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Before the Coming of a New Bureau Director (1956) [N/A]

Featuring:
Jingbo Li, Ke Pu, Guangting Chen

Written by:
Qiu He
Yanfu Yu

Directed by:
Ban Lü


Release Date:
May 2, 1956

Original Title:
新局长到来之前

Alternate Titles:
Before the Coming of a New Bureau Director
Before the New Director Arrives

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Changchun Film Studio

Production Countries:
China

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Overview from TheMovieDB

Directed by Ban Lu.

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Overview from Open Movies

The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Before the New Bureau Chief Arrives.This movie made in the early era of the People's Republic is a very mild criticism of bureaucracy. Such criticism was what China really needed and still is today. But very unfortunately, even criticism as mild as this was not tolerated and just merely a year later after this movie was made, Mao started the Anti-Rightists Movement in 1957, and the desperately needed criticism was silenced for more than four decades, and China has suffered greatly at the same time due to the continuous political movements.

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Rankings and Honors

Before the Coming of a New Bureau Director (1956) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Tao Wang

Conductor:
Ma Lin

Director:
Lü Ban

Director of Photography:
Chunquan Wang

Music:
Jida Li

Sound:
Xizhong Sui

Writer:
Yu Yanfu

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