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name: "Zhong Acheng"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:39:11.250410+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Zhong Acheng

Writer. Born 5 April 1949 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 April 1949, Beijing, China
- **Also known as:** Zhong A-Cheng, 阿城, A Cheng, 钟阿城
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah_Cheng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q300354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0155531/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233199

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Assassin*](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Zhong Acheng, also known as Ah Cheng, is a Chinese author and screenwriter. Born in Beijing in 1949, he is the son of film critic Zhong Dianfei. During the Cultural Revolution he was sent to work in the countryside in several provinces before returning to Beijing in 1979.

He came to prominence in the 1980s as a writer associated with the Xungen literary movement. His best-known literary works include the novellas *The Chess Master* (1984), *The King of Trees* (1985) and *The King of Children* (1985). As a screenwriter his credits include *Hibiscus Town* (1986), *The Go Master* (2006) and *The Assassin* (2015). He received the International Nonino Prize in 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikimili.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Assassin* (2015), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Assassin* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-assassin.md)
- *In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship* (2008), Writer
- *The Go Master* (2007), Writer
- *The Obscure* (2007), Acting
- *Control by Zhen Guan* (2006), series, Writer
- *Springtime in a Small Town* (2002), Writer
- *Painted Skin* (1993), Writer
- *King of Chess* (1991), Original Story
- *Full Moon in New York* (1989), Writer
- *Chess King* (1988), Original Story
- *King of the Children* (1987), Novel
- *Hibiscus Town* (1987), Writer
- *Yue Yue* (1986), Writer
- *Big Star* (1985), Writer
- *Cry of the Birds*, Novel

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- International Nonino Prize 1992: International Nonino Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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