Tang Wei

Acting

Tang Wei

Born

1979-10-07 (47)

Place of birth

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Tang Wei (simplified Chinese: 汤唯; traditional Chinese: 湯唯; pinyin: Tāng Wéi; Korean: 탕웨이; born 7 October 1979) is a Chinese actress. She rose to international fame for her role in Golden Lion-winning Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee, for which she was banned by the Chinese government due to the explicit sexual nature of her performance, until her comeback in Crossing Hennessy in 2010. She gained further acclaim for her performances in Late Autumn (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), The Golden Era (2014), Long Day's Journey into Night (2018), Decision to Leave (2022), and Wonderland (2024). Tang is the first and only non-Korean to be honoured as the Best Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards (twi…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

Decision to Leave poster
7.3

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

Decision to Leave

2022

Wonderland poster
7.0

In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.

Wonderland

2024

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema poster
7.5

After the COVID-19 pandemic, Busan International Film Festival founder Kim Dong-ho, at eighty-five, picks up a camcorder for the first time and decides to make a documentary. His lens turns toward cinemas struggling through the crisis, as beloved theaters vanish amid dwindling audiences. Seeking to reconnect with old friends, "Mr. Kim" — now nearing ninety — travels the world to talk with filmmakers and cinephiles. Through these encounters, he reflects on cinema’s past and future, finding wisdom and resilience in a time of transformation. His journey becomes a meditation on change, memory, and the enduring spirit of film.

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

2026

The Wind, One Brilliant Day poster
NR

“The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine.” Last autumn, actress Tang Wei softly recited these lines in English while sitting beside director Ben Rivers on a fallen tree trunk in the outskirts of London. Together, they carefully searched for the poem's rhythm, as the wind rustled through the trees.

The Wind, One Brilliant Day

2026

2010s · 17 titles

Blackhat poster
5.5

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Blackhat

2015

Dragon poster
6.9

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Dragon

2011

Monster Hunt poster
6.5

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

Monster Hunt

2015

Long Day's Journey Into Night poster
7.0

Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.

Long Day's Journey Into Night

2018

Late Autumn poster
6.7

Anna learns in prison that her mother has passed away in Seattle. Prison officials grants Anna a three day furlough to attend her mother's funeral. Anna embarks on a long trip to Seattle. Hoon is a Korean immigrant who works as a gigolo. Hoon is now on the run from a wealthy client's furious husband. These two seemingly lost souls are about to share three memorable days together.

Late Autumn

2011

Finding Mr. Right poster
6.5

When Jiajia, a young woman in Beijing who lives a luxurious life provided by her wealthy boyfriend, gets pregnant, she goes to the United States, hoping that the baby will be born an American citizen. There she meets Frank who offers help and makes her think twice about who her Mr. Right really is.

Finding Mr. Right

2013

The Whistleblower poster
6.7

Following a fatal accident, a Chinese expatriate working for a mining company in Australia discovers that new technology developed by the company may be a health risk, and investigates a web of conspiracies in his search for the truth.

The Whistleblower

2019

Beginning of the Great Revival poster
4.7

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

Beginning of the Great Revival

2011

The Golden Era poster
6.7

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.

The Golden Era

2014

Finding Mr. Right 2 poster
6.0

Continuing the story of Beijing Meets Seattle I from 2013, the new movie has the couple fall in love again.

Finding Mr. Right 2

2016

Office poster
5.6

Two assistants, Lee Xiang and Kat, start new jobs at the financial firm Jones & Sunn. Lee Xiang is an earnest young man who naively enters the world of high finance with noble intentions. Kat on the other hand has a secret.

Office

2015

A Tale of Three Cities poster
6.7

A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.

A Tale of Three Cities

2015

Speed Angels poster
5.0

After being recruited by a race car driver coach, a female taxi driver joins the Speed Angels racing team.

Speed Angels

2011

Crossing Hennessy poster
6.4

Two shopkeepers are set up on a blind date by well-meaning relatives, despite the fact that they both have somebody else on their minds.

Crossing Hennessy

2010

Push and Shove poster
6.0

Yu Feng and Liang Liang's puppy gets gravely injured while defending them from the neighbour's large and aggressive Tibetan Mastiff. The arrogant owner of the Tibetan Mastiff, however, refuses to take responsibility, and the police aren't of much help since no people were hurt. When push comes to shove, Yu Feng vows to fight for justice for his puppy.

Push and Shove

2019

Only You poster
5.6

A woman, unhappy with her fiancé, travels to Italy to find her true love; and all she knows about him is his name.

Only You

2015

She Recognized the Storm: Xiao Hong and Her Golden Era poster
7.3

Documentary on the ups and downs of the female writer Xiao Hong's life experience, her works, her love and the golden era she lived in.

She Recognized the Storm: Xiao Hong and Her Golden Era

2014

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