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The Cave of the Silken Web
The Cave of the Silken Web
Directed by	Dan Duyu
Screenplay by	Guan Ji'an
Based on	Journey to the West; by Wu Cheng'en
Starring	Yin Mingzhu
Cinematography	Dan Ganting
Release date	2 February 1927;
Running time	60 min
Country	Republic of China
Language	Silent (Chinese intertitles)

Full film

The Cave of the Silken Web (traditional Chinese: 盤絲洞; simplified Chinese: 盘丝洞; pinyin: Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Journey to the West - the Spiders Cave (西遊記-盤絲洞; 西游记-盘丝洞) a.k.a. Spiders is a 1927 Chinese film directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu as the first spider spirit.^[1] It is based on an episode of the shenmo fantasy novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty.

The ten-reel silent film was produced by Shanghai Yingxi Company.^[1]

It was thought to be a lost film until 2011, when an original copy of The Cave of the Silken Web was discovered in the archives of the National Library in Mo i Rana, Norway.^[3]^[4]^[5] The film was presented at the 2013 Films from the South festival in Oslo.^[2] Roughly three-quarters of the film is preserved, the first reel and a section in the middle is lost.^{[citation needed]} The Norwegian copy has retained the original Chinese intertitles, but includes additional jokes in Norwegian written for the local audience.

Cast

Yin Mingzhu as First Spider Spirit^[1]
Xia Peizhen as Second Spider Spirit
Wu Wenchao as Sun Wukong
Jiang Meikang as Tang Sanzang
Zhou Hongquan as Zhu Bajie
Dan Erchun as Sha Wujing
He Rongzhu as Man In White
Chen Baoqi as Yellow Flower Daoist Spirit

Sequel

The film was followed by a sequel in 1930 titled The Cave of the Silken Web II (續盤絲洞; 续盘丝洞; Xu Pan Si Dong), a.k.a. Spiders II, also directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu.^[6] The sequel is believed to be a lost film.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "The Cave of the Silken Web (1927)". A Journal of Chinese Film History. The Chinese Mirror. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b "The Cave of the Silken Web - Film fra Sør". web page. Films from the South 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
^ Anders Grønneberg (13 October 2013). "Sensasjonell filmskatt funnet i Norge". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 October 2013.
^ Lyndsey Smith (7 October 2013). "Lost Chinese film found in Norway". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
^ "The Cave of the Silken Web". Getty Conservation Institute. 24 August 2016.
^ "《The Cave of the Silken Web II》(1930)". A Journal of Chinese Film History. The Chinese Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
^ "Yin Mingzhu (Pearl Ing): "Miss FF"". A Journal of Chinese Film History. The Chinese Mirror. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.