The Proud General

The Proud General (simplified Chinese: 骄傲的将军; traditional Chinese: 驕傲的將軍; pinyin: Jiāo'ào de Jiāngjūn) is a Chinese animated featurette produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio under the animator Te Wei. It is also translated as The Conceited General.

The Proud General
Directed byTe Wei
Release date
1956
Running time
24 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

Plot

After a victorious military campaign, a general returns home to glory and prosperity. The king rewards him and claims that all enemies will be intimidated by the general. From then on, the general no longer practices martial arts. He eats, drinks, lives the glamorous life, and doesn't bother anymore with sharpening his weapons. When the enemy one day returns, his own arrogance leads to his defeat and eventually to the downfall of the whole nation.

Creators
English ProductionOriginal VersionCrewRomanized
Screenwriter 編劇 Hua Junwu 华君武
Director 导演 Te Wei 特伟
Total Design 总設計 Jiajun Quan 钱家骏
Composer 作曲 Chen Gexin 陈歌辛
Deputy Director 副導演 Li Kuero 李克弱
Background Design 背景設計 Liu Fengzhan 劉鳳展
Animation Design 动画設計 Du Chunxi
Tang Cheng
Pu Jiaxiang
Duan Yi
Lu Qing
Hu Jinqing
Yan Dingxian
Dai Tielang
Lin Wenxiao		 杜春甫
唐澄
浦家祥
段浚
陆青
胡进庆
严定宪
戴铁郎
林文肖
Performance Guide 奏演指导 Chen Furui 陈富瑞
Photography 攝影 Chen Zhenxiang
Ge Fangxiong		 陈震祥
葛方雄
Painted Scene 绘景 Gao Yang
Jiang Aijian
Fang Pengjian
Xu Jingda		 高陽
江爱坚
方澎年
徐景達
Recording 錄音 Zhou Yunlin 周雲林
Performance 演奏 The Upper Film Orchestra 上影乐团
Conductor 指挥 Chen Gixin 陳歌辛

Production

The film was heavily influenced by Disney from the perspective of character design, movement and storytelling point of view. The music is derived from the Beijing Opera. The clothing, architecture, and props do have a strong sense of Chinese cultural influence.[1]

DVD

The film has been re-released as part of the Chinese Classic Animation Te Wei Collection set. The Conceited General does have English subtitles.

References
  1. Toon Zone. "Toon Zone Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine." "The Conceited General." Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
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