Blood on Wolf Mountain

Blood on Wolf Mountain
Traditional 狼山喋血記
Simplified 狼山喋血记
Mandarin Láng shān dié xuě jì
Directed by Fei Mu
Written by Fei Mu
Starring Jiang Qing
Li Lili
Zhang Yi
Studio Lianhua Film Company
Release date(s) November 1936
Running time 70 min
Country China
Language Chinese (Mandarin)

Blood on Wolf Mountain, also known as The Wolf Hill, Bloodbath in Langshan, and Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain, is a Chinese film directed by acclaimed Shanghainese film director Fei Mu. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with Imperial Japan, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan that had been going on intermittently since the Invasion of Manchuria in 1931. The film was produced by the Lianhua Film Company and was released in November of 1936.[1]

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Plot

The film tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Though the symbolism was clear, the Japanese themselves refused to acknowledge that they could be represented by blood-thirsty wolves.[2]

Cast

Blood on Wolf Mountain starred actresses Li Lili, and Jiang Qing (who later in life would gain notoriety as the wife of Mao Zedong and a member of the Gang of Four).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jiang Qing and the “Year of Nora” 1935: Drama and Politics in the Republican Period". International Conference-Women in Republican China. 2002-10-06. http://www.ibseninchina.com.cn/Jiangqing.htm#_ftnref30. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
  2. ^ "A Blue Apple in a City for Sale". Time Magazine. 1977-03-27. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946771-1,00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
  3. ^ Jiang Qing used the stage name "Lan Ping," literally "Blue Apple," for the film.

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