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Xie Jin (Chinese: 谢晋; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No. 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China.
May 1, 2016 · A celebrated filmmaker who rose to prominence in the 1950s, fell out of favor at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, rehabilitated himself during the same period and then returned to fame and popularity, in China and abroad in the 1980s, Xie Jin ...
Jun 15, 2023 · Xie Jin was an unlikely populist. Known for his unique sense of style, the director behind some of China’s most important and best-loved films was soft-spoken and articulate in the classic Chinese intellectual mould.
Xie Jinyin (December 6, 1369 - February 22, 1415), courtesy name Da Shen (大绅), or Jin Shen (缙绅), titled with Chunyu (春雨), Xi Yi (喜易), a native of Jishui County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province (present-day Jishui County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province), and ancestry of Daizhou County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province (present-day Dai County, Xinzhou Cit...
Oct 19, 2018 · Xie Jin remains relatively obscure outside of his home country, which is a shame. He directed such canonical films as The Red Detachment of Women 红色娘子军 and Hibiscus Town 芙蓉镇, and is regarded as a pioneer whose trademark style became known as the “Xie Jin model.”
Hibiscus Town (Chinese: 芙蓉鎮) is a 1986 Chinese film directed by Xie Jin, based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua. The film, a melodrama , follows the life and travails of a young woman who lives through the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and as such is an example of the "scar drama" genre that emerged in the ...
Xie Jin. Director. 21 November 1923 to 17 October 2008. Beginning his career before China’s Cultural Revolution – most notably with Two Stage Sisters (1964) – Xie was to become a victim of it, forced to stop making films and undertake menial labour instead.
