Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Nacimiento : 1966-02-05, Shanghai, China

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Vivian Wu (born February 5, 1966 in Shanghai), is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor (1987), Heaven & Earth (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), and The Pillow Book (1996) and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters (1997) and The Founding of a Republic (2009) Description above from the Wikipedia article Vivian Wu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Vivian Wu

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Knockout
Zhou Si, who was so desperate in boxing, was sentenced to five years in prison for an accident. After his release, his wife died, leaving only his daughter Zhou Zi waiting for him. The young daughter was found to have leukemia, and Zhou Shi returned to the ring at the age of 36 to fulfill her daughter's wish. Even if the physical energy is exhausted, the head is bleeding, the vision is blurred, and the flesh and blood is splashed, it will continue to fight until the victory or defeat.
Dead Pigs
Candy Wang
Un inútil granjero de cerdos, un enérgico dueño de una peluquería, un sensible ayudante de camarero, un arquitecto exiliado y una desilusionada chica rica se reúnen cuando cientos de cerdos muertos aparecen flotando en un río de Shanghai.
El Soldado Perdido
Old Nunu
En diciembre de 1941, los japoneses atacaron Pearl Harbor. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Franklin Roosevelt, decidió contraatacar bombardeando Tokio. Los bombardeos aéreos dirigidos por el teniente coronel Doolittle de los Estados Unidos despegaron de un portaaviones en el Pacífico. Pero después de completar sus misiones, los aviones norteamericanos tuvieron que aterrizar en las zonas costeras de China, cerca de Zhejiang, debido al consumo de demasiado combustible. Un joven piloto fue salvado por una mujer local que era viuda. Y de allí surgió una historia de amor.
Yang and His Summer
La Casa Que Nunca Muere II
谢梅瑛
Un restaurador de reliquias culturales descubre los esqueletos de bebés mientras trabaja en una antigua mansión. Los sangrientos acontecimientos del pasado arrastran a todos los que trabajan en el proyecto a un oscuro abismo.
Youth Dinner
The triumphs and travails of six members of two single parent families in 19th century Yunnan.
Go Lala Go! 2
Qu Luoyì
To chase promotion or to chase marriage? Young career-woman Lala returns after five years as a recently engaged young woman, but faces challenges when third parties tries to break up her relationship.
The Queens
Tina
La película cuenta la historia de tres mujeres cosmopolitas (una actriz, una experta en relaciones públicas y la encargada de una galería de arte), todas ellas con altibajos en sus relaciones sentimentales.
Who Is Undercover
Xiaohong's Mother
In 1934, agents of the Kuomintang government round up suspects and torture them to find out which one is an undercover communist spy.
Feed Me
The Clinic Director
On an old barge moored close to a small village inhabited by old people and children, live young Wang Wang and his grandfather. The latter is immensely fond of the local doctor, Ms. Bei, who keeps prompting him to buy her a ring as proof of his good intentions. Wang Wang attends the local school, but, in the absence of maternal authority, with great reluctance. Then, one night, a young pregnant woman is discovered hiding on the boat, ready to give birth. With the arrival of her little baby girl, the young mother, already used to her river accommodations, opts to stay with them. Life on the barge is no longer the same. Wang Wang feels the stirring of adolescence and an Oedipal attraction to the young woman; the grandfather is diagnosed with dementia and and is warned that its first signs could soon manifest themselves; and the new young mother keeps a bag whose contents will later reveal a dark secret. Three people at a crossroads in their lives.
The Palace
Empress Xiaogongren
In Qing Dynasty, Chen Xiang and Liuli became maids and friends in the imperial palace. Liuli wanted to be famous whereas Chen Xiang just wanted to live a normal life. Liuli attempted to change her life by knowing the prince, even at the cost of betraying Chen Xiang.
Judge Zhan
Judge Zhan Hongli's efforts in helping delinquent youth in Fujian province.
To Forgive
China, Jiangsu province, the present day. On 15 October, after depositing the funerary urn of his father, Professor Gu Daqing (Feng Dalu), who died of a sudden heart attack, Gu Jie (Calvin Yu) receives a phone call from a stranger telling him the urn has just been stolen and to "remember the 19th." After his car is hit by a lorry, Gu Jie wakes up on the 16th on the seashore of an island, where he finds a kidnapped girl tied up nearby. The girl's father, Jia Kuan (Li Hongquan), arrives and tells him to leave the island. In his pocket, Gu Jie finds a key to Room 327 of Shun Lai Hotel. After meeting a girl, Nana (Nancy Liu), who has a heart condition and whom his father once treated, Gu Jie goes to the decrepit hotel and checks into the room, where he finds an animal head in the bed and an old photo of a boy. "Welcome to the game," says the mysterious phone caller.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sophia's Aunt
La historia, ambientada en el siglo XIX, gira en torno a la gran amistad entre dos mujeres que tuvieron que sobrevivir en una época de rígidos códigos de conducta.
Under the Influence
The Founding of a Republic
Song Meiling
Película para conmemorar el 60 aniversario de la fundación de la República Popular China, con un buen número de estrellas del país representando pequeños papeles o diferentes roles.
Desires of the Heart
Ye Sheng Ying
Follows urban youngsters in their pursuit of true love and all the set backs and comedic mishaps along the way.
Shanghai Red
Zhu Mei Li
A murder mystery set in contemporary Shanghai about a beautiful woman caught in a web of vengeance and deceit.
Eve and the Fire Horse
May-Lin Eng
Eve is a precocious nine year-old girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver where Confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. When Buddhism and Catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for Eve and her 11-year-old prim and authoritative sister, Karena, escalates into a fantasia of catastrophe, sainthood and cultural confusion. The journey of a young girl and her sister striving to grow up in world where childhood is lonely and the world is full of wonder.
Kinamand (Chinaman)
Ling
En principio Kinamand es una comedia sobre un casamiento arreglado que termina convirtiéndose en amor verdadero. Aquí Keld accede a dar el “sí” para que Ling pueda residir legalmente en Dinamarca y permanecer cerca de su familia china ya radicada en Copenhague. Posteriormente, la película se centra en el contraste entre la situación social de cada personaje en relación a su raza y profesión. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Beauty Remains
Ying
Set in 1948 against the backdrop of Communism's rise, "Fei" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father, a legendary business entrepreneur, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women whose paths have been dictated by the often cruel decrees of the men their lives--two women who must somehow transcend that influence...or lose everything.
Codificado
Diana
El mundo se ha ido al infierno. Y en el infierno lo ha devuelto al remitente. En el año 2068, la guerra y los ataques al medio ambiente han arrasado la atmósfera terrestre, la capa de ozono está hecha jirones y unas tormentas que cubren continentes enteros azotan el paisaje. Cobijados en campamentos, los supervivientes luchan por la migajas de comida que quedan, usando lo que sea como alimento, incluidos otros supervivientes. John Thomas Garth (Grant Show, "Melrose Place"), un superviviente, amigo comandante de Infantería de Marina condecorado con la Medalla de Honor, intenta proteger a su gente del inevitable final. Entonces aparece la esperanza en forma de oferta aparentemente sencilla. Garth es contratado por un el hombre más rico del mundo para 'liberar' algunos de los tesoros del planeta, puestos actualmente a buen recaudo en un propiedad cercana. A cambio, su gente recibirá toda la comida y las medicinas necesarias: un oferta que no puede rechazar.
Red Skies
Wu Wen Li
A young Chinese female cop comes to Southern California on a hunt for a high-profile criminal from mainland China.
Dinner Rush
Nicole Chan
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
8 Mujeres y Media
Kito
Tras la muerte de su madre,Stoney regresa a casa e intenta paliar el dolor de su millonario padre convirtiendo el castillo familiar en un lujoso prostibulo privado . Encontrar a las mujeres adecuadas es complicado ,pero finalmente consiguen varias expertas sexuales.
Mentiras de guerra
Lee
Un teniente coronel del Ejército estadounidense, destinado en Vietnam del Sur durante la guerra, se va desengañando poco a poco de los motivos de este conflicto, a pesar de que cuando empezó creía firmemente en ellos. La decadencia de las tropas americanas y los intereses creados por ambos gobiernos le llevarán a hablar con un periodista. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Soong Sisters
Soong May-ling / Madam Chiang
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.
The Pillow Book
Nagiko
En Kyoto, en los años 70, un anciano calígrafo escribe con gran delicadeza una felicitación en la cara de su hija el día de su cumpleaños. Cuando se hace mayor, Nagiko recuerda emocionada aquel regalo, y busca al amante calígrafo ideal que utilice todo su cuerpo como una hoja en blanco...
Vanishing Son IV
Lili
After the death of his brother Wago, Jian-wa Chang now roams America's countryside while looking for his place in the world. He is hit by a van of two college students. Jian is taken in and nursed by Megan, a secluded artist. Jian is also befriended by the ghost of brother Wago. Wago must act as an angel to Jian-wa to gain acceptance into heaven. Meanwhile, the students from the hit and run plan to kill Jian-wa so he doesn't talk to the police.
Vanishing Son III
Lili
The saga picks up in Washington, DC where Jian-wa is competing in a classical music competition. Back in LA, Jian-wa's brother Wago is wanted by the F.B.I. and manage to pull Jian-wa back to L.A. for questioning. They also want him to infiltrate his brother's gang in order to save his Wago. Can Jian-wa get Wago to see the truth about things before it's too late?
Vanishing Son II
Lili
The continuing saga of the Chang brothers: Jian-Wa and Wago. Picking up where it left off, Jian-Wa has left L.A. after a gangfight which involved his brother Wago. Jian-wa travels to the south and finds that hatred comes in all forms as a group of racist whites feud with harmless Vietnamese fishermen. Jian-wa decides to side with the Vietnamese and help them defend themselves. Back in Los Angeles, Wago is enjoying his new life as a gangster.
Vanishing Son
Lili
Two students in the Peoples Republic of China are forced to flee out of China after having taken part in a protest action for freedom. They come to America, and try to build up a new life. After a while, one of the brothers pursues a musical career while the other gets entangled in a criminal organization.
El cielo y la tierra
Madame Lien
Tercera parte de la trilogía de Stone sobre el Vietnam. Si en "Platoon" retrata la guerra como tal y en "Nacido el 4 de Julio" ahonda en las tremendas secuelas psicológicas sufridas por los soldados que regresaron del frente; en esta ocasión muestra las repercusiones sociales de la guerra a través de la historia de un sargento que regresa a los Estados Unidos casado con una vietnamita que tiene grandes dificultades para ser aceptada en su nuevo país.
Mensaje Desde Vietnam
France Tran
Basada en la novela de Danielle Steel. La periodista Paxton Andrews pierde al hombre que ama en la guerra de Vietnam. Decide ir a Vietnan para escribir una columna que ayude a comprender mejor la guerra. Mientras que está allí su vida cambia profundamente, y encuentra un nuevo amor y esperanza en medio de la muerte y la destrucción.
El club de la buena estrella
An Mei's Mother
Narra la historia de cuatro familias cuyas vidas están llenas de amor, tragedia, magia e intensidad. De los campos devastados por la guerra en la China de principios de siglo a la actualidad de las calles de San Francisco, las esperanzas, sueños y triunfos de dos generaciones salen a la luz a través de los asombrosos acontecimientos que marcaron sus vidas.
Las tortugas ninja III: Viaje al pasado
Mitsu
Cuando un cetro mágico transporta por accidente a April al Japón del siglo XVII, los chicos se lanzan en su busca y aparecen, a través de la alcantarilla, ¡en la tierra de los samuráis! Ahora deben enfrentarse a Nortaga, el malvado Señor de la guerra, y recuperar el cetro que los transportará de vuelta a lo más profundo del metro de Nueva York.
Mutronics
Mizky Segawa
Filme basado en un comic japonés, relata la historia de un estudiante (Armstrong) que es transformado con la ayuda de un antiguo genio, en una criatura superhumana. Un agente de la CIA (Hamill) está tras la pista de los Zoanoides, una raza de mutantes que intentan obtener el artefacto...
Iron And Silk
Ming
Marcos Salzman siempre estaba interesado en el Kung-Fu y la cultura china, afirma haber visto todas las películas de Kung-Fu. En 1982, con un título en literatura china, visita una universidad provincial en China durante dos años para enseñar a los profesores chinos el idioma Inglés. Se entera de los refinamientos de la conducta correcta en el pueblo chino, se hace amigo de sus alumnos, se enamora... pero también aprende sobre la represión política, sobre todo cuando está prohibido el contacto con algunos de sus amigos.
Shadow of China
Moo-Ling
A Chinese immigrant tries to make his way to the top as a businessman in Hong Kong while his former radicalism is transformed into cynicism.
El último emperador
Wen Hsiu
Pekín, 1908. China se encuentra en plena decadencia. Puyi, un niño de tres años, es arrancado de los brazos de su madre. En medio de la noche es conducido hasta la Ciudad Prohibida, donde es coronado emperador, aunque tendrá que vivir recluido dentro de ese recinto inaccesible.
A Border-Crossing Operation
Tong Nian (as Junmei Wu)
The international terrorist organization Black Storm wants to assassinate a foreign general when he visits Beijing.
Spring in Autumn
Zhou's husband died in the Cultural Revolution. She lived arduously with her only son. Lo, a kind postman, helped her during her hardest time.
Forever Young
Girls at a Beijing High School in 1952 have dreams for China.