Qi Mengshi

Acting

Qi Mengshi

Born August 1, 1924 · Shanghai, China

Died November 1, 2002 · aged 78

No biography available.

Known For

The HerdsmanThe Herdsman · 1982
The 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.
Boat PeopleBoat People · 1982
Boat People
7.61982
MovieDrama
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the liberation to document the nation, and begins following and documenting the young children from a poor Vietnamese family.
Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and MoonEight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon · 1947
Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon
6.31947
MovieDrama
A college girl and a musician go to the front of the anti-Japanese war and fall in love.
Transnational PlunderTransnational Plunder · 1995
Transnational Plunder
1995
MovieDrama
The Winter of Three HairsThe Winter of Three Hairs · 1949
The Winter of Three Hairs
7.31949
MovieDramaComedy
San mao (3 hairs) was a very popular Chinese comic strip first published in 1935-37, continued from 1948 into the 1990s, about a young orphan boy struggling with life in Shanghai.
The Lights of Ten Thousand HomesThe Lights of Ten Thousand Homes · 1948
The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes
6.41948
MovieDrama
This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. When he is fired by his unscrupulous boss, the whole family becomes embroiled in one emotional/economic struggle after another.
Foes and LoversFoes and Lovers · 1993
Foes and Lovers
1993
MovieDramaMystery
Mr. Wang's Burning DesireMr. Wang's Burning Desire · 1993
Mr. Wang's Burning Desire
1993
MovieComedy
Mr. Wang is a typical Shanghai husband, his wife plays Mahjong everyday, his daughter is busy in love with the boyfriend. A beautiful lady shows up in Mr. Wang's lonely life and it is going to become an affair.

Filmography

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Song Jing ShiSong Jing Shi · 1955
Song Jing Shi
1955
MovieDramaHistory
In the mid-19th century, at the height of the Opium War, the Chinese people rose up against the feudal system and the Manchu dynasty, which had capitulated to foreign invaders. ... With their heads bowed, peasants in chains trudge along, those who refused to give money to crush their rebellious brothers. Suddenly, their path is blocked. It is Song Jing-shi who has come to their rescue with his detachment. The freed peasants joined Song Jing-shi. This is how the core of the Black Flag Army was formed. The first historical film made in socialist China in the 1950s. The script is based on authentic material collected in villages in Shandong Province. Legends about the cruelty of Sen Gelinzin and the bravery of Sun Jing-shi, who is called the "Chinese Spartacus," still live on among the people.

Jingzha Song

Age of SensitivityAge of Sensitivity · 1994
Age of Sensitivity
1994
MovieRomance
Ma Yiming graduated from university and worked as a photojournalist in a newspaper office, dreaming of creating his own film festival. Yiming wants to find beauty around him and wants to use nostalgia to explore the confusion of modern urban people. The old artist Xu Lao, who is engaged in root carving, suggested Yiming and him go to the mountains to observe the simplicity and rural spirit of the people in the mountains. Yiming fulfilled the old man's will and went to Dashan and opened his own film exhibition. Following the proposal of the newspaper director, the theme of the village was changed to change the theme of the film exhibition. The film festival really succeeded. Yiming finally got rid of the hustle and bustle of the city and walked on the land of China to pursue the true meaning of beauty. He finally became a promising young photographer.