Princess Iron Fan (1941)
1h 13m
Running Time
November 19, 1941Release Date
Princess Iron Fan (1941)
1h 13m
Running Time
November 19, 1941Release Date
Plot.
The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character. Specifically, the film focused on the duel between the Monkey King and a vengeful princess, whose fan is desperately needed to quench the flames that surround a peasant village.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Guanxiang Liu
Actor
Zhou Jirang
Actor
Shi Fengai
Actor
Sun Feixia
Actor
Wan Laiming
Actor
Wan Dihuan
Actor
Guchan Wan
Actor
Chizuko Kanda
(Japanese version)
Shuichi Makino
(Japanese version)
Musei Tokugawa
(Japanese version)
Ichiro Yamano
(Japanese version)
Zhang Shankun
Producer
Zhongren Lu
Music
Jinyi Wang
Editor
Zhongguo Lianhe
Associate Producer
Liu En-Ze
Sound Recordist
En-Chai Liu
Sound Recordist
Zhang Danian
Animation
Jin Fangbin
Animation
Zhao Fengshi
Animation
Yin Fusheng
Animation
Hong Bai
Jiang Ming
Han Lan-Gen
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 19, 1941
Original Name铁扇公主
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 13m
Genres
Wiki.
Princess Iron Fan (simplified Chinese: 铁扇公主; traditional Chinese: 鐵扇公主; pinyin: Tiě shàn gōngzhǔ), is the first Chinese animated feature film. It is also considered the first Asian animated feature film. The film is based on an episode of the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. It was directed in Shanghai under difficult conditions in the thick of World War II by Wan Guchan and Wan Laiming (the Wan brothers) and was released on November 19, 1941.
The film later became influential in the development of East Asian animation, including Japanese anime and Chinese animation.