chinese black known language title item meaning snakes white black film dutch_east_indies indonesia directed produced adapted legend white snake chinese follows magical snake passes human ultimately dies film possibly lost followed sequel plot years magical white snake transforms beautiful woman competitor black snake likewise compete love man named ultimately agrees marry white snake true identity revealed attempts cancel wedding snake woman crying tells boss married ultimately marrying time passes sees wife occasionally transform snake able convince falls love marriage happy months priest leads attempt kill snake woman escapes pursued priests priests catch snake prepare kill stopped goddess tells stunned snake pregnant killed month snake gives birth priests return snake woman gives child fate captured magical brought away production directed produced company releasing based legend released series films based chinese legends including beautiful women stories selected chinese indies unable understand imports china wanted films based chinese mythology overall films emphasised martial art generally profitable allowing dominate industry cast black white film dialogue captured film director cum producer snakes production film came personal zoo release reception according 1970s interview released newspaper advertisements film screened february film targeted ethnic chinese audiences advertising material emphasised use spoken described film forms magic fights action sequences proved popular native audiences film exported singapore straits settlements large ethnic chinese population success allowed import new equipment studio renamed future productions film followed sequel child white snake continued releasing films based chinese legends year changed domestic perceptions profitable film storylines later films adapted stories closer native populace indies events happen day day life productive studio indies shut japanese occupation began march screenings continued film likely lost movies indies recorded highly film fire destroyed film warehouse old films shot deliberately destroyed american visual writes indonesian films lost indonesia indonesian records having survived indonesia archives writes japanese propaganda films survived explanatory notes
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