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- ↑ China's Screen 1981 "He then first joined the Tianyi Film Company, where he appeared in three films, and later the progressive Shanghai Amateurs Association. In 1937, he went to Chongqing with the Association. In 1940, he joined the China Film Studio and appeared in JAPANESE SPY, YOUTH OF CHINA, RECOVER THE LOST LAND, and others. Later, he appeared in 8,000 LI OF CLOUD AND MOON (1946) and TEARS OF YANGTZE (1947). In spring of 1948, he went to Hong Kong and began to ...
- ↑ Paul G. Pickowicz - China on Film: A Century of Exploration, Confrontation, and Controversy 14422117922013 - Libin, played by the popular actor Tao Jin, who spent most of the war doing cultural work in Chongqing, fantasizes about what China will be like when victory is achieved. The country, he predicts, will be peaceful (heping), democratic (minzhu), and free (ziyou), and the people will be happy (xingfu). Filial to the core, they plan to invite her father to live with them, and to produce a grandson for his enjoyment.
- ↑ Lily Xiao Hong Lee Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: V. 2: Twentieth Century 131549924X - 2016 - In the meantime, Li Lihua had grown closer to the actor Tao Jin, who co-starred with her in Sworn to the Sea (Haishi) in 1948 and A Cultivated Family (Shi lichuan jia) in 1950. They parted at the beginning of 1951, however, after repeated calls from Tao Jin's wife that he return to Shanghai. In the early 1950s, another new studio appeared in Hong Kong called Changcheng.
