Famed Chinese film director Xie Jin died early on Saturday at 84 in the eastern Zhejiang Province.
A hotel waiter in Shangyu City found Xie in his room at around 7:40 a.m. and discovered he had stopped breathing, according to the publicity department of the city's Communist Party committee.
The cause of death remained unclear.
Born in November 1923, he was a native of Shangyu in Zhejiang. He arrived in the city on Friday evening to attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of his alma mater -- Chunhui Middle School.
Xie, who made his film directing debut in 1957 with the acclaimed "Woman Basketball Player No. 5," went on to create other popular features such as "The Red Detachment of Women," "The Herdsman," "Legend of Tianyun Mountain," "The Opium War" and "Hibiscus Town." He was active in directing until 2001 with his last film "Woman Soccer Player No. 9."
Three times his films won the Golden Rooster, a top award in the Chinese film industry.
A Communist Party member, Xie once served the country's top political advisory body.
１８日中午从浙江上虞市委宣传部获悉，著名导演谢晋于１８日凌晨去世。
谢晋是１７日傍晚抵达上虞参加其母校上虞市春晖中学建校１００周年庆典的。１８日早上７点４０分左右，谢晋下榻的酒店服务员发现，谢晋已经停止呼吸。
谢晋是中国著名导演，生于１９２３年，浙江上虞市人，主要代表作有《女篮５号》、《红色娘子军》、《牧马人》、《天云山传奇》、《鸦片战争》、《芙蓉镇》等。作者: 幽幽草 时间: 2008-11-7 11:27
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