Ruifang Zhang

T Province in 1984 & 1985 (1986)

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns (1983)

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work ...

Bubbling Spring (1982)

Roar! The Yellow River (1979)

The "Gang of Four" wants to stop a troup from performing the "Yellow River Cantata". ...

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. ...

Spring is Splendid Color (1959)

In the late 1950s, during China's Great Leap Forward, Shanghai housewives participated, supported by Dai Mama from the neighbourhood committee. Liu Mama opposed her daughter-in-law Wang Caifeng's involvement, wanting her to stay home, but her son Liu Genfa ...

Family (1957)

Based on the famous novel of the same name by well-known author Ba Jin, this movie traces the decline of a large, wealthy family in the early part of the twentieth century. The story focuses on three brothers and how they respond to the expectation that th ...

The Mother (1956)

Based on the novel "Mother" by Maxim Gorky, about the hardships of a peasant laborer. ...

From Victory to Victory (1952)

In 1947, the Chinese Red Army sets a trap for the Nationalist forces in Jiangsu province. ...

Along the Sungari River (1947)

Unfortunate events beset a poor Chinese girl as she escapes from invading Japanese forces, narrowly avoids being raped, and seeks solace in a neighboring village. ...