Jin Yan (; April 7, 1910 – December 27, 1983), also known by his English name Raymond King, was a Korean-born Chinese actor who gained fame during China's
golden age of cinema, based in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930s. He was dubbed the "Film Emperor" and the "
Rudolph Valentino
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor based in the United States who starred ...
of Shanghai".
[Chinese Film Classics: Jin Yan: https://chinesefilmclassics.org/jin-yan-%e9%87%91%e7%84%b0/]
Filmography
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Chinese Film Classics: Jin Yan scholarly website chinesefilmclassics.org contains information about Jin Yan and English translations of his films ''The Peach Girl, Wild Rose'', and ''The Great Road''
''The Peach Girl'' (1931)with English subtitles (Chinese Film Classics website)
''Wild Rose'' (1932)with English subtitles (Chinese Film Classics website)
''The Great Road'' (1934)with English subtitles (Chinese Film Classics website)
1910 births
1983 deaths
Korean emigrants to China
Chinese male silent film actors
Chinese people of Korean descent
Male actors from Seoul
20th-century Chinese male actors
Male actors of Korean descent
Chinese male film actors
Korean male film actors
20th-century Korean male actors
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