Dr. Gu’s New Discovery

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Qian Jiajun directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in China. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 19-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 268 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

19 min · 0h 19m

Status

Released

Original language

ZH

Also by

Qian Jiajun

• 
  The Nine-Colored Deer

  1981 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Pull the Radish

  1957 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Where is Mama

  1961 · ★ 7.4
• 
  The Buffalo Boy and His Flute

  1963 · ★ 6.9
• 
  Chuang Tapestry

  1959 · ★ 6.5
• 
  The Cuckoo Sang Too Late

  1959

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Shanghai Animation Film Studio

  CN

Key crew

• MusicWu Yingju
• Action DirectorXionghua Hu
• Action DirectorTang Cheng
• AnimationA Da
• AnimationYan Dingxian

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV1958-03-07