Released towards the end of the golden age of Shanghai cinema, the film is regarded as a masterpiece of the Chinese left-wing movement.
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(959)
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, tried to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller.
A teenager flees war in northeast China (Japan's 1931 invasion) and ends up working as a songstress in a restaurant in Shanghai.
Street Angel
1937 ‧ Comedy/Musical ‧ 1h 31m
Hong and Yun flee from the war in northeast China to Shanghai and live under the brutal thumb of adoptive parents. They seek aid from their neighbors when they learn their parents want to sell one of them to a wealthy man.
Initial release: July 24, 1937
Director: Yuan Muzhi
Music by: He Lüting
Distributed by: Cinema Epoch
Cinematography: Wu Yinxian
Hanyu Pinyin: mǎlù tiānshǐ
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(1,074)
In old Shanghai, two sisters, a prostitute and a singer, try to escape from the local scoundrels with the help of a trumpet player and a newspaper seller.
An epochal film, produced and set at the end of civil war, centering on a fight over housing. Who will stay and who will go?
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(4)
Hong and Yun flee from the war in northeast China to Shanghai and live under the brutal thumb of adoptive parents. They seek aid from their neighbors when ...
Apr 17, 2007 · This work was made in Shanghai in 1937 and has never been covered by copyright. The relevant Chinese copyright law was passed in 1990 and worked ...
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