Coming Home Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Jul. 10, 2016

Coming Home

Release Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Limited

Director: Zhang Yimou

Starring: Li Gong • Daoming Chen

PG-13 Drama N/A Mandarin

4.52 / 5.0

28% WILL SEE 72% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Lu Yanshi (Chen Daoming) and Feng Wanyu (Gong Li) are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner, just as his wife is injured in an accident.

Released during the last days of the Cultural Revolution, he finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife has amnesia and remembers little of her past. Unable to recognize Lu, she patiently waits for her husband's return.

A stranger alone in the heart of his broken family, Lu Yanshi determines to resurrect their past together and reawaken his wife's memory.

Drama

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Who stars in Coming Home – Cast List

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Li Gong
The Protégé, 2046
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Daoming Chen

Who is making Coming Home – Crew List

A look at Coming Home behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Zhang Yimou last helmed The Flowers of War and House of Flying Daggers.

Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenwriter: Zou Jingzhi

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the Coming Home

Key Facts

Based on the novel by Yan Geling.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Sep 2014

Completed

Changed Coming Home movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some thematic material
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: Mandarin

Coming Home Trailers and Clips

Coming Home

Theatrical Trailer

Coming Home Release Date: When was the film released?

Coming Home was released in limited movie theaters on Wednesday, September 9 , 2015. There were two other movies released on the same date, including Winter on Fire and Time Out of Mind. As a limited release, Coming Home was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.