Sun Weishi

孫維世　/　不明

American actor

November 30, 1920 – October 15, 1968　・　Nanxi District, People's Republic of China

actor

My Take

Sun Weishi is one of those figures whose story hits you harder the more you learn about it. She broke ground as the first female director of modern spoken drama in Chinese history — a staggering achievement for any era, let alone mid-20th-century China — and she did it with real artistic ambition, studying theater in the Soviet Union and bringing a rigorous, cosmopolitan vision back home. The fact that she was essentially adopted by Zhou Enlai gives her life this almost mythological quality, caught between revolutionary idealism and the brutal machinery it eventually became. The Cultural Revolution claimed her in 1968, and the loss feels immense: a trailblazer silenced at the peak of her powers, at just 47. History has gradually restored her reputation, and rightly so.

Overview

Sun Weishi (Chinese: 孙维世; 30 November 1921 – 15 October 1968) was the first female director of modern spoken drama (huaju) in Chinese history. Sun's father was killed by the Kuomintang (KMT) in 1927, and Sun was eventually adopted by Zhou Enlai, who later became the first premier of the People's Republic of China.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sun Weishi
Name (Japanese): 孫維世
Reading: 不明
Born: November 30, 1920 – October 15, 1968
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Nanxi District, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Communist University of the Toilers of the East

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%AB%E7%B6%AD%E4%B8%96