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Jiang Wen has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
1989
War · Drama
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk
When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
Dir. Jiang Wen · With Jiang Wen, Chow Yun-Fat, Ge You
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year?
Dir. Jiang Wen · With Jiang Wen, Jiang Hongbo, Teruyuki Kagawa
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."
Dir. Jiang Wen · With Xia Yu, Ning Jing, Geng Le
An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and set up an idealized quasi-matriarchal community headed by Jiu'er. When the Japanese invaders subject the area to their rule and cut down the sorghum to make way for a road, the community rises up and resists as the sorghum grows anew.
Dir. Zhang Yimou · With Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
Dir. Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Yvan Attal, Brett Ratner, Natalie Portman, Mira Nair, Shunji Iwai, Fatih Akin, Jiang Wen, Randall Balsmeyer, Joshua Marston · With Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Bradley Cooper
During the warring period of the three kingdoms, ancient China is in turmoil. To unify the country, general Cao Cao, the real power behind the Emperor, enlists the aid of the greatest warrior in the land, Guan Yu. However, Guan Yu is a loyal friend of Cao Cao's enemy Liu Bei so to persuade the peerless warrior to fight, Cao Cao takes his beloved Qi Lan hostage. After leading Cao Cao's forces to victory Guan Yu sets out with Qi Lan to rejoin Liu Bei. Now Cao Cao has deemed him too great a threat to live, and on the journey he must face all the forces at the Emperor's command sent to destroy him.
Dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai, Felix Chong Man-Keung · With Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Sun Li
A Chinese emissary is sent to the Gobi desert to execute a renegade soldier. When a caravan transporting a Buddhist monk and a valuable treasure is threatened by thieves, however, the two warriors might unite to protect the travelers.
Dir. He Ping · With Jiang Wen, Kiichi Nakai, Wang Xueqi
