Cinematography: Cao Yu
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Cao Yu. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Titles found: 14
City of Life and Death
2009 · Movie · 132 min. · China
Direction Lu Chuan
Cast Ye Liu · Gao Yuanyuan · Hideo Nakaizumi · Fan Wei
Plot Year 1937. Japanese troops have entered China's temporary capital, where their cruel occupation will be known as "The Rape of Nanjing." Shot in wide lens black-and-white, the film alternates Japanese...
7.4
10K votes
7.4
10K votes
The Cord of Life
2022 · Movie · 96 min. · China
Direction Sixue Qiao
Plot ALUS is a nomadic electronic musician who accompanied his mother with Alzheimer's disease back to the grassland and spent the last time with his mother.
7.2
21 votes
7.2
21 votes
Mountain Patrol (Kekexili)
2004 · Movie · 85 min. · China
Direction Lu Chuan
Cast Duobuji · Zhang Lei · Qi Dao · Xueying Zhao
Plot When Beijing journalist Ga Yu arrives at the mystical camp of the Kekexili Mountain Patrol, he witnesses a Tibetan funeral and a village in mourning. Ga Yu is determined to...
6.7
703 votes
6.7
703 votes
The Eight Hundred
2020 · Movie · 147 min. · China
Direction Guan Hu
Cast Yi Zhang · Yao Chen · Haoming Yu · Augusta Xu-Holland
Plot From the acclaimed filmmaker behind Mr. Six comes a riveting war epic. In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai...
5.8
487 votes
5.8
487 votes
Legend of the Demon Cat
2017 · Movie · 129 min. · China
Direction Chen Kaige
Cast Huang Xuan · Shôta Sometani · Kitty Zhang · Eric Qin
Plot Taking place in the Tang Dynasty, a demon cat appears and breaks the peace of Chang'an City, causing a series of strange events. Poet Bai Letian and Monk Kukai join...
5.4
68 votes
5.4
68 votes
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe
2015 · Movie · 115 min. · China
Direction Lu Chuan
Cast Mark Chao · Chen Jin · Rhydian Vaughan · Tiffany Tang
Plot In 1979, a young soldier is working in China's snowcapped mountains when an explosion reveals bizarre fossils hidden deep in the mountain caverns. What they discover next will change his...
4.2
29 votes
4.2
29 votes
Forever Young
2016 · Movie · min. · China
Direction Fangfang Li
Cast Chang Chen · Chen Chusheng · Paul Philip Clark · Han Tongsheng
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The Law of Attraction
2011 · Movie · 94 min. · China
Direction Zhao Tianyu
Cast Bai Baihe · Leon Dai · Duan Bowen · Guo Tao
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1921
2021 · Movie · 138 min. · China
Direction Huang Jianxin · Dasheng Zheng
Cast Huang Xuan · Ni Ni · Wang Renjun · Dongjun Han
Plot "1921" reproduces the historical moment when the Chinese Communist Party convened the National Congress for the first time.
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See You Tomorrow
2016 · Movie · 128 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Zhang Jiajia
Cast Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Eason Chan · Angelababy
Plot Adaptation to Zhang Jiajia‘s short story of the same name, specifically one concerning an “affair between a girl and a married artist in Changchun.” And not just any affair, but...
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My People, My Homeland
2020 · Movie · 153 min. · China
Direction Ning Hao · Chen Sicheng · Deng Chao · Peng Damo
Cast Huang Bo · Ge You · Fan Wei · Deng Chao
Plot In different parts of rural China, various people explore what makes their communities unique.
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Flowers From The Ashes
2025 · Movie · min. · China
Direction Chen Kaige
Cast Liu Haoran · Arthur Chen · Xueying Zhang · Vicky Chen
Plot During the 1960s in Beijing, in the midst of the Cultural Revolution, four young people, among them Lan Shan and Gu Xin Wei, try to overcome their poverty to succeed...
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Decoded
2024 · Movie · 156 min. · China
Direction Chen Sicheng
Cast Liu Haoran · John Cusack · Chen Daoming · Daniel Wu
Plot In the 1940s, the world was turbulent, and it was crucial to decipher enemy's communication codes timely and accurately. Rong Jinzhen showed a unique talent. He was noticed by more...
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An Inaccurate Memoir
2012 · Movie · 105 min. · China
Direction Yang Shupeng
Cast Huang Xiaoming · Zhang Yi · Tino Bao · Waise Lee
Plot A Chinese detachment must assassinate a Japanese Prince during World War II. They fail and end up confined in a little village.
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