| Zhuangzi Tests His Wife | |
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| Directed by | Li Beihai |
| Written by | Li Minwei |
| Produced by | Li Beihai |
| Distributed by | Huamei |
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| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | silent |
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (Chinese: 莊子試妻; pinyin: Zhuangzi shi qi) is a 1913 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Minwei. It is the earliest feature film of Hong Kong cinema, and the only film made by the Huamei (Chinese-American) Studio, which was co-founded by Benjamin Brosky, who had sold his Asia Film Company in Shanghai, and Li Minwei. The film was never screened in Hong Kong. Brosky brought the film to the United States,[1] and it became the first Chinese film to be shown abroad when it was exhibited in the Chinese communities of Los Angeles and San Francisco.[citation needed] It is based on the zidishu play "The Butterfly Dream" written by Chunshuzhai.[2]
- ^ Fonoroff, Paul (1988). "A Brief History of Hong Kong Cinema" (PDF). Chinese University of Hong Kong. p. 294.
- ^ Idema, Wilt (2014). The Resurrected Skeleton : from Zhuangzi to Lu Xun. New York. pp. 195–196. ISBN 9780231536516. OCLC 881805404.
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