List of Chinese films of the 1940s
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This is a list of
Republican period
and initial Communist period of China ordered by year of release in the 1940s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.
1940
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Adventures of the Chinese Tarzan | 中國泰山歷險記 | Wang Cilong | Lai Cheuk-Cheuk |
Adventure/Romance | Adapted from Tarzan of the Apes |
The Amorous History of Su San | 蘇三艷史 | Wu Cun | Zhou Xuan | Drama | |
Baptism by Fire | 火的洗禮 | Sun Yu | Zhang Ruifang, He Weiling |
War | |
City of Darkness | 黑天堂 | Wu Cun | Zhou Xuan, Gong Jianong |
Drama | |
Confucius | 孔夫子 | Fei Mu | Tang Huaiqiu | Biographical/Historical | |
The Country Girl | 鄉下大姑娘 | Wang Yin | Yuan Meiyun | Drama | |
Dong Xiaowan | 董小宛 | Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Xiaoqiu |
Zhou Xuan, Shu Shi |
Alternate title: The Story of Dong Xiaowan | |
Drizzling Rain | 瀟湘秋雨 | Zhang Shankun, Bu Wancang |
Chen Yunshang, Mei Xi |
Drama | |
The Emerald Hairpin | 碧玉簪 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yunshang | Romance | Based on a Yue opera |
Flower Girl | 花魁女 | Wu Yonggang | Chen Yen-yen, Liu Qiong |
Romance/Costume | |
The Gardener and the Lady | Wang Cilong | Lu Ming, Wang Yin |
Romance | Based on a folk legend | |
Ge Neniang | 葛嫩娘 | Chen Yiqing | Gu Lanjun, Mei Xi |
Historical/Drama | Alternate title: Grudges at the End of the Ming |
Guan Yin, a Bodhisattva | 觀世音 | Yan Youxiang | Zhang Cuihong | ||
Hongxian Steals the Chest | 紅線盜盒 | Li Pingqian | Gu Lanjun | Historical/Action | |
Invisible Heroine | 隱身女俠 | Wu Wenchao | Li Lihua |
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Legend of the Sui Dynasty | 隨宮春色 | Yang Xiaozhong | Chen Yen-yen, Liu Qiong |
Historical/Romance | |
Li Xiangjun | 李香君 | Wu Cun | Gu Lanjun | Drama | Based on The Peach Blossom Fan |
Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai | 梁山伯與祝英台 | Yueh Feng | Zhang Cuihong, Gu Yelu |
Romance/Costume | Based on the Butterfly Lovers |
Light of East Asia | 東亞之光 | He Feiguang | War | ||
Living Buddha Ji Gong | 濟公活佛 | Zheng Xiaoqiu | You Guangzhao | Biographical | |
Meng Lijun | 孟麗君 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhou Xuan, Shu Shi |
Romance/Costume | Alternate title: Magnificent Relationship (華麗緣) |
The Pearl Pagoda | 珍珠塔 | Fang Peilin | Li Hong, Gu Yelu |
Romance | Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title |
The Perfect Beauty | 絕代佳人 | Wang Cilong | Hu Die | Biographical/Historical | Last days of the Ming dynasty, focusing on the role played by famous beauty Chen Yuanyuan Alternate title: Chen Yuanyuan the Beauty |
Powder and Sword | 紅粉金戈 | Wu Yonggang | Wang Xichun, Shu Shi |
Historical/Action | |
Princess Snow White | 白雪公主 | Wu Yonggang | Chen Juanjuan | Fantasy | Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney film Alternate title: China Princess Snow White (中國白雪公主) |
Qin Liangyu | 秦良玉 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yunshang | Biographical/Historical | Based on the life and career of female general Qin Liangyu |
Qin Xianglian |
秦香蓮 | Wen Yimin | Zhang Cuihong, Wang Cilong |
Crime | Non-musical adaptation of Chen Shimei, one of the cases of Bao Zheng
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Romance of the Western Chamber | 西廂記 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhou Xuan | Musical remake of the 1927 silent film of the same title | |
Songstresses | Zhang Shichuan | Zhou Manhua | Romance | Adapted from a novel by Zhang Henshui | |
Storm on the Border | 塞上風雲 | Ying Yunwei | Li Lili, Shu Xiuwen |
War | First film to show Chinese minority people joining the anti-Japanese resistance |
Su Wu Herds the Sheep | 蘇武牧羊 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yunshang, Mei Xi |
Biographical/Historical | The story of Han dynasty diplomat Su Wu |
Tempest Over Taihang Mountain | 風雪太行山 | He Mengfu | Xie Tian | War | Alternate title: Struggle on Taihang Mountain |
The Vast Sky | 長空萬裡 | Sun Yu | Gao Zhanfei, Bai Yang, Jin Yan, Wang Renmei |
War | "National Defense" film made in unoccupied West China. Alternate English title: Wings of China |
The Wandering Songstress | 天涯歌女 | Wu Cun | Zhou Xuan | Drama | |
Yan Xijiao |
閻惜嬌 | Yueh Feng | Mei Xi, Diao Banhua |
Based on a chapter in Water Margin | |
Yanmen Pass | 雁門關 | Fang Peilin | Yuan Meiyun, Mei Xi |
Historical/War | |
Youth of China | 青年中國 | Su Yi | Tao Jin, Bai Yang |
War | |
Yue Fei, a National Hero | 岳飛精忠報國 | Wu Yonggang | Liu Qiong | Historical/War | Story of the Song dynasty general Yue Fei Alternate Chinese titles: 尽忠報國, 精忠報國 |
1941
1942
1943
Title | Chinese Titles | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Ask for Help |
Zhu Shilin | Tu Guangqi, Zhou Manhua |
Comedy | ||
Daughter of the Fisherman | Bu Wancang | Zhou Xuan | Romance | Yu Jia Nu | |
Eternity | 萬世流芳 | Bu Wancang, Ma-Xu Weibang |
Chen Yunchang |
Drama | Controversial film on the Opium War , produced under the Japanese occupation
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A Japanese Spy | 日本間諜 | Yuan Congmei | Luo Jun, Feng Fei, many others |
Drama | Adaptation of Chungking .
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1944
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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A Brave Man Can Make Mountains and Rivers Brave | 氣壯山河 | He Feiguang | Li Lili, Wang Hao |
War | Made in China's wartime capital of Chungking
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Dream of the Red Chamber | Bu Wancang | Zhou Xuan | Drama | Adaptation of the classic Chinese novel |
1945
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Bloodshed on an Oriental Cherry | 血濺櫻花 | He Feiguang | Li Lili | War | |
My Love, My Homeland | 還我故鄉 | Shi Dongshan | Tao Jin, Zhao Shuyin |
War | |
Song for the Police | 警魂歌 | Tang Xiaodan | Wang Hao, Zong You Kang Jian |
Alternate Chinese title: 敢死警備隊 |
1946
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Flying Orioles | 鶯飛人間 | Fang Peilin | Ouyang Feiying, Chen Tianguo, Yan Su |
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The Holy City | 聖城記 | Shen Fu | Bai Yang, Xie Tian, Qi Heng |
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The Iron Man | 鐵骨冰心 | Pei Chong | Liu Qiong, Qian Shanzhu |
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The Loyal Family | 忠義之家 | Wu Yonggang | Liu Qiong, Qin Yi |
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Sparks of the Nation | 民族的火花 | Yang Xiaozhong | Wang Danfeng, Yan Hua |
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Spy Number One | 天字第一號 | Tu Guangqi | Ouyang Feiying, He Bin, Zhou Chu |
1947
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Along the Sungari River | 鬆花江上 | Jin Shan | Zhang Ruifang, Wang Renlu |
War | |
Dream in Paradise | 天堂春夢 | Tang Xiaodan | Shangguan Yunzhu | Drama | |
Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon | 八千里路雲和月 | Shi Dongshan | Bai Yang | Drama | |
Emperor's Dream | Animation | ||||
Far Away Love | 遙遠的愛 | Chen Liting | Zhao Dan, Qin Yi, Wu Yin |
Drama | |
Long Live the Missus! | 太太萬歲 | Sang Hu | Shi Hui, Shangguan Yunzhu |
Romantic Comedy | |
Night Inn | 夜店 | Huang Zuolin | Zhou Xuan, Wei Wei |
Drama | Adaptation of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths |
Phony Phoenixes | 假鳳虛凰 | Huang Zuolin | Li Lihua, Lu Shan |
Comedy | |
Rhapsody of Happiness | 幸福狂想曲 | Chen Liting | Zhao Dan, Huang Zongying |
Drama | Written by Chen Baichen |
The Spring River Flows East | 一江春水向東流 | Zheng Junli, Cai Chusheng |
Bai Yang, Tao Jin, Shu Xiuwen, Shangguan Yunzhu |
Drama |
1948
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Go After an Easy Prey | 瓮中捉鳖 | Fang Ming | Animation | North East Film Studio
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Myriad of Lights | 萬家燈火 | Shen Fu | Lan Ma, Wu Yin |
Drama | |
A Wedding in the Dream | 生死恨 | Fei Mu | Mei Lanfang | Musical/Opera | First Chinese color film |
Spring in a Small Town | 小城之春 | Fei Mu | Wei Wei, Li Wei |
Romantic Drama | Named the greatest Chinese language film made by the Hong Kong Film Awards
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1949
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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Bridge | 橋 | Wang Bin | War | First post-revolution Chinese film | |
Crows and Sparrows | 烏鴉與麻雀 | Zheng Junli | Zhao Dan, Shangguan Yunzhu, Sun Daolin |
Drama | Post-revolution Chinese film |
Daughters of China | 中華女兒 | Ling Zifeng Zhai Qiang |
War | Post-revolution Chinese film | |
Mother | 母親 | Shi Hui | Qin Yi | Drama | |
Orphan on the Streets | 三毛流浪記 | Zhao Ming, Yan Gong |
Wang Longji, Lin Zhen |
Drama | Kunlun Film Company production, also known as The Winter of Three Hairs. Post-revolution Chinese film |
Ai le zhongnian (Sorrows and Joys of Middle Age) |
哀樂中年 | Sang Hu | Shi Hui | Drama | |
Women Side by Side | 麗人行 | Chen Liting | Sha Li, Huang Zongying, Shangguan Yunzhu |
Drama | Also known as Three Women and Female Fighter |
Mainland Chinese Film Production Totals
Year | Total Films[1] |
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1940 | 59 |
1941 | 108 |
1942 | 33 |
1943 | 1 |
1944 | 1 |
1945 | 3 |
1946 | 6 |
1947 | 39 |
1948 | 75 |
1949 | 44 |
See also
- Cinema of China
- Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures as chosen by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards
Sources
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1931-1949.9, 故事片·戏曲片. (2005). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1931-1949.9. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-02414-7
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1949.10-1976, 故事片·戏曲片. (2001). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1949.10-1976. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-01508-3
References
- ^ From Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films table of contents. This does not include films produced by studios under the control of occupying Japanese forces.