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孔夫子 (1940)
Character: Zi Lu
The film depicts Confucius's later life, as he traveled across a China divided by war and strife in an ultimately futile effort to teach various warlords and kings his particular philosophy.
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艺海风光 (1938)
Character: N/A
Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".
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惡鄰 (1933)
Character: Huaren Huang
A foolish wealthy inheritor, whose household is dependent on his wife's competence, finds his estate threatened by a bully neighbor in this allegory of the difficulty of dealing with unchecked aggression and treachery, and of the tension between traditional Chinese customs and early 20th-century European influences. Originally about 100 minutes, only 41 minutes exist.
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黄浦江故事 (1959)
Character: Defa Li
The fate of a Chinese worker who devoted his life to the revolutionary struggle, about his family, who gave many years to their native factory, about the victory of people's power in the country.
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幸福狂想曲 (1947)
Character: Jiang Shijie
Wang, a bankrupt farmer joins his cousin, Wu, in Shanghai, but finds that he is poor too. One day, Wu stops a woman - Zhang, a drug runner - from being run down by a car, and is hospitalized. During his recovery, Wu slims down due to the amount of drugs he is prescribed, which inspires him to create and sell a weight loss medicine.
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兄妹探宝 (1963)
Character: Old Grandpa
Three members of the Young Pioneers search for the source of a rare piece of ore.
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宋景詩 (1955)
Character: Chongde Zhang
In the mid-19th century, at the height of the Opium War, the Chinese people rose up against the feudal system and the Manchu dynasty, which had capitulated to foreign invaders. ... With their heads bowed, peasants in chains trudge along, those who refused to give money to crush their rebellious brothers. Suddenly, their path is blocked. It is Song Jing-shi who has come to their rescue with his detachment. The freed peasants joined Song Jing-shi. This is how the core of the Black Flag Army was formed.
The first historical film made in socialist China in the 1950s. The script is based on authentic material collected in villages in Shandong Province. Legends about the cruelty of Sen Gelinzin and the bravery of Sun Jing-shi, who is called the "Chinese Spartacus," still live on among the people.
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大路 (1935)
Character: Zhang Yu
Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army
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聯華交響曲 (1937)
Character: N/A
"Lianhua Symphony" - a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company. Part 1: Two Yuans (兩毛錢) directed by Situ Huimin / Part 2: Nightmares in Spring Chamber (春閨斷夢) directed by Fei Mu / Part 3: The Stranger (陌生人) directed by Tan Youliu / Part 4: Three Friends (三人行) directed by Shen Fu / Part 5: Landscape Under the Moonlight (月下小景) directed by He Mengfu / Part 6: The Ghost (鬼) directed by Zhu Shilin / Part 7: Rhapsody of a Madman (瘋人狂想曲) directed by Sun Yu / Part 8: Five Little Brothers (小五義) directed by Cai Chusheng
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母亲 (1956)
Character: Laode Wang
Based on the novel "Mother" by Maxim Gorky, about the hardships of a peasant laborer.
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乘风破浪 (1958)
Character: Captain Zhao
After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways.
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狼山喋血記 (1936)
Character: N/A
Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.
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铁窗烈火 (1958)
Character: Shen Lao
About the Chinese communists who fought boldly and selflessly against the Kuomintang.
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体育皇后 (1934)
Character: Yun Peng
Young sprinter Lin Ying enrolls in a sports college in Shanghai. As she becomes a sports celebrity, she starts to mangle with the upper class and has gradually forgotten the true essence of sports.
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