Guangyou Tan

Island of Heroes (1959)

Eternity (1943)

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War. ...

Orphan Island Paradise (1939)

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. ...

Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf (1932)

China's first song and dance film was "Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf" directed by Sun Yu and starring Wang Renmei in 1932. A battalion commander's lover, named Zhao Zhao, wrote a poem on a banana leaf in memory of the battalion commander. Just as she ...