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In 2021, he produced and co-directed with Chen Kaige and Dante Lam the $200 million war epic The Battle of Lake Changjin, which grossed $913 million, the highest-grossing Chinese film ever He then directed and produced Water Gate Bridge (2022), the film grossed $556 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 2022. "I couldn't be more excited[...]

He emerged in the 1980s with other 5th Generation directors like Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang His films critiqued the oppressive structures of Chinese society and the men and women who fell victim to it After dramas like Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, he turned to Wuxia movies in the 2000s after the[...]