| Zhu Shouju (朱瘦菊) | |
| Birth Name: | Zhu Junbo |
| Birth Date: | 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Shanghai, Qing Empire |
| Death Date: | (aged 74) |
| Death Place: | Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China |
| Occupation: | Novelist, film director, screenwriter |
| Language: | Chinese |
Zhu Shouju (1892 – 31 December 1966), born Zhu Junbo, also known by his pen name Haishang Shuomengren or “Shanghai Dream Narrator”, was a Chinese author and filmmaker based in Shanghai.
He began his career as a writer of serialized novels. In 1924 he became the chief editor of Movie Magazine (電影雜誌) and in the same year founded the Lilium Pictures Company (百合影片公司). In 1925, it merged with another film company to become the Great China Lilium Pictures Company (大中華百合影片公司), with Zhu serving as its general manager. Zhu directed at least 15 films in the 1920s, including at least 3 starring Ruan Lingyu, who later became a superstar. The majority of his films have been lost, but his 1925 film The Stormy Night was accidentally re-discovered in Tokyo, Japan in the 21st century.[1]
| Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 歇浦潮 | The Shanghai Tide (excerpts)[2] | Theodore Huters | |
| 1922 | 此中秘密 | "The Confidence in the Game"[3] | Timothy C. Wong |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Director | Writer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Abandoned One | 棄兒 | Dan Duyu | Lost | ||
| The Widow Wants to Remarry | 古井重波記 | Lost | ||||
| 1924 | The Tea-Picking Girl | 採茶女 | align=middle | Xu Hu | Lost | |
| 1925 | The Stormy Night | 風雨之夜 | Partially lost | |||
| The Lover Is Not a Former One | 前情 | Lost | ||||
| 1926 | The Lucky Dolt | 呆中福 | align=middle | Wang Bei'er | Lost | |
| Debt Circles | 連環債 | Lost | ||||
| Mother's Happiness | 兒孫福 | align=middle | Shi Dongshan | Partially lost | ||
| One Day Rest | 休息一天 | Lost | ||||
| Ma Jiefu | 馬介甫 | align=middle | Zhou Shoujuan | Lost, based on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | ||
| 1927 | Sex Trap | 美人計 | align=middle | Lu Jie | Lost, based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms | |
| Redress a Grievance | 烏盆記 | Lost, based on The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants | ||||
| Attacking Gaotang Prefecture | 大破高唐州 | Lost, based on Water Margin | ||||
| 1928 | Shadows in the Old Palace | 古宫魔影 | align=middle | Jiang Qifeng | Lost, based on Journey to the West | |
| Ma Zhenhua | 馬振華 | Lost, co-wrote with Wang Yuanlong | ||||
| That Is Me | 就是我 | Lost | ||||
| Marriage for Peace | 二度梅 | Lost | ||||
| 1929 | Warnings for the Lovers | 情欲寶鑑 | align=middle | Li Pingqian | Lost | |
| Attacking Nine-Dragon Mountain | 大破九龍山 | Lost | ||||
| Burning Nine-Dragon Mountain | 火燒九龍山 | Lost | ||||
| The Pearl Crown | 珍珠冠 | Lost | ||||
| The Flower of the Silver Screen | 銀幕之花 | align=middle | Zheng Jiduo | Lost | ||
| Lady Nine-Flower | 九花娘 | Lost | ||||
| 1948 | Blood of the Beauty | 美人血 | Xu Xinfu | Lost | ||
| Lü Siniang | 呂四娘 | Lost |