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Director of Photography, Hou Yong was born in 1960 and was Zhang Yimou’s classmate in the cinematography class of the Beijing Film Academy. He has worked on such films as THE DAY THE SUN TURNED COLD by Hong Kong director Yim Ho and Tian Zhuangzhuang’s HORSE THIEF and THE BLUE KITE. This is his first film with Zhang Yimou. Art Director Cao Jiuping graduated from the Xian Art Institute in 1982 and has worked on all of Zhang Yimou’s films. Soundman Wu Lala is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy in Sound. His previous films include: EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE by Zhang Yuan, EIGHTEEN SPRINGS by Hong Kong director Ann Hui and SPICY LOVE SOUP by Zhang Ming. Editor Zhai Ru is originally from Beijing and worked as continuity on the films IN THE HEAT OF THE SUN by Jiang Wen, TEMPTRESS MOON by Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou’s KEEP COOL. She served as editor on Lu Yue’s MR. ZHAO, winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. Music composer San Bao was born in Beijing in 1968 and is a graduate of the Beijing Music Institute. He has worked as composer on the films THE DIVORCE and BE THERE OR BE SQUARE. Original novelist and screenwriter, Shi Xiangsheng was born in Shanghai in 1942. During the Cultural Revolution he was assigned to work in the western province of Xinjiang. He remained there as a teacher and began writing at the same time. He has written several award-winning novels, including THE DIVORCE and THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT. |
