Zhang Yi
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Zhang Yi.
Born: January 1, 1909
Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
Known For
51 Depot
Vistas of Art
Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".
Confucius
The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy.
Rhapsody of Happiness
Wang, a bankrupt farmer joins his cousin, Wu, in Shanghai, but finds that he is poor too. One day, Wu stops a woman - Zhang, a drug runner - from being run down by a car, and is hospitalized. During his recovery, Wu slims down due to the amount of drugs he is prescribed, which inspires him to create and sell a weight loss medicine.
Three Girls
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.
Greedy Neighbors
A foolish wealthy inheritor, whose household is dependent on his wife's competence, finds his estate threatened by a bully neighbor in this allegory of the difficulty of dealing with unchecked aggression and treachery, and of the tension between traditional Chinese customs and early 20th-century European influences. Originally about 100 minutes, only 41 minutes exist.
The Mother
Based on the novel "Mother" by Maxim Gorky, about the hardships of a peasant laborer.
Brother and Sister Prospect for Treasure
Three members of the Young Pioneers search for the source of a rare piece of ore.
The Big Road
Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army
Filmography
as Old Grandpa
as 老杨
as Defa Li
as Shen Lao
as Captain Zhao
as 老高
as Laode Wang
as Chongde Zhang
as 刘建云
as Yousheng
as Jiang Shijie
as 唐经纶
as Zi Lu
as Zhang Yu
as Yun Peng
as Huaren Huang