Zou Jingzhi

Writing

Zou Jingzhi

Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

Zou Jingzhi, born in 1952, is from Nanchang, Jiangxi. Member of China Writers Association. Growing up in Beijing, he went to the Great Northern Wilderness to go to the countryside in 1969, and then transferred to Ruyang, Henan to join the team. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Central Television University in 1984.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Grandmaster poster
6.6

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

The Grandmaster

2013

One Second poster
7.3

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

One Second

2020

Coming Home poster
7.3

Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.

Coming Home

2014

To Each His Own Cinema poster
6.4

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles poster
7.1

Takada, a Japanese fisherman has been estranged from his son for many years, but when the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. Through a series of obstacles and relationships, he is brought unexpectedly closer to both an understanding of himself and of his son.

Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles

2005

Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit poster
3.7

In order to keep his promise to an aging kung fu master, Fu the Rabbit must venture out of the comfort of his kitchen and team up with Penny, a kung fu prodigy, on a heroic quest to save their kung fu academy.

Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit

2011

My Kingdom poster
4.6

In the 19th century, the Prince Regent of the Qing Dynasty orders the mass execution of the entire Meng clan. Before his beheading, the leader vows that his family will avenge this travesty of justice. Awaiting his death, a five-year-old Meng boy named Erkui bravely sings an aria. The power and purity of his voice touches the opera star Master Yu and his seven-year-old pupil Guan Yilong. Master Yu rescues the boy and the two orphans become brothers. Years later, Master Yu wins the coveted golden "The Mightiest Warrior" plaque from the Prince Regent, but subsequently loses it in a duel with his archrival Master Yue. Banished from the stage upon his loss, Master Yu spends his time training the two brothers in the village. When the boys grow into men, they set off for Shanghai to pursue revenge. Once they reach Shanghai, they quickly defeat Master Yue, reclaiming not only the plaque but also taking over the Yue's opera troupe.

My Kingdom

2011

Xuan Zang poster
6.8

Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.

Xuan Zang

2016

Enter the Forbidden City poster
8.0

During the dates of celebrating the Emperor's 80th birthday, an opera troupe from southern China was invited to come to Beijing to perform for the Emperor. Afterwards, the opera troupe was granted to stay in Beijing and became what we had known as 'Peking Opera' today.

Enter the Forbidden City

2019

When Love Blossoms poster
8.0

Qiang is a postman, secretly in love with his housemate Xia. One day, while working, Qiang comes across a theater company working on a play that will turn his life upside down: the story of a young girl saved from suicide by a postman.

When Love Blossoms

2018