3 Movies Starring Jinglei Xu

The Warlords

The Warlords

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-12

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

Hong Kong, China

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (21936 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tin Nam Chun (screenplay)

Junli Guo (screenplay)

Jiping He (screenplay)

Jianxin Huang (screenplay)

Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)

Oi Wah Lam (screenplay)

Lan Xu (screenplay)

James Yuen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi. The story was filmed by Zhang Che in 1973 as The Blood Brothers.

Shinjuku Incident

Shinjuku Incident

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-02

Languages:

Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese, English, Min Nan, Hokkien

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (8686 Reviews)

Director:

Tung-Shing Yee

Cast:

Writer:

Tung-Shing Yee

Tin Nam Chun

Fullplot:

In China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou loses his Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Tietou saves Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Tietou saves the powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster offers a dirty job to Tietou; in retribution, he promises to deliver the quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Tietou becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants. But his peaceful methods make him unpopular and Tietou starts to lose control over his men which escalates into a giant gang war.

Somewhere Only We Know

Somewhere Only We Know

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-13

Languages:

Mandarin, English

Countries:

China

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (316 Reviews)

Director:

Jinglei Xu

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Shuo Wang

Yun Wang

Jinglei Xu

Meng Zhao

Fullplot:

Jin Tian, a young woman who recently got dumped by her fiance and lost her grandmother, Chen Lanxin. Feeling heartbroken, she travels to Prague, the place where her grandmother once spent years of her life. In her grandmother's belongings she finds a letter from 1970. In Prague, Jin Tian meets Peng Zeyang, a young single father who lives with his daughter and mother. The two develop a mutual attraction during their journey on searching Josef Novak, her grandmother's past lover.

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