Ge You

Acting

Ge You

Born 1957-04-19 · Beijing, China

Acting credits

Farewell My Concubine poster
7.9

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Farewell My Concubine

1993

To Live poster
8.1

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as their personal fortunes move from wealthy landownership to peasantry.

To Live

1994

Let the Bullets Fly poster
7.8

When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.

Let the Bullets Fly

2010

The Dream Factory poster
7.1

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

The Dream Factory

1997

My People, My Country poster
6.6

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

My People, My Country

2019

Cook Up a Storm poster
7.5

An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West.

Cook Up a Storm

2017

Cell Phone poster
6.1

Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.

Cell Phone

2003

Elopement poster
10.0

Young people are successful in challenging the traditional custom of arranged marriages in Taohuagou village in the Zhongyuan mountains.

Elopement

1988

The Founding of a Republic poster
5.3

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

The Founding of a Republic

2009

The Wasted Times poster
6.9

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

The Wasted Times

2016

The Ozone Layer Vanishes poster
4.0

A couple (Zhang Jingsheng & Lu Liping) robbed the money train for money, causing a canister truck carrying highly toxic drugs to leak gas and eventually burn through the ozone layer. At the same time, the boy (Zhang Ning) who was resting at home due to his illness suddenly found that he could understand the language of his good friend, Big White Cat. The big white cat told him that this serious accident, if not stopped in time, the living things on the earth will eventually perish. However, adults are so busy running for money that they do not believe what boys and animals say.

The Ozone Layer Vanishes

1990

The Banquet poster
6.1

Crown Prince Wu Luan is in love with Little Wan but left heartbroken when she marries his father, the emperor. The emperor's brother, Li, kills him and Wu Luan tries to avenge his father's death.

The Banquet

2006

Sheng xia and her fiance poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sheng xia and her fiance

1985

A World Without Thieves poster
7.3

A con-team couple head west after taking a city businessman for his BMW. But an encounter with a naive young carpenter traveling home with his life savings challenges their fate as thieves.

A World Without Thieves

2004

You are the Best poster
6.6

A biographical drama covering roughly the first 18 years in the life of Lang Lang, the world-renowned Chinese classical pianist.

You are the Best

2025

Sorry Baby poster
6.5

The film tells of the attempts made by a Beijing van driver to obtain his wage arrears from travel agency boss even to the point of kidnapping the latter's Singaporean girlfriend (Jacklyn Wu).

Sorry Baby

1999

My People, My Homeland poster
6.2

In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.

My People, My Homeland

2020

Eighteen Springs poster
7.3

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.

Eighteen Springs

1997

Woman-Taxi-Woman poster
4.7

Qing Yao is a botanist. She bumps into Zhang Gaixiu, a taxi driver. First they hate each other and gradually they understand each other and later help each other.

Woman-Taxi-Woman

1991

Sacrifice poster
6.0

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

Sacrifice

2010

Codename Cougar poster
5.4

A commercial airliner on a routine flight between Taipei and Seoul is hijacked and taken to mainland China by the Taiwan Revolutionary Army Front. Chinese authorities cannot seize the plane because of the presence of an important business figure on board, but agree to cooperate with Taiwanese authorities to defuse the tense situation.

Codename Cougar

1989

After the Final Battle poster
8.5

The life of senior Kuomintang generals inside the Gongdelin Prison in Beijing after losing the civil war.

After the Final Battle

1991

The Troubleshooters poster
7.3

For anyone with tricky personal troubles — marital, professional and otherwise — Yu Guan and his buddies have a new business that will provide the solution, from taking the abuse of a man’s nagging wife to showering an obscure writer with awards.

The Troubleshooters

1988

Keep Cool poster
7.5

A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer.

Keep Cool

1997