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SONG OF CHINA – Wei Zhongle
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
The first phase of China’s civil war between the Kuomintag Nationalist government and Communist rebels began in 1927. The war was not only fought on the battlefield, but culturally. As such, in 1934 The Kuomintang Nationalist government, in an effort to counter the growing communist movement, enacted a counter “New Life Movement”. This reactionary “Make China Great Again” initiative would proceed as a social campaign to revive, and restore traditional Chinese culture, by reembracing Confucianist virtues of propriety, morality and ethics. The Lianhua Company decided to contribute, so as to maintain good relations with the government. Luo Mingyou was tasked with managing production, Luo and Fei Mu would co-direct and Zhong Shigen would write the screenplay. The cast, would include Shang Kwah-Wu as Sun Liting, Zhang Yi as Sun Shaoting, Lim Cho Cho as Mrs. Sun, Chen Yen-yen as Sun Ruoyan, Zheng Junli as Sun Yutang, and Lai Cheuk-Cheuk as the daughter-in-law. Read more…
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