List of Chinese films of the 1930s
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This is a list of films produced in the Republican period of China ordered by year of release in the 1930s.
For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films.
1930[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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一個紅蛋 | Cheng Bugao | , |
Social criticism | ||
浪漫女子 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, |
Romance | ||
續盤絲洞 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Shenmo fantasy | Sequel to the 1927 film of the same title | |
馬戲女 | , |
Action | |||
逃情的哥哥 | , Chen Yunshang |
Drama | Alternate title: Elder Brother's Elopement | ||
碎琴樓 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, , |
Tragedy | ||
新西游記 | Zhang Shichuan | , |
Adapted from the classic novel Journey to the West | ||
大破九龍山 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, |
Action | Released in two parts | |
桃花湖 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, |
Crime | Released in two parts | |
珍珠冠 | Zhu Shouju | Ruan Lingyu, |
Crime/Romance | ||
黃金之路 | Cheng Bugao | , |
Drama | Alternate title: The Golden Road | |
古城春夢 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, , Lim Cho Cho |
Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminiscences of Beijing | ||
自殺合同 | Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, |
Comedy-Drama | Ruan's first film for the Lianhua Film Company. Directing debut for Zhu Shilin | |
倡門賢母 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, |
Drama | ||
野草閑花 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan |
Alternate title: Wild Flowers Among the Weeds | ||
楊乃武與小白菜 | Chen Yumei, |
Docudrama | Dramatization of an infamous late Qing Dynasty case of criminal injustice |
1931[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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生死夫妻 | Zhang Shichuan | , Xuan Jinglin, |
Drama | ||
自由魂 | , , |
Drama | Alternate title: The Bloody Crysanthemum (碧血黃花) | ||
銀幕艷史 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, |
Drama | This is a partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company. Released in two parts | |
亞森·羅賓 | Li Pingqian | Chen Yumei, |
Mystery | Adapted from the stories by Maurice Leblanc | |
夫妻之間 | Li Pingqian | Chen Yumei, |
Drama | ||
雨過天青 | , |
Drama | Filmed on location in Japan. First Chinese production with sound on film. | ||
福爾摩斯偵探案 | Li Pingqian | Li Pingqian, Chen Yumei |
Mystery | Alternate title: Stories of Sherlock Holmes | |
玉人永別 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Xuan Jinglin, |
Tragedy | ||
飛將軍 | Ren Pengnian | Wu Lizhu | Crime | ||
心痛 | , |
Drama | |||
恆娘 | Shi Dongshan | , , |
Fantasy | Adapted from a story of the same title in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio | |
舊時京華 | Zhang Shichuan | Drama | Alternate title: Splendors of the Old Capital | ||
Love and Duty | 戀愛與義務 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan |
Romance/Tragedy | Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s |
銀星幸運 | Zhang Shichuan | , Hu Die |
Musical Review | ||
殺人的小姐 | , |
Liang Saizhen, Yan Yuexian, Cai Chusheng |
Mystery | ||
Oriental Nights | 東方夜譚 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Fantasy | Adapted from One Thousand and One Nights |
The Peach Girl | 桃花泣血記 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | |
歌場春色 | Li Pingqian, , Shao Zuiweng |
Xuan Jinglin, Chen Yumei |
Drama | First sound film from the Tianyi Film Company, with several American technicians imported from Hollywood to assist and train Chinese personnel | |
Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, |
Drama | Released in two parts | ||
���上人影 | Cheng Bugao | Xuan Jinglin, |
Mystery | ||
歌女紅牡丹 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die |
First Chinese sound film (wax discs) | ||
虞美人 | , |
Romance/Tragedy | |||
A Spray of Plum Blossoms | 一剪梅 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan, |
Drama | |
玉堂春 | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Adapted from two Peking operas | ||
愛欲之爭 | , , |
Drama | |||
如此天堂 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, |
Drama | Released in two parts | |
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War | ||||
銀漢雙星 | Shi Dongshan | Jin Yan | Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen | ||
不幸生為女兒身 | Cheng Bugao | Drama |
1932[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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慈母 | Zhang Shichuan | Yan Yuexian, |
Drama | ||
落霞孤鶩 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, |
Drama | Adapted from the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui | |
海外鵑魂 | Jin Qingyu | , Jin Yan |
Drama | ||
小女伶 | Drama | ||||
可愛的仇敵 | Cheng Bugao | , Liang Saizhen |
Drama | ||
共赴國難 | Cai Chusheng, Shi Dongshan, Sun Yu, |
Chen Yen-yen, Zheng Junli |
War | ||
海上閻王 | , , |
Action | |||
人道 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Lim Cho Cho |
Drama | ||
愛與死 | Cheng Bugao | Drama | |||
戀愛與生命 | , |
, Hu Ping |
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火山情血 | Sun Yu | Li Lili, Zheng Junli |
Drama | ||
舊恨新仇 | Li Pingqian | , Ai Xia |
Musical/Drama | ||
一夜豪華 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei, , |
Drama | Adapted from the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant | |
Pink Dream | 粉紅色的夢 | Cai Chusheng | , Zheng Junli, |
Drama | Also known as Dream in Pink |
芭蕉葉上詩 | Li Pingqian | Wang Renmei, Li Lili |
Musical | ||
失足恨 | Dan Duyu | Drama | Alternate title: Mistaken Marriage | ||
南海美人 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | |||
續故都春夢 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan |
Drama | Sequel to the 1931 release of the same title | |
南國之春 | Cai Chusheng | , Chen Yen-yen |
Drama | ||
Three Modern Women | 三個摩登女性 | Bu Wancang | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan |
Drama | |
東北二女子 | Li Pingqian | , |
War/Romance | Alternate title: Two Orphan Girls on the Battlefield (戰地二孤女) | |
Wild Rose | 野玫瑰 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Wang Renmei |
Romance/Drama |
1933[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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現代一女性 | Li Pingqian | Ai Xia, |
Lead actress Ai Xia also wrote the screenplay | ||
一個女明星 | Tang Xiaodan | ||||
苦兒流浪記 | Shao Zuiweng | Drama | Based on the novel Sans Famille by Hector Malot | ||
A Woman's Life | 生機 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei | Drama | |
健美之路 | , |
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孤軍 | Chen Tian | War | |||
白金龍 | Tang Xiaodan | Romance | |||
戰地歷險記 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, . |
War | ||
雞鴨夫妻 | , |
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時代的女兒 | Li Pingqian | Zhao Dan, Ai Xia |
Drama | ||
肉搏 | Shu Xiuwen | Drama | |||
覺悟 | Wen Yimin | Drama | |||
肥分市場 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Ai Xia |
Early sound film | ||
女性的吶喊 | Shen Xiling | Wang Ying, |
Drama | ||
都會的早晨 | Cai Chusheng | Wang Renmei | Drama | ||
Daybreak | 天命 | Sun Yu | Li Lili, |
Drama | Lianhua Film Company production |
離恨天 | Qian Siying | Tragedy | |||
飄零 | Tang Xiaodan | Alternate title: Willow Catkins II | |||
春風楊柳 | Yang Naimei, |
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前程 | Cheng Bugao, Zhang Shichuan |
Xuan Jinglin, |
Drama | ||
母性之光 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Lai Cheuk-Cheuk |
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Little Toys | 小玩意 | Sun Yu | Ruan Lingyu, Li Lili |
Drama | |
Zhang Shichuan | Zhang Zhiyun, Yan Yuexian |
Drama | |||
鐵板紅淚錄 | Hong Shen | Wang Ying | Drama | ||
晨曦 | War | ||||
母與子 | Xuan Jinglin, |
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Tian Han | Shu Xiuwen | ||||
除夕 | , Chen Yen-yen |
Drama | |||
Night in the City | 城市之夜 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan |
Drama | Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost. Alternate title: City Nights |
壓迫 | , |
Social Criticism | |||
殘春 | Zhang Shichuan | Xu Lai, |
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春水情波 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die, |
Drama | ||
姊姊的悲劇 | , |
, Hu Ping |
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琵琶春怨 | Li Pingqian | , |
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Spring Silkworms | 春蠶 | Cheng Bugao | Ai Xia | Leftist Drama | Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story |
春潮 | Zheng Yingshi | , Wang Renmei |
Drama | ||
奮斗 | Shi Dongshan | Chen Yen-yen | Drama | ||
如此英雄 | Zhuang Guojun | , , |
Comedy | ||
香草美人 | , |
Drama | |||
惡鄰 | Ren Pengnian | Wu Lizhu | Drama | Originally about 100 minutes running time, 42 minutes still exist | |
狂流 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, , |
Drama | ||
飛絮 | Shao Zuiweng |
1934[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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上海二十四小時 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, , |
Drama | ||
良宵 | , |
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路柳牆花 | Hu Die, Xuan Jinglin |
Drama | |||
女犯 | Drama | ||||
The Big Road | 大路 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Li Lili |
Drama | |
重婚 | , Yan Yuexian, |
Drama | |||
健美運動 | Dan Duyu | ||||
百花洲 | Wen Yimin | Chen Yumei, |
Tragedy | ||
The Classic for Girls | 女兒經 | Zhang Shichuan, , Zheng Zhengqiu, , Li Pingqian, , Shen Xiling, Cheng Bugao |
Ensemble cast | Comedy/Drama | Collection of short stories against the background of a women's class reunion. Aka: A Bible for Girls |
飛花村 | Zheng Yingshi | , Hu Ping |
Drama | ||
黎明 | , Shao Zuiweng |
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婦道 | |||||
似水流年 | Zhao Dan |
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女性的仇敵 | , Zhao Dan |
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展覽會 | , |
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Flame of Youth | 青春之火 | , Chen Yumei |
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烈焰 | Hu Rui | Hu Ping | Drama | ||
暴雨梨花 | Ma-Xu Weibang | , Chen Yen-yen |
Drama | ||
還我山河 | Liang Saizhen, |
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道西北去 | Cheng Bugao | Xu Lai, |
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The Goddess | 神女 | Wu Yonggang | Ruan Lingyu | Drama | Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company |
黃金時代 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, Yin Mingzhu |
Drama | ||
再會吧,上海 | Zheng Yunbo | Ruan Lingyu, Zhang Yi |
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歸來 | Zhu Shilin | Ruan Lingyu, |
Drama | ||
熱血青年 | , |
Drama | |||
鐵鳥 | Chen Yen-yen, |
Romance/War | |||
Chen Yumei | Based on the novel of the same title by Zhang Henshui | ||||
春宵曲 | Wen Yimin | Drama | |||
人間仙子 | Dan Duyu | Drama | |||
骨肉之恩 | Ma-Xu Weibang, Chen Yen-yen |
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人生 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu | |||
吉地 | Shao Zuiweng | Chen Yumei, |
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王先生 | Shao Zuiweng | Comedy | First in a series of popular live-action comedies based on the cartoon character created by Ye Qianyu | ||
麥夫人 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die | Alternate titles: 美德夫人 and 紅船外史 | ||
同仇 | Cheng Bugao | Wang Ying | Drama | ||
泰山鴻毛 | Zhang Shichuan | , Xu Lai |
Drama | ||
空谷蘭 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, |
Drama | Sound remake of the 1926 silent of the same title. | |
香雪海 | Fei Mu | Ruan Lingyu, |
Drama | ||
Plunder of Peach and Plum | 桃李劫 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi | Drama | Diantong Film Company production. |
Queen of Sports | 體育皇后 | Sun Yu | Li Lili | ||
中國海的怒潮 | Yueh Feng | Drama | |||
再生花 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Drama | Lost second part of Twin Sisters | |
紉珠 | Shao Zuiweng, |
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華山艷史 | Cheng Bugao | Xu Lai, |
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台艷史 | Xue Juexian | Xue Juexian | Romance | Alternate title: 璇宮艷史 | |
鹽潮 | Hu Die | Drama | |||
Zheng Zhenduo | Zheng Junli, |
Drama | |||
Song of the Fishermen | 漁光曲 | Cai Chusheng | Wang Renmei | Drama | First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival) |
三姊妹 | Li Pingqian | Zhao Dan, Hu Die |
Adapted from a novel by Japanese author Kan Kikuchi | ||
Twin Sisters | 姊妹花 | Zheng Zhengqiu | Hu Die | Drama | Exists, but second part (Reborn Flowers) is lost |
二對一 | Zhang Shichuan | , |
Drama | ||
賢惠夫人 | Min Mo | , |
Drama | ||
風 | , |
Drama | |||
女人 | Shi Dongshan | , Hu Ping |
Tragedy | ||
豐年 | Li Pingqian | Ai Xia | Drama | Alternate title: Golden Valley (黃金谷) | |
Youth | 青春 | Zhu Shilin | , |
1935[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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美人心 | Hu Die | Drama | |||
時勢英雄 | Ying Yunwei | Hu Ping, |
Drama | Alternate title: Businessmen in Wartime | |
秋扇明燈 | Tan Youliu | Li Lili | Drama | ||
峨眉山下 | War | ||||
美人恩 | Wen Yimin | Adapted from a novel by Zhang Henshui | |||
人之初 | Shi Dongshan | , |
Alternate title: Old People (老人) | ||
大家庭 | Zhang Shichuan | Ensemble cast | |||
The Boatman's Daughter | 船家女 | Shen Xiling | , Xu Lai |
Drama | |
兄弟行 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, |
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無愁君子 | Shen Fu | , |
Comedy | ||
Cityscape | 都市風光 | Yuan Muzhi | Lan Ping, , |
Comedy/Musical | |
Xu Lai, |
War | ||||
方芸英 | Le Jiyun | , |
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四姊妹 | Liang Saizhen | Featured the Liang Sisters, a popular 1930s stage and club act | |||
夜來香 | Cheng Bugao | Hu Die, Zhao Dan |
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堅苦的奮斗 | |||||
Homesick | 鄉愁 | Shen Xiling | Drama | ||
人倫 | Li Pingqian | , |
Drama | Alternate title: Homeless (無家可歸) | |
翡翠馬 | Wang Zhengxin, Yan Yuexian |
Crime | |||
紅羊豪俠傳 | |||||
生之哀歌 | Yang Hansheng | , Wang Yin |
Drama | ||
Little Angel | 小天使 | Wu Yonggang | |||
熱血忠魂 | Zhang Shichuan, , Zheng Zhengqiu, , Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Cheng Bugao |
Drama | Alternate titles: Spirit of the People (民族魂), Loyal Heroes (熱血英雄) | ||
母親 | Wen Yimin | Drama | |||
National Customs | 國風 | Luo Mingyou, Zhu Shilin |
Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli |
Drama | Ruan Lingyu's final film |
New Women | 新女性 | Cai Chusheng | Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli |
Drama | |
新桃花扇 | Ouyang Yuqian | Early Xinhua Film Company production | |||
The Night Before the Wedding | 新婚的前夜 | Dan Duyu | , |
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桃花夢 | Dan Duyu | Yin Mingzhu | Allegory | ||
逃亡 | Yueh Feng | ||||
��江落雁 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Chen Yen-yen | Drama | ||
Song of China | 天倫 | Fei Mu, Luo Mingyou |
Zheng Junli | Drama | New Life Movement film; also known as Filial Piety |
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm | 風雲兒女 | Yuan Muzhi, Wang Renmei |
Drama/War | Also known as Children of Troubled Times Origin of the Chinese National Anthem | |
自由神 | Situ Huimin | Wang Ying | Drama | Also known as The Goddess of Freedom | |
暴風雨 | , |
Drama | Alternate title: The Martyr (犧牲者) | ||
三個媳婦 | Wang Tianbei | , |
Drama | ||
重歸 | Drama | ||||
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Drama | ||||
花燈之夜 | Yueh Feng | ||||
蛇蠍美人 | Zhang Yi, Chen Yen-yen |
Drama | Alternate title: Whirlpool | ||
小姨 | Min Qian | Drama |
1936[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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小孤女 | , |
Drama | |||
狂歡之夜 | Shi Dongshan | , Hu Ping, Jin Shan, Zhou Xuan |
Drama | Adapted from The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol | |
道自然去 | Sun Yu | Jin Yan, Li Lili |
Adapted from the 1902 stage play The Admirable Crichton | ||
桃李爭艷 | Li Pingqian | , |
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Blood on Wolf Mountain | 狼山喋血記 | Fei Mu | Lan Ping, Li Lili |
Drama | "National Defense" film |
黃浦江邊 | Shao Zuiweng | , |
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The Desert Island | 浪淘沙 | Wu Yonggang | Jin Yan, |
Action | Alternate title: Gold and Sand |
金剛鑽 | , Wang Zhengxin |
Crime | |||
劫後桃花 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, , Shu Xiuwen |
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父母子女 | Gong Qiuxia | Drama | |||
花花草草 | |||||
孤城烈女 | Chen Yen-yen, Zheng Junli |
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Dan Duyu | Bai Hong | Romance | |||
清明時節 | Ouyang Yuqian | , Zhao Dan |
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廣陵潮 | , Wang Yin |
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海堂紅 | Zhang Shichuan | Bai Yushuang, |
Musical/Drama | Alternate title: Red Begonia | |
喜臨門 | Yueh Feng | Zhou Xuan | Romance | ||
小玲子 | Cheng Bugao | Drama | |||
迷途的羔羊 | Cai Chusheng | Drama | Deals with the sufferings and tragic fates of street urchins | ||
母愛 | Jin Qingyu | Lim Cho Cho | Drama | ||
王先生奇俠傳 | Zuo Ming | Comedy | |||
新舊上海 | Cheng Bugao | Ensemble cast | Drama | ||
夜會 | Li Pingqian | , |
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壯志凌雲 | Wu Yonggang | Jin Yan, Wang Renmei |
Drama | ||
長恨歌 | Shi Dongshan | Wang Renmei |
Alternate title: Human Feelings (人情) | ||
凱歌 | Bu Wancang | , Wang Yin |
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桃源春夢 | , |
Comedy | |||
春之花 | , Yan Yuexian |
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化身姑娘 | Drama/Romance | Released in two parts | |||
百寶圖 | Yueh Feng | Wang Yin, Zhou Xuan |
Adventure | ||
小姊妹 | , Wang Yin |
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生死同心 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer |
Drama | ||
女權 | Zhang Shichuan | Hu Die, Zhao Dan |
Drama | Alternate title: Love's Runaway (愛情的逃亡者) |
1937[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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天作之合 | Shen Fu | , Bai Lu |
Drama | ||
永遠的微笑 | Hu Die, , Gong Qiuxia |
Drama | |||
Lai Man-wai | Documentary | Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others. | |||
Crossroads | 十字街頭 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, Bai Yang |
Drama | Early sound film |
The Disappearing Corpse | , |
Mystery | First of the Chinese-made Charlie Chan movies | ||
Dream Universe | 夢裡乾坤 | Cheng Bugao | , Shu Xiuwen |
Alternate titles: Heaven and Earth in a Dream Long Night, Many Dreams (夜長夢多) | |
彈性女兒 | , Yan Yuexian |
Drama | |||
夜奔 | Cheng Bugao | , |
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社會之花 | Zhang Shichuan | Bai Yang, |
Drama | ||
四千金 | Bai Yang, |
Drama | |||
自由天地 | Shen Fu | Chen Yen-yen, Liu Qiong |
Drama | ||
生龍活虎 | , |
Crime | |||
將軍之女 | He Mengfu | Lai Cheuk-Cheuk | War | ||
Gold-Plated City | 鍍金的城 | Fei Mu | Also known as The Gilded City | ||
人海遺珠 | Zhu Shilin | Li Lili, Liu Qiong |
Drama | ||
北戰場精忠錄 | Fei Mu | ||||
搖錢樹 | Shu Xiuwen | Drama | Adapted from the Chinese stage version of Juno and the Paycock | ||
母親的秘密 | Zhang Shichuan | , |
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Murder in the Oratory | 斬經堂 | Fei Mu | Opera | ||
神秘之花 | Yueh Feng | Bai Yang | Crime | ||
壓歲前 | Zhang Shichuan | Drama | Also known as New Year's Gift | ||
瀟湘夜雨 | , |
Romance | |||
秘電碼 | Various | War | |||
如此繁華 | Ouyang Yuqian | Li Lili | |||
Song at Midnight | 夜半歌聲 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Jin Shan, |
Horror | A Chinese adaptation of Phantom of the Opera |
慈母曲 | Zhu Shilin, Luo Mingyou |
Ensemble cast | Drama | ||
靈肉之門 | Zhong Shigen | Lim Cho Cho | |||
春到人間 | Sun Yu | Chen Yen-yen, |
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Street Angel | 馬路天使 | Yuan Muzhi | Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan |
Drama | |
古塔奇案 | Zhang Shichuan | , Gong Qiuxia |
Crime | ||
聯華交響曲 | Various | Ensemble cast | Anthology | Collection of short films by the Lianhua studio's directors, and featuring Lianhua's top acting talents | |
飛來福 | , |
Comedy | |||
藝海風光 | Various | Ensemble cast | Three short stories with performing arts settings: movies <<電影城>>, theater <<話劇團>>, dance <<歌舞班>> | ||
王老五 | Cai Chusheng | , Lan Ping |
Drama | Alternate title: Fifth Brother Wang | |
青年進行曲 | Shi Dongshan | , Hu Ping |
Drama |
1938[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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The Beggar's Daughter | 乞丐千金 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yen-yen, |
Romance | |
Diao Chan | 貂蟬 | Bu Wancang | , Jin Shan |
Historical | Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada |
八白壯士 | Ying Yunwei | Yuan Muzhi, Chen Boer |
War | Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse | |
熱血忠魂 | Li Lili, |
Action | "Resistance film," made in unoccupied territory. Alternate title: Loyal Patriots | ||
茶花女 | Li Pingqian | , Liu Qiong |
Drama | Adapted from The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils | |
戀愛與義務 | Bu Wancang | Jin Yan, |
Drama | Sound remake of the 1931 silent of the same title, with Jin Yan reprising his role. Original title: Unexpected Tears of Blood (情天血淚) | |
離恨天 | Wu Yonggang | Wang Renmei, Liu Qiong |
Romance | Alternate English titles: Bitter Separation, A Sailor's Love | |
珍珠衫 | , |
Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery | ||
黃海大盜 | Wu Yonggang | Wang Renmei, |
Action | Alternate title: Pirates of the Yellow River | |
保衛我們的土地 | Shi Dongshan | , Shu Xiuwen |
War | ||
歌兒救母記 | Zhang Shichuan | Gong Qiuxia, |
Drama | ||
三星伴月 | Zhou Xuan | ||||
日出 | Yueh Feng | , |
Drama | Adapted from the stage play of the same title by Cao Yu |
1939[]
Title | Chinese Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability |
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紅粉飄零 | , |
Drama | |||
金銀世界 | Li Pingqian | , Liu Qiong |
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All Quiet in the Pagoda | 荒塔沉冤 | Chen Yen-yen, |
Fantasy | Remake of the 1926 silent, White Snake (白蛇傳) | |
Xu Suling | War | ||||
中華兒女 | Shen Xiling | Zhao Dan, Bai Yang |
Film format is that of a prologue and 4 short stories | ||
保家鄉 | He Feiguang | War | "National defense" film | ||
The Empress Wu Tse-tien | 武則天 | Bai Hong | Drama/Historical | ||
The Good Husband | 好丈夫 | Shi Dongshan | Shu Xiuwen | War | |
碧玉雄心 | Yueh Feng | , Wang Yin |
War | "National defense" film | |
孟姜女 | Zhou Xuan | Remake of the 1926 silent of the same title | |||
麻瘋女 | Ma-Xu Weibang | Horror | |||
Li Sanniang | 李三娘 | Zhang Shichuan | Zhou Xuan, |
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Mother and Daughter | 雲裳仙子 | Yueh Feng | Chen Yunshang | Remake of 1933's Light of Motherhood | |
Mulan Joins the Army | 木蘭從軍 | Bu Wancang | Chen Yunchang | Historical/War | Solitary Island period film |
新地獄 | Zhou Xuan | ||||
播音台大血案 | Gong Qiuxia, , |
Mystery | A Charlie Chan mystery | ||
欲魔 | Yueh Feng | Drama | |||
歌聲淚痕 | Musical | ||||
Three Chinese Swordsmen | 中國三劍客 | Chen Yiqing | Action/Comedy | Alternate title: Three Swordsmen | |
Visiting Shanghai After 60 Years | 六十年後上海灘 | , |
Fantasy | ||
王寶釧 | Drama/Historical | ||||
少奶奶的扇子 | Li Pingqian | Remake of the 1928 silent of the same title |
Mainland Chinese Film Production Totals[]
Year | Total Films[1] |
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1930 | 117 |
1931 | 87 |
1932 | 62 |
1933 | 89 |
1934 | 82 |
1935 | 50 |
1936 | 46 |
1937 | 39 |
1938 | 41 |
1939 | 52 |
See also[]
- Cinema of China
- Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures as chosen by the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards
Sources[]
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1905-1930, 故事片·戏曲片. (1996). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1905-1930. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-01155-X
- 中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1931-1949.9, 故事片·戏曲片. (2005). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1931-1949.9. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-02414-7
References[]
- ^ From Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films table of contents. This does not include films produced by studios under the control of occupying Japanese forces.
External links[]
Categories:
- Lists of Chinese films by decade
- 1930s in Chinese cinema
- Lists of 1930s films