Zhang Han Yu is a Chinese actor who was born on December 19, 1964, in Beijing, China. He graduated from the Beijing-based Central Academy of Drama in 1988. He made his screen debut in 1999, when he appeared in the movie “Sorry Baby” and the drama series “Place Where Dreams Begin.” He has since appeared in scores of hit drama and movie titles, including the films “The Great Wall” and “Operation Mekong” (both 2016), as well as “The Captain” (2019) and “Chinese Doctors” (2021).

Zhang Han Yu

During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), Imperial Japanese forces have taken charge of swathes of Chinese land. However, the would-be colonial powers are blighted by resistance fighters who have targetted trains carrying food, ammunition, and other supplies to the Japanese army. The fighters are a rag-tag group of railway workers and miners, and are led by the veteran Hong (Zhang Han Yu). Securing supplies for mountain-based guerilla combatants is a must in the resistance movement.

Hong’s operation operates out of a railway yard in Lincheng. But with the aid of the linguist and double agent Old Wang (Fan Wei) and the nurse Zhuang Yan (Zhou Ye), he starts making breakthroughs. This all sparks the ire of the Imperial Japanese, however, who dispatch a crack investigator to ensure that a huge stash of weapons reaches its intended target. Will Hong manage to intercept the cache’s passage through China – or will the fiendishly clever uncover the secret operation?

“Railway Heroes” is a 2021 Chinese movie that was directed by Yang Feng.

Railway Heroes

The year is 2019 and in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, doctors begin admitting patients who appear to have fallen ill with some kind of disease with symptoms quite unlike any other illness. Perplexed by the outbreak, doctors at front-line healthcare clinics such as the Wuhan Jin Yin Tan Hospital – including Wen Ting (Yuan Quan), Tao Jun (Zhu Ya Wen), Wu Chen Guang (Li Chen), and Zhang Jing Yu (Zhang Han Yu) – find themselves treating hundreds of patients per day, all of whom appear to have fallen ill with the disease.

The illness turns out to be a new form of the coronavirus – later to be dubbed COVID-19. But these healthcare workers have no idea what kind of illness they are fighting, what kind of drugs might help them treat the sick, nor how to prevent it from spreading. Aware that they are standing firmly in harm’s way as the epidemic balloons into a pandemic that will bring the entire world to its knees, the medics have no choice but to fight the deadly virus head-on...

“Chinese Doctors” is a 2021 Chinese movie that was directed by Andrew Lau.

Chinese Doctors

It is May 14, 2018, and 100 or so passengers are aboard Airbus flight A319 from Chongqing to Lhasa, Tibet. The aircraft suffers a major blow when the cockpit’s windshield cracks. The pilots radio air traffic control to report on their perilous situation. But then the unthinkable happens – the glass shatters, sending the pressure spiraling throughout the aircraft. The passengers panic, and one of the pilot team is taken out of action, leaving the former air force ace-turned steely nerved veteran captain Liu Chang Jian (Zhang Han Yu) to find a solution to the problem, along with his first mate Liang Dong (Du Jiang). The plane plummets almost 2.5km, and the captain manages to intervene just in time, but the really tough flying is only just getting started.

The aircraft is flying above the Tibetan Himalayas, oxygen reserves are running low and a storm starts to brew outside, making Liu Chang Jian’s seemingly impossible task that bit harder. Pandemonium breaks out among the passengers, but the lead flight attendant Bin Nan (Yuan Quan) is determined to calm their nerves and make them place their trust in her, the crew...and the captain.

“The Captain,” which was based on a true story, is a 2019 Chinese movie that was directed by Andrew Lau.

The Captain

The Flight Attendants

With the rise of rebel forces, China’s already fragile Qin Dynasty quickly began to crumble. At the behest of King Huai, the ambitious ruler of neighboring Chu, Liu Bang (Leon Lai) and Xiang Yu (Feng Shao Feng) led the rebel army into Qin. Sworn brothers-in-arms, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu served their king well. As successful military generals, King Huai is well-aware of their many talents and understands just how powerful men in their position can be. Recognizing the possible threat they pose to his reign, King Huai devises a plan to divide the sworn brothers before they can cause him any trouble.

Announcing that whoever can reach the gates of Qin first will become the land’s new Emperor, King Huai seals the fate of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Determined to win Qin for his own, Xiang Yu leads his army against the main forces of Qin while Liu Bang uses the diversion created by his brother-in-arms to invade unnoticed. Feeling betrayed by Liu Bang’s actions, Xiang Yu swears revenge, his hatred only intensifying when he realizes Liu Bang has declared his love for Yu Ji (Liu Yi Fei), the woman Xiang Yu himself loves.

Driven by his need for revenge, Xiang Yu will stop at nothing to get what he wants, but has no idea that his fate actually lies in the hands of another. Supported behind the scenes by their brilliant benefactors, Zhang Liang (Zhang Han Yu) and Fan Zeng (Anthony Wong) have actually been the ones directing both men’s fate from the very beginning. Wielded like paws on a chess board, which young general will arise victorious in this epic battle of survival?

A story of brotherhood and betrayal, “White Vengeance” is a 2011 Chinese historical film directed by Daniel Lee.

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