Gu Yue

Acting

Gu Yue

Born 1937-12-26 · Wuhan,Hubei Province,China

Gu Yue was a Chinese actor noted for his uncanny resemblance to Mao Zedong; he played the former Chinese leader 84 times from 1978 until his death.

Acting credits

The Birth of New China poster
6.1

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.

The Birth of New China

1989

Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi Shenyang Campaign poster
8.0

First part of the Decisive Engagement trilogy. Directed by Pingfen Li et al.

Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi Shenyang Campaign

1991

Crossing the Red Water Four Times poster
7.4

The Red Army and Nationalist forces battle over the Chishui River in 1935.

Crossing the Red Water Four Times

1983

Decisive Engagement: The Huai-hai Campaign poster
7.5

Winner of the Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1992

Decisive Engagement: The Huai-hai Campaign

1991

After the Final Battle poster
8.5

The life of senior Kuomintang generals inside the Gongdelin Prison in Beijing after losing the civil war.

After the Final Battle

1991

Decisive Engagement: Beiping-Tianjin Campaign poster
8.0

Winner of the Golden Rooster for Best Film in 1992

Decisive Engagement: Beiping-Tianjin Campaign

1992

The Xi'an Incident poster
7.7

Marshal Zhang Xueliang, Commander of the North Eastern Army, grows progressively disillusioned by Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek's policy to engage the Chinese Communist Party rather than fight the Japanese invaders which are occupying Manchuria. Despite numerous pleas, Chiang does not budge. After discussing with fellow general Yang Hucheng, the two take events into their own hands and place Chiang Kai-shek under arrest on December 12, 1936, forcing Chiang into a coalition with the CCP.

The Xi'an Incident

1981

Song of the chinese revolution poster
NR

The work consists of 6 large-scale dances, 4 sing and dance performances and a chorus. The music and dance epic also gathers colorful dances of China's nations.

Song of the chinese revolution

1986

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Turning: Push Forward into Mountain Da Bie Shan

1996

The Great Military March Forward: Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Military March Forward: Fight for Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou

1999

The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest poster
5.0

In the later stage of the Liberation War, with the victory of the three major battles over, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong made strategic decisions, ordering Liu Bocheng (played by Fu Xuecheng) and Deng Xiaoping (played by Lu Qi) to lead a group of the Second Field and Fourth Field to advance towards Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and annihilate the remaining enemies in the southwest. On his way south, Deng Xiaoping asked railway experts he met about the construction of the Chengdu Chongqing Railway and gave political education classes to the troops heading south in a timely manner, implementing Chairman Mao's great teachings of "carrying out the revolution to the end"...

The Great Military March Forward: Engulf the Southwest

1998

Mao Zedong and Edgar Snow poster
NR

Based on Edgar Snow's "Red Star Over China"

Mao Zedong and Edgar Snow

2000

Uncle Kurban Visits Beijing poster
NR

Kurban, a farmer from Hotan, visits Beijing.

Uncle Kurban Visits Beijing

2002

The Great Turning: Fighting Hard in Shan Dong poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Turning: Fighting Hard in Shan Dong

1996

The Mao Zedong Story poster
8.0

Gu Yue stars as Mao Zedong in this 1992 biographical drama, tracing his life from the late civil war years through the founding of the PRC to his later decades. Intimate vignettes capture his leadership, personal losses, family moments, and quiet humanity amid revolutionary triumphs. Directed by Han Sanping.

The Mao Zedong Story

1992

The Great Military March Forward: Liberate the Northwest poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Military March Forward: Liberate the Northwest

1996

风起云涌 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

风起云涌

2005

Chongqing Negotiations poster
7.3

After the defeat of the Japanese, the leadership of the Communist forces are invited by Chiang Kai-shek to "discuss the state of affairs" in Chongqing, with the goal of avoiding civil war.

Chongqing Negotiations

1993

A Century's Dream poster
NR

Story of the Three Gorges dam project on the Yangtze River.

A Century's Dream

1998

To Be with You Forever poster
NR

Recounts the experiences and deep feelings of two revolutionary predecessors, Li Fuchun and Cai Chang, for half a century, and eulogizes the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries.

To Be with You Forever

2000

彭大将军 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

彭大将军

1988

The Great Military March Forward: Pursue and Wipe Out in the South poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Great Military March Forward: Pursue and Wipe Out in the South

1997

肝胆相照 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

肝胆相照

1999

The Rising Sun and a Sudden Clap of Thunder poster
NR

Chinese movie

The Rising Sun and a Sudden Clap of Thunder

1997