In the People's Republic of China and abroad, the work of filmmaker Xie Jin is renowned for the ways he created tragic melodramas out of complex political issues. While young, Xie Jin was educated in Chinese opera and classical literature. In 1938, he began his career as an actor playing patriotic roles in Shanghai. He later became a student of dramatists Cao Yu and Hon Shen in the State Theater...
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