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

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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 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–ba ...

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. After the outbreak of the

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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

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

. After the war, he helped to organize the

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. 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 comedy drama film. Produced by the United Photoplay Service, it served as a showcase of the studio's possibilities. It consists of eight segments of variou ...

'' (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

External links

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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 Chinese screenwriters Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China