Fei Mu

Fei Mu was born in Shanghai on 10 October 1906, into a family originally from Suzhou. An assistant to Hou Yao, he directed his first film in 1933 at Lianhua, turned to the theatre during the war according to Renditions, then made the first Chinese colour feature film, a Peking opera filmed with Mei Lanfang. After 1949 he went to Hong Kong, where he founded the Longma company with Zhu Shilin. He died there of a heart attack on 31 January 1951, at his work table.

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• CinemaSpring in a Small Town小城之春Fei Mu · 1948Cinema