it seems scary. On one of those days, when she fell in love with a young machine operator from Tanabay's neighboring brigade, Zhauhaz realized how vast life was and how fragile the bonds of old customs that tied her to an unloved man were.
The Traces Go Beyond the Horizon
1965
NR1918. "I don't know," he said. Commissar Tokhtar Baitenov leads a detachment of Chekists, which is not numerous. The story of the film unfolds quickly, it is a typical "Ostern" — an oriental action movie: shooting, chase, dancing of beautiful girls, but at the same time, along the film line, there is a smell of mysterious gossip and repression with characters.
Worrisome Morning
1968
1950s · 2 titles
NRA film is based on the novel by a Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov. It shows Kazakhstan in 1916-1917 and how people reacted to tough times, the World War I and the ideas of the revolution and Bolshevism. Botagoz is a girl who never stopped believing in justice, despite numerous trials. She performed a heroic act and contributed to the battle against the White Guardsmen (Belogvardeytsi)
Botagoz
1958
NRThe builders of the hydroelectric power station face a difficult task: it is necessary to speed up the work in order to provide electricity to a number of other industrial facilities in the region. Construction managers are taking different paths to solving this problem.
On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh
1959
Behind the camera
NRA television film about a famous scientist, traveler, and educator of the 19th century. About the life and work of Shokan Valikhanov— the first Kazakh scholar-educator, historian, ethnographer, and folklorist.
Shokan Valikhanov
1985
NRA television film about a famous scientist, traveler, and educator of the 19th century. About the life and work of Shokan Valikhanov— the first Kazakh scholar-educator, historian, ethnographer, and folklorist.
Shokan Valikhanov
1985
NRThe film is based on the complex intersections of human destinies during the Patriotic War. The family of the headmaster of the school, Turlyzhan Zhanakov, with their participation and care for disadvantaged people, show the high moral values inherent in Kazakhs. The house by the salt lake became a home for immigrants and evacuees and became a kind of Noah's Ark for the post-war future.
The House by the Salt Lake
2004
NRLittle Ergesh wants to help his sick grandfather buy expensive medicine. To earn the necessary money, he and the city guy Omash collect wormwood to deliver to the pharmacy.
Artemisia
1986
7.5In August 1945 Soviet agent Kasym-khan Chadiyarov (Asanali Ashimov) works undercover in Manchuria, impersonating a Japanese businessman Ishijima. His mission is to prepare forthcoming Soviet operations against the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Manchurian Variant
1989
8.0About the tragic defeat of the popular uprising led by the young dzhigit Akhtam and the young beauty Mayimkhan. Events are developing at the beginning of the liberation struggle of the Uighur people against the Manchurian-Chinese enslavers. The middle of the XIX century.
The Year of the Dragon
1982


