Ying Yunwei

Ying Yunwei was born in Shanghai on 7 September 1904. An apprentice in foreign trade, then a shipping employee, he joined the League of Left-Wing Dramatists in 1930 and left commerce in 1934 for the cinema, where he directed at Diantong a first film of which he was co-screenwriter. In 1938, during the Battle of Shanghai, he made a film intended to boost morale, then staged plays in Chongqing during the war. He died in Shanghai in January 1967, during a clash between factions of the Film Bureau.

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• CinemaPlunder of Peach and Plum桃李劫Ying Yunwei · 1934Cinema