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Cheng Zhi

Cheng Zhi

Zhi Cheng Zhi was born on February 3, 1926 in Wuchang, Hubei. Two years later he moved to Shanghai with his grandfather, tenth-ranking scholar. Grandfather was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, and seal engraving. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was the supervisor of the Yuelu Academy in Hunan. He has more than ten albums, and has compiled and published many representative works of the Tan School. He was employed as a librarian in the Shanghai Museum of Cultural History in the late 1950s. Young Zhi Cheng has loved Peking Opera since he was young. He returned to La Jinghu without a teacher at the age of six. He broadcasted on the radio at the age of eight and sang Peking opera. At the age of eleven, he produced the Peking Opera record "Yu Guo Yuan". After graduating from high school in 1944, Cheng was admitted to the Fudan Department of Economics. Because of his passion for acting, he participated in a charity fundraising event sponsored by Shen Bao at the time during his studies in Fudan. The repertoire for the free performance is "Rich Clouds", directed by Huang Zuolin.

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Movies Starring Cheng Zhi (35)

The Horror Night (1988)

The story takes place in the pre-liberation southwestern borderlands, where two well-dressed young men are welcomed on a winding path in the deep mountains. They are Qi Yuanjing and Zhou Luo, spies sent by the police department, disguised as merchants to f ...

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Romance of a Calligrapher (1982)

Love story of a young calligrapher and the daughter of a supreme government official in ancient China. ...

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What Is Love? (1980)

Set in the period just after ten years of chaos, several love stories associated with the tourists on a bus indicate more meanings of love. ...

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Troubled Laughter (1979)

During the Cultural Revolution a powerless newspaper writer struggles with his conscience at the pervasive dishonesty and immorality from the top on down. ...

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Son, Grandson and Seeds (1978)

A story about promotion of the birth control policy in a traditional Chinese rural village. ...

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Unforgettable Battle (1975)

In 1949, as the country celebrates liberation, KMT agents are ploting. ...

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The Magician's Adventures (1962)

A magician comes back to Shanghai to find his son separated twenty-five years ago. ...

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The Red Detachment of Women (1961)

Wu Qionghua, a house maid, is abused by a cruel warlord until she joins a troop of women soldiers. ...

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Desert Chasing Bandits (1959)

A squad of PLA traces bandits in the desert. ...

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Underground Route (1959)

The Min River is crucial for Fujian Province's economy. In 1947, Lin Sen Guan, a Communist Party member and driver of the "Fuzhou" steamship, smuggled weapons and radios to a guerrilla base with fellow party members. The enemy, led by transportation inspec ...

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Iron Bars and Blazing Fire (1958)

About the Chinese communists who fought boldly and selflessly against the Kuomintang. ...

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Lalan and Dongdong (1958)

Kind people help bring little Lan-Lan and her brother Dong-Dong to Beijing to their parents. ...

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Cowboy Joining the Army (1958)

The story of fifteen-year-old shepherd Gu Xiao, who ran away from his landlord to the mountains. There he met scouts from the People's Liberation Army and helped them find the right path. The shepherd then took part in an important combat operation. For hi ...

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Ride the Wind and Break the Waves (1958)

After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways. ...

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Family (1957)

Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of the twentieth century. The story focuses on three brothers and how they respond to the expectation that th ...

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Railroad Guerrilla (1956)

This movie is based on the true story, which happened in Shan-Dong Province of China during World War II. It is based on a collection of memoirs of the guerrilla members. Due to the fact that it happened during World War II and there was not much secrets, ...

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The Old Man and the Fairy (1956)

The story about an old man and a peony fairy. ...

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Li Shizhen (1956)

This biography film is based on the life of the real historical figure Li Shizhen.The story focuses on the social injustices suffered by Li as well as the difficulties he overcame in writing the famous Encyclopedia of Herbs. ...

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Hasen and Jiamila (1955)

Hasan and Kamila, natives of Xinjiang, one of China's provinces, have loved each other for a long time. But many obstacles stand in the way of their happiness. The fact is that the son of a local wealthy man has decided to take Kamila as his wife against h ...

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The Letter with Feathers (1954)

Twelve-year-old Hai Wa sends a secret letter containing Japanese military information to the Eight Route Army during the anti-Japanese war. ...

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Caravans with Ring (1954)

The government sends caravans to Miao villages periodically to provide goods which facilitate the folks. A detachment protects the caravans from robbery. ...

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Fu Shi (1950)

During the war against Japan, a young woman fell into the enemy's spy organization, and engaged in a series of espionage activities, before being inspired by members of the Communist Pary. ...

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This Life of Mine (1950)

Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family. ...

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The Watch (1949)

A street-wise and tough orphan called Maverick is arrested for a petty theft and sent to an orphanage, but succeeds in concealing a watch he had stolen from an old shopkeeper just before his arrest. At the orphanage, he is recruited by a crooked warder for ...

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Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man (1949)

Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a primary school principal widowed at a young age, raises his children alone. His close friend's daughter, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), whom he hasn't seen for many years, begins working at the primary school through his introduction ...

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Bright Day (1948)

The great Chinese star Shi Hui stars as an energetic lawyer fighting for the good of his neighbors in this stirring, almost Capra-esque drama from Cao Yu, one of China's most important twentieth-century playwrights. ...

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Long Live the Mistress! (1947)

A man who becomes wealthy starts to have an affair and though his wife knows of it, she says nothing. Soon, the affair starts to have consequences and his business falls apart while the man's sister starts to have a relationship with the brother of his wif ...

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Night Inn (1947)

Night Inn (Chinese: 夜店; pinyin: Yè Diǎn) is a Chinese black-and-white film released in 1947, directed by Huang Zuolin and starring the popular Shanghai singer Zhou Xuan. The film is based on the Chinese theatrical adaptation of Maxim Gorky's The Low ...

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