Directing
Huang Shuqin
Born September 9, 1939 · Shanghai, China (age 86)
Huang Shuqin, a native of Panyu in South China'sGuangdong Province, was born in Shanghai in 1940. Huang graduated from the Director Department ofBeijing Film Academyin 1964. Huang's works are characterized by her focus on the common people. She thinks the movie could only resonate among the people when it expresses the joy and anger, pleasure and sorrow of the most ordinary people. Meanwhile, she…
Known For
Mainland Prostitute · 1994Mainland Prostitute
★ 7.21994
MovieDrama
A story about a rural family in China. The husband stays at home and farms the land, while the wife goes into town to be a prostitute to earn more money.
The Herdsman · 1982The Herdsman
★ 7.61982
MovieDramaRomance
In 1980, Xu Jingshan, a wealthy Chinese-American businessman returns to China to find his son, Xu Lingjun, whom he had abandoned over 30 years earlier. Labeled a rightist because of his capitalist father, Lingjun has been forced to live as a humble herdsman on the grasslands. His bitter life has been transformed by a happy marriage to the wise and beautiful Xiuzhi, and more recently by his rehabilitation by the Party. When he goes to Beijing for their reunion, he discovers his father wants him to work for his chemical company in San Francisco. Lingjun tells the story of his life to his father, as he ponders his future.
Childhood Friends · 1984Childhood Friends
★ 9.01984
MovieDrama
An adaptation of Weng Meng's 1953 novel.
A Soul Haunted by Painting · 1994A Soul Haunted by Painting
★ 6.41994
MovieDramaRomance
A Chinese prostitute weds, studies painting, and becomes a renowned artist and professor in Paris.
Love Without End · 1947Love Without End
1947
MovieDrama
Yu Jiayin falls in love with the father of the girl she tutors.
A Border-Crossing Operation · 1986A Border-Crossing Operation
★ 10.01986
MovieThriller
The international terrorist organization Black Storm wants to assassinate a foreign general when he visits Beijing.
The Cradle · 1979The Cradle
★ 7.01979
MovieDrama
In the early period of China's War of Liberation the Yan'an Nursey which housed the children of the revolutionary fighters had to be evacuated. Li Nan, an army instructor, guides the group of children to the liberated area in the Taihang Mountains and their parents. Made to mark International Children's Year.
Woman Demon Human · 1987Woman Demon Human
★ 6.81987
MovieDrama
The fictional life and career of a famous actress in Chinese opera, a woman who goes against tradition by specializing in playing male roles, especially that of Zhang Kui, a benevolent ghost who appears in several Chinese operas. Although the actress's career brings wealth and fame, it is attained only through considerable struggle against an anti-female system and an unhappy personal life.









