Cheng Zhi

Acting

Cheng Zhi

Born — Died

1926-02-03 — 1995-02-14

Place of birth

Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Zhi Cheng Zhi was born on February 3, 1926 in Wuchang, Hubei. Two years later he moved to Shanghai with his grandfather, tenth-ranking scholar. Grandfather was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, and seal engraving. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was the supervisor of the Yuelu Academy in Hunan. He has more than ten albums, and has compiled and published many representative works of the Tan School. He was employed as a librarian in the Shanghai Museum of Cultural History in the late 1950s. Young Zhi Cheng has loved Peking Opera since he was young. He returned to La Jinghu without a teacher at the age of six. He broadcasted on the radio at the age of eight and sang Peking opera. At the age…

Known for

Journey to the West poster
8.4

Journey to the West is a Chinese television series adapted from the classical novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CCTV in China on 1 October 1986. The series became an instant classic in China and is still being praised as the best and most authentic interpretation of the novel. Unadapted portions of the original story were later covered in the second season, which was released in 1999.

Journey to the West

1986

Night Inn poster
6.0

Night Inn (Chinese: 夜店; pinyin: Yè Diǎn) is a Chinese black-and-white film released in 1947, directed by Huang Zuolin and starring the popular Shanghai singer Zhou Xuan. The film is based on the Chinese theatrical adaptation of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths by playwright Ke Ling. The play and the film were both banned in China during the Cultural Revolution but were popular in the post-Mao period.

Night Inn

1947

Long Live the Mistress! poster
7.5

A man who becomes wealthy starts to have an affair and though his wife knows of it, she says nothing. Soon, the affair starts to have consequences and his business falls apart while the man’s sister starts to have a relationship with the brother of his wife.

Long Live the Mistress!

1947

The Red Detachment of Women poster
6.6

Wu Qionghua, a house maid, is abused by a cruel warlord until she joins a troop of women soldiers.

The Red Detachment of Women

1961

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man poster
8.4

Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a primary school principal widowed at a young age, raises his children alone. His close friend's daughter, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), whom he hasn't seen for many years, begins working at the primary school through his introduction. Chen Shaochang's son, Jianzhong (Han Fei), and daughter-in-law, Feng Lijun (Li Huanqing), consider Chen's job undignified. After retiring, he is filled with melancholy, understood only by Minhua. Although their relationship deepens, they must contend with the ethical and social norms of Republican-era Shanghai.

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man

1949

笑出来的眼泪 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

笑出来的眼泪

1988

Film credits

1980s · 11 titles

笑出来的眼泪 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

笑出来的眼泪

1988

Shen mao yu tie zhi zhu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shen mao yu tie zhi zhu

1989

The Horror Night poster
8.0

The story takes place in the pre-liberation southwestern borderlands, where two well-dressed young men are welcomed on a winding path in the deep mountains. They are Qi Yuanjing and Zhou Luo, spies sent by the police department, disguised as merchants to find out the reality of a group of cunning bandits. As twilight approaches, the two men make their way to the secluded Purple Cloud Taoist Temple. The Taoist master, Shou Jing, shows the two of them in, but the meticulous Qi Yuanjing discovers a series of suspicious things inside the Taoist temple. The Taoist master blinks at the queries raised by Qi. Before long, they saw horrific ghostly figures in a nearby attic. According to the Taoist priest's account, a tragic war once took place here two hundred years ago, so whenever it rained, ghosts would come out and roam around.

The Horror Night

1988

What Is Love? poster
NR

Set in the period just after ten years of chaos, several love stories associated with the tourists on a bus indicate more meanings of love.

What Is Love?

1980

愁眉笑脸 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

愁眉笑脸

1984

多情的帽子 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

多情的帽子

1986

男女有别 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

男女有别

1988

Feng liu ju zhang poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Feng liu ju zhang

1985

Kai qiang, wei ta song xing! poster
10.0

In 1942 the cover of a Communist Party of China agent in Japanese intelligence in Shanghai must be protected.

Kai qiang, wei ta song xing!

1982

Romance of a Calligrapher poster
8.0

Love story of a young calligrapher and the daughter of a supreme government official in ancient China.

Romance of a Calligrapher

1982

齐天乐春节晚会 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

齐天乐春节晚会

1987

1950s · 17 titles

The Letter with Feathers poster
7.5

Twelve-year-old Hai Wa sends a secret letter containing Japanese military information to the Eight Route Army during the anti-Japanese war.

The Letter with Feathers

1954

Cowboy Joining the Army poster
6.0

The story of fifteen-year-old shepherd Gu Xiao, who ran away from his landlord to the mountains. There he met scouts from the People's Liberation Army and helped them find the right path. The shepherd then took part in an important combat operation. For his courage and resourcefulness, Gu Xiao was enlisted into the ranks of the soldiers at the request of the company.

Cowboy Joining the Army

1958

Ride the Wind and Break the Waves poster
8.0

After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways.

Ride the Wind and Break the Waves

1958

Caravans with Ring poster
6.0

The government sends caravans to Miao villages periodically to provide goods which facilitate the folks. A detachment protects the caravans from robbery.

Caravans with Ring

1954

Family poster
7.8

Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of the twentieth century. The story focuses on three brothers and how they respond to the expectation that they will each marry women whom their grandfather has selected for them. The lure of family money on the one hand and modern individualism on the other plays out differently among the young men. Critics consider this movie an indictment against feudal ideas.

Family

1957

Lalan and Dongdong poster
4.0

Kind people help bring little Lan-Lan and her brother Dong-Dong to Beijing to their parents.

Lalan and Dongdong

1958

The Old Man and the Fairy poster
NR

The story about an old man and a peony fairy.

The Old Man and the Fairy

1956

The Old Man and the Fairy poster
NR

The story about an old man and a peony fairy.

The Old Man and the Fairy

1956

A small story in a big storm poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A small story in a big storm

1958

Li Shizhen poster
8.0

This biography film is based on the life of the real historical figure Li Shizhen.The story focuses on the social injustices suffered by Li as well as the difficulties he overcame in writing the famous Encyclopedia of Herbs.

Li Shizhen

1956

Iron Bars and Blazing Fire poster
8.0

About the Chinese communists who fought boldly and selflessly against the Kuomintang.

Iron Bars and Blazing Fire

1958

Underground Route poster
NR

The Min River is crucial for Fujian Province’s economy. In 1947, Lin Sen Guan, a Communist Party member and driver of the “Fuzhou” steamship, smuggled weapons and radios to a guerrilla base with fellow party members. The enemy, led by transportation inspector Wang Xun, sent spy Li Boguang to monitor them. Lin Sen Guan tricked Li Boguang, but the spy later discovered the weapons. Lin Sen Guan pushed him into the water, witnessed by helmsman A Wang, who refused to reveal the truth despite enemy pressure. The underground party decided to transport remaining weapons to the guerrilla zone. The “Fuzhou” set sail, followed by enemy ships. Near Luohan Tan, a guerrilla team unloaded the weapons. The enemy opened fire, but A Wang steered the “Minh River” into an enemy vessel, causing mutual destruction. The weapons reached the guerrilla zone, and Lin Sen Guan continued their underground efforts.

Underground Route

1959

Railroad Guerrilla poster
6.4

This movie is based on the true story, which happened in Shan-Dong Province of China during World War II. It is based on a collection of memoirs of the guerrilla members. Due to the fact that it happened during World War II and there was not much secrets, this movie is that it was more realistic than other movies in that many real names were used, and the actual site was not changed either like other war movies of the time. The drawback of the movie was that in the latter stage of World War II, the guerrilla force was developed into an impressive 400 plus members from its original beginning of 3, and it launched many major offensives against the enemy, but this part was not shown. The movie only concentrated on the time there were only several dozen members.

Railroad Guerrilla

1956

Hasen and Jiamila poster
NR

Hasan and Kamila, natives of Xinjiang, one of China's provinces, have loved each other for a long time. But many obstacles stand in the way of their happiness. The fact is that the son of a local wealthy man has decided to take Kamila as his wife against her will. It is difficult to fight such an all-powerful rival! And the heroes have to leave their native places and hide from their pursuers for a long time. Having joined the ranks of the People's Liberation Army, Hasan fights for lasting happiness not only for himself, but for his entire people.

Hasen and Jiamila

1955

Fu Shi poster
9.0

During the war against Japan, a young woman fell into the enemy's spy organization, and engaged in a series of espionage activities, before being inspired by members of the Communist Pary.

Fu Shi

1950

This Life of Mine poster
7.4

Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family.

This Life of Mine

1950

Desert Chasing Bandits poster
NR

A squad of PLA traces bandits in the desert.

Desert Chasing Bandits

1959

1940s · 6 titles

Night Inn poster
6.0

Night Inn (Chinese: 夜店; pinyin: Yè Diǎn) is a Chinese black-and-white film released in 1947, directed by Huang Zuolin and starring the popular Shanghai singer Zhou Xuan. The film is based on the Chinese theatrical adaptation of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths by playwright Ke Ling. The play and the film were both banned in China during the Cultural Revolution but were popular in the post-Mao period.

Night Inn

1947

Long Live the Mistress! poster
7.5

A man who becomes wealthy starts to have an affair and though his wife knows of it, she says nothing. Soon, the affair starts to have consequences and his business falls apart while the man’s sister starts to have a relationship with the brother of his wife.

Long Live the Mistress!

1947

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man poster
8.4

Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a primary school principal widowed at a young age, raises his children alone. His close friend's daughter, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), whom he hasn't seen for many years, begins working at the primary school through his introduction. Chen Shaochang's son, Jianzhong (Han Fei), and daughter-in-law, Feng Lijun (Li Huanqing), consider Chen's job undignified. After retiring, he is filled with melancholy, understood only by Minhua. Although their relationship deepens, they must contend with the ethical and social norms of Republican-era Shanghai.

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man

1949

The Watch poster
NR

A street-wise and tough orphan called Maverick is arrested for a petty theft and sent to an orphanage, but succeeds in concealing a watch he had stolen from an old shopkeeper just before his arrest. At the orphanage, he is recruited by a crooked warder for further and more serious crimes. But when two more children are admitted to the orphanage -- a boy called "Fatty" and a girl called "Little Mouse" -- he makes the first friends he has ever had. But when Maverick learns the girl is the granddaughter of the old shopkeeper he stole the watch from, and what ruin it brought to her family, he has a crisis of conscience.

The Watch

1949

表 poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

表

1949

Bright Day poster
NR

The great Chinese star Shi Hui stars as an energetic lawyer fighting for the good of his neighbors in this stirring, almost Capra-esque drama from Cao Yu, one of China’s most important twentieth-century playwrights.

Bright Day

1948

Series credits