Movies by Li Gong
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What Women Want (2011)
Cast: Andy Lau, Li Gong, Yuan Li …
Directed by: Daming Chen
When a hopelessly chauvinistic business executive gains the power to hear what women around him are actually thinking, he finds himself in a whole new world of possibilities -- and problems.
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Shanghai (2010)
Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, John Cusack, David Morse …
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Four months before the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, an American operative is investigating the murder of a close friend in Japanese-occupied Shanghai -- and uncovers a web of conspiracy…
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Hannibal Rising (2007)
Cast: Gaspard Ulliel, Rhys Ifans, Li Gong …
Directed by: Peter Webber
Director Peter Webber takes on the myth of the menacing Hannibal Lecter in this terrifying prequel that attempts to trace the murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, beginning with his…
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Curse of the Golden Flower (2007)
Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Li Gong, Jay Chou …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
This lavish epic from director Yimou Zhang follows the romantic intrigue and political machinations in the house of the Emperor Ping and his ailing wife -- a couple whose secret passions and…
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Miami Vice (2006)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong …
Directed by: Michael Mann
Michael Mann directs this gritty adaptation of the popular 1980s television series of the same name that moves vice squad cops Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) and Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell)…
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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Cast: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Koji Yakusho …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
When 9-year-old Chiyo is sold to a Kyoto geisha house, she endures harsh treatment from the owners and the haughty head geisha, Hatsumomo -- who's envious of Chiyo's stunning beauty…
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Zhou Yu's Train (2004)
Cast: Li Gong, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Honglei Sun …
Directed by: Zhou Sun
This captivating movie directed by Zhou Sun shows just how circuitous the path to true love can be. Zhou Yu (Gong Li), a painter, lives hundreds of miles away from her paramour, a poet, Chen…
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Eros (2004)
Cast: Regina Nemni, Alan Arkin, Chen Chang …
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni, Kar Wai Wong …
This anthology film features the works of three visionary auteurs with disparate styles and approaches. In Wong Kar-Wai's "The Hand," a high-class call girl (Li Gong) plays on the…
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2046 (2004)
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Takuya Kimura …
Directed by: Kar Wai Wong
In this loose sequel to Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung Chiu-wai returns as struggling writer Chow Mo-wan, but now he's a boozing womanizer…
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Breaking the Silence (2000)
Cast: Li Gong, Xin Gao, Jing-ming Shi …
Directed by: Zhou Sun
When her hearing- and speech-impaired son's hearing aid is damaged during a dustup with classmates, indigent single mother Sun Liying (Li Gong) takes a series of odd jobs around Beijing…
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The Emperor and the Assassin (1998)
Cast: Li Gong, Fengyi Zhang, Li Xuejian …
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Yin Zheng (Li Xuejian), King of Qin, embarks on a brutal campaign to unite all seven Chinese kingdoms in the third century B.C. Wanting to appear invincible, Yin sends his lover, Lady Zhao…
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Chinese Box (1997)
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Li Gong, Rubén Blades …
Directed by: Wayne Wang
Amid the final, frenzied days before the British handover of Hong Kong to communist China, circumstances keep a foreign photojournalist (Jeremy Irons) apart from the woman he loves (Gong Li).…
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Temptress Moon (1996)
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Caifei He …
Directed by: Kaige Chen
The teeming underworld of 1920s Shanghai collides with old-world nobility in Chen Kaige's harrowing film. Ruyi, the youngest daughter of the noble family, is employed as a servant to her…
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Shanghai Triad (1995)
Cast: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Summoned by his uncle to work for a notorious drug lord, naïve country boy Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is assigned to serve the boss's seductive mistress, a nightclub singer nicknamed…
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A Soul Haunted by Painting (1995)
Cast: Li Gong, Fang Cen, Shichang Da …
Directed by: Shuqin Huang
This true story depicts the life of Chinese painter Pan Yuliang (Gong Li), who rose from being a prostitute to become an acclaimed Paris artist. Pan begins working at a brothel at age 12 and…
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To Live (1994)
Cast: Jiang Wu, You Ge, Li Gong …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
A bold, energetic masterpiece from Zhang Yimou, the foremost director from China's influential "fifth generation" of filmmakers. Continuing his brilliant collaboration with China's…
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Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong …
Directed by: Kaige Chen
A seemingly unshakable friendship between two Chinese opera stars gets put to the test in the face of war, a communist takeover, the Cultural Revolution and the intrusion of a woman who…
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The Story of Qiu Ju (1993)
Cast: Li Gong, Lei Lao Sheng, Peiqi Liu …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang, Yimou Zhang
Gong Li delivers a superbly nuanced performance as the titular heroine in director Yimou Zhang's droll take on the absurdities of bureaucratic impotency. Set in a remote Chinese…
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Flirting Scholar (1993)
Cast: Stephen Chow, Kit Ying Lam, Li Gong …
Directed by: Lik-Chi Lee
Hong Kong funnyman Stephen Chow stars as a scholar enamored with a servant girl in this kung fu comedy that includes a wacky but exhilarating blend of song-and-dance numbers, physical…
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God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai (1991)
Cast: Lung Chan, Man Cheung, John Ching …
Directed by: Jing Wong
Crowned the "Saint of Gamblers," Sing now finds a new breed of psychic-powered gambler is intent on spoiling his hard-earned good name. During a battle with one of this new breed, Sing is…
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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Cast: Cao Zhengyin, Li Gong, Cuifen Cao …
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
After her father's death, 19-year-old Songlian (Li Gong) marries the much older Chen Zuoqian (Jingwu Ma), becoming the latest concubine in Chen's burgeoning harem and finding…
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Ju Dou (1990)
Cast: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi …
Directed by: Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang
In this romantic tragedy, Chinese director Yimou Zhang's visually sumptuous cinematography complements the sensual story line in which the abused wife (Gong Li) of a wealthy silk dyer…
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The Empress Dowager (1989)
Cast: Li Gong, Daoming Chen, Xiaoqing Liu …
Directed by: Han Hsiang Li
Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to…