Sun Yu
Chinese film director (1900-1990) · Directors · Died at 90
Sun Yu is read about 17 times a day, in 11 languages.
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Something wrong?Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid-1930s.
A life in dates
Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony RaynsFilm1958
Ride the Wind and Break the WavesFilm, Director, Writer
The Legend of Lu-BanFilm, 1958Director1955
Song Jing ShiFilm, Director, Writer1951
The Life of Wu XunFilm, Director, Writer1937
Chun dao ren jianFilm, Director1936
Return to NatureFilm, Director, Writer1935
The Big RoadFilm, Director, Writer1934
Queen of SportsFilm, Director, Writer1933
DaybreakFilm, Director, Writer
PlaythingsFilm, 1933Director, Writer1932
Loving Blood of the VolcanoFilm, Director, Writer1930
The Dream of the Ancient CapitalFilm, Director
Wild FlowerFilm, 1930Director, Writer1900Born21 March 1900Photos 1
Filmography 16
VRVisions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony RaynsRWRide the Wind and Break the WavesTBThe Legend of Lu-BanSSSong Jing ShiTXThe Life of Wu Xun
SLSymphony of LianhuaCJChun dao ren jianRNReturn to NatureTRThe Big RoadQSQueen of SportsPLPlaythingsDADaybreak
WRWild RoseLVLoving Blood of the VolcanoWFWild FlowerTCThe Dream of the Ancient Capital27 credits on file
About this person
Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid-1930s. After the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, Sun Yu made his way to the interior, where he continued to make films glorifying the war effort against the Japanese.
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