Pengnian Ren Trailers

Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers TrailerHow Wong Fei-Hung and Wife Eradicated the Three Rascals TrailerNeo-Northeast Hero Trailer

Ren Pengnian 任彭年(1894-1968.2.23) . Director. Native of Shanghai. Trained at the Anglo-Chinese Book Guild, then joined the Shanghai Commercial Press at age 16. In 1918, transferred to theCommercial Press's new Motion Picture Division. Directed first film in 1919, a two-reel comedy titled "The Gambler." In 1921, Ren directed his first feature film, the highly successful "Yan Ruisheng" for the China Shadow Play Research Society. In 1926, started the Orient Film Company, to direct "The Worker's Wife." Became one of China's first generation of swordsman film directors in 1928, when he formed the Bright Moon film studio and directed its 13 part serial "Northeast Hero." (His future wife and business partner Wu Lizhu, had the female lead, becoming one of the first swordswomen heroines.) In 1935, directed the anti-Japanese film "Dark Violence," after which he returned to directing such martial arts epics as the six-part "Mistress of the Spear." As did many in the Chinese film community, Ren and Wu left Shanghai after the Japanese invasion, arriving eventually in Hong Kong, where they remained after the war. In Hong Kong, Ren became known for making Cantonese dialect martial arts and sword films in both classical and modern settings and usually featuring the martial exploits of heroines, with Wu Lizhu often cast in the lead role. After being semi-retired in the 1950s, Ren and Wu in 1960 resurrected the Bright Moon studio to make such movies as " Three Covert Female Investigators" and "Flying Heroine Huang Yingqiao Cracks the Diamond Theft Case." Their working partnership usually took the form of Ren Pengnian producing and directing the movie, with Wu Lizhu editing and often starring. Wu Lizhu retired after making her final screen appearance in 1961 and Ren Pengnian's last directing effort was in 1963, after which he also retired

Most Popular Pengnian Ren Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers Trailer (1960)

21 September 1960

The Flying Dragon gang goes on a rampage and the police Inspector is at his wits' end. He then commissions Wong Ngung, Wu Ngar and Heung Nga to help him catch the gang members.

The Lady in Combat Trailer (1941)

23 January 1941

An early lost swordplay film from Hong Kong. It centered on Wu Lai-Chu as a swordswoman fighting evil.

Neo-Northeast Hero Trailer (1949)

09 February 1949

A robber named Zhang Kui hid in a coffin to avoid the authorities before being transported to another associate.

Lady Robin Hood Trailer (1947)

03 October 1947

A sick king instructs his loyal minister Luo Zhengqing to guide and install the crown prince as king after his death.

Yan Ruisheng Trailer (1921)

01 July 1921

In the summer of 1920, Shanghai was scandalized by a sensational murder, a high-profile case and subsequent trial that was the ongoing topic of conversation in the city's numerous cafes, clubs and teahouses.

The Dilemma Trailer (1919)

01 January 1919

A wealthy man takes a grieving widow as his wife, buying her from her father-in-law, although the widow wants to remain true to her late husband's memory.

Greedy Neighbors Trailer (1933)

23 August 1933

A foolish wealthy inheritor, whose household is dependent on his wife's competence, finds his estate threatened by a bully neighbor in this allegory of the difficulty of dealing with unchecked aggression and treachery, and of the tension between traditional Chinese customs and early 20th-century European influences.

The Dream of Red Mansions Trailer (1927)

01 January 1927

How Wong Fei-Hung and Wife Eradicated the Three Rascals Trailer (1958)

24 August 1958

While Wong Fei Hung is away traveling, three ruthless villains pretend to establish a temple as a front for a range of criminal activities including kidnapping young woman to be used as sex workers.