The Red Detachment of Women (1970 film)

The Red Detachment of Women
Directed by	Pan Wenzhan (潘はん文展ぶんてん) Fu Jie (傅でん杰)
Starring	Xue Jinghua
Cinematography	Li Wenhua (李り文化ぶんか)
Music by	Liu Shida (刘士达)
Production company	Beijing Film Studio
Running time	105 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

The Red Detachment of Women (Chinese: 红色娘むすめ子こ军; pinyin: Hóngsè Niángzǐjūn) is a 1970 Chinese filmed performance of the Chinese ballet of the same name (originally produced in 1964) – which itself was a version of director Xie Jin's original 1961 film. The style is called 'yangbanxi' (revolutionary model dramas.) It is one of eight approved revolutionary model dramas made during the Cultural Revolution. A Beijing Opera version was filmed by the August First Film Studio in 1972.

Plot summary

In the 1930s, on Hainan Island, the heroine, Wu Qinghua, escapes from Nan Batian, an evil landlord, and becomes the leader of a women's militia, under the guidance of Hong Changqing, a Communist Party secretary.

Cast

• Xue Jinghua as Wu Qinghua
• Liu Qingtang as Hong Changqing
• Song Chen as Company Commander
• Li Xinying as Xiao Pang, the Messenger
• Li Chengxiang as Nan Batian, the Tyrant
• Wan Qiwu as Ou Guangsi, Nan Batian's lackey

World Events

On 11 November 2012, in Washington, D.C., a panel discussion with Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Dr,. Chi Wang, Dr. Carma Hinton, and Dr. Michael Chang discussed the effect of this film had on the Cultural Revolution and on Chinese film.

Sources

China Movie Material Institute, ed. (1981). 中国ちゅうごく艺术影かげ片へん编目 (1949-1979) [China Art Film Catalog (1949-1979)] (in Chinese). Beijing: Culture and Arts Press.

External links

• The Red Detachment of Women at IMDb
• The Red Detachment of Women from the Chinese Movie Database
• The Red Detachment of Women is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive