Mao Lu

Secret Imperial Edict (1988)

Our story derives from the period 1644, when the Ming dynasty was threatened with destruction. This forced the emperor to issued a new decree by which the prince and heir to the throne has to leave territory due to threat placed on their lives. Chong Zen p ...

Apartment (1985)

The Alley (1981)

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a decade of turmoil. ...

Tear Stain (1979)

After the downfall of the Gang of Four, Zhu Keshi is assigned the post of county party secretary, due to the illness of the acting secretary after the suicide of the previous secretary. ...

Di er ge chun tian (1975)

Unforgettable Battle (1975)

In 1949, as the country celebrates liberation, KMT agents are ploting. ...

Huo hong de nian dai (1974)

A steel plant staff is in conflict over whether to use domestic materials or continue importing from the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union adopts an anti-Chinese position in 1972. ...

Two Stage Sisters (1964)

In pre-revolutionary China, two young girls, Chunhua and Yuehong Xing, rise through the ranks of Chinese opera, but with their artistic success comes a new series of personal and social challenges. ...

The Red Sun (1963)

The Secret of the Magic Gourd (1963)

Based on the beloved children's book, elementary schooler Wang Bao discovers a wish-granting gourd that gives him the ability to make his dreams come true. Due to the gourd's erratic nature, Wang Bao confronts his own dishonesty amongst his peers and famil ...

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)

A Withered Tree Meets Spring (1961)

A critical hit during one of China's most politically charged periods, Zheng's follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in ...

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. ...

Today Is My Day Off (1959)

It is policeman Ma Tianmin's day off, and his chief's wife has fixed him up with Liu Ping, a young woman she knows. But, on his way to keep the date, Ma, who embodies all the qualities of an exemplary member of the new communist society, stops many times t ...

A Good Child (1959)

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. ...

Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957)

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflects on ...

Struggle in the Desert (1957)

A People's Liberation Army division in Xinjiang in 1951 aids in a water conservancy project. ...

Diary of a Nurse (1957)

After graduating from a Shanghai nursing school, Jian Shuhua decides to work at a construction workers' clinic in a remote area, despite the objections of her fiancé Shen Aoru. When she arrives at her new workstation, she finds that one of the clinic dire ...

Can't Follow Along That Path (1954)

Set in the period of land reform movement, a poor peasant Zhang gets a fertile land. But he doesn't work seriously on it, then loses money and runs into debt. Song wants to buy Zhang's land but his son thinks that they should help Zhang. ...

Fu Shi (1950)

During the war against Japan, a young woman fell into the enemy's spy organization, and engaged in a series of espionage activities, before being inspired by members of the Communist Pary. ...