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Yam Pang Nin

 
 
 
 
Other names : 任彭年
Ren Pengnian
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Date of death : 23/2/1968
Workplace : Hong Kong
Activities : Director (8), Executive producer (1), Writer (1)

Biography

Native of Shanghai. Trained at the Anglo-Chinese Book Guild, then joined the Shanghai Commercial Press at age 16. In 1918, transferred to theRenpengnian1 Commercial Press's new Motion Picture Division. Directed first film in 1919, a two-reel comedy titled "The Gambler."

In 1921, Ren directed his first feature film, the highly successful "Yan Ruisheng" for the China Shadow Play Research Society. In 1926, started the Orient Film Company, to direct "The Worker's Wife." Became one of China's first generation of swordsman film directors in 1928, when he formed the Bright Moon film studio and directed its 13 part serial "Northeast Hero. In 1935, directed the anti-Japanese film "Dark Violence," after which he returned to directing such martial arts epics as the six-part "Mistress of the Spear." As did many in the Chinese film community, Ren and Wu left Shanghai after the Japanese invasion, arriving eventually in Hong Kong, where they remained after the war. In Hong Kong, Ren became known for making Cantonese dialect martial arts and sword films in both classical and modern settings and usually featuring the martial exploits of heroines, with Wu Lizhu often cast in the lead role.

After being semi-retired in the 1950s, Ren and Wu in 1960 resurrected the Bright Moon studio to make such movies as " Three Covert Female Investigators" and "Flying Heroine Huang Yingqiao Cracks the Diamond Theft Case." Their working partnership usually took the form of Ren Pengnian producing and directing the movie, with Wu Lizhu editing and often starring. Wu Lizhu retired after making her final screen appearance in 1961 and Ren Pengnian's last directing effort was in 1963, after which he also retired.

Sources chinesemirror.com
 
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Filmography
 [ 1960 - 1950 - 1940 ] 
 Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year
 
Title    ( HK -  All )  Year Activity
 
 Three Chivalrous Girls Of Kwan Tung, The 1961 Director, Executive producer
 Huang Feihong Gets Rid Of The Three Rascals 1958 Director
 Hong Xiguan And Third Madam Of Yongchun 1956 Director
 Behind The Secret Agents' World 1948 Director
 Bloodshed In A Besieged Citadel 1948 Director
 Lady Escort, The Sequel, The 1947 Director
 Fantastic Knight, The 1940 Director
 Flying Tiger, The 1940 Director, Writer
 

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