金山 (演员)

简介

Jin Shan (originally named Zhao Mo) was born in 1911 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, to a family originally from Hunan. Known as the "Drama Emperor" of China, he became one of the most prominent actors and directors in Chinese theatre and film history. Early in his career, he moved to Shanghai and became acquainted with the famous gangster Du Yuesheng, who took him as an adopted disciple. Jin Shan secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1932 and became active in the Left-Wing Dramatists League. He helped organize the Shanghai Amateur Dramatists Association and starred in major plays such as "Nora", "The Government Inspector", and "Golden Jinhua", as well as films like "Song at Midnight". During World War II, he led the Chinese Salvation Theatre Troupe in Southeast Asia, then returned to China and starred in the famous play "Qu Yuan" in Chongqing. After 1949, he served as deputy director and chief director of the China Youth Art Theatre, directing works such as "Beauty's Journey" and "Princess Wencheng". He later faced severe punishment from the Party due to a moral scandal in Korea, was expelled and sent to work in a factory. In 1975 he was rehabilitated after learning that his wife Sun Weishi had died in prison during the Cultural Revolution. In 1976 he married his late wife's sister Sun Xinshi, and in 1978 he became president of the Central Academy of Drama. In 1982 he was appointed chairman of the Television Drama Art Committee, and passed away in July of the same year.