Zhanfei Gao

Blood Will Tell (1949)

Ma the flying bandit calls it quits after his daughter is born. His wife, a onetime prostitute, can't stand poverty and turns him in to the authorities before resuming her profession. Years later, when the daughter is set to get married, the unabashed moth ...

Eternity (1943)

The life and story of Lin Zexu and the First Opium War. ...

When You Will Come Back to Me (1943)

The Secret Code (1937)

The Boatman's Daughter (1935)

The film concerns the misfortunes of an innocent woman, Ah Ling, who lives with her father in Hangzhou, where they rent a boat transporting passengers across the West Lake. Ah Ling is in love with Tie'er, a factory worker who takes her boat every day. The ...

Sea of Scented Snow (1934)

A young peasant woman becomes a Buddhist nun twice to return -also twice- to her regular life. ...

The Classic for Girls (1934)

A hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country. ...

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. ...

Daybreak (1933)

A country girl and her boyfriend arrive in Shanghai for a better life. They soon find only desperation. She is raped and falls into prostitution as he drifts into revolutionary circles. Her access through her trade grants her greater access which she uses ...

A Rosy Dream (1932)

Pink Dream tells the story of a young novelist who is supported by a loving and hard-working wife. The novelist, however, is drawn to the decadent life of a socialite who introduces him to the dance halls that dot Shanghai. As the film progresses, the nove ...

Spring in the South (1932)

To please his dying father, Hong Yu, a college student, is forced to abandon his girlfriend, Little Hong, and marry his cousin, with disastrous results. ...

A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)

Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of t ...

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 ...