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Wan Laiming

Wan Laiming

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Biography

Wan Laiming (simplified Chinese: 万籁鸣; traditional Chinese: 萬籟鳴; pinyin: Wàn Làimíng; 18 January 1900 – 7 October 1997) was a Chinese animator. He was one of the Wan brothers who pioneered the Chinese animation industry, and is commonly considered as China's first animator. As the director of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, he would raise the standard to International level before other historical events affected the industry. Brother of Wan Guchan.

Known For

中国经典动画系列-珍藏版
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中国经典动画系列-珍藏版

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven
7.7

Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven

1961
上美影动画短片
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上美影动画短片

1952
The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven
7.4

A completely remade animation film based on the original 1961 animation The Monkey King. Mythical ancient China. Born from some magic stones that fell to Earth a long time ago when Goddess Nüwa mended the sky, Sun Wukong, aka Monkey King, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

The Monkey King 3D: Uproar in Heaven

2012
Princess Iron Fan
5.6

The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character. Specifically, the film focused on the duel between the Monkey King and a vengeful princess, whose fan is desperately needed to quench the flames that surround a peasant village.

Princess Iron Fan

1941
上海美术电影合集
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上海美术电影合集

Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’
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Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The contemporised story revolves nonetheless around the love triangle between Jia Baoyu and his two cousins. Both girls love him but his heart belongs to only one. The ending, however, is remarkably changed to separation of the lovers as a result of war—the war that was surely still haunting the minds of the filmmakers at the time when the film was made. Not only did Great Wall pour money into building extravagant sets just so to recreate down to the smallest detail the grandeur of the legendary Jia mansion, but the film also boasted of its lavish costume designs for the diverse female cast. (From Hong Kong Film Archive)

Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’

1952
Loves of the Youngsters
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Yan Xintang have seven kids with his wife, all their kids have grown up now and facing different problems on their own romance experiences.

Loves of the Youngsters

1955
Why is the Crow Black-Coated
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A gorgeous bird entranced by its own beauty sings and dances all day long in the forest, not caring enough to prepare for the winter. When winter finally comes, the bird has no place to go. After a while, there is a fire, and the freezing animal wants to limber up but in the end all his colorful feathers are singed and turn black as coal. And thus the once so beautiful bird has transformed into a black crow.

Why is the Crow Black-Coated

1955
The Big Red Flower
6.0

The oriole sang on the branch. As soon as the song ended, there was applause. It happily picked a big red flower, and took it to thank the two little bears who applauded it——Little Black and Little Brown. But the two little bears are vying to say that they clapped first. There is only one safflower, and the oriole does not know whom to give it to.

The Big Red Flower

1956
Songs of the Anti-Japanese War
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Seven episodes of short animated songs on anti-Japanese war.

Songs of the Anti-Japanese War

1938
The Picture on the Wall
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Children often tear off the beautiful illustrations from the books in the children's library while others are not paying attention. The walls of his house are covered with various illustrations that he secretly tore. One day, when he posted a picture of a woodpecker that he had just stolen on the wall, he had a quarrel with the small animals on the wall. The small animals asked to go back to the library, but he refused to let them do so.

The Picture on the Wall

1958
万氏兄弟和《大闹天宫》
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万氏兄弟和《大闹天宫》

2004
Pigsy Eats Watermelon
8.0

A paper-cut animation short about Zhu Bajie, the pig from Journey to the West

Pigsy Eats Watermelon

1958
Wild Encounters
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Two friends encounter a monster in the woods

Wild Encounters

1955
The Beautiful Little Goldfish
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In midsummer, there are bursts of cheerful laughter from time to time near the pond in the wild. Little fireflies are flying in the sky, playing happily with little goldfishes in the water. After playing, the firefly bid farewell to her friends, and flew around to inform other little insects that they must attend the firefly gala tonight on time. At this moment, a dark cloud floated over, and the firefly, who was eager to make an announcement, encountered heavy rain, and was exhausted and injured, and even the fireflies on his body were extinguished. The sad firefly never forgets the unfinished task of sending notifications. In order to help him complete the task, the little goldfish decides to help him.

The Beautiful Little Goldfish

1958
Uproar in an Art Studio
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Lost film. Commonly regarded as the first animated short film in China. The film was combined with live footage, about an artist working in his studio. Suddenly he is disturbed by a small paper person jumping out of the page causing an uproar. Modeled after the American "Out of the Inkwell" series.

Uproar in an Art Studio

1927