Wu Yonggang

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Wu Yonggang
Hanyu Pinyin
Wú Yǒnggāng

Wu Yonggang (November 1, 1907 – December 18, 1982) was a prominent

1949 communist revolution.[1]

Biography

Wu Yonggang was born in

Lianhua Film Company.[1] His first film from the director's chair, 1934's The Goddess (under contract with Lianhua), earned both him and the film's star, Ruan Lingyu, rave reviews. A prolific director, Wu continued to make films well into the 1970s until his retirement shortly before his death including Evening Rain (co-directed with Wu Yigong) which won Best Picture at the first annual Golden Rooster Awards
.

Acclaimed director Chen Kaige referred to Wu Yonggang as one of his most admired directors, and named The Goddess as his favorite film of the 1930s.[4]

Selected filmography

Year English Title Chinese Title Notes
1934 The Goddess 神女
1935 Little Angel 小天使
1936 The Desert Island 浪淘沙
1936 The Pioneers 壮志凌云 Also known as Soaring Aspirations
1938 Rouge Tears 胭脂泪 Wu's remake of his own debut The Goddess for the Xinhua Film Company
1946 Loyal Family 忠义之家
1947 Waiting for Spring 迎春曲
1947 Decision of a Lifetime 终生大事
1950 The Far Away Village 遥远的乡村
1952 Hasen and Jiamila 哈森与加米拉
1956 Qiu Meets the Goddess of Flowers 秋翁遇仙记
1958 Lin Chong 林冲
1980 Evening Rain 巴山夜雨 Co-directed with Wu Yigong

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Chinese Cinema". UCSD Chinese Cinema Web-based Learning Center. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  2. ^ Wu Yonggang 2005-07-02
  3. ^ Zhang Yingjin, "Prostitution and Urban Imagination" in Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922–1943, ed. Yingjin Zhang (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999), 167.
  4. ^ "The Buffalo Film Series- Wu Yonggang-The Goddess/Shen Nu" (PDF). The University at Buffalo. 2006-01-24. Retrieved 2007-05-03.

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