Zhao Dan
Street Angel
as Xiao ChenIn old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, try to escape from the local scoundrels...
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The Opium Wars
as Zexu LinChina 1839. Because the British imports of opium into Southern China are creating such...
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Crows and Sparrows
as Little Broadcast/Boss XiaoAt a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the...
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Twin Sisters
as uncreditedTwin girls separated at birth are reunited when the one raised in poverty becomes a servant in...
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For Peace
as Hao JiangA professor of East China University and his family become supporters of the Communists after...
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Crossroads
as uncreditedFour students in Shanghai have recently finished university. All are unemployed. Xu contemplates...
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Rhapsody of Happiness
as Wu ZhihaiWang, a bankrupt farmer joins his cousin, Wu, in Shanghai, but finds that he is poor too. One...
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Red Crag
as uncreditedA taut wartime thriller, Red Crag: Life in Eternal Flame anticipates the paranoia and violence...
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Far Away Love
as Xiao YuanxiAfter a break-up, a college professor, Xiao, molds his maidservant, Yu, into an independent,...
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Nie Er
as Nie ErShot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics...
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Soul of the Sea
as Guan ChenThe sailors on a Kuomintang warship revolt, arrest their officers and defect to the Chinese...
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The Life of Wu Xun
as 武训The life-story of Wu Xun, a beggar in the Qing dynasty who set up free schools for poor children.
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Li Shizhen
as Li ShizhenThis biography film is based on the life of the real historical figure Li Shizhen.The story...
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Husband and Wife
as Li KeAn absorbing example of genre filmmaking in the People’s Republic of China, Husband and Wife...
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