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A Spray of Plum Blossoms

1931115 minChina
RomanceAdventure

Synopsis

Two young officers enter a general’s service, where friendship and romance quickly become entangled. One man’s attraction to the general’s daughter turns him against his closest companion. Exile, disguises and an outlaw leader bring the rivals toward a reckoning in which loyalty must be earned again.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs
114:54
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No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Lianhua Film Company · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsBu Wancang

Inspirations

Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona is relocated to a Chinese military setting. The adaptation combines romantic deception with cavalry scenes, patriotic sentiment and the conventions of the outlaw adventure.

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Virtual Shanghai · CNRSWikipediaChinese Film ClassicsWikimedia Commons · copyright referenceChina · Copyright Law, Article 23US Copyright Office · foreign works

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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