Northeast Film Studio was one of the first formally-established movie production company in the northeast part of China

China

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Early history

After the War of Resistance against Japan

Second Sino-Japanese War

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 the studio was established in the Dongbei territory

Northeast China

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 of China. On October 1, 1946 the studio was relocated to Xingshan

Xingshan

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 in the Nenjiang province (龙江省兴山), known today as Hegang

Hegang

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 in the Heilongjiang province

Heilongjiang

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. At the time it is the first known studio established by a communist party

Communist party

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Separation

From here the film talents and animation talents would separate. The surrendering of Japan in World War II

World War II

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 caused the Manchukuo Film Association

Manchukuo Film Association

, also known as the "Manchuria Film Production", was a Japanese film production company in Manchukuo in the 1930s and 40s.-Early history:...

 to split. The parts that were sanctioned by the Chinese government would integrate with the Yan'an Film Studio (延安电影制片厂) and the Northeast Film Studio. The War of Liberation

Chinese Civil War

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 would break out in 1949 forcing the studio to move to Changchun

Changchun

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. By 1955 the Northeast Film Studio technically no longer exist, since China's Ministry of Culture would officially rename the new combined entity as Changchun Film Studio.

The animators, mostly the group that worked with Chinese animation

Chinese animation

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 such as the Emperor's Dream

Emperor's Dream

Emperor's Dream is a Chinese animated puppet film produced by the Northeast Film company in China.-Background:On October 1, 1946 the Northeast Film Studio was merged with the Yan'an Film Studio . The film is known to be produced in 1947 when the northeast company was being disintegrated from the...

 would move to Shanghai

Shanghai

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. The Wan brothers

Wan brothers

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 and the talents of Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Suzhou

Suzhou

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 and many other big name artists would all be concentrated in this studio for the first time to form the Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Shanghai Animation Film Studio is the animation division of the Shanghai Film Group Corporation in Shanghai, China. It is responsible for the production of Chinese animations.-History:...

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