Yang Yu

Acting

Yang Yu

Born 1930-10-04 · Yantai, Shandong province, China

Acting credits

Song of Youth poster
6.4

Adapted from a novel of the same title, this film depicts a young woman’s transformation from housewife to loyal Communist. This process is presented as “natural” – possessed of inherent logic rather than merely “incidental”. Hence, the film is really about Communist revolution that won over the hearts and minds of Chinese youth.

Song of Youth

1959

The Bridge poster
5.8

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

The Bridge

1949

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

Fei yue tian xian poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fei yue tian xian

1959

Di er ge chun tian poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Di er ge chun tian

1975

Pioneers' Footprints poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pioneers' Footprints

1983

Little Bell poster
6.0

Xiaoman and his younger sister Xiaojia picked up a curtain puppet named "Little Bell" on the road. The younger sister Xiaojia considered that Little Bell might still have performance tasks, and suggested returning it to the puppet troupe immediately.

Little Bell

1964

Tiger Heroes poster
5.0

1950, PLA scout Tai Zeng disguises himself as a Taiwan agent to defeat the bandits in West Guangxi province.

Tiger Heroes

1958

Days in the Water poster
6.0

At a 1930s swimming match, a Chinese champion is forced to lose to his American rival. Later, the Chinese champion's son, another potential champion, is torn between the rigours of training and the lure of romance.

Days in the Water

1960

Counterattack poster
NR

Shot during 1976 to support the policy of Gang of four. The film wasn't released through normal distribution channels but shown as a cautionary example to criticize.

Counterattack

1976

Daughters of China poster
5.4

Women play a heroic role in the Volunteer Army fighting the Japanese in the puppet state of Manchukuo.

Daughters of China

1949

Bao feng zhou yu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bao feng zhou yu

1961

A Revolutionary Family poster
5.8

At the age of 16 Zhou Lian, who lost her parents at the age of two and was raised by a stepmother, marries Jiang Mei, a progressive young man from Changsha No. 1 Normal School. Jiang Meiqing has also lost both of his parents. The couple has two sons, Liqun, Xiaoqing and daughter Xiaolian. The film follows the family through turbulent times from 1924 to 1930.

A Revolutionary Family

1961

A Hand Cuffed Passenger poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Hand Cuffed Passenger

1980

Huo hong de nian dai poster
8.0

A steel plant staff is in conflict over whether to use domestic materials or continue importing from the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union adopts an anti-Chinese position in 1972.

Huo hong de nian dai

1974

New Heroes and Heroines poster
NR

During the early War of Resistance Against Japan in Baiyangdian, Hebei, the Yanling Squad, led by Communist Party member Hei Lao Cai, conducted effective guerrilla warfare. Yang Xiaomei, fleeing abuse from her husband Zhang Jinlong, joined the squad and developed feelings for farmer Niu Dashi. Zhang Jinlong, unable to change, defected to the Japanese. As Japanese sweep operations intensified, Xiaomei, Dashi, and Zhang Jinlong faced different paths in the conflict.

New Heroes and Heroines

1951

Gold and Sand poster
NR

Based on Zhu Dao-Nan's memoir "In the Flood of the Great Revolution", the film reproduces the historical picture of the changing circumstances of China before and after the Great Revolution through the pursuit, struggle and differentiation of young intellectuals such as Jin Gong-Shou, Gu Da-Ming, and Yang Ru-Kuan in the revolutionary tide.

Gold and Sand

1966

Furious Sea Light Cavalry poster
10.0

A film about the expulsion of the Kuomintang from the coastal islands of the People's Republic of China. In the early 1950s, with the aim of liberating Woyushang Island, the naval base headquarters sent the Third Artillery Squadron, commanded by Longjiang Li, to reconnoiter the enemy's firepower deployment. With the help of local fishermen, they defeated two enemy reconnaissance groups, demoralizing the enemy. The enemy transport ship left Chinese territorial waters. The political instructor led the artillery squadron to intercept the enemy ship to prevent it from bringing in reinforcements. As a result, the navy and air force launched a coordinated operation and liberated Voyushang Island.

Furious Sea Light Cavalry

1955

大海风 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

大海风

1993

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

Actor poster
NR

"Actor" is China's first documentary film to explore the virtues and skills of actors. The film takes the "Twenty-Two Big Movie Stars of New China" as the starting point. It will explore the film experience and artistic achievements of the older generation of artists, explore their insights and thinking about the profession of actors for more than half a century, and pay tribute to the century-old Chinese film with the classic film images they created.

Actor

2021

Behind the camera