The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple

The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple
The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple
Directed by	Zhang Shichuan
Written by	Zheng Zhengqiu; Shang K'ai-jan
Starring	Hu Die
Production; company	Mingxing Film Company
Release date	1928–1931
Running time	1,620 minutes
Country	China

The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (simplified Chinese: 火烧红莲寺; traditional Chinese: 火燒紅蓮寺; pinyin: Huǒshāo Hóngliánsì) is a lost Chinese silent film serial directed by Zhang Shichuan.^[1] The film is adapted from the novel The Tale of the Extraordinary Swordsman.^[2]

The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, in 16 parts, is among the longest films ever produced and the longest major release,^[specify] running 27 hours in total. The Mingxing Film Company production was released in 19 feature-length parts between 1928 and 1931. No copies have survived. The craze of the film series eventually led the Kuomintang to ban all wuxia films by the early 1930s.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Havis, Richard James (7 March 2021). "The martial arts choreographers who brought fight scenes to life in wuxia and kung fu films". South China Morning Post.
^ Nick Belardes (2009). Random Obsessions: Trivia You Can't Live Without. Viva Editions. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-57344-501-6.

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The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple at IMDb

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[1] Havis, Richard James (7 March 2021). "The martial arts choreographers who brought fight scenes to life in wuxia and kung fu films". South China Morning Post.

[2] Nick Belardes (2009). Random Obsessions: Trivia You Can't Live Without. Viva Editions. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-57344-501-6.

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