chinese pinyin october august chinese playwright drama film director screenwriter film theorist prominent film directors famous film women abandoned infant lost foster parents early childhood film director worked mainly drama patriotic play whip highly influential performed countless times japanese invasion china war famous staging play wrote chinese books film theory early 1950s attempts filmmaking repeatedly thwarted government political reasons worked general manager imprisoned cultural revolution rehabilitation end period spent years historical film retired film cancelled politics early life born shanghai abandoned infant adopted foster parents lost adoptive father age years later adoptive mother died brought uncle brother adoptive father attended boarding school age entered shanghai high school student influenced post fourth surge modern drama entered predecessor shanghai translated directed acted rising moon play irish chinese production play whip university worked primary school teacher rural outside shanghai late wrote patriotic play whip translated lay whip inspired earlier play extremely influential staged countless times china anti japanese war play staged amateur performers famous actors actress performed english version play white house president roosevelt wife future madame known performers play described chinese media spiritual atomic bomb japanese invaders inspired famous paintings artists sino japanese war returned shanghai wrote film reviews translated soviet books filmmaking chinese japanese invaded china joined resistance movement serving leader fourth brigade performed numerous patriotic street plays including whip troupe fled shanghai fell japanese traveling performing years harsh conditions central southwest china arrived china wartime capital joined run nationalist government mainly worked theatre directing plays written impressive wartime contribution staging famous play published rules cinema considered comprehensive chinese book film theory japanese surrender returned shanghai joined studio newly established nationalist government wrote directed film far away love premiere shanghai january considered landmark event postwar chinese cinema film starred prominent actors actresses soldiers command filming series controversial social turmoil caused war late film written moving new private studio directed women translated women early famous playwright han screenplay film famous considered masterpiece founding directed films work beautiful worked administrative positions serving member general manager 1950s appointed director upcoming film insistence director government administrators artistic control dismissed film directed friend early 1960s spent years preparing film life starring film cancelled shanghai communist_party chief political reasons like intellectuals imprisoned cultural revolution end period returned work responsible artistic quality worked years historical film based palace death emperor film cancelled high ranking politicians reminiscent political struggles death chairman heart attack hearing news cancellation years old retired filmmaking biography titled far away love film published isbn awarded prize chinese president making exceptional contributions art drama morning august died shanghai age family married great leap forward nearly years marriage died september couple child daughter named emigrated united_states
Chen Liting