Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Nascimento : 1966-02-05, Shanghai, China

História

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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Knock Out
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
Um atrapalhado criador de porcos, uma determinada proprietária de salão de beleza, um ambicioso arquiteto expatriado e uma desiludida garota rica cruzam seus caminhos quando milhares de porcos mortos aparecem flutuando pelo rio em direção à moderna Xangai, na China. Baseado em fatos reais.
The Chinese Widow
Old Nunu
It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise more hope for his citizens. After completing its mission, a unit of the US Air Force is forced to make an emergency landing in China. Its commander Jack Turner (Emilie Hirsch) barely survives but gets rescued by Ying (Crystal Liu), a local widow who will stop at nothing to hide him from the Japanese occupant.
Yang and His Summer
The House That Never Dies II
谢梅瑛
A cultural relic restorer discovers the skeletons of babies while working in an old mansion. The bloody events of the past drags everyone working on the project into a dark abyss.
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
Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows three cosmopolitan women, an actress, a PR specialist and a gallery manager, all wrestling with the ups and downs of their romantic lives.
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.
Flor da Neve e o Leque Secreto
Sophia's Aunt
Na China do século 19, as amigas Flor da Neve e Lírio, superam a distância física por meio de uma língua secreta. Paralelamente, a trama segue Nina e Sophia, duas mulheres contemporâneas que tentam compreender a história de suas ancestrais.
Under the Influence
A Fundação de uma República
Song Meiling
Após o fim da guerra civil chinesa em 1949, o Partido Comunista passou a regra no continente e Kuomingtang foi forçado a retirar-se para a ilha de Taiwan. O novo poder, juntamente com outras partes, em seguida se uniram para organizar o primeiro Política do Povo Chinês Conferência Consultiva (CCPPC) e discutir o estabelecimento da República Popular da China (RPS).
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.
Chinaman
Ling
Keld, um bombeiro dinamarquês tímido e introvertido, fica sozinho quando sua frustrada esposa o abandona, e ele passa a fazer suas refeições num restaurante chinês do outro lado da rua onde mora. Encontra um inesperado amigo em Feng, o chinês dono do estabelecimento. Ocorrendo um vazamento no restaurante, enquanto jantava, Keld oferece sua ajuda. Passado algum tempo, já amigos, Feng propõe a ele se casar com sua irmã, para que ela obtenha o visto de permanência na Dinamarca.
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.
Encrypt
Diana
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
Céus Vermelhos
Wu Wen Li
Wu Wen Li (Vivian Wu) é uma agente da polícia chinesa que vai pra os EUA na captura de Zhoa Lo (Roger Yuan), um perigoso mafioso procurado em seu país. Zhoa trafica chineses – inclusive crianças – para trabalharem em um enorme esquema de contrabando de drogas nos Estados Unidos, contando para isso com a ajuda de Patty Peirson (Pauley Perrette) e sua mãe, Nicole. Quando o FBI intercepta a embarcação de Zhoa, ele mata o parceiro de Wu Wen Li, e consegue fugir. Agora, a agente chinesa terá de trabalhar com a Polícia Federal do Estados Unidos, longe de seu país, para descobrir os planos do mafioso e desbaratar seu esquema de contrabando.
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 ½ Mulheres
Kito
After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favourite of the concubines, Palmira, who has no interest in Storey as a lover, despite what their contract might stipulate. Philip dies, the concubines' contracts expire, and Storey is left alone with Giulietta (the titular "½", played by Fujiwara) and of course the money and the houses.
A Bright Shining Lie
Lee
Something in his past keeps career Army man John Paul Vann from advancing past colonel. He views being sent to Vietnam as part of the US military advisory force a stepping stone to promotion. However, he disagrees vocally (and on the record) with the way the war is being run and is forced to leave the military. Returning to Vietnam as a civilian working with the Army, he comes to despise some South Vietnamese officers while he takes charge of some of the U.S. forces and continues his liaisons with Vietnamese women.
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.
O livro de cabeceira
Nagiko
Orfã de mãe, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) cresceu em uma tradicional família japonesa, sendo criada pelo pai (Ken Ogata) com o auxílio da tia (Hideko Yoshida). A cada aniversário da jovem, seu pai escreve bençãos em seu rosto e nuca enquanto a tia lê um antigo manuscrito. Com o passar do tempo, o ritual marcará momentos importantes na vida da protagonista.
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.
Entre o Céu e a Terra
Madame Lien
Durante a Guerra do Vietnã, uma jovem vietnamita é torturada pelos dois lados das forças em conflito. Ao fugir do seu vilarejo, emprega-se como babá em uma casa de família e acaba ficando grávida do dono da casa. Posta na rua pela patroa, torna-se vendedora ambulante e até se prostitui, para sustentar a si e ao filho, até conhecer um sargento americano, com quem se casa e vai morar nos Estados Unidos da América. Lá ela conhece um mundo totalmente diferente, mas que também não está livre dos velhos rancores e preconceitos.
Message from Nam
France Tran
Journalism Major Paxton Andrews loses the man she loves in the Vietnam War. Always having followed the beat of a different drum, she decides to work out her grief by going to Vietnam and writing a column that will hopefully help those at home better understand the War.
O Clube da Felicidade e da Sorte
An Mei's Mother
Em São Francisco, um grupo de mulheres chinesas se encontra regularmente para trocar histórias familiares e se divertir. Em uma série de dezesseis vinhetas que cobrem gerações e continentes, a produção explora conflitos culturais e relações tumultuadas.
As Tartarugas Ninja III
Mitsu
Um cetro mágico comprado pela jornalista April O'Neill acidentalmente a transporta a para o Japão do século XVII. As Tartarugas Ninja também viajam no tempo no intuito de salvá-la, mas Michelangelo se perde do grupo. Para reencontrá-lo e salvar April, Donatello, Raphael e Leonardo precisam ajudar uma vila a enfrentar o malvado Lorde Norinaga.
The Guyver
Mizky Segawa
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
Iron And Silk
Ming
Iron and Silk is a 1990 movie based on the eponymous book by American writer Mark Salzman. It details his journey to China after college to study Chinese wu shu, better known in the west as kung fu, and to teach English. Though not trained as an actor, Salzman starred as himself, as did Pan Qingfu, who claimed no one else could portray him on film. Salzman's experiences occurred in Changsha, Hunan, though the film was shot in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. (Wikipedia)
Sombras da 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.
O Último Imperador
Wen Hsiu
A saga de Pu Yi, o último imperador da China, que foi declarado imperador com apenas três anos e viveu enclausurado na Cidade Proibida até ser deposto pelo governo revolucionário, enfrentando então o mundo pela primeira vez quando tinha 24 anos. Neste período se tornou um playboy, mas logo teria um papel político quando se tornou um pseudo-imperador da Manchúria, quando esta foi invadida pelo Japão. Aprisionado pelos soviéticos, foi devolvido à China como prisioneiro político em 1950. É exatamente neste período que o filme começa, mas logo retorna a 1908, o ano em que se tornou imperador.
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.