National Customs (1935)
1935 · Feature film · 94 min · dir. Zhu Shilin
- silent film
Synopsis
In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan and the frivolous Zhang Tao graduate from secondary school where their mother Zhang Jie serves as principal. They both love their cousin Zuo, but have ambitions other than marriage. Their lives change dramatically when both attend university in Shanghai and encounter modern urban life and rapidly changing society. The film also depicts the emergence of Chiang Kai-shek's 1934 New Life Movement. Lianhua Film Studio did the film to appease the Nationalist Party which accused it of primarily presenting left-wing films, which was true.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Zhu Shilin
- Writer
- Ming-Yau Lo
- Cinematography
- Weilie Hong
- Studio
- Lianhua Film Company
- Released
- 1935-05-13
- Original title
- 國風
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Language
- Chinese
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Chinese B&W silent Shanghai
Cast & crew
Zhu Shilin Director
Cho-Cho Lin
Li Lili
Zheng Junli
Ruan Lingyu