Northeast Film Studio () was one of the first formally established movie production company in the

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part of

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Early history

After the

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the studio was established in the Dongbei territory of China. On October 1, 1946 the studio was relocated to Xingshan in the

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(), known today as

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in the

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. At the time it is the first known studio established by a

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Separation

From here the film talents and animation talents would separate. The surrendering of Japan in

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caused the

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to split. The parts that were sanctioned by the Chinese government would integrate with the Yan'an Film Studio () and the Northeast Film Studio. The

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would break out in 1949 forcing the studio to move to

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. By 1955 the Northeast Film Studio technically no longer exist, since China's

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would officially rename the new combined entity as

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such as the Emperor's Dream would move to

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. The

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and the talents of

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, the Art Institute of Suzhou and many other big-name artists would all be concentrated in this studio for the first time to form the

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Early history

Separation

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