Li Lili — Unknown photographer, 1930s; source Sina, via Wikimedia Commons. Commons source was already denoised and sharpened. · Public domain — PD-China and PD-1996
Cast
6 films in this collection
Collection no. #60895 minSun Yu
95 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
After a warlord’s relative destroys his family, a young man escapes to a tropical settlement of Chinese workers. A dancer offers him the possibility…
Collection no. #61197 minSun Yu
97 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
Two young people leave the countryside hoping to build a life in Shanghai. Factory work and city streets expose them to exploitation rather than the…
Collection no. #612103 minSun Yu
103 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A skilled toymaker struggles to support her family as imported goods erode the market for handmade toys. Personal loss drives her toward Shanghai,…
Collection no. #61385 minSun Yu
85 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A naturally talented runner enters a women’s sports school in Shanghai. Success attracts attention, admiration and distractions she has never faced…
Collection no. #615103 minSun Yu
103 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
Unemployed labourers leave Shanghai to build a road through the countryside. Friendship, jokes and flirtation sustain the crew until sabotage turns…