395 Wukang Road

Shanghai Film Actors’ Troupe entrance

上海电影演员剧团入口

A working courtyard and a street of film memories

At No. 395, read an institution’s entrance and the wall renewed in 2025, distinguishing performers, screen roles and the building itself.

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House at No. 395 behind plane trees, with its garden gate and actor reliefs along the street

Published 21 October 2025; photograph date unspecified

The actors’ troupe at No. 395. A 2025 report documents seven actor reliefs added to the boundary wall; this view shows some of them beside the garden gate.

李茂君 / Li Maojun · Jiefang Daily · Image source · © Li Maojun / Jiefang Daily

Built: Building date unconfirmed2025 dates the wall renewal
Architect: Not documentedThe wall and original building have separate design histories
Architectural character: White building and street boundary wallFocus on the entrance and wall documented in reports
Original use: Original use unconfirmedChecked sources do not establish its earliest function
Present use: Shanghai Film Actors’ Troupe workplaceFilm displays occupy the public-facing wall
Address: 395 Wukang RoadNot the visitor centre at No. 393

Architecture and use: sources[1] [2]

The beginning

Why was it built here?

No. 395 matters first as a place where film professionals work. Unlike an individual’s former home, the troupe is an active institution. Its street entrance brings visitors into contact with that professional history without making the courtyard a public film set.[1] [2]

The 2025 wall renewal translated seven artists’ screen roles into reliefs accompanied by biographical and film plaques. Identify the character, then the performer: public commemoration brings older films into the street, but the new wall’s date belongs separately from the building behind it.[1] [2]

Look up, then look closer

Three details worth a closer look

Wall and white building

The official report describes the white building and its street boundary. The view passes from wall to building; the gateway is not the whole building’s principal elevation.[1] [2]

From grey wall to relief gallery

The account contrasts the previous plain grey wall with the decorated wall of 2025. The display is a new, specifically dated layer.[1] [2]

Screen roles and labels

Seven images derive from film-role photographs, including Zhao Dan as Lin Zexu. Plaques connect character, actor and work; the reliefs are not early courtyard decoration.[1] [2]

One building, changing roles

Read the building through time

Captions distinguish photographic dates from publication dates; periods without reliable images are covered in the text.

2024
Planning the film district
The city’s film-development action plan launches district development. This is neighbourhood context, not the construction date of No. 395.[1] [2]
15 October 2025
A renewed wall faces the street
The report records seven actors’ character reliefs and plaques replacing the plain grey wall.[1] [2]
October 2025
Part of Wutong Yingxiang
The district-opening report identifies No. 395 as an important film workplace, with the relief gallery part of the public story.[1] [2]

Today and visiting

Discover the building from the street

Read the reliefs and plaques from the pavement while keeping the entrance clear.[1] [2]

What to notice: Separate actor, character and film title. The new wall’s date does not date the house.
Access: The troupe is a workplace. Without an announced public event and permission, do not enter the courtyard, offices or rehearsal areas.

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Sources checked: 2026-10-22 · Documentary research does not verify access on the day. Follow posted notices and the property manager’s permission.

Shanghai and the world

This address within its neighbourhood

Nearby, Zhou Xuan’s Lane 391 home represents family life; No. 395 represents a film institution. Film history also lives in the short journeys between home and work.[1] [2]

The 2025 district project connects dispersed addresses. Recognising their different uses avoids mistaking the whole street for a freely accessible museum.[1] [2]

Text and image sources

This account is based on the sources below. Unverified details are identified as such. Where photographs are included, sources and licences are listed beneath each image.

Shanghai Government / Jiefang Daily · Actors’ troupe wall renewed ↗
Report of 15 October 2025: the former grey wall and the replacement reliefs depicting seven actors in film roles, with explanatory plaques.
Shanghai Municipal Government · Wutong Yingxiang film district ↗
The 28 October 2025 report links the troupe at No. 395 and Zhou Xuan’s doorway to the film district renewal. Project dates are not building dates.

Image handling and dating

Images come from the archives or image source pages listed beneath each photograph. We resize and compress them to WebP, preserving their original proportions without colourisation or added detail. Grain, blur and scanning marks in historical photographs are retained.

Images retain their original framing and proportions. Publication dates are not capture dates; unknown photograph dates are not inferred. Details, group views and architectural drawings are identified in the captions.

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