Lei Kesheng

Acting

Lei Kesheng

Born 1936-07-21 · Mouping, Shandong, China

Acting credits

The Story of Qiu Ju poster
7.3

When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, a peasant woman, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice.

The Story of Qiu Ju

1992

The Return poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Return

2019

Back to Back, Face to Face poster
8.3

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director.

Back to Back, Face to Face

1994

The Warring States poster
4.6

Rival Chinese military strategists Sun Bin (Sun Honglei) and Pang Juan (Francis Ng) clash in this historic war adventure set during the Era of Warring States.

The Warring States

2011

Ever Since We Love poster
5.3

To Qiu Shui, a young lad in his most hungry, curious, and restless 20s, the whole world feels a little erotic. Studying at China's top medical college, he can break down men's carnal impulses with solid human anatomy knowledge but can't grasp the inner desire that draws him to three disparate romantic interests-the fairy-like hometown first love, the marriageable college girlfriend, and the sensuous working woman.

Ever Since We Love

2015

The Tree In The Rain poster
NR

The movie is based on the true story of an official in Sichuan Province who died in the line of duty in 2011 when a flood struck his area.

The Tree In The Rain

2012

Lotus Lantern poster
7.7

A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.

Lotus Lantern

1999

Breaking the Silence poster
7.0

Gong Li stars in this low-key drama about a single mother who will do anything to provide for her son. Sun Liying (Li) struggles to care for her hearing-impaired child Zheng Da (Gao Xin) after her taxi driver husband divorces her. After Zheng Da gets his hearing aid smashed in a fight with classmates, Sun Liying sets out to raise 5,000 yuan (a small fortune) to buy him a replacement. A friend helps her set up an unauthorized bookstall, which soon gets raided by the police. Later she splits her time delivering newspapers and cleaning house for a rich businessman. This film was screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.

Breaking the Silence

2000

Massacre in Nanjing poster
NR

In December 1937, Imperial Japanese Army occupied Nanjing. Nanjing International Safety Zone became a safe haven amid massacres. Japanese officers sought to suppress reporting while the Chinese wanted to smuggle out the damning evidence.

Massacre in Nanjing

1987

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

The Night Robbery poster
7.0

Based on a true story about great robbery of the tombstone treasure in 1938, which marked the end of the King dynasty in China.

The Night Robbery

1989

He chu bu feng liu poster
10.0

Zhuang Li goes into business, is tempted away to a job created for her by a boyfriend and returns to her own business.

He chu bu feng liu

1983

The Gunmen poster
NR

After military training, new recruits Hao Bing and Xiao Cong join the elite “Sniper Company.” While Hao Bing’s relentless dedication to marksmanship earns him admiration, a crisis unfolds during a tense hostage rescue atop a roller coaster—forcing these sharpshooters to prove their grit under pressure.

The Gunmen

2002

Women from the Lake of Scented Souls poster
6.7

If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy and drinks; her son is blood simple. When Japanese investors provide capital to expand Xiang's business, she has the wealth to raise her social standing and buy a wife for her son, Dunzi. When money and a forceful personality fail to bend others to her will, including daughter-in-law Huanhuan, Xiang must find another way to tranquillity.

Women from the Lake of Scented Souls

1993

The Great Triumph poster
7.7

Several members of a Nationalist Chinese Army unit that is trapped between Japanese forces and another Chinese unit take revenge when their unit is almost wiped out.

The Great Triumph

1995

A Father with His Twenty-Five Children poster
8.0

Zhao Guang is a hard-working chicken farmer whose self-made life has led him to dedicate himself to running the orphanage at his native Chinese village. His success with children leads him to local celebrity status, including a speech on national television. When Zhao innocently announces that he hopes to be the father of all orphans, however, he finds himself flooded with scores of kids from all over the area looking for a dad. To save the village's honor and retain his model-citizen status, he has to watch over no less than twenty-five unruly children, each turning his life upside down.

A Father with His Twenty-Five Children

2003

太阳的味道 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

太阳的味道

1998

Unforgettable Life poster
7.0

After getting an abortion at a local clinic, unwed Beijing TV anchor Lu Yun decides to focus her next special report on women's reproductive issues, working at that clinic to research her topic.

Unforgettable Life

1988

Breakout Out Of A Death Camp poster
NR

Adapted from Zhou Meisen’s novella, this wartime drama follows Chinese POWs, Central Army scouts Tian and Liu alongside Eighth Route Army cavalry captain Meng and soldier Zhang, imprisoned in Japan’s “Death Camp No. 9.” Rival escape plots collide: Sichuan captain Lao Qi’s men tunnel through mine shafts even as Meng’s group plans their own breakout. Camp commandant Major Nagasaki appoints collaborators, tortures and exposes dissenters, and uses a comfort woman to bribe Liu. When guerrilla agent Zhang Mazi is executed, Meng and Zhang Dielong sacrifice themselves under blistering sun to save their comrades. Amid bayonet executions and armed revolt, the prisoners wage a final, desperate battle to smash the camp gates and reclaim their freedom.

Breakout Out Of A Death Camp

1993

四世同堂 全明星台湾首演版 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

四世同堂 全明星台湾首演版

2010

For Love with You poster
NR

The original intention of the film was that there were four young people who used the lens to record the real life of their grandparents. During the creation process, they learned about the current aging situation in China. There are too many elderly people who lack company. So they decided Use what I have learned to shoot this movie "Everything is Like You". From the perspective of young people, it tells ten stories about "old care, filial piety and respect for the elderly". Their actions have been strongly supported by the older generation of film artists. This shooting is an unforgettable creative journey and a cultural heritage with a mission.

For Love with You

2019

桃源镇 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

桃源镇

1996

现世活宝 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

现世活宝

1990

雷北利号沉没在印度洋 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

雷北利号沉没在印度洋

1985