Place of Birth: Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China
Birthday: January 01, 1917
Deathday: January 01, 1995
Adult: No
Gender: Female
Popularity:
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Known For:
Children of Troubled Times
Overview: 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 killed, Xin has a change of heart and rushes to join the war effort.
Overview: He Li, a famous dancer, falls in love with Wu Shi, a scientist. Li Beihai, who has been occupying He Li, wants to beat Wu Shi to death after discovering their relationship. He Li is injured and dies while trying to save Wu Shi. Doctor Zhao Gui and his assistant Guan Feng steal He Li's body. After experiments, they revive He Li and turn her into a mindless killing tool. Zhao Gui wants to steal the antitoxin developed by Wu Shi, so He Li calls Wu Shi and wants to kill Wu Shi after getting the formula. Due to a series of cases of stolen bodies, detective He Bin and his assistant Watson begin to investigate the case and discover a secret tunnel and many bodies. The sinister Zhao Gui uses a mechanism to lure them into his room, and a fierce fight breaks out...
Overview: Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.
Overview: This is one of the rare gems in early Chinese musical films that still exists today. Nancy Chan plays a naïve young woman who can sing and dance. Under the arrangement of her stepfather, she becomes a star and indulges in the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world before getting married to a wealthy heir in Nanyang. Yet her husband is cruel and unfaithful, leading her to divorce and return to her parents in Shanghai. She is set for a comeback to the stage. Her young daughter suffers from a serious illness. A remake of the Bu Wanchang’s silent film The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933), this film takes cues from Hollywood musicals, resulting in an elegant and lively fusion of camera movement and musical numbers. The film also reflects the harsh reality of China in the 1930s and the pathos of popular literature by combining morals, entertainment and social commentary to show that changes in the idea of femininity is a symbol of progress.
