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This is a list of films produced in the Republican period of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.
1930
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Red Egg |
一個紅蛋 |
Cheng Bugao |
Gong Jianong,
Gao Qianping
|
Social criticism |
|
| A Romantic Girl |
浪漫女子 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xuan Jinglin,
Gong Jianong
|
Romance |
|
| The Cave of the Silken Web II |
續盤絲洞 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Shenmo fantasy |
Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title
|
| Circus Girl |
馬戲女 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Zhou Wenzhu,
Wang Cilong
|
Action |
|
| Elder Brother's Romance |
逃情的哥哥 |
Wang Cilong |
Wang Cilong,
Chen Yunshang
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Elder Brother's Elopement
|
| Hall of the Broken Zither |
碎琴樓 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die,
Xia Peizhen,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Tragedy |
|
| New Journey to the West |
新西游記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Xia Peizhen
|
|
Adapted from the classic novel Journey to the West
|
| Nine Dragons Mountain |
大破九龍山 |
Zhu Shouju |
Ruan Lingyu,
Zheng Jiduo
|
Action |
Released in two parts
|
| Peach Blossom Lake |
桃花湖 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Crime |
Released in two parts
|
| The Pearl Cap |
珍珠冠 |
Zhu Shouju |
Ruan Lingyu,
Zheng Jiduo
|
Crime/Romance |
|
| The Road to Riches |
黃金之路 |
Cheng Bugao |
Zhou Wenzhu,
Zhu Fei
|
Drama |
Alternate title: The Golden Road
|
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital |
古城春夢 |
Sun Yu |
Ruan Lingyu,
Wang Ruilin,
Lim Cho Cho
|
|
Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing
|
| Suicide Contract |
自殺合同 |
Zhu Shilin |
Ruan Lingyu,
Liu Jiqun
|
Comedy-Drama |
Ruan's first film for the Lianhua Film Company. Directing debut for Zhu Shilin
|
| Virtuous Mother from a Brothel |
倡門賢母 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xuan Jinglin,
Xia Peizhen |
Drama |
|
| Wild Flowers |
野草閑花 |
Sun Yu |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan |
|
Alternate title: Wild Flowers Among the Weeds
|
| Yang Naiwu |
楊乃武與小白菜 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Chen Yumei,
Sun Min
|
Docudrama |
Dramatization of the infamous late Qing dynasty case of Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage
|
1931
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Couple in Life and Death |
生死夫妻 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Xianzhai,
Xuan Jinglin,
Gong Jianong
|
Drama |
|
| A Free Soul |
自由魂 |
Wang Cilong |
Tang Tianxiu,
Zhou Wenzhu,
Gao Zhanfei
|
Drama |
Alternate title: The Bloody Crysanthemum (碧血黃花)
|
| An Amorous History of the Silver Screen |
銀幕艷史 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xuan Jinglin,
Xia Peizhen |
Drama |
This is a partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company. Released in two parts
|
| Arsène Lupin |
亞森·羅賓 |
Li Pingqian |
Chen Yumei,
Sun Min
|
Mystery |
Adapted from the stories by Maurice Leblanc
|
| Between Themselves |
夫妻之間 |
Li Pingqian |
Chen Yumei,
Sun Min
|
Drama |
|
| Blue Skies After the Rain |
雨過天青 |
Xia Chifeng |
Chen Qiufeng,
Lin Ruxin
|
Drama |
Filmed on location in Japan. First Chinese production with sound on film.
|
| The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes |
福爾摩斯偵探案 |
Li Pingqian |
Li Pingqian,
Chen Yumei
|
Mystery |
Alternate title: Stories of Sherlock Holmes
|
| Farewell to Yuren |
玉人永別 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Xuan Jinglin,
Zheng Xiaoqiu |
Tragedy |
|
| The Flying General |
飛將軍 |
Ren Pengnian |
Wu Lizhu |
Crime |
|
| Heartaches |
心痛 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Wan Laitian,
Ding Ziming
|
Drama |
|
| Heng Niang |
恆娘 |
Shi Dongshan |
Zhou Wenzhu,
Tang Tianxiu,
Zhu Fei
|
Fantasy |
Adapted from a story of the same title in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
|
| In Old Beijing |
舊時京華 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Xianzhai
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Splendors of the Old Capital
|
| Love and Duty |
戀愛與義務 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan |
Romance/Tragedy |
Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s
|
| Lucky Stars |
銀星幸運 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Hu Die
|
Musical Review |
|
| The Murderess |
殺人的小姐 |
Tan Zhiyuan,
Gao Lihen
|
Liang Saizhen,
Yan Yuexian,
Cai Chusheng |
Mystery |
|
| Oriental Nights |
東方夜譚 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Fantasy |
Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights
|
| The Peach Girl |
桃花泣血記 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu |
Drama |
|
| Pleasures of the Dance Hall |
歌場春色 |
Li Pingqian,
Qiu Qixiang,
Shao Zuiweng
|
Xuan Jinglin,
Chen Yumei |
Drama |
First sound film from the Tianyi Film Company, with several American technicians imported from Hollywood to assist and train Chinese personnel
|
| Shadow of Red Tears |
|
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Drama |
Released in two parts
|
| Shadow on the Window |
窗上人影 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xuan Jinglin,
Gong Jianong
|
Mystery |
|
| Sing-Song Girl Red Peony |
歌女紅牡丹 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die
Xia Peizhen
|
|
First Chinese sound film (wax discs)
|
| The Singing Beauty |
虞美人 |
Cheng Kengran |
Xu Qinfang,
Zhu Fei |
Romance/Tragedy |
|
| A Spray of Plum Blossoms |
一剪梅 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan,
Wang Cilong |
Drama |
|
| Spring in the Jade Palace |
玉堂春 |
Zhuang Guojun |
Ruan Lingyu |
Drama |
Adapted from two Peking operas
|
| Struggle Between Love and Desire |
愛欲之爭 |
Wang Cilong |
Gao Zhanfei,
Tang Tianxiu,
Zhou Wenzhu |
Drama |
|
| Such a Paradise |
如此天堂 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Gong Jianong |
Drama |
Released in two parts
|
| Three Heroes of the Wang Family |
|
Wang Yuanlong |
Wang Yuanlong,
Tang Tianxiu
|
War |
|
| Two Stars of the Milky Way |
銀漢雙星 |
Shi Dongshan |
Jin Yan |
|
Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen
|
| Unlucky to be Born a Daughter |
不幸生為女兒身 |
Cheng Bugao |
Gao Qianping |
Drama |
|
1932
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Kindly Mother |
慈母 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Yan Yuexian,
Wang Xianzhai |
Drama |
|
| A Lonely Bird |
落霞孤鶩 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die,
Gong Jianong |
Drama |
Adapted from the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui
|
| A Music Teacher |
海外鵑魂 |
Jin Qingyu |
Zi Luolan,
Jin Yan |
Drama |
|
| A Young Actress |
小女伶 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Yuan Meiyun |
Drama |
|
| Beloved Enemy |
可愛的仇敵 |
Cheng Bugao |
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Liang Saizhen |
Drama |
|
| Facing the National Crisis |
共赴國難 |
Cai Chusheng,
Shi Dongshan,
Sun Yu,
Wang Cilong |
Chen Yen-yen,
Zheng Junli |
War |
|
| Fate in Tears and Laughter |
啼笑因緣 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Xia Peizhen,
Wang Xianzai,
Gong Jianong,
Zheng Xiaoqiu |
Romantic drama |
|
| Hell at Sea |
海上閻王 |
Wang Cilong |
Wang Cilong,
Zhou Wenzhu,
Tang Tianxiu |
Action |
|
| Humanity |
人道 |
Bu Wancang |
Jin Yan,
Lim Cho Cho |
Drama |
|
| Love and Death |
愛與死 |
Cheng Bugao |
Gao Qianping |
Drama |
|
| Love and Life |
戀愛與生命 |
Tang Jie,
Wang Jiting |
Gong Jianong,
Hu Ping |
|
|
| Loving Blood of the Volcano |
火山情血 |
Sun Yu |
Li Lili,
Zheng Junli |
Drama |
|
| Old Hate, New Sorrow |
舊恨新仇 |
Li Pingqian |
Gong Jianong,
Ai Xia |
Musical/Drama |
|
| One Night of Luxury |
一夜豪華 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Chen Yumei,
Hu Shan,
Sun Mei |
Drama |
Adapted from the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
|
| Pink Dream |
粉紅色的夢 |
Cai Chusheng |
Gao Zhanfei,
Zheng Junli,
Tan Ying |
Drama |
Also known as Dream in Pink
|
| Poetry Written on a Banana Leaf |
芭蕉葉上詩 |
Li Pingqian |
Wang Renmei,
Li Lili |
Musical |
|
| Regrets |
失足恨 |
Dan Duyu |
Yuan Congmei |
Drama |
Alternate title: Mistaken Marriage
|
| South Seas Beauty |
南海美人 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
|
|
| Spring Dream in the Old Capital II |
續故都春夢 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan |
Drama |
Sequel to the 1931 release of the same title
|
| Spring in the South |
南國之春 |
Cai Chusheng |
Gao Zhanfei,
Chen Yen-yen |
Drama |
|
| Three Modern Women |
三個摩登女性 |
Bu Wancang |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan |
Drama |
|
| Two Daughters of the Northeast |
東北二女子 |
Li Pingqian |
Hu Shan,
Lu Lixia |
War/Romance |
Alternate title: Two Orphan Girls on the Battlefield (戰地二孤女)
|
| Wild Rose |
野玫瑰 |
Sun Yu |
Jin Yan,
Wang Renmei |
Romance/Drama |
|
1933
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Modern Woman |
現代一女性 |
Li Pingqian |
Ai Xia,
Sun Min
|
|
Lead actress Ai Xia also wrote the screenplay
|
| A Movie Actress |
一個女明星 |
Tang Xiaodan |
Hu Shan |
|
|
| A Waif |
苦兒流浪記 |
Shao Zuiweng |
|
Drama |
Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot
|
| A Woman's Life |
生機 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Chen Yumei |
Drama |
|
| Actress on the Way |
健美之路 |
Chen Kengran |
Xu Qinfang,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| An Isolated Army |
孤軍 |
Chen Tian |
Ye Juanjuan |
War |
|
| Bai Jinlong |
白金龍 |
Tang Xiaodan |
|
Romance |
|
| Battlefield Adventures |
戰地歷險記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Zheng Xiaoqiu.
Gong Jianong
|
War |
|
| Chicken and Duck |
雞鴨夫妻 |
Wang Fuqing |
Liu Chunshan,
Gu Mengchi
|
|
|
| Children of Our Time |
時代的女兒 |
Li Pingqian |
Zhao Dan,
Ai Xia
|
Drama |
|
| Combat |
肉搏 |
Hu Tu |
Shu Xiuwen |
Drama |
|
| Consciousness |
覺悟 |
Wen Yimin |
Fan Xuepeng |
Drama |
|
| Cosmetics Market |
肥分市場 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Ai Xia |
|
Early sound film
|
| The Cries of Women |
女性的吶喊 |
Shen Xiling |
Wang Ying,
Gong Jianong
|
Drama |
|
| Dawn Over the Metropolis |
都會的早晨 |
Cai Chusheng |
Wang Renmei |
Drama |
|
| Daybreak |
天命 |
Sun Yu |
Li Lili,
Gao Zhanfei |
Drama |
Lianhua Film Company production
|
| Deep Sorrows |
離恨天 |
Wang Yuanlong |
Qian Siying |
Tragedy |
|
| Drifting |
飄零 |
Tang Xiaodan |
Hu Shan |
|
Alternate title: Willow Catkins II
|
| Fallen Angel |
春風楊柳 |
Wang Fuqing |
Yang Naimei,
Xia Peizhen
|
|
|
| The Future |
前程 |
Cheng Bugao,
Zhang Shichuan
|
Xuan Jinglin,
Sun Min
|
Drama |
|
| Light of Motherhood |
母性之光 |
Bu Wancang |
Jin Yan,
Lai Cheuk-Cheuk
|
|
|
| Little Toys |
小玩意 |
Sun Yu |
Ruan Lingyu,
Li Lili |
Drama |
|
| Lost Love |
|
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhang Zhiyun,
Yan Yuexian
|
Drama |
|
| Love and Tears of a Tenant |
鐵板紅淚錄 |
Hong Shen |
Wang Ying |
Drama |
|
| Morning Glory |
晨曦 |
Wu Wenchao |
|
War |
|
| Mother and Son |
母與子 |
Tang Jie |
Xuan Jinglin,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| National Existence |
|
Tian Han |
Shu Xiuwen |
|
|
| New Year's Eve |
除夕 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Liu Jiqun,
Chen Yen-yen
|
Drama |
|
| Night in the City |
城市之夜 |
Fei Mu |
Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan |
Drama |
Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost. Alternate title: City Nights
|
| Oppression |
壓迫 |
Gao Lihen |
Gong Jianong,
Xia Peizhen
|
Social Criticism |
|
| Remnants of Spring |
殘春 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Xu Lai,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| Romance in Spring |
春水情波 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die,
Sun Min
|
Drama |
|
| Sister's Tragedy |
姊姊的悲劇 |
Gao Lihen,
Wang Jiting
|
Zheng Xiaoqiu,
Hu Ping
|
|
|
| Spring Dream of the Lute |
琵琶春怨 |
Li Pingqian |
Gao Qianping,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
|
|
| Spring Silkworms |
春蠶 |
Cheng Bugao |
Ai Xia |
Leftist Drama |
Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story
|
| Stirrings of Love |
春潮 |
Zheng Yingshi |
Gao Zhanfei,
Wang Renmei
|
Drama |
|
| Struggle |
奮斗 |
Shi Dongshan |
Chen Yen-yen |
Drama |
|
| Such Heroes |
如此英雄 |
Zhuang Guojun |
Han Langen,
Liu Jiqun,
Tan Ying
|
Comedy |
|
| Sweetgrass Beauty |
香草美人 |
Chen Kengran |
Xie Yunqing,
Xia Peizhen
|
Drama |
|
| Vicious Neighbors |
惡鄰 |
Ren Pengnian |
Wu Lizhu |
Drama |
Originally about 100 minutes running time, 42 minutes still exist
|
| Wild Torrent |
狂流 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die,
Xia Peizhen,
Gong Jianong
|
Drama |
|
| Willow Catkins |
飛絮 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Yuan Meiyun |
|
|
1934
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| 24 Hours in Shanghai |
上海二十四小時 |
Shen Xiling |
Zhao Dan,
Gu Lanjun,
Gu Meijun
|
Drama |
|
| A Beautiful Night |
良宵 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Tan Ying,
Tang Tianxiu |
|
|
| A Brief Life |
路柳牆花 |
Xu Xinfu |
Hu Die,
Xuan Jinglin
|
Drama |
|
| A Woman Prisoner |
女犯 |
Wang Tianbei |
Xu Suzhen |
Drama |
|
| The Big Road |
大路 |
Sun Yu |
Jin Yan,
Li Lili |
Drama |
|
| Bigamy |
重婚 |
Wu Cun |
Gao Zhanfei,
Yan Yuexian,
Gao Qianping
|
Drama |
|
| Body Building |
健美運動 |
Dan Duyu |
|
|
|
| Buried With Flowers |
百花洲 |
Wen Yimin |
Chen Yumei,
Ye Qiuxin
|
Tragedy |
|
| The Classic for Girls |
女兒經 |
Zhang Shichuan,
Yao Sufeng,
Zheng Zhengqiu,
Xu Xingfu,
Li Pingqian,
Chen Kengran,
Shen Xiling,
Cheng Bugao |
Ensemble cast |
Comedy/Drama |
Collection of short stories against the background of a women's class reunion. Aka: A Bible for Girls
|
| Cotton Blossom Village |
飛花村 |
Zheng Yingshi |
Gao Zhanfei,
Hu Ping
|
Drama |
|
| Dawn |
黎明 |
Wang Yuanlong,
Shao Zuiweng |
Wang Yuanlong,
Fan Xuepeng
|
|
|
| The Doctrine of Women |
婦道 |
Chen Kengran |
Xu Qinfang |
|
|
| Elapse |
似水流年 |
Gao Lihen |
Hu Shan
Zhao Dan
|
|
|
| Enemies of Women |
女性的仇敵 |
Chen Kengran |
Xu Qinfang,
Zhao Dan
|
|
|
| Exhibition |
展覽會 |
Chen Kengran |
Xia Peizhen,
Sun Min
|
|
|
| Flame of Youth |
青春之火 |
Qiu Qixiang |
Ye Qiuxin,
Chen Yumei
|
|
|
| Flames |
烈焰 |
Hu Rui |
Hu Ping |
Drama |
|
| Flowers in the Storm |
暴雨梨花 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Gao Zhanfei,
Chen Yen-yen |
Drama |
|
| Give Back My Home |
還我山河 |
Wang Cilong |
Liang Saizhen,
Gao Zhanfei
|
|
|
| Go Northwest |
道西北去 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xu Lai,
Gong Jianong |
|
|
| The Goddess |
神女 |
Wu Yonggang |
Ruan Lingyu |
Drama |
Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company
|
| Golden Age |
黃金時代 |
Bu Wancang |
Jin Yan,
Yin Mingzhu
|
Drama |
|
| Goodbye, Shanghai |
再會吧，上海 |
Zheng Yunbo |
Ruan Lingyu,
Zhang Yi |
|
|
| Homecoming |
歸來 |
Zhu Shilin |
Ruan Lingyu,
Gao Zhanfei |
Drama |
|
| Hot-Blooded Youth |
熱血青年 |
Tang Jie |
Wang Yuanlong,
Ye Qiuxin |
Drama |
|
| Iron Bird |
鐵鳥 |
Yuan Congmei |
Chen Yen-yen,
Gao Zhanfei |
Romance/War |
|
| Joyous Enemies |
|
Qiu Qixiang |
Chen Yumei |
|
Based on the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui
|
| Just One Night |
春宵曲 |
Wen Yimin |
Ye Qiuxin |
Drama |
|
| Kids |
人間仙子 |
Dan Duyu |
Yuan Meiyun |
Drama |
|
| Kindred Feelings |
骨肉之恩 |
Jiang Qifeng |
Ma-Xu Weibang,
Chen Yen-yen |
|
|
| Life |
人生 |
Fei Mu |
Ruan Lingyu |
|
|
| Lucky Land |
吉地 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Chen Yumei,
Tian Fang |
|
|
| Mr. Wang |
王先生 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Tang Jie |
Comedy |
First in a series of popular live-action comedies based on the cartoon character created by Ye Qianyu
|
| Mrs. Mai |
麥夫人 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die |
|
Alternate titles: 美德夫人 and 紅船外史
|
| Mutual Hatred |
同仇 |
Cheng Bugao |
Wang Ying |
Drama |
|
| Never Give Up |
泰山鴻毛 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Gong Jianong,
Xu Lai
|
Drama |
|
| Orchid in an Empty Valley |
空谷蘭 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Gao Zhanfei
|
Drama |
Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title.
|
| Perfumed Snowy Sea |
香雪海 |
Fei Mu |
Ruan Lingyu,
Gao Zhanfei
|
Drama |
|
| Plunder of Peach and Plum |
桃李劫 |
Ying Yunwei |
Yuan Muzhi |
Drama |
Diantong Film Company production.
|
| Queen of Sports |
體育皇后 |
Sun Yu |
Li Lili |
|
|
| Raging Waves of the China Sea |
中國海的怒潮 |
Yueh Feng |
Yuan Meiyun |
Drama |
|
| Reborn Flowers |
再生花 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die |
Drama |
Lost second part of Twin Sisters
|
| Renzhu |
紉珠 |
Shao Zuiweng,
Gao Lihen
|
Fan Xuepeng |
|
|
| Romance of Hua Mountain |
華山艷史 |
Cheng Bugao |
Xu Lai,
Gong Jianong
|
|
|
| Romance on the Stage |
台艷史 |
Xue Juexian |
Xue Juexian |
Romance |
Alternate title: 璇宮艷史
|
| Salt Tide |
鹽潮 |
Xu Xinfu |
Hu Die |
Drama |
|
| The Shining Path |
|
Zheng Zhenduo |
Zheng Junli,
Tan Ying
|
Drama |
|
| Song of the Fishermen |
漁光曲 |
Cai Chusheng |
Wang Renmei |
Drama |
First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival)
|
| Three Sisters |
三姊妹 |
Li Pingqian |
Zhao Dan,
Hu Die
|
|
Adapted from a novel by Japanese author Kan Kikuchi
|
| Twin Sisters |
姊妹花 |
Zheng Zhengqiu |
Hu Die |
Drama |
Exists, but second part (Reborn Flowers) is lost
|
| Two to One |
二對一 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Gong Jianong,
Gao Qianping
|
Drama |
|
| Virtuous Wife |
賢惠夫人 |
Min Mo |
Xu Suzhen,
He Zhigang
|
Drama |
|
| The Wind |
風 |
Wu Cun |
Gao Zhanfei,
Tan Ying
|
Drama |
|
| Women |
女人 |
Shi Dongshan |
Li Minghui,
Hu Ping
|
Tragedy |
|
| Year of Plenty |
豐年 |
Li Pingqian |
Ai Xia |
Drama |
Alternate title: Golden Valley (黃金谷)
|
| Youth |
青春 |
Zhu Shilin |
Tan Ying,
Zhu Fei |
|
|
1935
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Beauty's Heart |
美人心 |
Xu Xinfu |
Hu Die |
Drama |
|
| A Hero of Our Time |
時勢英雄 |
Ying Yunwei |
Hu Ping,
Shang Guanwu
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Businessmen in Wartime
|
| An Abandoned Woman |
秋扇明燈 |
Tan Youliu |
Li Lili |
Drama |
|
| At the Foot of E Mei Mountain |
峨眉山下 |
Wan Laitian |
|
War |
|
| The Beauty's Favor |
美人恩 |
Wen Yimin |
|
|
Adapted from a novel by Zhang Henshui
|
| The Beginning of Life |
人之初 |
Shi Dongshan |
Wei Heling,
Yuan Meiyun
|
|
Alternate title: Old People (老人)
|
| Big Family |
大家庭 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Ensemble cast |
|
|
| The Boatman's Daughter |
船家女 |
Shen Xiling |
Gao Zhanfei,
Xu Lai
|
Drama |
|
| Brothers |
兄弟行 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die,
Gao Zhanfei
|
|
|
| The Carefree Gentlemen |
無愁君子 |
Shen Fu |
Han Langen,
Liu Jiqun
|
Comedy |
|
| Cityscape |
都市風光 |
Yuan Muzhi |
Lan Ping,
Gu Menghe,
Zhou Boxun |
Comedy/Musical |
|
| End of Spring |
|
Wu Cun |
Xu Lai,
Gong Jianong
|
War |
|
| Fang Yunying |
方芸英 |
Le Jiyun |
Hu Shan,
Wei Heling
|
|
|
| Four Sisters |
四姊妹 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Liang Saizhen |
|
Featured the Liang Sisters, a popular 1930s stage and club act
|
| Fragrance of the Night |
夜來香 |
Cheng Bugao |
Hu Die,
Zhao Dan
|
|
|
| Hard Struggle |
堅苦的奮斗 |
Gao Lihen |
Fan Xuepeng |
|
|
| Homesick |
鄉愁 |
Shen Xiling |
|
Drama |
|
| Human Relations |
人倫 |
Li Pingqian |
Gong Jianong,
Zheng Xiaoqiu
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Homeless (無家可歸)
|
| The Jadeite Horse |
翡翠馬 |
Xu Xinfu |
Wang Zhengxin,
Yan Yuexian
|
Crime |
|
| The Legend of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
紅羊豪俠傳 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Tong Yuejuan |
|
|
| Life's Sad Song |
生之哀歌 |
Yang Hansheng |
Li Minghui,
Wang Yin
|
Drama |
|
| Little Angel |
小天使 |
Wu Yonggang |
|
|
|
| Loyal Patriots |
熱血忠魂 |
Zhang Shichuan,
Wu Cun,
Zheng Zhengqiu,
Xu Xinfu,
Li Pingqian,
Shen Xiling,
Cheng Bugao |
|
Drama |
Alternate titles: Spirit of the People (民族魂), Loyal Heroes (熱血英雄)
|
| Mother |
母親 |
Wen Yimin |
Fan Xuepeng |
Drama |
|
| National Customs |
國風 |
Luo Mingyou,
Zhu Shilin |
Ruan Lingyu,
Zheng Junli |
Drama |
Ruan Lingyu's final film
|
| New Women |
新女性 |
Cai Chusheng |
Ruan Lingyu,
Zheng Junli |
Drama |
|
| The New Peach Blossom Fan |
新桃花扇 |
Ouyang Yuqian |
|
|
Early Xinhua Film Company production
|
| The Night Before the Wedding |
新婚的前夜 |
Dan Duyu |
Li Minghui,
Yuan Congmei
|
|
|
| The Peach Blossom Dream |
桃花夢 |
Dan Duyu |
Yin Mingzhu |
Allegory |
|
| Refugees |
逃亡 |
Yueh Feng |
Yuan Meiyun |
|
|
| Settle Down by the Han River |
寒江落雁 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Chen Yen-yen |
Drama |
|
| Song of China |
天倫 |
Fei Mu,
Luo Mingyou |
Zheng Junli |
Drama |
New Life Movement film; also known as Filial Piety
|
| Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm |
風雲兒女 |
Xu Xingzhi |
Yuan Muzhi,
Wang Renmei |
Drama/War |
Also known as Children of Troubled Times
Origin of the Chinese National Anthem
|
| Spirit of Freedom |
自由神 |
Situ Huimin |
Wang Ying |
Drama |
Also known as The Goddess of Freedom
|
| The Tempest |
暴風雨 |
Yuan Congmei |
Yuan Meiyun,
Wei Heling
|
Drama |
Alternate title: The Martyr (犧牲者)
|
| Three Daughters-in-Law |
三個媳婦 |
Wang Tianbei |
Xu Suzhen,
He Zhigang
|
Drama |
|
| Three Girls |
重歸 |
Gao Lihen |
|
Drama |
|
| Troubled Sisters |
|
Wu Wenchao |
Hu Shan,
Xia Peizhen
|
Drama |
|
| The Wedding Night |
花燈之夜 |
Yueh Feng |
Yuan Meiyun |
|
|
| Women as Vipers |
蛇蠍美人 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Zhang Yi,
Chen Yen-yen |
Drama |
Alternate title: Whirlpool
|
| Young Auntie |
小姨 |
Min Qian |
Xia Peizhen |
Drama |
|
1936
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Little Orphan Girl |
小孤女 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Chen Juanjuan,
Zhang Zhizhi |
Drama |
|
| A Night of Madness |
狂歡之夜 |
Shi Dongshan |
Gu Eryi,
Hu Ping,
Jin Shan,
Zhou Xuan |
Drama |
Adapted from The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
|
| Back to Nature |
道自然去 |
Sun Yu |
Jin Yan,
Li Lili |
|
Adapted from the 1902 stage play The Admirable Crichton
|
| The Battle Between Peach and Plum |
桃李爭艷 |
Li Pingqian |
Ye Qiuxin,
Gu Lanjun |
|
|
| Blood on Wolf Mountain |
狼山喋血記 |
Fei Mu |
Lan Ping,
Li Lili |
Drama |
"National Defense" film
|
| By the Huangpu River |
黃浦江邊 |
Shao Zuiweng |
Chen Qiufeng,
Tang Jie |
|
|
| The Desert Island |
浪淘沙 |
Wu Yonggang |
Jin Yan,
Zhang Zhizhi |
Action |
Alternate title: Gold and Sand
|
| The Diamond Case |
金剛鑽 |
Xu Xinfu |
Gu Lanjun,
Wang Zhengxin |
Crime |
|
| Downtrodden Peach Blossom |
劫後桃花 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Gao Zhanfei,
Shu Xiuwen |
|
|
| Family Members |
父母子女 |
Hu Xinling |
Gong Qiuxia |
Drama |
|
| Flowers and Grass |
花花草草 |
Gao Lihen |
|
|
|
| Girl in an Isolated City |
孤城烈女 |
Wang Cilong |
Chen Yen-yen,
Zheng Junli |
|
|
| The Graduate |
|
Dan Duyu |
Bai Hong |
Romance |
|
| Grave-Sweeping Day |
清明時節 |
Ouyang Yuqian |
Li Minghui,
Zhao Dan |
|
|
| The Guangling Tide |
廣陵潮 |
Chen Kengran |
Yuan Meiyun,
Wang Yin |
|
|
| Hai Tanghong |
海堂紅 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Bai Yushuang,
Wang Xianzhai |
Musical/Drama |
Alternate title: Red Begonia
|
| Happiness is at the Door |
喜臨門 |
Yueh Feng |
Zhou Xuan |
Romance |
|
| Little Lingzi |
小玲子 |
Cheng Bugao |
Tan Ying |
Drama |
|
| Lost Lambs |
迷途的羔羊 |
Cai Chusheng |
|
Drama |
Deals with the sufferings and tragic fates of street urchins
|
| Mother Love |
母愛 |
Jin Qingyu |
Lim Cho Cho |
Drama |
|
| Mr. Wang's Marvelous Heroism |
王先生奇俠傳 |
Zuo Ming |
Tang Jie |
Comedy |
|
| New and Old Shanghai |
新舊上海 |
Cheng Bugao |
Ensemble cast |
Drama |
|
| Night Club |
夜會 |
Li Pingqian |
Gu Lanjun,
Gong Jianong |
|
|
| Soaring Aspirations |
壯志凌雲 |
Wu Yonggang |
Jin Yan,
Wang Renmei |
Drama |
|
| Song of Hatred |
長恨歌 |
Shi Dongshan |
Mei Xi
Wang Renmei |
|
Alternate title: Human Feelings (人情)
|
| Song of Triumph |
凱歌 |
Bu Wancang |
Yuan Meiyun,
Wang Yin |
|
|
| Spring Dream in the Plum Garden |
桃源春夢 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Han Langen,
Liu Jichun |
Comedy |
|
| Spring Flowers |
春之花 |
Wu Cun |
Gao Zhanfei,
Yan Yuexian |
|
|
| Tomboy |
化身姑娘 |
Fang Peilin |
Yuan Meiyun |
Drama/Romance |
Released in two parts
|
| The Treasure Map |
百寶圖 |
Yueh Feng |
Wang Yin,
Zhou Xuan |
Adventure |
|
| Two Little Sisters |
小姊妹 |
Xu Fenling |
Yuan Meiyun,
Wang Yin |
|
|
| Unchanged Heart in Life and Death |
生死同心 |
Ying Yunwei |
Yuan Muzhi,
Chen Boer |
Drama |
|
| Women's Rights |
女權 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Die,
Zhao Dan |
Drama |
Alternate title: Love's Runaway (愛情的逃亡者)
|
1937
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Match Made in Heaven |
天作之合 |
Shen Fu |
Han Langen,
Bai Lu
|
Drama |
|
| Always Keep Smiling |
永遠的微笑 |
Wu Cun |
Hu Die,
Gong Jianong,
Gong Qiuxia
|
Drama |
|
| The Battle of Shanghai |
|
Lai Man-wai |
|
Documentary |
Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others.
|
| Crossroads |
十字街頭 |
Shen Xiling |
Zhao Dan,
Bai Yang |
Drama |
Early sound film
|
| The Disappearing Corpse |
|
Xu Xinfu |
Xu Xinyuan,
Gu Meijun
|
Mystery |
First of the Chinese-made Charlie Chan movies
|
| Dream Universe |
夢裡乾坤 |
Cheng Bugao |
Tan Ying,
Shu Xiuwen |
|
Alternate titles: Heaven and Earth in a Dream
Long Night, Many Dreams (夜長夢多)
|
| Flexible Girls |
彈性女兒 |
Chen Kengran |
Lu Ming,
Yan Yuexian
|
Drama |
|
| Flight by Night |
夜奔 |
Cheng Bugao |
Mei Xi,
Tan Ying
|
|
|
| Flower of Society |
社會之花 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Bai Yang,
Gong Jianong |
Drama |
|
| Four Daughters |
四千金 |
Wu Cun |
Bai Yang,
Gong Jianong |
Drama |
|
| The Free World |
自由天地 |
Shen Fu |
Chen Yen-yen,
Liu Qiong
|
Drama |
|
| Full of Vim and Vigor |
生龍活虎 |
Xu Xinfu |
Wang Jiting,
Gu Lanjun
|
Crime |
|
| The General's Daughter |
將軍之女 |
He Mengfu |
Lai Cheuk-Cheuk |
War |
|
| Gold-Plated City |
鍍金的城 |
Fei Mu |
|
|
Also known as The Gilded City
|
| The Lost Pearl |
人海遺珠 |
Zhu Shilin |
Li Lili,
Liu Qiong |
Drama |
|
| Martyrs of the Northern Front |
北戰場精忠錄 |
Fei Mu |
|
|
|
| The Money Tree |
搖錢樹 |
Tan Youliu |
Shu Xiuwen |
Drama |
Adapted from the Chinese stage version of Juno and the Paycock
|
| Mother's Secrets |
母親的秘密 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Sun Min,
Gong Jianong |
|
|
| Murder in the Oratory |
斬經堂 |
Fei Mu |
|
Opera |
|
| Mysterious Flower |
神秘之花 |
Yueh Feng |
Bai Yang |
Crime |
|
| New Year's Coin |
壓歲前 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Hu Rongrong |
Drama |
Also known as New Year's Gift
|
| Night Rain by the Xiang River |
瀟湘夜雨 |
Wang Cilong |
Gao Zhanfei,
Diao Banhua
|
Romance |
|
| Secret Code |
秘電碼 |
Various |
Gao Zhanfei |
War |
|
| So Busy |
如此繁華 |
Ouyang Yuqian |
Li Lili |
|
|
| Song at Midnight |
夜半歌聲 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Jin Shan,
Gu Menghe |
Horror |
A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera
|
| Song of a Loving Mother |
慈母曲 |
Zhu Shilin,
Luo Mingyou
|
Ensemble cast |
Drama |
|
| Soul and Body Gate |
靈肉之門 |
Zhong Shigen |
Lim Cho Cho |
|
|
| Spring Arrives Everywhere |
春到人間 |
Sun Yu |
Chen Yen-yen,
Mei Xi |
|
|
| Street Angel |
馬路天使 |
Yuan Muzhi |
Zhao Dan,
Zhou Xuan |
Drama |
|
| Strange Case in an Ancient Pagoda |
古塔奇案 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Wang Xianzhai,
Gong Qiuxia |
Crime |
|
| Symphony of Lianhua |
聯華交響曲 |
Various |
Ensemble cast |
Anthology |
Collection of short films by the Lianhua studio's directors, and featuring Lianhua's top acting talents
|
| Unexpected Luck |
飛來福 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Han Langen,
Liu Jiqun |
Comedy |
|
| Vistas of Art |
藝海風光 |
Various |
Ensemble cast |
|
Three short stories with performing arts settings: movies <<電影城>>, theater <<話劇團>>, dance <<歌舞班>>
|
| Wang Laowu |
王老五 |
Cai Chusheng |
Wang Cilong,
Lan Ping
|
Drama |
Alternate title: Fifth Brother Wang
|
| Youth on the March |
青年進行曲 |
Shi Dongshan |
Shi Chao,
Hu Ping |
Drama |
|
1938
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| The Beggar's Daughter |
乞丐千金 |
Bu Wancang |
Chen Yen-yen,
Mei Xi
|
Romance |
|
| Diao Chan |
貂蟬 |
Bu Wancang |
Gu Lanjun,
Jin Shan |
Historical |
Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada
|
| Eight Hundred Heroes |
八白壯士 |
Ying Yunwei |
Yuan Muzhi,
Chen Boer
|
War |
Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse
|
| Fight to the Last |
熱血忠魂 |
Yuan Congmei |
Li Lili,
Gao Zhanfei
|
Action |
"Resistance film," made in unoccupied territory. Alternate title: Loyal Patriots
|
| The Lady of the Camellias |
茶花女 |
Li Pingqian |
Yuan Meiyun,
Liu Qiong |
Drama |
Adapted from The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils
|
| Love and Duty |
戀愛與義務 |
Bu Wancang |
Jin Yan,
Yuan Meiyun
|
Drama |
Sound remake of the 1931 silent of the same title, with Jin Yan reprising his role. Original title: Unexpected Tears of Blood (情天血淚)
|
| Melancholy Hatred |
離恨天 |
Wu Yonggang |
Wang Renmei,
Liu Qiong
|
Romance |
Alternate English titles: Bitter Separation, A Sailor's Love
|
| The Pearl Tunic |
珍珠衫 |
Xu Xinfu |
Xu Xinyuan,
Gu Meijun
|
Mystery |
A Charlie Chan mystery
|
| Pirates of the Yellow Sea |
黃海大盜 |
Wu Yonggang |
Wang Renmei,
Gao Zhanfei
|
Action |
Alternate title: Pirates of the Yellow River
|
| Protect Our Land |
保衛我們的土地 |
Shi Dongshan |
Wei Heling,
Shu Xiuwen |
War |
|
| Save Her Mother |
歌兒救母記 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Gong Qiuxia,
Shu Shi
|
Drama |
|
| Stars Around the Moon |
三星伴月 |
Fang Peilin |
Zhou Xuan |
|
|
| Sunrise |
日出 |
Yueh Feng |
Yuan Meiyun,
Lu Luming
|
Drama |
Adapted from the stage play of the same title by Cao Yu
|
1939
| Title |
Chinese Title |
Director |
Actors |
Genre |
Notability
|
| A Dancing Girl |
紅粉飄零 |
Chen Kengran |
Lu Ming,
Gong Jianong
|
Drama |
|
| A Money-Colored World |
金銀世界 |
Li Pingqian |
Gu Lanjun,
Liu Qiong
|
|
|
| All Quiet in the Pagoda |
荒塔沉冤 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Chen Yen-yen,
Tong Yuejuan
|
Fantasy |
Remake of the 1926 silent, White Snake (白蛇傳)
|
| Bloody Battle in an Ancient City |
|
Xu Suling |
|
War |
|
| Children of China |
中華兒女 |
Shen Xiling |
Zhao Dan,
Bai Yang |
|
Film format is that of a prologue and 4 short stories
|
| Defending Our Home Village |
保家鄉 |
He Feiguang |
|
War |
"National defense" film
|
| The Empress Wu Tse-tien |
武則天 |
Fang Peilin |
Bai Hong |
Drama/Historical |
|
| The Good Husband |
好丈夫 |
Shi Dongshan |
Shu Xiuwen |
War |
|
| Groans and Struggles |
碧玉雄心 |
Yueh Feng |
Yuan Meiyun,
Wang Yin
|
War |
"National defense" film
|
| Lady Meng Jiang |
孟姜女 |
Wu Cun |
Zhou Xuan |
|
Remake of the 1926 silent of the same title
|
| The Leper Girl |
麻瘋女 |
Ma-Xu Weibang |
Tan Ying |
Horror |
|
| Li Sanniang |
李三娘 |
Zhang Shichuan |
Zhou Xuan,
Shu Shi |
|
|
| Mother and Daughter |
雲裳仙子 |
Yueh Feng |
Chen Yunshang |
|
Remake of 1933's Light of Motherhood
|
| Mulan Joins the Army |
木蘭從軍 |
Bu Wancang |
Chen Yunchang |
Historical/War |
Solitary Island period film
|
| The New Hell |
新地獄 |
Wu Cun |
Zhou Xuan |
|
|
| The Radio Station Murder |
播音台大血案 |
Xu Xinfu |
Gong Qiuxia,
Xu Xinyuan,
Gu Meijun
|
Mystery |
A Charlie Chan mystery
|
| Sexy Devil |
欲魔 |
Yueh Feng |
Tan Ying |
Drama |
|
| Singing Through Tears |
歌聲淚痕 |
Wu Cun |
Gong Jianong |
Musical |
|
| Three Chinese Swordsmen |
中國三劍客 |
Chen Yiqing |
Han Langen |
Action/Comedy |
Alternate title: Three Swordsmen
|
| Visiting Shanghai After 60 Years |
六十年後上海灘 |
Yang Xiaozhong |
Han Langen,
Liu Jiqun
|
Fantasy |
|
| Wang Baochuan |
王寶釧 |
Wu Cun |
Diao Banhua |
Drama/Historical |
|
| The Young Mistress's Fan |
少奶奶的扇子 |
Li Pingqian |
Yuan Yunmei |
|
Remake of the 1928 silent of the same title
|
Mainland Chinese film production totals
| Year |
Total Films[1]
|
| 1930 |
117
|
| 1931 |
87
|
| 1932 |
62
|
| 1933 |
89
|
| 1934 |
82
|
| 1935 |
50
|
| 1936 |
46
|
| 1937 |
39
|
| 1938 |
41
|
| 1939 |
52
|
See also
Sources
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1905-1930, 故事片·戏曲片. (1996). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1905-1930. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. Template:ISBN
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1931-1949.9, 故事片·戏曲片. (2005). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1931-1949.9. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. Template:ISBN
References
- ↑ From Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films table of contents. This does not include films produced by studios under the control of occupying Japanese forces.
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