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Zheng Junli is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Chinois born on 5 december 1911 at Shanghai (Chine)

Zheng Junli

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Nationality Chine
Birth 5 december 1911 at Shanghai (Chine)
Death 23 april 1969 (at 57 years)

Zheng Junli (December 6, 1911 – April 23, 1969) was an actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. His films The Spring River Flows East and Crows and Sparrows are widely considered classics of Chinese cinema. He was severely persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and died in prison.

Biography

Zheng est issu d'une famille pauvre souvent harcelée par ses créanciers. Enfant, il montre un grand intérêt pour la lecture et la comédie. Il entre à l'école d'art Nanguo de Tian Han et étudie le jeu d'acteur.

Durant les années 1930, Zheng est un acteur travaillant pour la société cinématographique Lianhua avec qui il interprète de nombreux rôles comme l'amoureux Yu Haichou dans le film Femmes nouvelles aux côtés de Ruan Lingyu.

Après la seconde guerre sino-japonaise, Zheng se concentre sur la réalisation, comme avec Les Larmes du Yangzi (co-réalisé avec Cai Chusheng) (1947) et son film polémique anti-Kuomintang Corbeaux et Moineaux (1948) avec Sun Daolin. En 1957, ce-dernier film reçoit le Prix du Meilleur film par le ministère de la culture de la République populaire de Chine.

Zheng accueille avec enthousiasme l'établissement du nouveau gouvernement du Parti communiste. En tant que réalisateur gauchiste, il en est l'un des premiers bénéficiaires. Il quitte sa résidence délabrée au studio Kunkun avec sa famille et s'installe dans la meilleure zone résidentielle de Shanghai, juste en face de la maison de Song Qingling.

Zheng réalise ensuite le film Le Couple marié avec Zhao Dan et Jiang Tianliu. Il raconte l'histoire d'un cadre du parti communiste abandonnant sa femme dans un village afin d'épouser une fille en ville, montrant son échec à résister à la tentation de « bonbons enrobés de sucre ». Le film est interdit avant même sa sortie.

Zheng est membre de la commission des arts de la société cinématographique de Shanghai, et utilise ce poste pour aider la production du film La Vie de Wu Xun qui est sévèrement condamné par le Parti communiste. Après ce nouvelle échec, Zheng ressent durement de la culpabilité en tant que réalisateur.

Afin de critiquer La Vie de Wu Xun, Jiang Qing et ses partisans se rendent au Shandong pour faire des recherches. Ils découvre une autre figure historique, Song Jingshi, un paysan révolté et chef de l'« armée du drapeau noir ». Ils l'érigent en exemple révolutionnaire pour dénoncer Wu Xun. Ils forcent Zheng Junli à étudier en profondeur le script du film. Cependant, Zheng et Sun Yu commence à se quereller, ce qui est considéré comme une tactique. En raison de la critique de La Vie de Wu Xun, les studios de Shanghai espèrent que le prochain film, Song Jingshi, permettra de redorer son blason. Le vice-directeur du studio, Cui Wei, joue lui-même le rôle de Song Jingshi. D'autres célèbres acteurs et actrices jouent des rôles secondaires. Mais comme Song s'était rendu aux autorités Qing, le film n'est seulement autorisé qu'à une sortie limitée pendant une courte période et quatre à cinq après sa réalisation. Finalement, ce film d'« expiation » est interdit.

Après ces manques de succès successifs, les deux prochains films de Zheng sont des biographies sur Nie Er et Lin Zexu (avec Zhao Dan dans les deux films) qui remportent un grand succès, et atténuent le sentiment de culpabilité de Zheng.

Zheng est durement persécuté durant la révolution culturelle et meurt en prison en 1969.

Il était délégué au congrès nationale municipal de Shanghai, conseiller de l'association cinématographique de Chine, de l'association des dramaturges de Chine, et de l'association cinématographique de Shanghai.

Usually with

Cai Chusheng
Cai Chusheng
(3 films)
Wu Yin
Wu Yin
(2 films)
Sun Yu
Sun Yu
(2 films)
Zhao Dan
Zhao Dan
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Zheng Junli (8 films)

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Actor

The Big Road, 1h44
Directed by Sun Yu
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Political films
Actors Jin Yan, Li Lili, Zheng Junli
Roles Jun Zheng
Rating64% 3.2366453.2366453.2366453.2366453.236645
Six cheerful young men work hard during the Second Sino-Japanese War constructing a highway which will enable the Chinese army to send men and logistics to the frontline against the Japanese. Deputy Hu, a hanjian, initially tries to bribe them, but later locks them up in a cell when they refuse to halt the construction and flee. Two girls from a local eating house who befriend them manages to rescue them, but one of the six men died in the process. The workers finish the highway on time, but end up sacrificing their lives after being gunned down by Japanese fighter jets once their work is completed.
National Customs, 1h34
Actors Li Lili, Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli
Roles Chen Zuo
Rating59% 2.9689152.9689152.9689152.9689152.968915
New Women
New Women (1935)
, 1h46
Directed by Cai Chusheng
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli
Roles Yu Haichou
Rating68% 3.4213753.4213753.4213753.4213753.421375
The film deals with an educated and modern young woman, Wei Ming (Ruan Lingyu), living in 1920s Shanghai. As the film begins, Wei Ming is working as a music teacher for a school, even as she harbors dreams of becoming a writer. In the film's opening scene, Wei Ming meets a friend, Yu Haichou (Zheng Junli) and an old schoolmate, Zhang Xiuzhen (Wang Moqiu), now named Mrs. Wang, on a trolley-car.
Song of China, 1h5
Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Actors Zheng Junli
Rating63% 3.1797353.1797353.1797353.1797353.179735
A young man (Zheng Junli) returns home to see his elderly father before the latter dies. The father tells his son to extend the love he feels for his family to the greater good. The young man tries to teach the same principles to his children, who instead run off to the city to enjoy the city.
A Rosy Dream, 1h23
Directed by Cai Chusheng
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Zheng Junli
Rating56% 2.8011452.8011452.8011452.8011452.801145
Pink Dream tells the story of a young novelist who is supported by a loving and hard-working wife. The novelist, however, is drawn to the decadent life of a socialite who introduces him to the dance halls that dot Shanghai. As the film progresses, the novelist soon learns of the emptiness of this urban existence and rejects it as a "pink dream."
Wild Rose
Wild Rose (1932)

Directed by Sun Yu
Genres Romance
Actors Jin Yan, Wang Renmei, Zheng Junli
Roles Little Li
Rating67% 3.360793.360793.360793.360793.36079
« Xiao Feng », « Petit Phénix », charmante et espiègle souillon de la campagne, vit avec son père dans une épave de bateau. Jiang Bo, peintre issu d’une riche famille shanghaienne, conduisant une gigantesque décapotable coude à la portière, choisit la délicieuse impertinente comme modèle bucolique, voire davantage. Mais un premier coup de théâtre surgit : pendant que Feng pose voluptueusement dans un cadre idyllique, Hu Jin, créancier de son père, propose d’annuler la dette pour se marier avec la fille.

Director

Crows and Sparrows, 1h51
Directed by Zheng Junli
Genres Drama
Actors Zhao Dan, Sun Daolin, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
Rating71% 3.573193.573193.573193.573193.57319
At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong.
The Spring River Flows East, 3h10
Directed by Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Bai Yang, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
Rating72% 3.6202153.6202153.6202153.6202153.620215
Part One is about 100 minutes in length. The film is set in Shanghai and begins shortly after the Mukden Incident of 1931. Sufen (Bai Yang) works in a textile factory; Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin) gives evening classes to the workers. During a National Day (October 10) celebration at the factory, Zhang successfully urges the workers to donate to the Northeastern Volunteer Army who are fighting the Japanese invaders in Manchuria. He is reprimanded by the factory's Manager Wen for going against the Japanese.

Scriptwriter

Crows and Sparrows, 1h51
Directed by Zheng Junli
Genres Drama
Actors Zhao Dan, Sun Daolin, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.573193.573193.573193.573193.57319
At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong.
The Spring River Flows East, 3h10
Directed by Cai Chusheng, Zheng Junli
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Bai Yang, Shangguan Yunzhu, Wu Yin
Roles Writer
Rating72% 3.6202153.6202153.6202153.6202153.620215
Part One is about 100 minutes in length. The film is set in Shanghai and begins shortly after the Mukden Incident of 1931. Sufen (Bai Yang) works in a textile factory; Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin) gives evening classes to the workers. During a National Day (October 10) celebration at the factory, Zhang successfully urges the workers to donate to the Northeastern Volunteer Army who are fighting the Japanese invaders in Manchuria. He is reprimanded by the factory's Manager Wen for going against the Japanese.