Acting
Jiang Tianliu
Born June 16, 1921 · Suzhou,Jiangsu Province,China
Died December 19, 2012 · aged 91
No biography available.
Known For
The Winter of Three Hairs · 1949The Winter of Three Hairs
★ 7.31949
MovieDramaComedy
San mao (3 hairs) was a very popular Chinese comic strip first published in 1935-37, continued from 1948 into the 1990s, about a young orphan boy struggling with life in Shanghai.
Big Li, Little Li and Old Li · 1962Big Li, Little Li and Old Li
★ 8.51962
MovieDramaComedy
Sports gain acceptance among workers at a meat processing plant.
Mother and Son · 1947Mother and Son
★ 7.01947
MovieDrama
After falling in love with Han Liren and giving birth to an "illegitimate child", Han Liren abandoned her and married a rich girl and cheated her out of the child. Huang Su then left the country, changed her name to Lin Luping, and became an actress. Sixteen years later, Huang Su was so popular that she was invited to perform in Shanghai. The young actor she worked with, Han Chen, was withdrawn and hated everyone, and everyone discriminated against him because he was an abandoned "illegitimate child". On stage, Han Chen played Lin Luping's son and was very successful. Later Lin Luping finds out that he turns out to be her biological son who was cheated away by Han Liren years ago. At this point, the theater owner Han Liren appears and wishes to get back together with Lin Luping, but is rejected by Lin Luping's mother and son.
A Withered Tree Meets Spring · 1961A Withered Tree Meets Spring
1961
MovieDrama
A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.
The Life of Wu Xun · 1951The Life of Wu Xun
★ 6.01951
MovieDrama
The life-story of Wu Xun, a beggar in the Qing dynasty who set up free schools for poor children.
Long Live the Mistress! · 1947Long Live the Mistress!
★ 7.51947
MovieComedyDrama
A man who becomes wealthy starts to have an affair and though his wife knows of it, she says nothing. Soon, the affair starts to have consequences and his business falls apart while the man’s sister starts to have a relationship with the brother of his wife.
Diary of a Nurse · 1957Diary of a Nurse
★ 5.01957
MovieDrama
After graduating from a Shanghai nursing school, Jian Shuhua decides to work at a construction workers’ clinic in a remote area, despite the objections of her fiancé Shen Aoru. When she arrives at her new workstation, she finds that one of the clinic directors, Mo Jiabing, pays more attention to his love affair with nurse Gu Huiying than to his work. In addition, Gu’s jealousy is aroused by the arrival of the new nurse. Jian, then, the epitome of the selfless worker, has to deal with a faraway and egotistic fiancé, a selfish and lecherous boss, an unfriendly colleague, as well as the hardships of a remote and barren workstation. How can she succeed?
The Secret of the Magic Gourd · 1963The Secret of the Magic Gourd
★ 6.01963
MovieFantasyComedy
Based on the beloved children's book, elementary schooler Wang Bao discovers a wish-granting gourd that gives him the ability to make his dreams come true. Due to the gourd's erratic nature, Wang Bao confronts his own dishonesty amongst his peers and family, and realizes that you might not get everything you wish for.
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