Wu Yonggang

Wu Yonggang was born in Shanghai in 1907. A set designer at the Dazhonghua Baihe, then at the Shaw brothers' Tianyi, he joined the Lianhua, where he directed his first film in 1934; he is counted among the great left-wing directors from before 1949. In 1957, having challenged the restrictions imposed on filmmakers, he was kept off film sets until 1962, according to the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, then disgraced again during the Cultural Revolution. He made films until the seventies and died in December 1982.

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• CinemaThe Goddess神女Wu Yonggang · 1934Cinema