I used to like the number of action paths designed by Cheng Xiaodong very much, and I felt that the sky was like a dragon flying phoenix dance, very ethereal and elegant, and it was wonderful. However, it cannot be denied that compared with the painstaking efforts of Yuan Heping, Liu Jialiang, Hong Jinbao and other action directors in the specific dismantling of the fighting moves, Cheng Xiaodong's action design is somewhat flashy. What he is good at is the action routine like dance; he pays attention to the creation of the artistic conception of the martial arts scene, the so-called "freehand is greater than the realism", the shape is more than the action; he likes to play with many magical tricks beyond the scope of realistic kung fu, such as Yue Buqun's invisible sword qi in "Laughing Proud of the Jianghu", Lin Qingxia's flying needle and explosion in "Oriental Undefeated", and the "Jade Girl Sword Array" of the "Transformers" decomposed and combined in "The Seven Princesses of Wuxia".
"Strange Origins"
Directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Chow Yun Fat, Zhu Baoyi, Lan Jieying and Di Wei, it was released in Hong Kong, China on February 27, 1986.
The film tells the story of a primitive tribe on the Pamir Plateau in the Himalayas, where their people believe that their leader is chosen by god and has divine powers that mortals cannot. In order to eliminate the evil forces, the righteous party sends Sina out to find the future leader, the young designer Zu. After a series of accidents, Zu understands his identity and leads Sina's people to fight against the evil forces.
"Life and Death"
The film, directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Xu Shaoqiang, Liu Songren, Kaohsiung and Zhang Tianai, was released in Hong Kong, China on January 13, 1983.
The film mainly tells about a life-and-death battle between Chinese and Japanese martial arts.
Ghost of a Woman
Directed by Cheng Xiaodong, written by Ruan Jizhi and starring Zhang Guorong, Wang Zuxian and Wu Ma, the horror film was released in Hong Kong, China on July 18, 1987.
The film tells the story of the scholar Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian falling in love, but discovering that Xiaoqian is a female ghost manipulated by the tree spirit Grandmother, and then the swordsman Yan Chixia helps Ning Caichen to deal with the grandmother, and promotes the story of their two ghost lovers.
The film has won the 16th French Science Fiction Film Festival Jury Special Award, the Portuguese Science Fiction Film Festival Best Film Award, the 24th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards Best Adapted Screenplay and other awards.
"Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Figurines"
Directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Gong Li, Zhang Yimou and Yu Rongguang, the costume fantasy love film was released in Hong Kong on April 12, 1990.
Set against the backdrop of the Qin Dynasty, the Republic of China and the 1970s, the film tells the story of the love affair between The Third Dynasty of The Qin Dynasty Lang Zhongling Meng Tianfang and the young girl Han Dong'er.
In 1991, the film won the Best Film Score Award at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards. Directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Gong Li, Zhang Yimou and Yu Rongguang, the costume fantasy love film was released in Hong Kong on April 12, 1990.
In 1991, the film won the Best Film Score Award at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards.
"Smiling Proud of the River"
Directed by Hu Jinquan and Cheng Xiaodong, starring Xu Guanjie, Ye Tong, Jacky Cheung and Zhang Min.
The film tells the story of the Ming Dynasty's Wanli Dynasty, because of the theft of the Great Inner Martial Arts secret book "Sunflower Treasure Book", which caused Ling Huchong, who had just entered the jianghu, to be involved in a bloody storm.
Ghost of a Woman II: The Way of Man
Cheng Xiaodong directed, starring Zhang Guorong and Wang Zuxian. The film tells the story of Ning Caichen who was innocently implicated in prison and successfully escaped from prison with the help of Zhuge Wolong, after which he and the ghost horse Taoist Zhiqiu Yiye worked together to save Fu Tianqiu, who was framed and imprisoned, under the leadership of Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi, the daughters of Zhongyi. On July 13, 1990, the film was released in Hong Kong.
"Uncle Cai's Sweep of a Thousand Armies"
The film directed by Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Ke and starring Jacky Cheung, Leung Ka Fai, Qin Pei and Cheng Xiaodong was released in Hong Kong, China on March 28, 1991.
The plot depicts the Chinese veteran Cai Uncle in his later years in the 1930s, seeing the Japanese establish Manchukuo in northeast China, so he re-emerged from the rivers and lakes and mixed into the imperial palace. He fought viciously with secret agents, Japanese officers, spies, etc., and at the end of the day, all of them were captured and trapped in the gas chamber...
Ghost of a Woman III: The Way of the Road
The film directed by Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Ke and starring Jacky Cheung, Liang Chaowei, Wang Zuxian and Liu Xun was released in Canada on September 12, 1991.
The film tells a newly written story describing the resurrection of the thousand-year-old tree in the human world a hundred years later, the old monk of Baiyun and the young Shifang Passing through Lan Ruo Temple, seeing the ghost and leaving the demon behind. When the ten parties met the female ghost Xiao Zhuo, they gradually became affectionate. Bai Yun was captured after defeating Shu Yao, and The Ten Fangs rescued the Master under the ribs of Yan Chixia, and Xiao Zhuo also betrayed Grandma to help.
Deer Ding Ji II: The Dragon Cult
Directed by Wang Jing and Cheng Xiaodong and starring Stephen Chow and Lin Qingxia, the film was released in Hong Kong, China on September 24, 1992.
The film is adapted from Jin Yong's novel, telling the story of Wei Xiaobao's journey from hostility to sleeping together with the Dragon Sect Leader, and being ordered to escort Princess Jianning to get married and trying his best to obstruct the marriage, and then getting the revelation of the Forty-two Chapters Classic, eliminating the bad guys for the emperor and returning to his hometown.
"The Undefeated East of the Laughing Pride"
Directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Jet Li, Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin, the martial arts film was released in Hong Kong, China on June 26, 1992.
The film is based on Jin Yong's novel of the same name, telling the story of Ling Guchong and Dongfang Undefeated after several encounters and gradually developed feelings, when Ling Guchong found out that Dongfang Undefeated killed his brother, he went to Dongfang Undefeated for the sake of righteousness to avenge the story.
"The Undefeated Rise of the East"
Co-directed by Cheng Xiaodong and Li Huimin, and starring Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and Yu Rongguang, the martial arts film was released in Hong Kong, China on January 21, 1993.
The film tells the story of the undefeated retreat of the East and then re-emerging from the jianghu, pursuing an extraordinary life, and the love-hate entanglement with Xue Chihiro and Gu Changfeng.
《Jigong》
The directors are Du Qifeng and Cheng Xiaodong. This film is to package the story of the fictional character Ji Gong of the folk, and point out the theme of human affection between the jokes. In addition to the performance of Stephen Chow, it also includes the Golden Statue Film Emperor Huang Qiusheng, and the two Golden Statue Film Queens Maggie Cheung and Mui Yanfang starring.
The Legend of the Modern Hero
The film, directed by Cheng Xiaodong and Du Qifeng and starring Mui Yanfang, Maggie Cheung, Jin Chengwu and Liu Songren, was released in Hong Kong, China on September 30, 1993.
The film tells the story of Dongdong and Xinjing, who are trained by a martial arts master to become a heroine, and xinjing is abducted by the hundred-year-old eunuch Chen Gonggong when he is ten years old, washing away his memories and becoming a murderous killer. Chen Qi, who shared the same fate as her, escaped bad luck and became a female catcher who specialized in catching fugitives. In order to get rid of the clutches of the father-in-law, Chen Qi, Dongdong and Xinjing went straight to the forbidden land and fought a life-and-death battle with the father-in-law.
The Seven Kongs
Films directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Yang Ziqiong, Li Youning and Xu Zhi'an. The film was released on April 1, 1994 in Hong Kong, China.
The film tells the legend that China has a highly confidential bodyguard training school, and all members have practiced well and specially instructed the Chinese government to solve international problems. One of the groups consisted of six men and one woman, and the group name was "Seven King Kongs".
The Adventure King
An action film directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Jet Li, Kwan Chi Lin, Jin Chengwu and Yang Caini, the film was released in Hong Kong on March 14, 1996.
The film tells the story of a writer who encounters many problems in his life and finds another self in a series of adventure stories.
In 1996, the film was nominated for Best Action Direction (Cheng Xiaodong and Ma Yucheng) at the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1997.
"Chinese Gambler"
Directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Gu Tianle and Zhang Jiahui, it was released in Hong Kong, China on August 31, 2008.
The film tells the story of the Hong Kong gambling king Ah Ku once had unlimited scenery, with a hand of flying card stunts famous to shock the rivers and lakes, in Asia only Japan's Iron Man can be able to fight with him, Ah Ku is also bent on defeating Iron Man and becoming the real first person in Asia. The war-seeking Iron Man takes advantage of keren's twin sister in the United States to seduce Ah Ku, who has no choice but to self-destruct his oath and launch a century of decisive battles with Iron Man...
"Hidden Dragon Boom 3"
Cheng Xiaodong directed the action film, Steven Siegel, Lu Shuyi and other participants in the performance. The film tells the story of CIA agent Jack, whose daughter is kidnapped by a notorious terrorist group while on vacation in Thailand. In order to save his daughter in danger, Jack desperately sneaks into the tiger's den.
"Beauty of the Mountains"
A costume film directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Zhen Zidan, Chen Huilin, Li Ming and Guo Xiaodong, which was released in China on March 7, 2008.
The film tells the story of a romantic adult fairy tale of Yan Fei'er, the princess of Yanguo, in the context of the overhead era.
In 2009, Xi Zhongwen was nominated for Best Art Direction at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards for the film.
The Legend of the White Snake
A magical love action movie directed by Cheng Xiaodong and starring Cui Baozhu, Jet Li, Huang Shengyi, Lin Feng and so on. It premiered worldwide in Venice on September 2, 2011, and was released on Chinese mainland on September 29, 2011. With a box office of 229 million, the film became the top box office box office in the 2011 Mainland National Day file, and in the first week of overseas release, it topped the global box office chart with a box office of US$16.89 million, taking the first crown of Chinese films in the global box office market. It was also screened at the 68th Venice Film Festival as the only Chinese-language film. He won the Best Contribution Award at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain.
The film is adapted from "The Legend of the White Snake", one of the four major Chinese folklore, which tells the love story of the white snake and Xu Xian.
《Sui Xian I.
Produced by Xu Ke, directed by Cheng Xiaodong, and starring Xiao Zhan, Li Qin, Tang Yixin, Meng Meiqi and other costume immortal films. The film is scheduled to be released on Chinese mainland on September 13, 2019.
Adapted from The novel of the same name by Xiao Ding, "Xue Xian I" tells the story of the teenager Zhang Xiaofan who worshiped at Qingyun Gate because of the Caomiao Village massacre, and obtained a magic weapon to burn the fire stick by chance, thus getting involved in the secret struggle between good and evil.