Acting

Xiu Jian

Born 1964-03-25 · Beijing, China

Acting credits

The Persons Suffering from AIDS poster
7.0

Before dying from HIV, a man names three college girls that he had sexual relationships with while working at Southern University. A four-member special investigation team is formed to track them down

The Persons Suffering from AIDS

1988

Sleepless Town poster
7.4

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.

Sleepless Town

1998

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis poster
6.2

A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

1988

The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid poster
7.6

Kindaichi is off on yet another case, this time in Shanghai. When the father of a Chinese friend of the young Kindaichi is murdered at the circus, it is up to the ever-resourceful and clever young high-school detective to solve the case. But hidden in the background is the 4000 year-old legend of the Shanghai Mermaid.

The Files of Young Kindaichi: Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid

1997

A Great Wall poster
6.6

When computer programmer, Leo Fang, is passed up for promotion, he feels it is because he is Chinese, and quits. He takes his Chinese-American family to Mainland China to visit his relatives, the Chao's for a vacation. The clash of cultures, between the men, wives, and teenagers, leads to some confusion, and misunderstanding.

A Great Wall

1986

Circus Boys poster
7.3

Brothers Jinta and Wataru are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave and wanders the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with local yakuza, he's invited to join their ranks, where he makes the mistake of falling for a boss's mistress. Meanwhile, Wataru stays with the circus and works hard to regain its former glory

Circus Boys

1989

The Most Terrible Time in My Life poster
7.5

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

1994

Leave the Letter Here poster
NR

In 1983 Beijing, Shu Xiaocun bonds with homing pigeons "Marathon" and "Cinderella" through Yunzi, their owner. Enlisting as a signal soldier, he deploys the pigeons to relay orders at a remote outpost. After sacrificing himself to save a comrade, his red-star badge is sent via pigeon to Yunzi—sealing their unspoken camaraderie beyond life and duty.

Leave the Letter Here

1984

The Legend of Zipang poster
5.8

A samurai outlaw on the run with his motley clan falls for the bounty hunter who's trailing him to the untold riches of a mythical city of gold.

The Legend of Zipang

1990

Tokyo Skin poster
9.0

Amidst the swirl of Tokyo's seamy nightlife of designer drugs, casual sex, and American slang, Zhou turns 30. It's a spiritual crisis for this Chinese immigrant who quotes Confucius, this Lothario and con artist who fences stolen goods. He falls for Kyōko, a seemingly shy provincial woman looking for the man who jilted her sister.

Tokyo Skin

1996

My Heart Leaps Up poster
6.0

While working on clipart with her schoolmates, 17-year-old Beijing high school student Liu Weiwei develops a crush on her art teacher.

My Heart Leaps Up

2016

Neighbours poster
7.0

Winner of the Golden Rooster Award in 1982 for Best Film

Neighbours

1982

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