Direction: Shi Hui

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shi Hui. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Marriage of the Fairy Princess

1955 · Movie · 96 min. · China

Direction Shi Hui

Cast Wang Shaofang · Yan Fengying · Zhang Yunfeng

Plot Based on the legendary story of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy Princess, Marriage of the Fairy Princess is a (socialist) retelling of how a celestial maiden spies a dutiful...

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The Letter with Feathers

1954 · Movie · 110 min. · China

Direction Shi Hui

Cast Feng Chen · Cheng Zhi · Feng Xiao · Jiang Rui

Plot Twelve-year-old Hai Wa sends a secret letter containing Japanese military information to the Eight Route Army during the anti-Japanese war.

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Platoon Commander Guan

1951 · Movie · 120 min. · China

Direction Shi Hui

Cast Shi Hui · Yu Zhongying · Shi Ling · Cheng Zhi

Plot A platoon commander gets the order to destroy the enemy’s command center within three hours. However, the headquarter is located in an overcrowded orphanage.

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Voyage in the Misty Night

1958 · Movie · 87 min. · China

Direction Shi Hui

Cast Xuepeng Fan · Zhang Hongmei · Zhang Yan · Qi Heng

Plot The passenger ship Haiyan, with more than a thousand people aboard, sails through a thick fog at night. Despite having the knowledge that there are reefs nearby, the captain refuses...

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Life of a Peking Policeman

1950 · Movie · 120 min. · China

Direction Shi Hui

Cast Shi Hui · Wei Heling · Yang Shen · Li Wei

Plot Shi Hui, driven to suicide in the ‘Anti-Rightist Purge’ of the late 1950s, was one of the greatest screen actors ever and a fine director. This adaptation of a short...

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