Directing
Zhaodi Wu
Born — Died
1920-11-18 — 1992-09-03
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
Wu Zhaodi was a director and screenwriter in Mainland China and graduated from Beijing Film Academy. In 1948, he co-created the opera "Steel Bone and Iron Tendons" with Su Li and Wu Yin, which was later adapted into the drama "Iron Warrior" by Cheng Yin. In 1954, he served as the deputy director of the industrial film "Infinite Potential". In 1955, he co-directed the war film "Plain Guerrillas" with Suri, which won the third prize of the Excellent Film of the Ministry of Culture of China. In 1957, he independently directed his first film "Underground Vanguard". On September 3, 1992, Wu Zhaodi died of illness at the age of 72.
Known for
6.0An army officer has a chance encounter with a young soldier, the son of an old comrade in arms. The soldier tells the officer he has a sister who is also in the army. When the young soldier is killed in action, the officer visits her to pay his respects, and recognizes her as his own child, given up for adoption 18 years earlier. This presents him with a dilemma, wanting to reconnect with the only child he ever had, yet reluctant to tell her the truth about her parentage ...
Heroic Sons and Daughters
1964
6.0A guerrilla group led by Li Xiangyang are ambushed by the Japanese invasion army during the War of Resistance.
Guerrillas on the Plain
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
红领巾的故事
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
工地青年
1958
NRThree young female speed skating athletes help and compete with each other, and all get outstanding achievements.
Sisters on Ice
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Seven Days and Seven Nights
1962
Behind the camera
6.0An army officer has a chance encounter with a young soldier, the son of an old comrade in arms. The soldier tells the officer he has a sister who is also in the army. When the young soldier is killed in action, the officer visits her to pay his respects, and recognizes her as his own child, given up for adoption 18 years earlier. This presents him with a dilemma, wanting to reconnect with the only child he ever had, yet reluctant to tell her the truth about her parentage ...
Heroic Sons and Daughters
1964
6.0An army officer has a chance encounter with a young soldier, the son of an old comrade in arms. The soldier tells the officer he has a sister who is also in the army. When the young soldier is killed in action, the officer visits her to pay his respects, and recognizes her as his own child, given up for adoption 18 years earlier. This presents him with a dilemma, wanting to reconnect with the only child he ever had, yet reluctant to tell her the truth about her parentage ...
Heroic Sons and Daughters
1964
6.0A guerrilla group led by Li Xiangyang are ambushed by the Japanese invasion army during the War of Resistance.
Guerrillas on the Plain
1955
NRNo synopsis available yet.
红领巾的故事
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
工地青年
1958
NRThree young female speed skating athletes help and compete with each other, and all get outstanding achievements.
Sisters on Ice
1960
NRThree young female speed skating athletes help and compete with each other, and all get outstanding achievements.
Sisters on Ice
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Seven Days and Seven Nights
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
寻爱记
1957
6.0Underground CPC outwit enemies and steal military information in Beiping city.
Underground Vanguards
1957
NRA Chinese film featuring the Beijing Opera Troupe. The story is set during the War of Resistance in Japanese-occupied territory to the west of Shanghai. Shajiabang is a small market town on the marshy reed-fringed shore of Lake Yangcheng where Aqing, who is secretly a Communist Party member, works in a small tea-house patronised by officers of the puppet "Loyal and Just National Salvation Army". Unbeknown to her patrons, Aqing is helping care for eighteen wounded soldiers of the New Fourth Army who are hiding in the marshes...
Sha jia bang
1971
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Ping yuan you ji dui
1975
NRChinese military drama from 1980.
Sleeping Tiger Ridge
1980