Sun Yu (director)

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Sun Yu 孫瑜
Born	21 March 1900 Chongqing, China
Died	11 July 1990 Shanghai, China
Alma mater	Tsinghua University
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter

Sun Yu (traditional Chinese: 孫瑜; simplified Chinese: 孙瑜; pinyin: Sūn Yú) (March 21, 1900 - July 11, 1990) was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai.

Sun Yu was born in the city of Chongqing and educated first at Tsinghua University in Beijing before continuing his education in drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Columbia University in the 1920s.^[1]

Beginning in the 1930s, Sun Yu began a collaboration with the leftist film studio, Lianhua, where he became one of the core group of "socially conscious" directors along with Cai Chusheng, Fei Mu, and others.

In the 1950s, Sun was denounced by Mao Zedong, and his career effectively stalled. Sun died in Shanghai in 1990.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Notes
1930	Wild Flowers	野草閒花	Also known as Wild Flowers by the Road
1932	Wild Rose	野玫瑰
1932	Loving Blood of the Volcano	火山情血	Also known as Volcano in the Blood
1933	Daybreak	天明
1933	Little Toys	小玩意
1934	Queen of Sports	体育皇后
1935	The Big Road	大路
1937	Madman's Rhapsody		Segment of an anthology film, Symphony of Lianhua
1950	The Life of Wu Xun	武训传
1957	Brave the Wind and Waves	乘风破浪
1958	The Legend of Lu Ban	鲁班的传说

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Pickowicz, Paul G. (Jan. 1991), "The Theme of Spiritual Pollution in Chinese Films of the 1930s", Modern China 17 (1): 49

[edit] External links

• Sun Yu at the Internet Movie Database
• Sun Yu and National Cinema
• Biography
• Filmography

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