Chen Kaige (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling.
Chen Kaige Biography / Wiki
| Name | Chen Kaige |
| Also Know | 陈凯æŒ, 천카ì´ê±°, 첸 ì¹´ì´ê±°, Kaige Chen, 陳凱æŒ, 첸카ì´ê±°, 천 ì¹´ì´ê±° |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Directing |
| Place of Birth | Beijing, China |
| Date of Birth | 1952-08-12 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 70 |
| Deathday |
Chen Kaige Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Himself | 1998-06-04 | This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality more frankly and provocatively than … |
| New Chinese Cinema | 1989-04-09 | Tony Rayns presents the work of the ‘Fifth Generation’ and other innovative filmmakers who emerged during the 1980s in China…. | |
| Shiny Stars, Rusty Red | Himself | 2003-01-01 | Meet Wang Yuelun, a young and ambitious Chinese who dreams of becoming a film director. Filmmaker Elisabeth O. Sjaastad follows an eventful year in hi… |
| A Special Day | Self | 2012-05-16 | At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera…. |
| Together | Professor Yu | 2002-09-10 | When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But w… |
| The Emperor and the Assassin | Lu Buwei | 1998-10-08 | In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mo… |
| The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven | 东海龙王 | 2012-01-12 | A completely remade animation film based on the original 1961 animation The Monkey King. Mythical ancient China. Born from some magic stones that fell… |
| The Last Emperor | Captain of Imperial Guard | 1987-05-27 | A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by h… |
| The Founding of a Republic | Feng Yuxiang | 2009-09-17 | 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…. |
Chen Kaige Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Promise | Director | 2005-12-15 | An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, sh… |
| The Emperor and the Assassin | Director | 1998-10-08 | In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mo… |
| Farewell My Concubine | Director | 1993-01-01 | Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop a… |
| Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Director | 2002-05-18 | Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by … |
| To Each His Own Cinema | Director | 2007-10-31 | A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema…. |
| Life on a String | Director | 1991-09-08 | Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikely hopes. One is an aged master, a wandering troubador venerated as a saint, in physical decline, waiting to … |
| Killing Me Softly | Director | 2002-05-10 | A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past…. |
| Forever Enthralled | Director | 2008-12-05 | A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star…. |
| Temptress Moon | Director | 1996-05-09 | Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest dau… |
| Together | Director | 2002-09-10 | When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But w… |
| Sacrifice | Director | 2010-12-17 | For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influe… |
| Yellow Earth | Director | 1984-08-19 | A Communist soldier is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns tha… |
| Caught in the Web | Director | 2012-07-06 | The story of three women whose worlds collide – a social commentary about the ‘sound bite’ society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality a… |
| King of the Children | Director | 1987-01-01 | During the Cultural Revolution, an unschooled young man is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village sch… |
| The Big Parade | Director | 1986-11-20 | Army volunteers train for places in China’s 1984 National Day parade, where they are expected to be a perfect marching unit…. |
| Monk Comes Down the Mountain | Director | 2015-07-03 | When a young monk is forced to leave his impoverished monastery, he relies on his extraordinary martial arts skills to survive in the outside world. I… |
| China’s Megatomb Revealed | Director | 2016-10-16 | Albert Lin and National Geographic Channel unearth the terrible secrets that lie hidden in the tomb of China’s first Emperor. The Terracotta Warriors … |
| Legend of the Demon Cat | Director | 2017-12-22 | During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investig… |
| My People, My Country | Director | 2019-09-30 | Anthology of short films directed by several different directors…. |
| Shu Zhen | Director | 2020-09-28 | The warm daily life of a harmonious family in a Siheyuan is on stage, and a dusty and beautiful memory in the long river is about to open…. |
| The Battle at Lake Changjin | Director | 2021-09-30 | Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United State… |
| Turandot: Palau de les Arts de Valencia | Director | 2009-01-01 | Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will onl… |
Chen Kaige Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Emperor and the Assassin | Producer | 1998-10-08 | In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mo… |
| Producer | Qian Xi Xi grew up living with Duan Ran, a second-generation heir of a rich family. The two childhood sweethearts are inseparable even after they ente… | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Forever Enthralled | Screenplay | 2008-12-05 | A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star…. |
| Temptress Moon | Story | 1996-05-09 | Set in the decadent 1920s, Temptress Moon tells the very complicated story of a wealthy family living on the outskirts of Shanghai. Their youngest dau… |
| Together | Screenplay | 2002-09-10 | When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But w… |
| Sacrifice | Screenplay | 2010-12-17 | For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influe… |
| Caught in the Web | Writer | 2012-07-06 | The story of three women whose worlds collide – a social commentary about the ‘sound bite’ society we are becoming, where perception becomes reality a… |
| Yellow Earth | Screenplay | 1984-08-19 | A Communist soldier is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns tha… |
| Legend of the Demon Cat | Writer | 2017-12-22 | During the Late Tang Dynasty, a manor is invaded by a demon cat and a sense of unrest befalls the capital of Changan. A poet is charged with investig… |
| The Promise | Writer | 2005-12-15 | An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, sh… |
| The Emperor and the Assassin | Writer | 1998-10-08 | In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king’s cruelty mo… |
| Life on a String | Writer | 1991-09-08 | Two blind men pursue ephemeral and unlikely hopes. One is an aged master, a wandering troubador venerated as a saint, in physical decline, waiting to … |
| Monk Comes Down the Mountain | Screenplay | 2015-07-03 | When a young monk is forced to leave his impoverished monastery, he relies on his extraordinary martial arts skills to survive in the outside world. I… |
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