Cao Duo

Romance in Metropolitan Shanghai (1993)

The vigorous director of the Oriental Silk Factory is invited by her former husband to resign and take a position in Japan. ...

The Grade-Fourth Railway Station (1984)

Nanchang Uprising (1981)

The True Story of Ah Q (1981)

Based on the 1921 novella of the same name by one of China's most well-known modern writers, Lu Xun (Lu Hsun), the True Story of Ah Q is set during the 1911 revolution. Ah Q is a lowly peasant who wants to rise above his class, or at least get out of his g ...

The Gunshots of Secrecy Bureau (1979)

An agent infiltrating the Nationalist Party in wartime Shanghai finds himself under threat. ...

Nie Er (1962)

Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC's national anthem. ...

Li Shuangshuang (1962)

In this delightful comedy, a cheerful farmer's wife (post-Revolution superstar Zhang Ruifang) in a village commune puts her marriage in jeopardy when she takes her cadre spirit a little too far. ...

51 Depot (1961)

The Witch Who Becomes a Doctor (1961)

In the center of the story is the story of a young girl from the Dai nation, who, despite gossip and accusations of witchcraft, becomes a successful doctor and finds happiness in her personal life. ...

New Story of an Old Soldier (1959)

A soldier finds his new role in the transition from war time to the construction era. ...

Spring is Splendid Color (1959)

In the late 1950s, during China's Great Leap Forward, Shanghai housewives participated, supported by Dai Mama from the neighbourhood committee. Liu Mama opposed her daughter-in-law Wang Caifeng's involvement, wanting her to stay home, but her son Liu Genfa ...

Cowboy Joining the Army (1958)

The story of fifteen-year-old shepherd Gu Xiao, who ran away from his landlord to the mountains. There he met scouts from the People's Liberation Army and helped them find the right path. The shepherd then took part in an important combat operation. For hi ...

Ride the Wind and Break the Waves (1958)

After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways. ...

A Great Start (1955)

An episode from the life of a metallurgical plant collective. Lu Zhong-kui, an advanced worker appointed as head of the smelting shop, initiates the re-equipment of the open-hearth furnace. The plant director and some specialists warn him that the furnace, ...

The Letter with Feathers (1954)

Twelve-year-old Hai Wa sends a secret letter containing Japanese military information to the Eight Route Army during the anti-Japanese war. ...