Li Lili

So Busy

Ouyang Yuqian

Lili Li, Guanwu Shang

孤島天堂

Cai Chu-Sheng

Lee Ching, Jiang Ming

Set during the Orphan Island period of Shanghai, the film follows a group of revolutionary patriots-cum-assassins who finally earn the support of the suffering public. ‘We’re all Chinese,’ so they repeatedly chant.

Center Stage

Stanley Kwan

Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-Fai

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.

Lian hua jiao xiang qu

Youliu Tan, Situ Huimin

Qing Jiang, Xi Mei

"Lianhua Symphony" - a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company. Part 1: Two Yuans (兩毛錢) directed by Situ Huimin / Part 2: Nightmares in Spring Chamber (春閨斷夢) directed by Fei Mu / Part 3: The Stranger (陌生人) directed by Tan Youliu / Part 4: Three Friends (三人行) directed by Shen Fu / Part 5: Landscape Under the Moonlight (月下小景) directed by He Mengfu / Part 6: The Ghost (鬼) directed by Zhu Shilin / Part 7: Rhapsody of a Madman (瘋人狂想曲) directed by Sun Yu / Part 8: Five Little Brothers (小五義) directed by Cai Chusheng

艺海风光

Situ Huimin, Zhu Shi-Lin

Guanwu Shang, Qiong Liu

Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".

小玩意

Sun Yu

Ruan Lingyu, Lili Li

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys. Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er has become a toy designer. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese. On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize.

Huoshan Qingxie

Sun Yu

Lili Li, Zheng Jun-Li

A warlord's nephew lusts for farmer Song Ke's sister. When Song refuses, the whole family is thrown into jail and the sister commits suicide. The father dies of grief and Song lives with his cousin abroad. The warlord's nephew loses power and also escapes to the same country.

天明

Sun Yu

Lili Li, Gao Zhan-Fei

A country girl and her boyfriend arrive in Shanghai for a better life. They soon find only desperation. She is raped and falls into prostitution as he drifts into revolutionary circles. Her access through her trade grants her greater access which she uses to aid her revolutionary lover with tragic results.

大路

Sun Yu

Jin Yan, Chen Yan-Yan

Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army

狼山喋血记

Fei Mu

Qing Jiang, Yi Zhang

Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.

智取华山

Wei Guo

Yuntai Guo, Hua Fang

Когда в 1949 году гоминдановские войска бежали из северо-западных районов Китая, некоторые бандитские подразделения отсиживались в удобных стратегических местах, откуда они хотели выйти в удобное время для контратаки. Штаб Народной армии знал об этой опасности и решил уничтожить эти гнёзда. Поэтому были направлены войска, чтобы окружить и уничтожить войска генерала Фан Цзя, который занимал гору Хуашань, неприступную естественную крепость. Единственный путь, ведущий к этой горе, был на прицеле у гоминдановцев, и они могли легко обороняться. Поэтому было необходимо найти новый подход к горе. Семь добровольцев во главе с дровосеком Сен Линем взошли на один из горных выступов, напали на ничего не подозревающих бандитов, открыли доступ к тропе для Народной армии и позволили завоевать гору Хуашань.

銀漢雙星

Shi Dongshan

Gao Zhan-Fei, Lili Li

This is a silent film from China made in 1931. It is about two leads in a film, Yan (Raymond King) and Ying (Violet Wong). They meet after hearing Ying sing while another movie is being shot. You, of course, don't get to hear the song, but it catches people's attention. Once they meet and work together, they fall in love. Is it forever?

國風

Lo Ming-Yau, Zhu Shi-Lin

Lin Chu-Chu, Lili Li

In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan (Ruan Lingyu) and the frivolous Zhang Tao graduate from the secondary school where their mother Zhang Jie serves as principal. They both love their cousin Zuo, but have ambitions other than marriage. Their lives change dramatically when both attend university in Shanghai and encounter modern urban life and rapidly changing society. The film also depicts the emergence of Chiang Kai-shek's 1934 New Life Movement. Lianhua Film Studio did the film to appease the Nationalist Party which accused it of primarily presenting left-wing films, which was true.

一剪梅

Bu Wan-Cang

Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan

Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of the local commander.

体育皇后

Sun Yu

Lili Li, Yi Zhang

Young sprinter Lin Ying enrolls in a sports college in Shanghai. As she becomes a sports celebrity, she starts to mangle with the upper class and has gradually forgotten the true essence of sports.