三毛流浪记 (1949)

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The Adventures of Sanmao the Waif is a 1949 Chinese film produced by Kunlun Film Company, directed by Zhao Ming and Yan Gong, and written by Yang Hansheng, Chen Baichen, and Li Tianji. The 1949 film is based on the Sanmao comic, created by Zhang Leping in 1935, which features the well-known Chinese cultural symbol of child poverty, Sanmao, a homeless orphan boy. The film, which stars Wang Longji, follows Sanmao through his adventures surviving and meeting new people on the streets of Shanghai. The film notably works to counterbalance the tragic story of Sanmao with humor and comedy.

Production and political pressure

The film was produced and developed by Kunlun Film Company, a Shanghai company founded in May 1947 and established as a replacement for Lianhua Film Company which previously shut down due to extensive interference of the National Party.

With development beginning in October 1948, the film's release was originally planned for release in the same year, but it was banned by the Kuomintang. In the initial stages of the film's production, Zhao Ming received an anonymous threatening letter, presumably from Kuomintang, which read, “If Sanmao carries on, you will have to watch your head.” Zhang Leping, who actively participated in the film's production received the same message a few da…

Since 1949, because of the political and revolutionary backgrounds in contemporary China, almost all the films had been produced among six major motifs:

1) praise and loyalty to Mao and the CCP,

3) comparison between the new and old society,

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