Highest-ranked title
Deng Chao has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes
Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang.
Dir. Feng Xiaogang · With Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Yuan Wenkang
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Deng Chao, Sun Li, Ryan Zheng Kai
as Pei Donglai
Prime Video · Included+4
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Dir. Tsui Hark · With Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Deng Chao
When Xuan's real estate project threatens the home of mermaids, Shan is sent to stop him. When they fall in love, he is encouraged to cancel the project. However, he must save them from bigger danger.
Dir. Stephen Chow · With Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi
Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.
Dir. Peter Chan Ho-Sun · With Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Tong Dawei
