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Zhu Shouju

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Zhu Shouju (朱瘦菊)
BornZhu Junbo
1892
Shanghai, Qing Empire
Died(1966-12-31)December 31, 1966 (aged 74)
Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
OccupationNovelist, film director, screenwriter
LanguageChinese
Spouse
  • Zhang Guizhen (张桂珍)
  • Zhu Huiying (朱慧英)
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Shoùjú
Original Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Jùnbó
Haishang Shuomengren
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningDream-Teller of the Sea (Shanghai)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎi Shàng Shuō Mèng Rén

Zhu Shouju (1892 – 31 December 1966), born Zhu Junbo, also known by his pen name Haishang Shuomengren or “Shanghai Dream Narrator”, was a Chinese author and filmmaker based in Shanghai.

He began his career as a writer of serialized novels. In 1924 he became the chief editor of Movie Magazine (電影雜誌) and in the same year founded the Lilium Pictures Company (百合影片公司). In 1925, it merged with another film company to become the Great China Lilium Pictures Company (大中華百合影片公司), with Zhu serving as its general manager. Zhu directed at least 15 films in the 1920s, including at least 3 starring Ruan Lingyu, who later became a superstar. The majority of his films have been lost, but his 1925 film The Stormy Night was accidentally re-discovered in Tokyo, Japan in the 21st century.[1]

Works translated into English

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Year Chinese title Translated English title Translator
1921 歇浦潮 The Shanghai Tide (excerpts)[2] Theodore Huters
1922 此中秘密 "The Confidence in the Game"[3] Timothy C. Wong

Filmography

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Year English title Chinese title Director Writer Notes
1923 Abandoned One 棄兒 Dan Duyu Yes Lost
The Widow Wants to Remarry 古井重波記 Yes Lost
1924 The Tea-Picking Girl 採茶女 Xu Hu Yes Lost
1925 The Stormy Night 風雨之夜 Yes Yes Partially lost
The Lover Is Not a Former One 前情 Yes Yes Lost
1926 The Lucky Dolt 呆中福 Yes Wang Bei'er Lost
Debt Circles 連環債 Yes Yes Lost
Mother's Happiness 兒孫福 Shi Dongshan Yes Partially lost
One Day Rest 休息一天 Yes Yes Lost
Ma Jiefu 馬介甫 Yes Zhou Shoujuan Lost, based on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
1927 Sex Trap 美人計 Lu Jie Yes Lost, based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Redress a Grievance 烏盆記 Yes Yes Lost, based on The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants
Attacking Gaotang Prefecture 大破高唐州 Yes Yes Lost, based on Water Margin
1928 Shadows in the Old Palace 古宫魔影 Jiang Qifeng Yes Lost, based on Journey to the West
Ma Zhenhua 馬振華 Yes Yes Lost, co-wrote with Wang Yuanlong
That Is Me 就是我 Yes Yes Lost
Marriage for Peace 二度梅 Yes Yes Lost
1929 Warnings for the Lovers 情欲寶鑑 Li Pingqian Yes Lost
Attacking Nine-Dragon Mountain 大破九龍山 Yes Yes Lost
Burning Nine-Dragon Mountain 火燒九龍山 Yes Yes Lost
The Pearl Crown 珍珠冠 Yes Yes Lost
The Flower of the Silver Screen 銀幕之花 Zheng Jiduo Yes Lost
Lady Nine-Flower 九花娘 Yes Yes Lost
1948 Blood of the Beauty 美人血 Xu Xinfu Yes Lost
Lü Siniang 呂四娘 Yes Lost

References

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  1. ^ "Film Screening: The Stormy Night 《風雨之夜》". Lingnan University. 2018-03-17.
  2. ^ Renditions, 2017.
  3. ^ Stories for Saturday: Twentieth-Century Chinese Popular Fiction. University of Hawai'i Press. 2003. ISBN 9780824826246.
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