
November 23, 1923 · 102 years old
Xie Jin (Chinese: 謝晉; pinyin: Xiè Jìn; 21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director. He rose to prominence in 1957, directing the film Woman Basketball Player No. 5, and is considered one of the Third Generation directors of China. Most recently he was known for the direction of T…

Love, humiliation, and politics play out in a distant village of China during the Cultural Revolution.

Follows a Red Army company from training, through combat in the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979, and the aftermath of war, focusing on the anger created by nepotism among the Party elite.

Chronicles the fortunes of two actresses in pre-revolutionary China, who are separated by money and politics.