Wang Futang

Wang Futang (January 8, 1932 - December 1, 2005), whose real name was Wang Futang, was a native of Nanyang City, Henan Province. He was a performing artist, drama actor in mainland China, and the former executive vice president of the China Population and Culture Promotion Association. He was a first-class actor. In 1982, he also played the role of the Bull Demon King in the TV series "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie. He has starred in "Drums of the Equator", "Zheng He's Voyage to the West", "Brothers and Sisters", "Couple Literacy", "White-Haired Girl", "Good Monitor", "Three Revenges", "March 3", "Skynet", "Sunrise", "96 Million Pairs of Eyes", "Breaking War", "The Legend of the Eight Immortals", etc. His efforts as Pan Yueting in "Sunrise" are the most eye-catching. Although he is not the leading role, he has attracted people's attention, so he won the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor. In July 2001, he co-authored a book "Population Culture and Sustainable Development of the West" with writer Zhou Yi, which won the 4th China Population Award.