1In the 1940s, The Light of Overseas Chinese 1 1 produced by the American branch of Hong Kong Daguan Film Company was the first three-dimensional film in Hong Kong. In the spring of the same year, Shao Cunren, director of Nanyang Film Company, launched the Cantonese film innovation movement. He believes that in order to improve Hong Kong films, we must first improve the quality of films, and advocate starting with scripts before we can produce good films. But also attracted technicians from all sides, first-class network actors, and a group of young people with professional literacy in writing and film art, such as Gu Longgeng and Feng Haofeng. Under this innovation movement, Nanyang has created such famous works as Daughter Laughs, Wonder Plum, Wang Fu and When Will You Come Again. Later, Hong Kong fell into a period of war. "From 194 1 to 12, Japan occupied Hong Kong and bombed film facilities such as Daguan Film Factory. At the beginning of 1946, Hong Kong's film industry was completely at a standstill. " 12 in fact, since the end of 1945, some film companies such as Lianyi, Huasheng and Liansheng have been demobilized and resumed business. However, some major filmmakers, such as Rosamund Kwan, Wu Chufan and Bai Yan, are still in other places, while some original Hong Kong film studios, such as Nanyang Studio and Daguan Studio, have been destroyed and become ruins. Coupled with the lack of some production equipment, the Hong Kong film industry did not officially recover until 1946.

"After Hong Kong's re-exposure, the entertainment industry has become increasingly prosperous, especially in cinemas, and the audience is even more crowded. Every time a good film is released, it is already full. " There is another sentence in 13: "1The late 1940s of the 1960s was the peak of Cantonese movies. There are 200 Cantonese films every year, many of which are Cantonese operas. " 14 but in fact, since 1946, in addition to Cantonese films, Mandarin films have also developed at the same time. This is because of the turmoil in Shanghai during the civil war, and famous domestic filmmakers such as Li and Zhu Shilin; The actors are spinning, and Yan Jun and Bai Guang are all going south. At this time, he and Li established Yonghua Film Company in Hong Kong (1947- 1954), and made two blockbuster films, Chinese Soul and Secret History of Qing Palace, in 1948. At the end of 1940s, there were other Chinese-language film studios such as Greater China, Great Wall and Cathay Pacific, and even shot many business cards, such as "The Demon Queen" released by the Great Wall, which became a generation of business cards for a while.

Stepping into the 1950s, it was hailed as the golden age of Hong Kong films. 15 Hong Kong society has not fully recovered after the war, and the influx of refugees has caused many serious social problems. At this time, in order to cater to the general public and provide cheap entertainment for the public, many rough and indiscriminate Cantonese films were introduced. These works are called "Seven Days Fresh" because these films can be shot in one week. But at this time, there were also many serious works, such as Home by Zhonglian (based on Ba Jin's novel). Zhonglian was founded in 1952 with 2 founders1person, all of whom are Cantonese film elites, such as Wu Chufan, Zhang Huoyou, Ma Shiceng, Ng Wui, Bai Yan and Man-lei Wong. They founded Zhonglian with a common goal: "to abandon Cantonese opera movies that are divorced from reality and have vague content, and to make socially conscious movies that are both entertaining and educational." 16 and in

The proliferation of "Fresh Seven Days" movies has made Hong Kong Cantonese movies vulgar. In order to improve the vulgarity of Hong Kong films, a group of aspiring filmmakers, such as Wu Chufan, Ng Wui, Jian Qin, Luquan Gao, Xian Nvhong and Yuet Ching Lee, launched the "Cantonese Film Cleanup Campaign" (right) to improve the quality and development of Hong Kong films.

From the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, the output of Cantonese films was amazing, with various types, including opera, martial arts, comedy, literature and art, ethics and so on. However, with the gradual growth of the post-war generation, the society is becoming more and more prosperous and westernized, and the younger generation is also more educated. Traditional Cantonese films can no longer satisfy their tastes, so urban comedies featuring brokers, white-collar workers and factory workers, detective action films imitating western spy films, and completely westernized musical films have emerged. And there is an upsurge of youth idol movies, such as Chen Baozhu and Xiao Fangfang.

At the same time, "In fact, since 196 1, the Shaw Studio in Qingshui Bay has made great efforts, opened up new cinemas and introduced new technologies ... The production of Mandarin films is far behind that of Cantonese films shot randomly by small books." 17 years, nothing is more popular with the public than the China martial arts films in the 1960s. 1967, Shaw released Longmen Inn and One-armed Knife, which caused a sensation in the film industry, and China films became popular in the 1960s. On the contrary, due to the changes in the market, the impact of China films and the opening of Hong Kong Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd..

With the recognition of the audience, the output of Cantonese films began to decline. At the same time, in order to maintain development, the directors at that time made many low-cost Cantonese erotic films. In the 1970s, director Li Hanxiang began to produce many erotic films based on romantic themes, and the rise of erotic films became a feature of the film industry in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

197 1 Bruce Lee's "Tangshan Big Brother" pushed the kung fu film to the peak again. At this time, Hong Kong films were mainly in Mandarin, and it was not until 1973 that a new Cantonese film "Seventy-two Tenants" appeared. The following year, Xu Guanwen's Ghost Horse Double Star exceeded the output of Cantonese films until 1977.