Cheng Bugao (1898
[–20 June 1966) () was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the ]Mingxing Film Company
Mingxing Film Company (), also known as the Star Motion Picture Company, was one of the largest production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in the Republican era. Founded in Shanghai, the company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was close ...
, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the ''Wild Torrents
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Common meanings
* Wild animal
* Wilderness, a wild natural environment
* Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamed
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'' (1933) and '' Spring Silkworms'' (1933). Both films were based on screenplays by Xia Yan Xia Yan is the name of:
*Xia Yan (Ming dynasty) (1482–1548), Ming dynasty politician
*Xia Yan (playwright)
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.[Pang Laikwan (2002). ]
Chinese National Cinema
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After the Second Sino-Japanese War
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, Cheng moved to Hong Kong, where he made films of a purposefully apolitical nature.
Partial directorial filmography
See also
*Mingxing Film Company
Mingxing Film Company (), also known as the Star Motion Picture Company, was one of the largest production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in the Republican era. Founded in Shanghai, the company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was close ...
References
External links
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Cheng Bugao
at the Chinese Movie Database
Film directors from Zhejiang
Hong Kong film directors
1898 births
1966 deaths
Date of birth missing
Chinese film directors
Chinese silent film directors
Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong
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