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THE HONOR AMONG THIEVES

DIGITAL / 50MIN. / 2019

 (CHINA)

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The Honor Among Thieves is based on a vernacular Chinese short story titled Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang written by Feng Menglong, a Chinese vernacular writer and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. The story is first published in Feng’s short story collection Yushi Mingyan (Stories to Enlighten the World) in 1620. It focuses on four thieves in the Song Dynasty who are up against a wealthy evil miser and a corrupted local government. 

ABOUT.

DURATION:

50 MINS

RELEASE DATE: 

JULY 23, 2019

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

CHINA

LANGUAGE

CHINESE

When you stay sideways, anything can happen. The layout of sideways is made of a simple thick and thin lines. Its indoor design combining natural and synthetic materials and an extravagant color palette to make your heart beat again and again.

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CREDITS.

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR:

LANHUA  MA

FILM WRITER: 

YIXIANG MA / FAMING

PRODUCED BY:

NANJING BAD STUDENT FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA PRODUCTION CO. LTD.

The Honor Among Thieves is based on a vernacular Chinese short story titled Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang written by Feng Menglong, a Chinese vernacular writer and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. The story is first published in Feng’s short story collection Yushi Mingyan (Stories to Enlighten the World) in 1620. It focuses on four thieves in the Song Dynasty who are up against a wealthy evil miser and a corrupted local government. 

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