Career
Despite his fame, Shi became a victim of the Anti-Rightist Movement in the mid-1950s and committed suicide soon thereafter. Shi"s career as an actor began relatively late. His first film was not until 1940"s The Chaotic World (director Wu Renzhi), and he would not gain broad recognition until after the war, with a series of classic films including Phony Phoenixes (director Huang Zuolin) and Long Live the Mistress (director Sang Hu).
After the Communist takeover, Shi became increasingly involved with the making of films behind the camera, directing himself in the classic This Life of Mine.
The next year, he filmed a stage performance of a Chinese Opera in The Heavenly Match, which became a popular hit with audiences in Hong Kong.