Genres
725 films in this collection
Collection no. #60688 minBu Wancang
88 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
Childhood friendship grows into love between a landowner’s son and the daughter of a herder. His mother refuses to accept a match across the class…
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. #60983 minCai Chusheng
83 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A writer and a schoolteacher find their marriage worn down by debt and frustration. He seeks escape in Shanghai nightlife and a new relationship,…
Collection no. #61080 minSun Yu
80 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A painter brings an independent village girl to Shanghai, where her behaviour clashes with his wealthy family’s expectations. Choosing each other…
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. #61478 minWu Yonggang
78 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A mother in Shanghai works at night to pay for her young son’s future. A violent man takes control of her earnings, while prejudice threatens the…
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…
Collection no. #616100 minWu Yonggang
100 min · Subtitles: English
Huang Min grows up in a poor family that places great hope in his education. While his father is away, his mother, sister and grandfather support him…
Collection no. #618103 minCai Chusheng
103 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A Shanghai teacher hopes to become a published writer and maintain control of her own life. Sexual pressure, insecure employment and sensational…
Collection no. #62089 minYuan Muzhi
89 min · Subtitles embedded in the picture · English
A singer and a young musician find affection among the crowded rooms and precarious jobs of Shanghai. Their neighbours form an improvised community,…
Collection no. #62678 minCai Chusheng
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese. · No subtitle track in this language
The student Hong Yu and his young neighbour Xiao Hong fall in love and exchange letters with help from their friends. News of his father's serious…