The Pattern of China Films during the Anti-Japanese War

China Films in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Period

( 1937~ 1945)

In the Kuomintang-controlled areas, from 65438 to 0938, Zhou Enlai participated in the leadership work of the Political Department of the Military Commission on behalf of China, which directly promoted the development of anti-Japanese war films. Under the leadership of the Third Hall of the Political Department, China Film Studio, with Yang Hansheng as the chairman of the director committee, quickly devoted itself to the production of anti-Japanese war films. In Wuhan and Chongqing, news documentaries such as Defending Our Land, eight hundred heroes, Victory March, young chinese, Traffic Storm, Returning Home, Song of the Police Soul and Long Live the Nation have been filmed successively. 1935 The Central Film Studio, which was established in Taiyuan and directly led by the Kuomintang and Northwest Film Company, also filmed feature films and news documentaries to promote anti-Japanese.

1937 By the end of June, more than 50 film companies, including Nanyang and Daguan, had been established in Hong Kong. With the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Hong Kong patriotic filmmakers made films about War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

From 1937,1/China troops withdrew from Shanghai to 194 1 when the Pacific War broke out, Japanese imperialist troops entered the Shanghai Concession, and Shanghai was called the "island" period. During this period, private film companies such as Xinhua, Yihua and Guohua filmed films from 65438 to 0938. With the film Mulan Joining the Army released by Xinhua, it became an instant hit, and a craze for filming costume films came into being. 194 1, fashion films replaced costume films. Xinhua, Yihua, Guohua, Jinxing and other 10 film companies produced more than 80 films and 60 fashion films. Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan (see Wan Brothers) completed the cartoon Princess of the Iron Fan, which is the first feature-length cartoon in China.

In the Japanese-occupied area, Japanese imperialism established "Manchuria Huaying Co., Ltd." (hereinafter referred to as "Manchuria Huaying") in Changchun on August 26th, 2004. Later, North China Film Co., Ltd. was established in Beiping (now Beijing). China Film Co., Ltd. 65438-0939 was established in Shanghai. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese puppet government merged several film companies, including Xinhua, to form China United Film Co., Ltd. (referred to as Zhonglian). On May 1943 and 12, the above-mentioned film institutions merged to form China Film Union Co., Ltd. (referred to as Huaying). In the past four years, Zhonglian and Huaying have produced nearly 65,438+030 feature films, including "Dream of the Spring River" which promotes the so-called "Zhonglian Friendship" and "Coexistence and Common Prosperity". In order to confuse the Japanese audience, they also made many movies centered on love.

Anti-Japanese Base Area 1938, under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army General Political Department, Yuan of Yan 'an Film Group was the director, Xu and Wu were the photographers, and only two cameras were used to shoot the long documentary Yan 'an and the Eighth Route Army. 1942 completed the long documentary "Combination of Production and Playing" and some newsreels reflecting the major social and political life in Yan 'an at that time. A screening team was also set up to show films in the front lines of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region and the Shanxi-Suiyuan border region. Huaibei Base of the New Fourth Army purchased a 16mm camera on 1942, filmed the film material about the military life of the New Fourth Army, and edited and completed the long documentary "Military Life of the New Fourth Army" on 1946.