Cheng Bugao

Film director

1898 – 1966

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Who was Cheng Bugao?

Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms. Both films were based on screenplays by Xia Yan.

After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Cheng moved to Hong Kong, where he made films of a purposefully apolitical nature.

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Born
1898
Zhejiang
Also known as
  • Bugao Cheng
Profession
Died
Jun 20, 1966
Hong Kong

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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