Overview

History of filmmaking in China from its beginnings in the 1920s to 1982, featuring Shanghai cinema of 1930s; the progressive filmmakers; the organisation of filmmaking under the post-war communist government; the impact of the Cultural Revolution; the work of Xie Jin.

Top Cast

Tony Rayns

Self - Narrator

Sun Yu

Self

Shen Fu

Self

Huang Shaofen

Self

Ruifang Zhang

Self

Daolin Sun

Self

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Junxiang Zhang

Self

Shu Shi

Self

Da Shichang

Self

Wu Haiyan

Self

Xie Jin

Self

S

Sangchu Xu

Self