Zhang Yibai

Directing

Zhang Yibai

Born 1963-05-09 · Chongqing, China

Zhang Xiaoling, better known by his stage name Zhang Yibai (simplified Chinese: 张一白; traditional Chinese: 張一白) (born 14 April 1963, in Chongqing, China) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer. Zhang began his career in television and music videos before directing his debut, Spring Subway in 2002. Zhang, like many other modern Chinese directors, has focused primarily on life in modern Chinese cities. Spring Subway, for example, follows its protagonist as he wanders through Beijing's subway system, while the mystery-thriller Curiosity Killed the Cat follows its characters through the central China boomtown of Chongqing (also Zhang's hometown). His next two films, 2007's The Longest Night in Shanghai and 2008's Lost, Indulgence have seen the director's exposure and successes extending increasingly overseas. Longest Night, starring Zhao Wei, constitutes one of the first China-Japan coproductions, while Lost was selected to premiere at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.

Acting credits

Kung Fu Hustle poster
7.5

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Kung Fu Hustle

2004

Love O2O poster
6.7

A college stud tries to level up his relationship with a computer science major after becoming attracted to her skills in an online role-playing game.

Love O2O

2016

Detective Chinatown 3 poster
5.6

Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul play, they engage in a battle of wits against foreign detectives.

Detective Chinatown 3

2021

Ash Is Purest White poster
6.9

Set in China's underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

Ash Is Purest White

2018

Looking for Jackie poster
4.3

Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.

Looking for Jackie

2009

The Message poster
7.4

After a series of assassinations in Nanking, a Japanese spy master gathers a group of suspects in a mansion, then a tense cat-and-mouse game erupts as the Chinese agent tries to keep his or her identity a secret.

The Message

2009

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

Sleepless Fashion poster
3.6

A Devil Wears Prada comedy and Meryl Streep’s role played by Chinese actor Alan Tam, best-selling 80s pop singer from Hong Kong. Zhou Xiaohui is a rising star in journalism that won professional recognition from Alex and joined Ming Shang Magazine three years ago. However, Alex gradually begins to feel exposed to threats from Zhou Xiaohui so Alex plans to set him up and get him fired. Zhou Xiaohui is so angry that he leaves Ming Shang with Assistant Editor Yinghong and Xiaopang and starts his own fashion magazine called Modern Magazine, which is financed by his best friend Wuyang.

Sleepless Fashion

2011

Midnight Diner poster
5.3

When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. His diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. Patrons enjoy home cooking and delicious stories at a master chef's small, overnight, counter-only restaurant.

Midnight Diner

2019

Everybody's Fine poster
5.5

When all four of his children cancel their yearly visits, a widower travels to the far corners of the country to see them and discovers the hidden sides of their lives.

Everybody's Fine

2016

Mr. Nian poster
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Mr. Nian

2016

My Father and I poster
6.2

After Xiao Yu's mother died in an accident, she moved back to live with her birth father who she knows little about. Gradually, they grew to know each other and to accept each other for who they are.

My Father and I

2003

Forgetting to Know You poster
6.0

Young Chinese parents Chen Xuesong and Cai Weihang find their marriage eroding as they deal with financial troubles, jealousy and constant bickering. When Weihang finds a photo of Xuesong and her ex-boyfriend, things spiral out of control.

Forgetting to Know You

2013

Behind the camera

Love O2O poster
6.7

A college stud tries to level up his relationship with a computer science major after becoming attracted to her skills in an online role-playing game.

Love O2O

2016

Us and Them poster
7.5

Ten years ago, on a train home during the busy Spring Festival travel period, fate brings Xiaoxiao and Jianqing together. Like many young couples, they meet, fall in love, and strive to make it work, but eventually, the harsh realities of life make them drift apart. Ten years later, they run into each other again. Will they make the most of this second chance and rekindle what they once lost?

Us and Them

2018

My People, My Country poster
6.6

Anthology of short films directed by several different directors.

My People, My Country

2019

Return to Dust poster
7.3

Humble, unassuming Ma and timid Cao have been cast off by their families and forced into an arranged marriage. They have to combine their strength and build a home to survive. In the face of much adversity, an unexpected bond begins to blossom, as both Ma and Cao, uniting with Earth's cycles, create a haven for themselves in which they can thrive.

Return to Dust

2022

Guns and Roses poster
6.3

The film tells the story of a group of Chinese youths who robbed a bank of the “Manchuguo”, a puppet regime formed in China’s northeastern provinces by Japanese invaders in the 1930s and ’40s.

Guns and Roses

2012

I Belonged to You poster
6.2

A romantic tale revolving around two radio disc jockeys and the world they inhabit. They find the audience they reach reflects their love and heartbreak, forcing them to deal with issues larger than just their own lives.

I Belonged to You

2016

Run for Love poster
3.6

A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan Norway, where the sun is brought down where the can't shine by large mirrors.

Run for Love

2016

Curiosity Kills the Cat poster
5.9

Ever-curious Momo, who secretly snaps everything and everyone with her cell phone, realizes businessman John Zheng, married with a kid to the cool and classy Rose Feng, is dallying with hotsy Sharon Liang, who’s just opened a manicure business next door.

Curiosity Kills the Cat

2006

Curiosity Kills the Cat poster
5.9

Ever-curious Momo, who secretly snaps everything and everyone with her cell phone, realizes businessman John Zheng, married with a kid to the cool and classy Rose Feng, is dallying with hotsy Sharon Liang, who’s just opened a manicure business next door.

Curiosity Kills the Cat

2006

The Longest Night in Shanghai poster
6.2

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki Mizushima can't help but notice that his life is anything but beautiful. Can the uncouth Lin Xi help him make over his life for the better?

The Longest Night in Shanghai

2007

The Longest Night in Shanghai poster
6.2

A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki Mizushima can't help but notice that his life is anything but beautiful. Can the uncouth Lin Xi help him make over his life for the better?

The Longest Night in Shanghai

2007

Eternal Moment poster
5.5

Eternal Moment (将爱) is a Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yibai and starring Xu Jinglei, Li Yapeng and Chapman To. The film is a sequel to the television drama, Cherish Our Love Forever (1998), which was also directed by Zhang.[1] The film follows the two leads from that earlier drama (played by Xu Jinglei and Li Yapeng) reuniting after being apart for 12 years.

Eternal Moment

2011

Eternal Moment poster
5.5

Eternal Moment (将爱) is a Chinese romantic drama film directed by Zhang Yibai and starring Xu Jinglei, Li Yapeng and Chapman To. The film is a sequel to the television drama, Cherish Our Love Forever (1998), which was also directed by Zhang.[1] The film follows the two leads from that earlier drama (played by Xu Jinglei and Li Yapeng) reuniting after being apart for 12 years.

Eternal Moment

2011

The Day We Lit Up The Sky poster
7.0

The young man, who has come to Hainan alone to repeat his studies, meets a group of "salty boys" with similar taste and a group of "weed girls" with different backgrounds.

The Day We Lit Up The Sky

2021

Fleet of Time poster
5.8

A man recounts his life in Beijing during the 1980s and reminisces about the one truth that allowed him to endure.

Fleet of Time

2014

Fleet of Time poster
5.8

A man recounts his life in Beijing during the 1980s and reminisces about the one truth that allowed him to endure.

Fleet of Time

2014

Better and Better poster
4.2

Sun Xiangcheng, a self-styled professional fan organiser, is called from his home village of West Well Valley by his mother Yuanfang. Thinking he's highly connected with celebrities, she asks him to help organise the village's New Year celebrations

Better and Better

2013

But Always poster
6.0

After relocating to New York, former lovers feel the pull of romance once again.

But Always

2014

You're Here Anyway poster
6.0

"Whatever happens," "The children are still young," "He's already gone," "Someone you used to love," "It's the new year," are catchphrases used so casually in day-to-day interactions that represent how the Chinese people have become accustomed to unconditionally compromise and give way in the face of problems. There are always endless problems in life - there's danger when you stray into the tiger’s den, parents who neglect their duties and find the children troublesome, people who smoke in the elevators without a care for others, those who fail in love, fail in business and go bankrupt, couples who experience a marriage crisis and families that fall apart... When life hits difficulties, is the "come what may" attitude a solution or is it the catalyst to a bigger predicament? An all-star lineup interprets the most realistic story and explores the philosophy of facing life with a smile. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)

You're Here Anyway

2024

About Love poster
5.9

Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai.

About Love

2005

Lost Indulgence poster
6.8

The relationship between a teenage son and his mother becomes complicated when they take a secretive young woman into their home.

Lost Indulgence

2008

Lost Indulgence poster
6.8

The relationship between a teenage son and his mother becomes complicated when they take a secretive young woman into their home.

Lost Indulgence

2008

Spring Subway poster
6.8

A stylish urban romance about the silent suffering of a modern Chinese couple.

Spring Subway

2002

Love on Credit poster
4.0

Xiaoqing and Xiaohong are twins with distinctive, different personalities. Xiaoqing believes in true love while Xiaohong only cares about money. Drama ensues when they both start pursuing love for the sake of money.

Love on Credit

2011