Xia Gang | |||||||
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) | ||||||
| Occupation | Film director & producer | ||||||
| Years active | 1980s-present | ||||||
| Awards | Golden Rooster Awards – Best Director: 1993 After Separation | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 夏鋼 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 夏钢 | ||||||
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Xia Gang (Chinese: 夏钢; born 1953) is a Chinese film director. A graduate of the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy, Xia is a member of the so-called Fifth Generation, though unlike his classmates Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kaige, he did not gain prominence until relatively later, in the late 1980s.[1]
Like his contemporary Huang Jianxin, Xia's works have focused on modern urban relationships and particularly marriage and love.[1] His film Yesterday's Wine (1995) is most indicative of his interest in modernity and relationships, as it details a young woman's maturation in a modern Chinese city.