Shi Hui (1915 – December 1957), born Shi Yutao (), was a Chinese actor and film director who gained prominence throughout the 1940s through 1950s. Despite his fame, Shi became a victim of the

Anti-Rightist Movement The Anti-Rightist Campaign () in the People's Republic of China, which lasted from 1957 to roughly 1959, was a political campaign to purge alleged " Rightists" within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the country as a whole. The campaign wa ...

in the mid-1950s and committed suicide soon thereafter.

Career

Shi's career as an actor began relatively late. His first film was not until 1940's ''The Chaotic World'' (dir.

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), and he would not gain broad recognition until after the war, with a series of classic films including ''Phony Phoenixes'' (dir. Huang Zuolin) and '' Long Live the Missus!'' (dir. Sang Hu).Zhang, Yingjin & Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "Shi Hui" in ''Encyclopedia of Chinese Film''. Taylor & Francis, p. 304. . He also played the lead in '' Ai le zhongnian (The Joys and Sorrows of Middle Age),'' which is often ranked as one of the greatest Chinese films of all time. After the Communist takeover, Shi became increasingly involved with the making of films behind the camera, directing himself in the classic '' This Life of Mine''. Shi continued to direct throughout the early years of the 1950s, even gaining international attention with 1954's ''

Letter with Feather ''Letter with Feather'' () (also known as ''Urgent Letter'') is a 1954 Chinese film directed by Shi Hui (actor), Shi Hui and written by the playwright and filmmaker, Zhang Junxiang. A war film that was targeted at Children's film, children, ''Lett ...

'', which won a prize at the

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. The next year, he filmed a stage performance of a Chinese Opera in ''

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'', which became a popular hit with audiences in Hong Kong. Shortly thereafter, however, Shi ran afoul with Communist authorities and was denounced during the

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Filmography

As director

As actor

References

External links

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