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New Women

1935104 minChina
Drama
Video edition
YouTube
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
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103:44
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Synopsis

A Shanghai teacher hopes to become a published writer and maintain control of her own life. Sexual pressure, insecure employment and sensational reporting close in around her. Her friendship with a working woman offers another model of independence, but the distance between an ideal of emancipation and daily survival remains painfully large.

Cast

DirectorsCai Chusheng

Historical context

The film draws on contemporary debates about women’s emancipation and the treatment of women by the press. Its portrayal of predatory journalism made those debates part of the film’s own public reception.

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Virtual Shanghai · CNRSWikipediaChinese Film ClassicsWikimedia Commons · copyright referenceChina · Copyright Law, Article 23US Copyright Office · foreign worksInternet Archive · film copyWikimedia Commons · film copy

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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