Zhang Shankun

Zhang Shankun

1907-01-01
50 (1957-01-07)
China

Zhang Shankun was a Chinese film producer, director and screenwriter. In 1934, he founded the Xinhua Film Company (新华影业公司).

China

Zhang Shankun was a Chinese film producer, director and screenwriter. In 1934, he founded the Xinhua Film Company (新华影业公司).

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Song at Midnight 1937 (5.9)

In this Chinese version of The Phantom of the Opera, the mysterious Song Danping terrorizes the newly rebuilt opera house and its young star.
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Princess Iron Fan 1941 (5.2)

The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character. Specifically, the film focused on the duel between the Monkey King and a vengeful princess, whose fan is desperately needed to quench the flames that surround a peasant village.
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Sable Cicada 1938 (6)

Diaochan (aka Diau Charn and Sable Cicada), one of the Four Beauties of China, is supposed to be so stunningly lovely that the moon was shamed to hide behind clouds. Despite being the only Beauty among the four who is not a real historical figure but one conjured by storytelling imagination and embellished by public fascination, her story was nonetheless incorporated by author Luo Guangzhong into his popular and influential novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Her tale is one of Machiavellian intrigue, in which she schemes with her godfather Wang Yun to restore moral order to the land, sowing discord between the corrupt Minister Dong Zhuo and his adopted son Lu Bu, a man of martial and military prowess.