Cai Chusheng

Cai Chusheng

Cai Chusheng (January 12, 1906 - July 15, 1968), born in Shanghai, is a director, screenwriter and producer in mainland China.

In 1932, he directed his first film, the spring of the south. In 1934, he wrote and directed the plot film "yuguangqu", which won the "Honor Award" of Moscow Film Festival and became China's first international award-winning film. In 1937, he directed the plot movie Wang Laowu. In 1941, his war movie "a long way to go" was released. In 1947, he cooperated with Zheng Junli to direct the plot film "a river flowing eastward". In 1963, director of the plot film "Nanhai tide (the first episode)" released. On July 15, 1968, Cai Chusheng, 62, died in the cultural revolution. On December 27, 1995, Cai Chusheng won the China Film century award in an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of world film and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Chinese film.

Character experience

Cai Chusheng was born in Shanghai on January 12, 1906. In 1912, when Cai Chusheng was 6 years old, he returned to Guangdong with his parents and settled in shenxianli new house, Chaoyang County, Guangdong Province. In 1913, at the age of 7, he began to study in private schools and received enlightenment education, which laid the foundation of Chinese traditional culture. In his spare time, he helped his family farm and appreciated the hardships of farming. Cai Chusheng has been fond of painting since he was a child, which has laid an art foundation for his later work as a film director. In 1918, Cai Chusheng was sent to Shantou City by his father to work as an apprentice in the Cai family's joint venture grocery store. In 1925, he joined the trade union of shop assistants in Shantou, organized the Jinye vernacular drama club, served as the screenwriter, director and actor of drama performance, and tried to write articles and paintings. In 1926, he and his colleagues from Jinye drama society helped Shanghai Huaju film company shoot location in Shantou, and cooperated with others to write the comedy short film "Duyun". In 1929, Cai Chusheng came to Shanghai, where he worked as an extras, drama, art, publicity, recording, setting, assistant director and screenwriter in several film companies, and learned all kinds of knowledge about film art. In the same year, he joined the star film company as an assistant director of Zheng Zhengqiu, and helped direct the plot film "little compatriots in the battlefield". In 1930, he was the assistant director of the plot film "broken piano house"; in the same year, he was the assistant director of the plot film "peach blossom Lake", CO starring comfort, you Guangzhao and Zhou Qichao; in 1931, he was the assistant director of the plot film "red tears shadow"; in the same year, he joined Lianhua film company and officially served as the screenwriter and director. In 1932, he directed his first film "the spring of southern China" independently; in the same year, he directed the plot film "pink dream", which tells the life story of Luo Wen, a young writer in Shanghai; in the same year, he co directed with Sun Yu, Wang Zilong and Shi Dongshan the plot film "going to the national calamity" reflecting the "128" Anti Japanese war. In 1933, he served as the executive member of the China Film Culture Association and directed the love movie "morning in the city", CO starring Wang Renmei, Gao Zhanfei and Yuan congmei. In 1934, he wrote and directed the plot film "yuguangqu", which won the "Honor Award" of Moscow Film Festival and became China's first international award-winning film; in the same year, he wrote the screenplay "Feihua village", which was directed by Zheng Yingshi. In 1935, the plot film "new women" directed by him was released, which was based on a real story. In 1936, he directed the children's film the lost lamb, which tells the story of the family of the little three sons. In 1937, he directed the plot film "Wang Laowu" co starred by Wang Zilong and Lanping; in the same year, he directed the plot film "Lianhua Symphony", which includes eight short films, five of which are directly or indirectly based on the theme of Anti Japanese; in addition, he also acted as the screenwriter of the plot film "scenery of the art sea. 3: song and dance class". In 1938, he worked together with situ Huimin as the screenwriter of the war movie "blood splashing Baoshan City", which was based on the deeds of the Chinese Anti Japanese army's adherence to Baoshan City in the early days of the Anti Japanese War; in the same year, he worked as the screenwriter of the war movie "guerrilla March". In 1939, he wrote and directed the plot film "island paradise", which shows the Shanghai People's indomitable struggle in the enemy occupied areas. The film is adapted from Zhao Yingcai's original novel. In 1941, the war movie "a long way to go", directed by him, was released. It tells the story of three men and women struggling for a living in Hong Kong, returning to the mainland to participate in the Anti Japanese war. In 1945, after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Cai Chusheng returned to Shanghai to participate in the founding of Lianhua film art society and Kunlun film company, and served as the director of Kunlun. In 1947, he cooperated with Zheng Junli to direct the plot film "a river flowing eastward", which mainly tells the story of a family's joys and sorrows during the great changes of China's Anti Japanese war. After the founding of the people's Republic of China in 1949, he successively served as the director of the Art Committee of the film administration of the Ministry of culture of the Central People's government, the deputy director of the film administration of the State Administration of radio, film and television, the chairman of the China film workers' Association and the China film workers' Association, and the vice chairman of the China Federation of literary and art circles. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1956. In 1963, the plot film Nanhai tide (the first episode) jointly directed by Wang Yi was released. When he was ready to shoot the next episode, the "Cultural Revolution" began. He was framed as a "ghost" and persecuted. Cai Chusheng died on July 15, 1968. On December 27, 1995, Cai Chusheng won the China Film century award in an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of world film and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Chinese film.

Personal life

Family members

Death

On July 15, 1968, Cai Chusheng, 62, died unjustly during the cultural revolution. In 1979, the unjust case was vindicated.

Main works

Directing works

Assistant director

Screenwriter's works

Supervised production

Take part in the film

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Cai Chusheng's life is a realistic and nationalized way of artistic creation. Most of his films profoundly reveal the social contradictions in modern China, accuse the old Chinese society and the corruption of the ruling class, pour out the aspirations of the people, and call for the dawn of Liberation (Shantou daily review). The film directed by him has distinctive artistic characteristics, the story is tortuous and moving, with a beginning and an end. The characters are depicted in detail and rich in connotation, which shows the traditional ethics of the Chinese nation from many aspects (Dahua online review). From the 1930s to the 1960s, Cai Chusheng's film creation was closely related to the pulse of the times and absorbed the structural characteristics of Chinese classical chapter novels. The story of the film is rich in content, tortuous in plot, complete in structure, clear in hierarchy and fascinating (Nanfang Daily review).

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