Hong Bai

Dream of the Red Mansions (1944)

Based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name. Set during the 1700s in China, a prominent family loses its good luck when one of the sons loses the jade chip that was embedded in his mouth. ...

Marriage Symphony (1944)

Princess Iron Fan (1941)

The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character. Specifically, the film focused on the duel between the Monkey King and a vengeful princess, whose fan is desp ...

Empress Wu Zetian (1939)

Historical film based on the life of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history ...

The Young Mistress' Fan (1939)

Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ru ...

The Angel (1939)

This is one of the rare gems in early Chinese musical films that still exists today. Nancy Chan plays a naïve young woman who can sing and dance. Under the arrangement of her stepfather, she becomes a star and indulges in the glitz and glamour of the ente ...

Melancholy Hatred (1938)

Love and Duty (1938)

The Beauty's Favour (1935)

Wild Rose (1932)

A wild country girl moves to Shanghai with her painter boyfriend and experiences exploitation and poverty. ...