Situ Huimin (; 16 February 1910 – 4 April 1987), was a

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film director, screenwriter and actor, born in

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. He joined the

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in 1925 and the

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in 1927. The next year, he went to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

to study arts and there, he became interested in

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. After returning to China in 1930, he actively participated in left-wing theater movement. Then, he worked as set designer and sound engineer in film industry. His debut as a film director was '' Spirit of Freedom'' (), produced by

Diantong Film Company Diantong Film Company () was a short-lived but important film studio and production company during the 1930s in Shanghai, China. Though it produced only four films during its existence between 1934-1935, all four films became important examples o ...

in 1935. Subsequently, he joined the

Lianhua Film Company The United Photoplay Service Company () was one of the three dominant production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other two being the Mingxing Film Company and the Tianyi Film Company, the forerunner of the Hong Kong-based ...

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. After the outbreak of the war he went to

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, where he continued to work both in film and in theater. During this period he created couple of anti-Japanese films. In 1943 he worked on newsreels in

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. After the war, he helped to organize the

Kunlun Film Company The Kunlun Mountains ( zh, s=昆仑山, t=崑崙山, p=Kūnlún Shān, ; ug, كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسى / قۇرۇم تاغ تىزمىسى ) constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending for more than . In the bro ...

. Then, he left to the

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to study film technology and management. He came back in 1950s, to continue to work in China's film industry, holding many important offices for the government. He died in

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on April 4, 1987.

Selected filmography as a director

* '' Spirit of Freedom'' () (1935) * ''

Lianhua Symphony ''Lianhua Symphony'' () (also known as ''Symphony of Lianhua'') is a 1937 Chinese anthology film. Produced by Lianhua Film Company, it served as a showcase of the studio's possibilities. It consists of eight segments of various duration and genre ...

'' (1937) a segment in an anthology film * '' The Blood-stained Baoshan Fortress'' (1938, Hong Kong) * '' Hometown Cloud'' (1940, Hong Kong) * '' Song of Retribution'' (1941, Hong Kong)

References

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Situ Huimin
at the Chinese Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Situ, Huimin 1910 births 1987 deaths Film directors from Guangdong Screenwriters from Guangdong People from Kaiping Male actors from Guangdong Writers from Jiangmen Chinese emigrants to Hong Kong 20th-century screenwriters