Synopsis
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 to aid her revolutionary lover with tragic results.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Sun Yu
- Writer
- Sun Yu
- Cinematography
- Ke Zhou
- Studio
- Lianhua Film Company
- Released
- 1933-01-01
- Original title
- 天明
- Running time
- 116 minutes
Cast & crew
Sun Yu Director
Li Lili
Zhanfei Gao- Juanjuan Ye
Congmei Yuan
Peng Luo
Han Lan-Gen
Jiqun Liu- Guilin Wang
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Silent Beauty · bearpuf · 2008-09-26
A nationalistic entry that is well played for its time. Despite me not understanding Chinese the storyline is basically easily followed and the musical soundtrack is outstanding. I would like to know who put the music together. Searched for English subtitles for it but came up empty.
