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Cinema of China 
List of Chinese films 1905–1919 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s This is a list of films produced in mainland China ordered by year of release in the 1940s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.
Contents
1940
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Bi yu zan Bu Wancang Chen Yunchang Confucius Fei Mu Biographical/Historical 1941
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Bi hai qing tian Bi luo gong zhu Zhu Shilin Family Bu Wancang,
Li PingqianDrama Adaptation of Ba Jin's novel Princess Iron Fan Wan brothers Animation First Chinese animated feature film 1942
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Biao zhun fu ren Bo ai Bu Wancang,
Zhu ShilinChen Yunchang 1943
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Bu qiu ren Daughter of the Fisherman Bu Wancang Zhou Xuan Romance Yu Jia Nu Eternity Bu Wancang,
Ma-Xu WeibangChen Yunchang Drama Controversial film on the Opium War, produced under the Japanese occupation 1944
Title Director Actors Genre Notability 1945
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Dream of the Red Chamber Bu Wancang Zhou Xuan Drama Adaptation of the classic Chinese novel 1946
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Phony Phoenixes Huang Zuolin Shi Hui Comedy 1947
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Along the Sungari River Jin Shan Zhang Ruifang War Dream in Paradise Tang Xiaodan Shangguan Yunzhu Drama Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon Shi Dongshan Bai Yang Drama Emperor's Dream Animation Long Live the Mistress! Sang Hu Shi Hui Drama Night Inn Huang Zuolin Zhou Xuan,
Wei WeiDrama Adaptation of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths The Spring River Flows East Zheng Junli,
Cai ChushengDrama 1948
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Go After an Easy Prey Animation North East Film Studio Myriad of Lights Shen Fu Drama Remorse at Death Fei Mu Mei Lanfang Musical/Opera First Chinese color film Spring in a Small Town Fei Mu Wei Wei Romantic Drama Named the greatest Chinese language film made by the Hong Kong Film Awards 1949
Title Director Actors Genre Notability Bridge Wang Bin War Crows and Sparrows Zheng Junli Drama Daughters of China Ling Zifeng
Zhai QiangWar Orphan on the Streets Zhao Ming,
Yan GongWang Longji,
Lin ZhenDrama Kunlun Film Company production, also known as The Winter of Three Hairs Sorrows and Joys of Middle Age Sang Hu Shi Hui Drama Three Women Chen Liting Sha Li,
Huang Zongying,
Shangguan YunzhuDrama Also known as Women Side by Side See also
- Cinema of China
- Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures as chosen by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards
External links
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