Xia Yu

Acting

Xia Yu

Born 1976-10-28 · Qingdao, Shandong Province, China

Acting credits

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force poster
6.4

Taishi Wen Zhong led the army of Shang Dynasty including Deng Chanyu and four generals of the Mo Family to Xiqi. With the help of Kunlun immortals such as Jiang Ziya, Ji Fa led the army and civilians of Xiqi to defend their homeland.

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force

2025

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms poster
7.1

Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

2023

The Painted Veil poster
7.3

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

The Painted Veil

2006

Mojin: The Lost Legend poster
6.2

Three tomb raiders retire from their roles and move to New York to enjoy the rest of their lives. However, they are asked to resume duty in order to find out the reason behind the loss of a loved one.

Mojin: The Lost Legend

2015

In the Heat of the Sun poster
7.8

Beijing, 1970s. The Cultural Revolution has driven most adults to the provinces leaving 14-year-old Monkey and his pals with free rein over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery known as "girls."

In the Heat of the Sun

1994

Birth of the Dragon poster
5.8

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

Birth of the Dragon

2017

Dragon Squad poster
5.8

A team of Interpol agents arrive in the city to testify against a local crime lord. However on the way to court the vehicle carrying the Triad boss is attacked and the crime lord snatched, not by his own people but by another foe.

Dragon Squad

2005

A Little Red Flower poster
6.5

Tells a warm and realistic story, thinking and facing the ultimate problem that every ordinary person will face-imagining that death may come at any time, the only thing we have to do is love and cherish.

A Little Red Flower

2020

Love Song to The Days Forgone poster
NR

The film is adapted from Kong Ergou's novel. The film reflects more than 20 years of social changes. The film tells about a northern underworld organization headed by Mei San and Zhao Hongbing, from 1986 to 2006.

Love Song to The Days Forgone

Waiting Alone poster
6.8

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...

Waiting Alone

2005

The Coldest City poster
5.3

Set during the background of the World War 2 Japanese surrender in 1945, the movie tells the tale of a lawless city where underworld crime runs rampant

The Coldest City

2023

Shadow Magic poster
5.9

Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?

Shadow Magic

2000

China: The Panda Adventure poster
6.0

Experience the world of the magnificent and rare Giant Panda as you travel back in time on an exciting expedition through the breathtaking splendor of 1936 China. Inspired by the true-life story of widowed New York socialite Ruth Harkness, a fiercely independent woman who dared to take up her late husband's expedition, journeying deep into the forests of China to study the Giant Panda.

China: The Panda Adventure

2001

Wind Blast poster
5.5

Zhang Ning, a hitman and underground boxer fleeing through the Gobi with his pregnant girlfriend, Sun Jing. Several nemeses are hot on their trail, including a pair of ruthless assassins and a cadre of lawmen.

Wind Blast

2010

Wished poster
7.1

An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical powers, offers to turn his life around by granting him 19 of his old wishes. He laughs her off, until even his old childhood wishes start coming true.

Wished

2017

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894 poster
6.5

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894 is set in the late 19th century and revolves around the events of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), which was fought between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan.

The Sino-Japanese War at Sea 1894

2012

Roots and Branches poster
7.3

Sitian, a Chinese American conductor, returns to China to give a concert and to find her three siblings again, after having been separated from them for years after the death of their parents.

Roots and Branches

2001

Where Have All the Flowers Gone poster
7.6

Gao Ju (Xia Yu) and Zhang Yang (Pu Shu) were best of friends, but they fall in love with Huanzi (Zhou Xun). Huanzi loves both of them and thus they formed an unbalanced trinity. A simple promise not to meet ever again after college ended up in disaster when Gao cannot resist wooing Huanzi again

Where Have All the Flowers Gone

2002

Electric Shadows poster
6.5

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies.

Electric Shadows

2005

Sun Plant poster
6.0

Chinese short film directed by Zhang Yang.

Sun Plant

2001

Christmas Rose poster
5.7

Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she accuses her doctor Zhou of molesting her during a typical medical examination. Zhou is promptly arrested, charged and put on trial. The prosecutor of the case is Tim, an idealistic lawyer who joined the law world to punish the guilty. However, as Tim's investigator Nam helps him peel back the pieces, the more complex the case becomes. Soon, Tim begins to question the truth surrounding Jing's story.

Christmas Rose

2013

Ganqing shenghuo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ganqing shenghuo

2010

Crazy New Year's Eve poster
4.0

Six crazy stories occur in the new year's eve.

Crazy New Year's Eve

2015

Goddesses In The Flames Of War poster
NR

A group of heroic women from various walks of life in a village near the Yangtze River stand up and confront Japanese invaders during WWII. The movie is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War to commemorate the history and promote peace. More than 100 movie stars and artists were involved in the production of the movie.

Goddesses In The Flames Of War

2018

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