Dan continues his look at 70 years of Asian cinema with the 1941 Chinese film Princess Iron Fan, the first animated feature ever made in the East. PRINCESS IRON FAN Wan Guchan/Wan Laiming, 1941, China While there is little doubt that the time, effort and money that it took to produce Princess Iron Fan ultimately paid off, it’s hard to think of a worse time in the history of Chinese… Read More »
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Asia7070: Nobuko (1940)
I’ve been writing my Fifth Dan column for ESLF for nearly a year, reviewing key Asian movie releases in the UK as well as notable new films that are yet to receive distribution outside of the East. I’ve also covered a handful of classic Asian movies along the way – High and Low, Hara-kiri – but for the most part, the emphasis has been upon new films. At the same… Read More »
