Burning Red Lotus Temple is a martial arts film released on 1928, directed by Zhang Shichuan and starring Xiao Ying.
1928 The burning of Honglian Temple is of great significance, which triggered the first chivalrous monster craze in the history of China movies. Since then, chivalrous movies have become the most China-featured movies in the world cinemas.
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Huoshao Honglian Temple was born in 1927 after the failure of the Great Revolution in China's modern history. At that time, the Kuomintang slaughtered yesterday's allies, making the society full of blood and failure, and the feelings of disappointment and seclusion also permeated the society.
The appearance of this film was once regarded as a typical representative to satisfy people's escape from reality. But as far as the film itself is concerned, Burning Red Lotus Temple also has special significance and influence. Its commercial success has opened up a film style for China films to gain a foothold in the market.
"Burning Red Lotus Temple" was very popular after it was released, and it felt deserted for a while. Therefore, 18 episodes have been filmed continuously for three years, which shows its commercial success and attracts numerous imitators.
From 1928 to 193 1, 227 martial arts films were released in China. At the same time, some trick photography in the film was also full of innovative consciousness at that time. Fighting swords, stealth evasion, flying in the air, throwing swords in the mouth, thundering in the palm and other stunts have also earned it the notoriety of "swordsman".
193 1 year, in view of the extreme inconsistency between the chivalrous craze and China's traditional culture, the film censorship committee under the National Government ordered the banning of all films promoting Machamp's disorderly gods, including Burning Red Lotus Temple, and this wave of chivalrous films came to an abrupt end. However, some directors moved to Hong Kong and produced 19 episode "Burning Red Lotus Temple" in Hong Kong on 1935, and the tradition of martial arts films was also passed down in Hong Kong.
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