Hou Yao
Chinese film director, screenwriter, and film theorist · China · On the map · Directors · Lived 1903 to 1942 · aged 39
Hou Yao (1903-1942) was a pioneering Chinese film director, screenwriter, and film theorist. He wrote and directed many films including The Discarded Wife (1924), Romance of the Western Chamber (1927), the first Chinese film shown in Western countries, and Mulan Joins the Army (1928).
Hou Yao is read about 9 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026
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Broken-heartedFilm, DirectorStepmotherFilm, 1941Director1940PearlFilm, Director1938
Fortress of Flesh and BloodFilm, Director, Writer1936Incident in the Turtle MountainFilm, Director, Writer1932GriefFilm, Director, Writer1928
Mulan Joins the ArmyFilm, Director1927
A Poet from the SeaFilm, Director, Writer1926
The Pearl NecklaceFilm, Writer1925Cupid's PuppetsFilm, Director1924
DivorceeFilm, Director, WriterThe World Against HerFilm, 1924Director1903BornPeople around Hou
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He wrote Techniques of Writing Shadowplay Scripts, the first theory book on Chinese filmmaking. He founded the Culture Film Company, which was merged into a predecessor of the Shaw Brothers Studio. He has been called the Chinese Henrik Ibsen for his advocacy for gender equality, which he shared with his wife Pu Shunqing.
