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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 610

Wild Rose

193280 minChina

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs: 80:01
Subtitles: Subtitles embedded in the picture

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Synopsis

A painter brings an independent village girl to Shanghai, where her behaviour clashes with his wealthy family’s expectations. Choosing each other means leaving comfort behind. As money runs out, the couple’s affection is tested by illness, separation and the wider unrest gathering beyond their small rented room.

Cast

Wang Renmei

Jin Yan

Zheng Junli

Han Langen

DirectorsSun Yu

Reception and legacy

The role helped establish Wang Renmei’s energetic screen persona. The surviving copy has uneven framing and projection defects; these are features of the available material rather than effects added by this site.

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Virtual Shanghai · CNRS Wikipedia Chinese Film Classics Wikimedia Commons · copyright reference China · Copyright Law, Article 23 US Copyright Office · foreign works

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Wang Renmei — Unknown photographer, before 1937; Changsha municipal source, via Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain — PD-China and PD-1996
Jin Yan — Unknown photographer, 1930s; Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain — PD-China and PD-1996

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