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枯木逢春 (1961)
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A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
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霓虹灯下的哨兵 (1964)
Character: Xizhuang Xingren
Soldiers act as sentinels in the city center after the liberation of Shanghai and they are facing all kinds of temptations.
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老兵新传 (1959)
Character: Songyun Zhao
A soldier finds his new role in the transition from war time to the construction era.
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宋景詩 (1955)
Character: Bao Sheng
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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李时珍 (1956)
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This biography film is based on the life of the real historical figure Li Shizhen.The story focuses on the social injustices suffered by Li as well as the difficulties he overcame in writing the famous Encyclopedia of Herbs.
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桃花扇 (1963)
Character: Ruan Dacheng
Based on the Qing dynasty musical play that recounts the death of the Ming dynasty through the love story of its two main characters, young scholar Hou Fangyu and a courtesan named Li Xiangjun.
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聂耳 (1962)
Character: Cabaret boss
Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC’s national anthem.
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不夜城 (1957)
Character: Liang Fu-Quan
A Chinese drama
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林家鋪子 (1959)
Character: Huichang Yu
Financial and political pressures bankrupt a Chinese store owner.
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舞台姐妹 (1964)
Character: Judge
In pre-revolutionary China, two young girls, Chunhua and Yuehong Xing, rise through the ranks of Chinese opera, but with their artistic success comes a new series of personal and social challenges.
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羊城暗哨 (1957)
Character: 陈医生
A special agent of frontier force in Canton tries to find a spy called aunt Mei.
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上海姑娘 (1958)
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Young technician Lu Ye changes his minds about Shanghai girls during the work with inspector Bai Mei --a girl from Shanghai.
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家 (1957)
Character: Gao Keming (Third Elder Master)
Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of the twentieth century. The story focuses on three brothers and how they respond to the expectation that they will each marry women whom their grandfather has selected for them. The lure of family money on the one hand and modern individualism on the other plays out differently among the young men. Critics consider this movie an indictment against feudal ideas.
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