A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Wang is a gloomy, cunning and avaricious noodle shop owner in a desert town in China. His neglected, sharp-tongued wife is involved in a secret affair with Li, one of Wang’s employees. A timid man, Li reluctantly keeps the gun his lover has bought to kill her husband. But Wang is watching their every move. He bribes patrol officer Zhang to murder the illicit couple. It seems like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel, bloody but satisfying end or so he thinks. The equally wicked Zhang has an agenda of his own. As the plot twists, more blood will flow, and ever greater violence will erupt.
Director:
Zhang Yimou
Writers:
Xu Zhengchao, Shi Jianquan.
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Sun Honglei as Zhang |
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Xiao Shenyang as Li |
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Yan Ni as Wang's wife |
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Ni Dahong as Wang |
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Cheng Ye as Zhao |
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Nikita Mao as Chen |
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Zhao Benshan as Patrol Team Commander |
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Julien Gaudfroy as Persian Merchant |
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Wei Na as Persian Woman |
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Wang Sisi as Female Prisoner |
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Li Wenting as Female Prisoner |
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Cheng Ran as Male Prisoner |
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Huang Shuo as Male Prisoner |
| Visual Effects | Yoon Hyung-tae | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Writing | Ethan Coen | Original Story |
| Writing | Joel Coen | Original Story |
| Directing | Zhang Yimou | Director |
| Camera | Zhao Xiaoding | Director of Photography |
| Production | Liang Yu | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Zhang Weiping | Producer |
| Production | Bill Kong Chi-Keung | Producer |
| Production | Gu Hao | Producer |
| Writing | Xu Zhengchao | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shi Jianquan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Zhou Xiaofeng | Story Consultant |
| Art | Han Zhong | Production Design |
| Sound | Tao Jing | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Zhao Lin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Meng Peicong | Editor |
| Production | Zhang Zhenyan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Huang Xinming | Production Manager |
| Directing | Shang Jing | Co-Director |