Shi Dongshan | |||||||||
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| Born | Shi Kuangshao (史匡韶) December 29, 1902 | ||||||||
| Died | February 23, 1955 (aged 52) | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter | ||||||||
| Years active | 1920s–1950s | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 史東山 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 史东山 | ||||||||
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Shi Dongshan (December 29, 1902 – February 23, 1955), born Shi Kuangshao, was one of the most prominent film directors and screenwriters in pre-Communist China, together with Chen Liting, Cai Chusheng, and Zheng Junli. His most notable film was Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon, released in 1947. He served in the Communist government after 1949, but was later persecuted and committed suicide in 1955.[1]
- ^ Yeh, Wen-Hsin (2000). Becoming Chinese: Passages to Modernity and Beyond. University of California Press. p. 370. ISBN 9780520222182.