Biography
Born in Shanghai, he worked as an assistant of Hou Yao. He made the first film Night in the City, and Song of China, which garnered recognition. In 1948, he made Spring in a Small Town, about a love triangle set in the post- war Chinese society, which gave him a huge success. After his death, his films were forgotten due to the ideological reason, but rediscovered in 1980s in China, and Spring in a Small Town is now considered the greatest Chinese film of all time by Chinese critics.
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Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1948 |
A Wedding in the Dream |
Spring in a Small Town |
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| 1941 |
Söhne und Töchter der Welt |
| 1937 |
Symphony of Lianhua |
| 1936 |
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain |
| 1935 |
Song of China |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 1937 |
Symphony of Lianhua |