Huang Yan

Ice and Snow Jin Dalai (1963)

Unfinished Comedy (1957)

Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propagand ...

At Ten O'clock on the National Day (1956)

Set in 1953, spies plan to set off a explosion on the National Day. ...

New Heroes and Heroines (1951)

During the early War of Resistance Against Japan in Baiyangdian, Hebei, the Yanling Squad, led by Communist Party member Hei Lao Cai, conducted effective guerrilla warfare. Yang Xiaomei, fleeing abuse from her husband Zhang Jinlong, joined the squad and de ...

The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes (1948)

This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. ...

Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (1947)

A college girl and a musician go to the front of the anti-Japanese war and fall in love. ...

The Front and the Back of the Stage (1937)

When the top diva of an opera troupe storms off after not getting money upfront from their manager, a common street performer comes in to replace her. ...