Renmei Wang

If at First: Dramatic Fantasia (2021)

"After overcoming various obstacles, Yaozu and his childhood sweetheart Jingjing are finally together. Unfortunately, this doesn't last long. Jingjing leaves Yaozu for some reason, and they miss out on getting together. When they meet again, it's at Yaozu' ...

Song of Youth (1959)

Adapted from a novel of the same title, this film depicts a young woman's transformation from housewife to loyal Communist. This process is presented as "natural" – possessed of inherent logic rather than merely "incidental". Hence, the film is really ab ...

Dawn of Menghe (1955)

In the early days of liberation, Kuomintang remnants fled to the Menghe Tibetan region. The government sent Chen Shaohua's political work team to secure local chieftain Luobu Danzeng's help against the enemy. Spy Xie Chunfu deceived Luobu Danzeng, causing ...

Soaring Aspirations (1936)

Song of Everlasting Regret (1936)

A melodrama about the couple Zhu Dongxin and Ma Nina. ...

Children of Troubled Times (1935)

The young poet Xin Baihe flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, but Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized widow in Qingdao. After hearing that Liang has been kil ...

Little Angel (1935)

Silent film, with musical accompaniment. Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1935. ...

Song of the Fishermen (1934)

The story is about a fisherman's family living near to Shanghai. In the beginning, twin babies are born, a boy and a girl. Their growing-up is briefly sketched, and their friendship with "young master", a boy from rich family about their age. ...

Early Morning in the Big City (1933)

The entaglement of a deserted child Qiling who start to work for his biological father Menghua's construction company 24 years later. ...

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 ...

Wild Rose (1932)

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

Two Stars in the Milky Way (1931)

This is a silent film from China made in 1931. It is about two leads in a film, Yan (Raymond King) and Ying (Violet Wong). They meet after hearing Ying sing while another movie is being shot. You, of course, don't get to hear the song, but it catches peopl ...