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ordered by year of release in the 1930s.

For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see :Category:Chinese films.

1930

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Chang men xian mu*	Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...
*Sing-Song Red Peony*	Zhang Shichuan	Hu Die		First Chinese sound film
*Spring Dream of an Old Capital*	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...		Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing
*Suicide Contract*	Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin . was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...	Drama
*Wild Flowers*	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-...

1931

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Amorous History of the Silver Screen*	Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...	Xuan Jinglan, Xia Peizhen	Drama	Partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was closed permanently by the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:...
Love and Duty Love and Duty Love and Duty is a 1931 silent film from China directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan.-Production history:Based on a novel by a Polish expatriate, S...	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-...	Romance/Tragedy	Early Lianhua Film Company Lianhua Film Company The Lianhua Film Company was one of two major production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other being the Mingxing Film Company.-Names:... production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s
Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood is a 1931 silent film written and directed by Bu Wancang. The cast included some of the major movie stars of the periods including the Korean born actor Jin Yan and the actresses Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Lili...	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...	Drama	Sometimes translated as The Peach Girl
A Spray of Plum Blossoms A Spray of Plum Blossoms A Spray of Plum Blossoms is a 1931 silent Chinese film directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu, Wang Cilong and Jin Yan. It is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona...	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-... , Wang Cilong	Drama
*Two Stars of the Milky Way*	Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon....	Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-...		Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen

1932

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Facing the National Crisis*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese... , Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon.... , Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s... , Wang Cilong	Chen Yanyan, Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...	War
*Loving Blood of the Volcano*	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Li Lili, Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...	Drama
Pink Dream Pink Dream Pink Dream is a 1932 Chinese silent film and an early film by director Cai Chusheng. A melodrama, the film's social critique of the decadent urban lifestyle was nevertheless met with criticism by Shanghai's progressives as overly decadent and influenced by American cinema, particularly the film's...	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...	Gao Zhanfei, Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:... , Tan Ying	Drama	Also known as Dream in Pink
*Spring in the South*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...	Gao Zhanfei, Chen Yanyan Chen Yanyan Chen Yanyan is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2002/2003 National Champions Tournament - 4th 50 m free/1st 4×100 m medley relay;...	Drama
*Three Modern Women*	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-...	Drama
*Wild Rose*	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-... , Wang Renmei	Romance/Drama

1933

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Dawn Over the Metropolis*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...		Drama
Daybreak Daybreak (1933 film) Daybreak is a 1933 Chinese silent film directed by Sun Yu for the Lianhua Film Company. It follows a young girl from a rural fishing village, Ling Ling as she moves to the glittering city of Shanghai...	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Li Lili, Gao Zhanfei	Drama	Lianhua Film Company Lianhua Film Company The Lianhua Film Company was one of two major production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other being the Mingxing Film Company.-Names:... production
Little Toys Little Toys Little Toys is a 1933 silent film directed by filmmaker Sun Yu. It is one of two films Sun Yu directed in 1933...	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Li Lili	Drama
Night in the City Night in the City (1933 film) Night in the City was a 1933 Chinese silent film.-Production background:Night in the City was the directorial debut of Fei Mu and starred actress Ruan Lingyu and actor Jin Yan...	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-...	Drama	Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... ; also known as City Nights
*The Protest of Women*	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...
Spring Silkworms Spring Silkworms (film) Spring Silkworms is a 1933 silent film from China. It was directed by Cheng Bugao and was adapted by Cai Chusheng and Xia Yan from the novella of the same name by Chinese author Mao Dun....	Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...	Ai Xia	Leftist Drama	Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was closed permanently by the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:... production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun Mao Dun Mao Dun was the pen name of Shen Dehong , a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist. He was also the Minister of Culture of China from 1949 to 1965. He is currently renowned as one of the best realist novelists in the history of modern China... -penned short story
*The Tenderness Market*	Zhang Shichuan	Hu Die, Ai Xia		Early sound film
*Twenty-Four Hours in Shanghai*	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...
*Wild Torrents*	Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...		Leftist Drama

1934

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
The Big Road The Big Road The Big Road , also known as The Highway is a 1934 Chinese silent film directed by Sun Yu and starring Jin Yan and Li Lili. The film deals with a group of workers who are constructing a highway for use in the war against the Japanese....	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-... , Li Lili	Drama
The Classic for Girls The Classic for Girls The Classic for Girls is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Cheng Bugao, Chen Kengran, Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Xu Yinfu, Yao Sufeng, Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu.- External links :...	Zhang Shichuan, Yao Sufeng, Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China.-Biography:... , Xu Xingfu, Li Pingqian, Chen Kengran, Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :... , Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...
*Coming Home*	Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin . was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Gao Zhanfei
The Goddess The Goddess (1934 film) The Goddess is a 1934 Chinese silent film released by the United Photoplay Service. It starred Ruan Lingyu in one of her final roles, and was directed by Wu Yonggang....	Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, The Goddess. Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...	Drama	Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company Lianhua Film Company The Lianhua Film Company was one of two major production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other being the Mingxing Film Company.-Names:...
*Life*	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...
Plunder of Peach and Plum Plunder of Peach and Plum Plunder of Peach and Plum is an early Chinese sound film from 1934. Produced by the left-leaning Shanghai-based Diantong Film Company, Plunder was directed by Ying Yunwei and starred popular actor Yuan Muzhi...	Ying Yunwei	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :...	Drama	Diantong Film Company Diantong Film Company Diantong Film Company was a short-lived but important film studio and production company during the 1930s in Shanghai, China. Though it produced only four films during its existence between 1934-1935, all four films became important examples of the left-leaning Chinese cinema of the 1930s... production
Queen of Sports Queen of Sports - Cast :Bai LuHan LangenHe FeiguangLi Lili as Lin YingLiu JiqunZhang Yi as Yunpeng-DVD release:Queen of Sports was released in the United States on Region 0 DVD on May 8, 2007 by Cinema Epoch. The disc featured English subtitles and also included Sun Yu's The Big Road....	Sun Yu Sun Yu (director) Sun Yu was a major leftist film director active in the 1930s in Shanghai. One of the core directors of the Lianhua Film Company, Sun Yu made a name for himself with a series of socially conscious dramas in the early to mid 1930s...	Li Lili
*A Sea of Fragrant Snow*	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :...	Drama
Song of the Fishermen Song of the Fishermen Song of the Fishermen is an early Chinese silent film directed by Cai Chusheng in 1934, and produced by the Lianhua Film Company. The film, like many of the period details the struggle of the poorer classes, in this case a family of fishermen who are forced to sing on the streets in order to...	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...	Wang Renmei	Drama	First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival)
Twin Sisters Twin Sisters (1934 film) - Cast :Zheng Xiaoqiu as Tao GeTan Zhiyuan as Governor QianXuan Jinglin as MotherHu Die...	Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China.-Biography:...	Hu Die		Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company Mingxing Film Company was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was closed permanently by the Second Sino-Japanese War.-History:... production, Chinese title: "Zimei hua"

1935

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Ardent, Loyal Souls*	Zhang Shichuan, Wu Cun, Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu Zheng Zhengqiu was a Chinese filmmaker and is often considered one of the "founding fathers" of the Cinema of China.-Biography:... , Xu Xingfu, Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :... , Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...		Drama
*The Boatman's Daughter*	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...		Drama
*Cityscape*	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :...	Jiang Qing Jiang Qing Jiang Qing was the pseudonym that was used by Chinese leader Mao Zedong's last wife and major Communist Party of China power figure. She went by the stage name Lan Ping during her acting career, and was known by various other names during her life... , Gu Menghe, Zhou Boxun	Comedy/Musical
*The Desert Island*	Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, The Goddess. Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution...
*Homesick*	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...		Drama
*Little Angel*	Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, The Goddess. Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution...
National Customs National Customs National Customs is a 1935 Chinese film directed by Luo Mingyou and Zhu Shilin. The film was silent film star Ruan Lingyu's last before her death by suicide in 1935.- Cast :Lam Cho-cho as Zhang TaoLi Li-li as Zhang Jie*Luo Peng as Bo Yang...	Luo Mingyou, Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin Zhu Shilin . was a Chinese film director, born in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. Zhu began his career in the thriving film industry of Shanghai, directing actresses like Ruan Lingyu with the Lianhua Film Company...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...	Drama	Ruan Lingyu's final film
New Women New Women New Women was a silent Chinese film released in early 1935 in Shanghai by the Lianhua Film Company. It is sometimes translated as New Woman. The film starred Ruan Lingyu and was directed by Cai Chusheng....	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...	Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu , born Ruan Fenggen , was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.- Career :... , Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...	Drama
*The New Peach Blossom Fan*	Ouyang Yuqian			Early Xinhua Film Company Xinhua Film Company The Xinhua Film Company , was one of the film companies to capitalize on the popularity of the leftist film movement in 1930s Shanghai, that had begun with the Mingxing and Lianhua Film Companies. It should not be mistaken for the modern-day Xinhua News Agency... production
Song of China Song of China Song of China also known as Filial Piety is a 1935 Chinese film directed by Fei Mu and Luo Mingyou for the Lianhua Film Company....	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949... , Luo Mingyou	Zheng Junli Zheng Junli Zheng Junli was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Early years:...	Drama	New Life Movement New Life Movement The New Life Movement was set up by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling in February 1934, with the help of the Blue Shirts Society and the CC Clique within the Chinese Nationalist Party... film; also known as Filial Piety
*Spirit of Freedom*	Situ Huimin		Drama	Also known as The Goddess of Freedom
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm -External links:* at the Chinese Movie Database...	Xu Xingzhi	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :... , Wang Renmei	Drama/War	Also known as Children of Troubled Times

1936

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
Blood on Wolf Mountain Blood on Wolf Mountain Blood on Wolf Mountain, also known as The Wolf Hill, Bloodbath in Langshan, and Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain, is a Chinese film directed by acclaimed Shanghainese film director Fei Mu...	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...	Jiang Qing Jiang Qing Jiang Qing was the pseudonym that was used by Chinese leader Mao Zedong's last wife and major Communist Party of China power figure. She went by the stage name Lan Ping during her acting career, and was known by various other names during her life... , Li Lili	Drama	"National Defense" film
Tomboy Tomboy A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of the gender role of a boy, including the wearing of typically masculine-oriented clothes and engaging in games and activities that are often physical in nature, and which are considered in many cultures to be the...	Fang Peilin		Drama/Romance
*Lost Lambs*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...		Children
*Night of the Debauche*	Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon....	Jin Shan, Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan was a popular Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953.-Biography:...	Drama
*Old and New Shanghai*	Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao Cheng Bugao was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Employed by the Mingxing Film Company, Cheng was responsible for several important "leftist" films in the period, including the Wild Torrents and Spring Silkworms...		Drama
*The Pioneers*	Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, The Goddess. Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution...	Jin Yan Jin Yan Jin Yan was a Korean-born actor who gained fame in China during that country's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930's. He was dubbed "The Emperor of Cinema" and "The Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".- Filmography :-... , Wang Renmei	Drama	Also known as Soaring Aspirations
*Unchanged Heart in Life and Death*	Ying Yunwei	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :...	Drama

1937

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*The Battle of Shanghai*	Lai Man-wai Lai Man-Wai Lai Man-Wai , now known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema, was the director of the first Hong Kong movie Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913...		Documentary	Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai Battle of Shanghai The Battle of Shanghai, known in Chinese as Battle of Songhu, was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army of the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War... by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others.
Crossroads Crossroads (1937 film) Crossroads is a 1937 Chinese seriocomedy film directed by Shen Xiling and starring Bai Yang and Zhao Dan. The film exemplified the growing trend of Chinese films by the mid-1930s of incorporating references to the war with Japan...	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...	Zhao Dan Zhao Dan Zhao Dan was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Biography:Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel... , Bai Yang	Drama	Early sound film
*Fifth Brother Wang*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...		Drama
*Gold-Plated City*	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...			Also known as The Gilded City
*March of Youth*	Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon....
*Martyrs of the Northern Front*	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...
*The Money Tree*	Tan Youliu		Drama
*Murder in the Oratory*	Fei Mu Fei Mu Fei Mu was a major Chinese film director from the pre-Communist era.-Biography:Born in Shanghai, China, Fei Mu is considered by many to be one of the major film directors prior to the communist revolution in 1949...		Opera
*New Year's Coin*	Zhang Shichuan	Hu Rongrong	Drama	Also known as New Year's Gift
Song at Midnight Song at Midnight Song at Midnight is a 1937 film directed by Ma-Xu Weibang...	Ma-Xu Weibang Ma-Xu Weibang Ma-Xu Weibang was a Chinese film director active in the mainland during the 1920s through 1940s, and later in Hong Kong, perhaps best known for his work in the horror genre, the most important unarguably being the Phantom of the Opera-inspired, Song at Midnight. Ma-Xu was also known for a few...	Jin Shan, Gu Menghe	Horror	A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera
Street Angel Street Angel (1937 film) Street Angel is a Chinese film released in 1937. The film was directed by Yuan Muzhi and stars the popular singer Zhou Xuan.-Synopsis:The film deals with two sisters, Xiao Hong and Xiao Yun who have fled from the war in Northeast China to Shanghai, where they are living under the brutal thumb of...	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :...	Zhao Dan Zhao Dan Zhao Dan was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.-Biography:Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel... , Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan was a popular Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She is probably the most well-known of the seven, as she had a concurrent movie career until 1953.-Biography:...	Drama
*Symphony of Lianhua*	Various		Anthology	Collection of short films by Lianhua directors

1938

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
Diao Chan Diao Chan (film) Diao Chan is a 1938 Chinese sound film directed by Bu Wancang and produced by Zhang Shankun's Xinhua Film Company. The film is a portrayal of one of the "Four Beauties" of ancient China, in this case the titular Diaochan, from the late Eastern Han Dynasty era...	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Gu Lanjun, Jin Shan	Historical	Xinhua Film Company Xinhua Film Company The Xinhua Film Company , was one of the film companies to capitalize on the popularity of the leftist film movement in 1930s Shanghai, that had begun with the Mingxing and Lianhua Film Companies. It should not be mistaken for the modern-day Xinhua News Agency... production, also known as The Sable Cicada
*Eight Hundred Heroes*	Ying Yunwei	Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.- Career :...	War	Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse Defense of Sihang Warehouse The Defense of Sihang Warehouse took place from October 26 to November 1, 1937, and marked the beginning of the end of the three-month Battle of Shanghai in the opening phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War...
*Protect Our Land*	Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan Shi Dongshan was a prominent Chinese film director throughout the 1920s and 1950s. Shi directed several films that have gained in stature in the intervening years, most notably Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon....
*Rouge Tears*	Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang Wu Yonggang was a prominent Chinese film director during the 1930s. Today Wu is best known for his directorial debut, The Goddess. Wu had a long career with the Lianhua Film Company in the 1930s, in Chongqing during the war, and in the mainland after the 1949 communist revolution...		Drama

1939

Title	Director	Actors	Genre	Notability
*Children of China*	Shen Xiling Shen Xiling Shen Xiling was a Chinese film director.- Partial filmography :- External links :...
Empress Wu Zetian Empress Wu Zetian (film) Empress Wu Zetian is a 1939 Chinese historical film directed by Peilin Fang based on the life of the Tang Dynasty empress, Wu Zetian.- Cast :Bai HongGu LanjunHan LangenHuang NaishuangYin XiucenZhang Zhizhi*Yu Shengsan...	Fang Peilin	Bai Hong	Drama/Historical
Mulan Joins the Army Mulan Joins the Army (1939 film) Mulan Joins the Army is a 1939 Chinese historical war film. It is one of several film adaptations of the Hua Mulan legend, which have included two silent versions: Hua Mulan Joins the Army by Tianyi Film Company, and a less successful Mulan Joins the Army produced by Minxin...	Bu Wancang Bu Wancang Bu Wancang was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He is also known by his Cantonese name, Baak Maan Chong, and his English name, Richard Poh. He was born in Anhui.-Career:...	Chen Yunchang Chen Yunchang Chen Yunchang was a Chinese movie actress in the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:Chen Yunchang was born in Guangzhou in 1919, but her hometown is Taishan, Guangdong. She starred some popular movies including Mulan Joins the Army in 1939.Chen married Tang Yuhan, a doctor in Shanghai, in 1943...	Historical/War	Solitary Island period film
*Orphan Island Paradise*	Cai Chusheng Cai Chusheng Resting Place= Babaoshan Revoluntionary CemeteryCai Chusheng was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. Known best for his progressive output in the 1930s, Cai Chusheng later became a victim to the persecutions of the Cultural Revolution.- Early career :Born in Shanghai to Cantonese...

External links

IMDb list of Chinese films

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