Cui Wei

Cui Wei

Cui Wei (14 October 1912 – 7 February 1979), born Cui Jingwen, was a Chinese film director and actor. In 1962, Cui won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor as Zhu Laogong in Keep Red Flag Flying (1960). Cui Jingwen was born on 14 October, 1912 into a poor peasant family. He started working at the age of twelve. Cui was able to attend a school in Qingdao due to the help of a relative but was expelled due to his Communist political activities. In 1930, having briefly studied scriptwriting at Shandong Provincial Experimental Theatre, he organized the Seagull Theatrical Troupe and wrote stage play scripts. In 1932, he joined the League of Left-Wing Dramatists and traveled to the east and north of China, performing in leftist activities to promote patriontism against the Japanese invasion. After studying theatre, Cui moved to Shanghai in 1935 and was a part of the leftist theatre movement. He adapted the play Lay Down Your Whip for street performances. In 1938, Cui joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and taught at the Lu Xun College of Arts in Yan'an. In 1949, he was appointed as director of the Cultural Bureau of the Central and South China District. He was also elected deputy of the Third National People's Congress, member of the 5th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultive Conference, and the China Federation of Literature and Art Circles. In 1954, Cui made his acting debut as the male lead in The Rebels (1955). In 1955, he quit his job at the CCP to join Beijing Film Studio and starred and multiple other films such as The Spirit of the Sea (1957), New Story of an Old Soldier (1959), and Keep Red Flag Flying (1960). For his performance in the latter, he won Best Actor at the 1st Hundred Flowers Awards. He also directed and co-directed films such as Song of Youth (1959), an adaptation from Yang Mo's novel of the same name, Zhang Ga, a Boy Soldier (1963), a children's film, and Women Warriors of the Yang Family (1960), which was an adaptation of a traditional opera. In 1966, Cui was repeatedly subjected to censorship and, in 1968, was imprisoned and sent to reform through labor. He was released in 1972.

  • Popularity : 0.572
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1912-10-14
  • Place of Birth : Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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Cui Wei Movies

  • 1955
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    Song Jing Shi

    Song Jing Shi

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1959
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    New Story of an Old Soldier

    New Story of an Old Soldier

    1 1959 HD

    A soldier finds his new role in the transition from war time to the construction era.

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  • 1937
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    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    5.6 1937 HD

    Four students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Xu contemplates suicide but his friend Zhao talks him out of it....

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  • 1959
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    Wind from the East

    Wind from the East

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1958
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    Soul of the Sea

    Soul of the Sea

    1 1958 HD

    The sailors on a Kuomintang warship revolt, arrest their officers and defect to the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

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  • 1956
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    黄花岭

    黄花岭

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1974
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    Ping yuan zuo zhan

    Ping yuan zuo zhan

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1964
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    Safflower of Tianshan

    Safflower of Tianshan

    7 1964 HD

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  • 2010
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    Old Man

    Old Man

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1959
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    Song of Youth

    Song of Youth

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    杨门女将

    杨门女将

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1978
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    风雨里程

    风雨里程

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1963
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    Zhang Ga the Soldier Boy

    Zhang Ga the Soldier Boy

    6.5 1963 HD

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  • 1975
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    Red Rain

    Red Rain

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1976
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    Shan hua

    Shan hua

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1963
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    穆桂英大战洪州

    穆桂英大战洪州

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1958
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    穆桂英挂帅

    穆桂英挂帅

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1962
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    Wild Boar Forest

    Wild Boar Forest

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1970
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    Mountain Flower

    Mountain Flower

    1 1970 HD

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