uen ▁Mot ion ▁Picture ▁Co ., ▁a ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁between ▁Great ▁Wall ▁and ▁Sun ▁Lu en . ▁These ▁four ▁companies ▁were ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁They ▁were ▁known ▁as ▁" left - w ings " ▁and ▁often ▁made ▁ideal istic ▁mov ies ▁that ▁were ▁social ▁comment aries . ▁F ew ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁K ung ▁Fu ▁genre , ▁but ▁the ▁collect ive ▁library ▁does ▁include ▁Sh a olin ▁Temple ▁and ▁K ids ▁From ▁Sh a olin . ▁▁▁ ▁After ▁China ' s ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 7 0 s , ▁the ▁Chinese ▁audience ▁largely ▁d ried ▁up . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁the ▁four ▁companies ▁decided ▁to ▁merge ▁and ▁became ▁today ' s ▁Sil - Met ro pole . ▁ ▁While ▁Sil - Met ro pole ▁is ▁a ▁Hong ▁Kong - register ed ▁company ▁with ▁an ▁island ▁office ▁of ▁around ▁ 5 0 ▁people , ▁it ▁is ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Government . ▁ ▁Company ▁ ▁Sil - Met ro pole ▁is ▁given ▁the ▁same ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁Main land ▁China ▁state - owned ▁studio , ▁allowing ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁Chinese ▁partner ▁on ▁co - produ ctions . ▁Its ▁port folio ▁ranges ▁from ▁co - produ ctions ▁to ▁distribution , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁TV ▁series ▁and ▁operating ▁a ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁studio ▁and ▁the ater . ▁ ▁Sil - Met ro pole ▁typically ▁works ▁on ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 ▁co - produ ctions ▁a ▁year