Sun Daolin

Sun Daolin was a actor and film director.

Biography

Sun Daolin was born in [then Peiping] on November 20, 1921. He was born Sun Yi-liang 孙以亮 in Beijing from a family of four children. His father Sun Wen-Yau was a Brussel educated railroad engineer. His mother Fan Nian-Hua and father both are from Jiashan, Chikiang. He attended Yan Ching University and studies were interrupted during Sino-Japanese War. During the War he was active in patriotic activities including stage acting and he was jailed briefly by the Japanese Poppet Regime. He received a degree in philosophy in 1947.

His career had spanned much of recent PRC history. One of his earliest roles was in director Zheng Junli’s ''Crows and Sparrows'', a polemic on the corruption of the Nationalist Government just prior to their defeat in the Chinese Civil War. After 1949, Sun continued to act, notably as the eldest brother in an of Ba Jin’s novel, ''Family''.

Sun Daolin is one of the most famous actors for the 1950-70's movie goer generations in China. Some four decades ago, to many Chinese, he was an idol and Perfect Mr. Right for all unmarried women at his time.

In the 1980s, Sun began to focus increasing energy on directing. In 1983, he wrote, directed and starred in the well-received '''', based on the by Cao Yu. His second try behind the camera was 1992’s ''''. After his semi-retirement he was active in poetry, Hamlet, Schubert songs.

Sun died in Shanghai on December 28, 2007 at the age of 86. He is survived by his wife Wang Wen Jun,,a Yue actress and a daughter Sun Qin-Yuan, one grand child . He Wang was best known for her show in "The Dream of Red Chamber". -edited by Sam Shueh in 2008.

Selected filmography

As actor

*1949- ''Crows and Sparrows''
*1950- ''Min zhu qing nian jin xing qu''
*1955- ''Nan dao feng yun''
*1957- '''' （家）
*1958- ''Yong bu xiao shi de dian bo'' （永不消失的电波）
*1961- ''A Revolutionary Family'' （革命家庭）
*1963- '''' （早春二月）
*1977- ''Spring'' to celebrate the collapse of the Gang of Four.
*1982- ''The Go Masters'' （一盘没有下完的棋）
*1983- '''' (雷雨）

As director

*1983 - ''Thunderstorm''
*1992 - ''''