# Ying Yin

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**Ying Yin** (Chinese: 英茵, 28 March 1916 – 23 January 1942) was a Chinese [actress](/source/Actress) active in the 1930s and 1940s. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1942, she worked for the Chinese intelligence. She assisted a Chinese resident in Hong Kong, who was apprehended and shot by the Japanese occupation authorities. Ying Yin, who loved him, was unable to endure this situation, and committed a [Shinjū](/source/Shinj%C5%AB) suicide by taking a large dose of opium.

## Life

Ying Yin was born under the [Beiyang government](/source/Beiyang_government) in Beijing. Her father's younger brother was [Ying Lianzhi](/source/Ying_Lianzhi).[1]

Shortly after she graduated from Peiping High Normal School, she came to [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai) where she studied and started performing at the Song and Dance Training Course organized by [Li Jinhui](/source/Li_Jinhui) and the [Lianhua Film Company](/source/Lianhua_Film_Company). In 1936, she joined the [Mingxing Film Company](/source/Mingxing_Film_Company), has in the films such as *[Crossroads](/source/Crossroads_(1937_film))* in the show, and starred in the movie *Dream Universe*.[2]

The [Second Sino-Japanese War](/source/Second_Sino-Japanese_War) broke out after the show. Yin Ying was romantically involved with a high ranking Chinese government official named Ping Zu Ren. In April 1941, Ping Zu Ren was arrested by the Japanese military police. Ping Zu Ren was executed by the Japanese gendarmerie on 8 January 1942. His body was reclaimed by his family and was buried in the Hong Chau International Cemetery. Yin Ying vowed to help support his family. On 23 January 1942, she committed suicide in Room 708 on the 10th floor of the [Park Hotel](/source/Park_Hotel_Shanghai) in Shanghai. When she had locked the door alone, she drank a half bowl of [raw opium](/source/Raw_opium), [spirits](/source/Spirits_(alcohol)), and a large amount of [sleeping pills](/source/Sleeping_pills). She left a suicide note to the public movie company owner Lu Jie.[citation needed]

## References

1. Ying, Ruocheng & Conceison, Clare (2009). *Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China's Revolution and Reform*. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 77.

1. ["Ying Yin"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190723111034/http://people.mtime.com/1030355/filmographies/). [Mtime.com](/source/Mtime.com). Archived from [the original](http://people.mtime.com/1030355/filmographies/) on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

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