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OUR SISTER HEDY
1957 Mandarin B/W 115mins
Director : Tao Qin / Cast : Lin Cui, Ye Feng
The story revolves around four vivacious sisters, particularly second sister Helen the sex siren and third sister Hedy the tomboy. Not surprisingly, the course of true love never runs too smoothly, with sultry Helen charming every man in her path including her sisters' beaux. The conflicts thus
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THE SPLENDOUR OF YOUTH (aka The Tender Age)
1957 Cantonese B/W 116mins
Director : Zuo Ji / Cast : Zi Luolan, Wu Chufan
Mrs Fan has three daughters whom she controls with an iron hand and immaculately grooms as upper class socialites. Impressed by the exquisite beauty of Xiangying, the classmate of her eldest daughter, Mrs Fan attempts to recruit her into the corrupt world of debauchery and lechery. Xiangying almost has her life ruined by the villainous playboy Johnny, if not for the intervention and encouragement of the upright Gong Liqun. |
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FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
1959 Mandarin B/W 88mins
Director : Yue Feng / Cast : Li Mei, Zhang Yang
Gao Yongsheng is a widower and meets Chen Meijuan, a widow, through mutual friends. They decide to marry. Gao's son and Chen's daughter are very happy for their parents, but Gao's sister is against the marriage, saying that a widow brings bad luck. Gao loses his job and Chen takes in laundry work to help the home. Gao, nonetheless, feels depressed and his sister exploits the situation, sowing seeds of dissension between Gao and Chen. |
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HER TENDER HEART
1959 Mandarin B/W 97mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : You Min, Wang Yin
Peiying lives with her father Li Boming. An aunt from Italy comes to visit and Peiying grows fond of her. The aunt is actually her mother, who has eloped with her lover many years ago. Now, she and her husband, who is the real father of Peiying, want their daughter back. For the sake of her future, Boming secretly departs. Peiying therefore agrees to leave for Italy with her parents. At the airport, Peiying sees Boming collapse and rushes to him. Her parents finally decide to let her stay with Boming. |
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BITTER LOTUS (1) & (2)
1960 Cantonese B/W 111, 117mins
Director : Huang Dai / Cast : Bai Luming, Luo Jianlang
Much to the consternation of his father, Wei Chaochang rejects the love of a rich girl and chooses to marry his true love, Bai Ailian. Ailian's father-in-law blames her for the family's hard life and his son's loss of work, refusing to make peace. Chaochang attempts to smuggle some goods into the inner lands to earn some money but meets with an accident and disappears. Ailian is coerced to work off her debts at the brothel, but she refuses and her new-born daughter is snatched away as a collateral. When Chaochang returns, he is shocked to hear that Ailian has remarried. |
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DEVOTION
1960 Mandarin B/W 100mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Ding Hao, Zhang Yang
Lin Jiahe learns that his mother wants him to marry his cousin. However, Jiahe and Lingling, the daughter of the family servant Amah Shi have already fallen in love. Lingling is pregnant but Jiahe's mother coaxes her to give up the relationship. Amah Shi leaves the household with Lingling in indignation. Lingling dies at childbirth. Amah Shi raises the little girl, hoping that she will not end up with the same fate as her mother. |
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FOREVER YOURS
1960 Mandarin B/W 99mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Ge Lan, Lei Zhen
Yu Liying meets Shen Weiming at a beach during a holiday. Weiming is suffering from tuberculosis and is dying. As such, he decides not to see Liying again. But Liying insists on staying by his side despite his illness. In spite of familial objections, they marry. Soon they have a son. Under
the care of Liying, Weiming miraculously recovers from his illness. In a twist of fate, after Weiming is given a clean bill of health, he is killed in a car accident. |
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EDUCATION OF LOVE
1961 Mandarin B/W 117mins
Director : Zhong Qiwen / Cast : Lin Cui, Wang Yin
Lin Jingyi's father, who is a teacher, comes down with a cough. She goes to relieve his class of young boys. The boys misbehave and make her first day a miserable experience. Later, the boys apologise to Jingyi, changing her mind about never to teach again. Jingyi's father is diagnosed with lung cancer which he calmly accepts. His dying words are for Jingyi to further her studies abroad with her boyfriend. But Jingyi has decided to follow in her father's footsteps and becomes a teacher. |
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SONG WITHOUT WORDS
1961 Mandarin B/W 114mins
Director : Luo Wei / Cast : You Min, Lei Zhen
Xu Qiuling is a mute girl who is orphaned since young. After taking her in, her foster parents ill treats her as they are actually eyeing the fortune left to her by her birth father. Qiuling waits for her childhood sweetheart, He Shixiang to marry her after he graduates. Unfortunately, she is raped by his uncle and becomes pregnant. After her foster mother throws her out of the house, Qiuling puts up in a ruined temple and gives birth to a baby boy. |
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A FINE ROMANCE
1962 Mandarin B/W 94mins
Director : Zhong Qiwen / Cast : Ding Hao, Zhang Yang
Yang Shaoyun rides along the Sikang-Tibet border, hunting for Lan Er, his father's murderer. Lan Er is now the bodyguard of Gu Hong, the younger brother of the Chieftain. Waylaid by robbers, Shaoyun is fortunately saved by Princess Ila. He lays an ambush for Lan Er, but is stopped by the Princess. She brings both men before her father, who orders the two to fight a duel to settle the issue according to the local custom. Before the duel is held, Gu Hong plots to overthrow the Chieftain. In return for Lan Er's help, he promises him Princess Ila as wife. |
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HER PEARLY TEARS
1962 Mandarin B/W 111mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : You Min, Lei Zhen
Jing Yunrui helps a girl in distress by the sea and finds out that she is actually a mermaid who has been driven to the outside world by the Dragon King of the Sea. The mermaid hopes to seek refuge with the Dragon Lord at Dongting. Yunrui falls for the mermaid but she rejects his affection. The mermaid meets Wanzhu who resembles her and decides to get Wanzhu to replace her in marrying Yunrui. |
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LILY OF THE VALLEY
1962 Mandarin B/W 110mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : You Min, Zhang Yang
Chen Yulian's stepfather Jin Dali has squandered the Chen estate and attempts to sell the house they are living in. In a fit of anger, Yulian's mother suffers a heart attack and Yulian is raped by Dali. Yulian is moved by Zhang Yunsheng's love, her long-time secret admirer, and finally accepts his proposal. On the wedding day, a jealous Mrs Wu reveals that Yulian is no longer a virgin. Yulian's mother is devastated that her re-marriage has caused Yulian so much hurt and decides to kill Dali. |
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LOVE IN BLOOM
1962 Mandarin B/W 110mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Ye Feng, Lei Zhen
Li Jingshan visits the Elegant Jade Brothel to catch a glimpse of the beautiful courtesan Angel. Jingshan falls in love with Angel and squanders all his fortune at the brothel. Angel begs him to return home and study for the Imperial Examinations. Shen Liang, a rich merchant, offers to redeem
Angel and marry her but she runs away. Shen Liang is furious and goes to court. Angel is arrested. Jingshan, now an imperial scholar, reopens the case. After a re-trial, Jingshan sets Angel free and sentences the real culprits. |
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THE MALE BRIDE
1962 Mandarin B/W 86mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Ding Hao, Lei Zhen
While on his way to the capital, Fang Shaoyi is robbed. Fortunately, Zhang Cuilan comes to his rescue. Shaoyi's real intention of going to the capital is to avenge his father's death. As a warrant of arrest is out for him, Shaoyi disguises himself as a lady and leaves without informing Cuilan. Meanwhile, government officers are rounding up candidates for imperial concubines and Cuilan disguises herself as a man to avoid trouble. |
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FATHER TAKES A BRIDE
1963 Mandarin B/W 98mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : You Min, Wang Yin
Wang Jinghui leaves school to take care of her younger brothers after her mother passed away. After running into her old schoolmate Sun Chuan, Jinghui begins to see him regularly. This pleases her father and gives him the notion of marrying again. But Jinghui is furious when she learns that her father has a girlfriend. Sun promises to marry Jinghui and support her brothers. Fearing that this may ruin his future, Jinghui rejects him, lying to him that she has a millionaire suitor. |
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LITTLE LOTUS
1963 Mandarin B/W 92mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Ding Hao, Zhang Yang
Caigen decides to go to the city to earn more money for his marriage. His girlfriend, Hehua spends a night with him before he leaves. Shen Zigui tries to rape Hehua. In his attempt to save her, Caigen kills Zigui accidentally. Hehua claims to have committed the crime to protect herself from being raped. Mistaken to be pregnant with Zigui's child, Hehua is forced to marry into the Shen family. After giving birth, Zigui's father tries to kill Hehua to avenge his son's death but Caigen manages to save Hehua and their son. |
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AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
1964 Mandarin Colour 109mins
Director : Luo Wei, Wang Tianlin / Cast : Lin Cui, Zhang Yang
A kind-hearted girl Zhang Yihong works as a call girl to support her ailing mother and younger brother who is studying abroad. She chances upon a Singapore entrepreneur Shi Danhua outside a hotel and both fall madly in love. She soon moves in with him. However, she finds out later that Shi is a married man. Not wanting to destroy the happiness of his family, she decides to back out from the relationship. |
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THE BETTER HALVES
1964 Mandarin Colour 116mins
Director : Luo Wei / Cast : Zhang Huixian, Tian Qing
Bai Meibao is so ugly that she is unable to find a husband. When Bai's mother learns that Zhao Dongsheng, the son of a millionaire, is looking for a wife, she calls for Matchmaker Liu immediately. Zhao's mother mistakes the beautiful Yao Juying for Bai and agrees to the marriage proposal. Meanwhile, the ugly and eccentric Zhao gets his handsome servant Bianfu to impersonate him, plotting to exchange places with him on the wedding night. |
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THE MAGIC LAMP
1964 Mandarin B/W 93mins
Director : Wang Tianlin, Yi Wen, Tang Huang, Wu Jiaxiang, Luo Wei / Cast : All stars at MP&GI
A production in celebration of MP & GI's 10th anniversary. Liu Yanchang tours Mount Hua and is captivated by the beauty of the Goddess at the Holy Goddess Temple. He writes a poem on the sleeves of the statue and rings the temple bell which brings the Goddess to earth. They meet, fall
in love and eventually marry and have a son named Chenxiang. However, the Goddess is soon imprisoned at Mount Hua by her brother for breaking the laws of heaven. When Chenxiang is grown up, he gets to know about his mother and decides to rescue her. |
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ROMANCE OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY
1964 Mandarin Colour 125mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : You Min, Zhao Lei
Tong Xiaowan is summoned to the palace to marry Lord Duo. However she becomes the Emperor's concubine instead when he sees and falls in love with her. The unhappy Lord Duo murders the crown prince bore by Xiaowan and is sentenced to death by the Emperor. The Empress Dowager reveals that Lord Duo is the Emperor's real birth father and it is due retribution indeed that he be killed by his own son. The Empress Dowager holds Xiaowan captive at the Forbidden Palace and sets the place ablaze while the Emperor tries in vain to rescue her. |
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THE STORY OF QIN XIANGLIAN
1964 Mandarin Colour 118mins
Director : Chen Yixin, Yan Jun / Cast : Li Lihua, Yan Jun
Qin Xianglian is married to Chen Shimei, a poor scholar, and encourages him to head for Beijing to sit for the Imperial Examinations. Three years elapse without any news from Chen. Qin heads for Beijing in search of her husband. On arrival, Qin learns that Chen has not only become the highest-ranking graduate but also the son-in-law of the Emperor. Chen refuses to acknowledge his wife and sends his bodyguard to murder her. Indignant, Qin goes to the impartial Supreme Judge Bao for justice. |
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A STORY OF THREE LOVES (1) & (2)
1964 Mandarin Colour 105/97mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Ge Lan, Lin Cui
Fan Jiashu gets acquainted with street performers Guan Shoufeng and his daughter Xiugu, who is secretly in love with him. Jiashu meets Fengxi later and both fall in love. However, Fengxi is forced to marry General Liu when he threatens to kill Jiashu. Jiashu and Fengxi meets secretly but is discovered by General Liu. As a result, Fengxi is badly tortured. Guan and Xiugu assist Jiashu in rescuing Fengxi and killing the General. In the fight, Guan is seriously injured. Guan entrusts Xiugu in Jiashu's care before he dies. |
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THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER
1965 Mandarin Colour 113mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Le Di, Zhao Lei
Yunu is the daughter of the leader of The Beggars Ring. She saves a young scholar, Mo Ji in the snow-covered street. They fall in love and marry. Mo Ji takes the Imperial Examinations and succeeds. Good fortune now turns him into a snobbish man and he no longer respects his wife and father-in-law. Yunu throws herself into the river. Mo Ji later schemes to become the son-in-law of the Inspector General. On the wedding night, the bride orders the groom to be whipped. In shock, Mo Ji learns that the bride is none other than Yunu, who has been rescued by the Inspector General. |
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THREE SMART GIRLS
1965 Mandarin Colour 102mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Zhang Huixian, Zhang Xiaoyan
Businessman Liang Xiaoxian settles down with his wife and sons in Hong Kong. His only regret is an incident 19 years ago when his wife exchanged their baby girl for a boy in collaboration with midwife Tao. Now, Liang offers a big reward for her return. Liang's mistress Lucy gets her daughter Annie to pose as Liang's daughter. Tempted by the reward, Liang's chauffeur employs fortune-teller to take his own stepdaughter to see Liang. A third girl comes on her own after reading Liang's advertisement. |
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FORGET ME NOT
1966 Mandarin Colour 102mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Lin Cui, Zhang Yang
Songstress Jin Yulan gets acquainted with the minister's son Wei Mengyuan and both fall in love. Despite vigorous objection from the minister, they marry and have a son, Xiaoyuan. Wrongly accused of having an affair, Yulan is forced to leave home. Mengyuan, thinking that Yulan has drowned, reluctantly accedes to his father's wish to marry his cousin Zifen. Feeling neglected by her husband, Zifen plans to poison Xiaoyuan but is stopped in time by Yulan. Thinking that she has seen a ghost, Zifen flees and is killed in an accident. |
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THE FORTUNE TELLER'S DAUGHTER
1966 Mandarin Colour 93mins
Director : Wu Jiaxiang / Cast : Li Zhian, Lei Zhen
Huilan visits fortune-teller Qian. Qian's daughter Xiaocui learns that Huilan is the son of Xu, at whose household her late mother once served. Xiaocui is betrothed to Huilan before he leaves to take part in the Imperial Examinations. One day, news is received that Huilan is sentenced to death. Qian and his daughter rush to see Huilan in prison and learn that he has been falsely accused. Something has to be done but time is running out as the execution is set for the next day. |
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LADY IN THE MOON
1966 Mandarin Colour 103mins
Director : Yuan Qiufeng / Cast : Le Di, Zhao Lei
Chang Er and her fairies go to earth to play and chance upon Hou Yi. They fall in love. The Jade Queen banishes Chang Er to earth for breaking the rules of heaven. Chang Er and Hou Yi meet again and marry. She eventually helps Hou Yi become a hero. Power corrupts Hou Yi and he wants to sacrifice five hundred virgin children to make an elixir to attain immortality. Chang Er, totally disappointed with Hou Yi, frees the children and returns to heaven. |
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SEVENTH HEAVEN
1966 Mandarin Colour 108mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Bai Bing, Lei Zhen
Xu Zihui is supposed to pick up Shen Mingzhu from Macao but by mistake, he picks up Cui Jingfeng who is suffering from amnesia. With no money and nowhere to go, Xu lets her stay at his place. They fall in love gradually and marry. One day, Cui meets her father who insists on taking her back
to Macao. While trying to run away, she meets with a car accident and her old memory returns. Unfortunately, at the same time, she loses the recent memory of the life she spent with Xu. |
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PASSION
1967 Mandarin Colour 99mins
Director : Wu Jiaxiang / Cast : Lin Cui, Zhao Lei
Yinting tries to escape from her arranged marriage but fails. She is to marry Jia Bao, the idiotic son of a wealthy widow. Her childhood sweetheart, Hua Zhexiong, returns to find Yinting married. Frustrated, he accepts his secret admirer Guizhen. After Jia Bao dies in an accident, Yinting refuses
to elope with Hua as her mother-in-law is bedridden. Instigated by the jilted Guizhen, a mob gathers outside Yinting's house to seize the lovers for adultery. As escape is impossible, Hua and Yinting set fire to the house and bury themselves in the flames of love. |
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WIFE OF A ROMANTIC SCHOLAR
1967 Mandarin Colour 97mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Lin Cui, Zhao Lei
During the Northern Song dynasty, there live a couple, Qin Shaoyou and Su Xiaomei. Xiaomei is the younger sister of the legendary poet Su Dongpo. Both Shaoyou and Xiaomei are also poets of great talent and in the privacy of their home they often make fun of each other. This is the beautiful story
of how they meet, fall in love and eventually marry. |
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YOUNG LOVE
1967 Mandarin Colour 92mins
Director : Yuan Qiufeng / Cast : Li Linlin, Lei Zhen
Zhiqiang is brought up by his sister Helen. Ashamed that Helen is a bargirl, Zhiqiang always hangs out in the streets with a group of hooligans. One day, he meets Mabel and takes a liking for her. Mabel is secretly in love with her cousin Charles, but he does not show any interest. Frustrated, Mabel goes to the club where Zhiqiang sings. They soon become a couple. Their relationship is discovered by Mabel's parents, who strongly object to it. |
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THE BOAT GIRL
1968 Mandarin Colour 99mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Chen Manling, Chen Hou
As part of his thesis, Qiao Jianhua is to write an article on the life of Hong Kong's floating people. His fiancée Mandy suggests visiting the people for first-hand research and they hire boat girl Lanlan as a guide. Qiao finds himself attracted to Lanlan, who is unsophisticated, sincere and different from city girls. Afraid to lose her fiancé, Mandy bribes Lanlan's father into marrying her off to Qiao's nerdy friend, Bai. When Qiao finds out, he thinks of a tactful scheme to get Lanlan out of her predicament. |
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THE DIARY OF MONITA
1968 Mandarin Colour 100mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Wang Ling, Jin Chuan
Rich girl Monita falls in love with her classmate Fannie, but due to his poor family background, Fannie rejects her and leaves to work as a sailor. After suffering a severe loss in his business, Monita's father dies and she is reduced to poverty overnight. A year later, whilst being the bridesmaid for her best friend, she discovers that the best man is Fannie. After a year at sea, he has saved up some money and has come back to look for her. |
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RED PLUM PAVILION
1968 Mandarin Colour 96mins
Director : Wang Tianlin / Cast : Le Di, Zhao Lei
Scholar Fei Shunqing notices a well-written poem on a kite and decides to reply with one to show his admiration. Huiniang who wrote the first poem is impressed and arranges to meet Fei. They are immediately attracted to each other. However, Huiniang is kidnapped by Minister Jia and forced into marrying him. After failing to stab him at the wedding dinner, Huiniang is killed, while Fei is arrested. To save Fei, the avenging ghost of Huiniang spreads tongues of flames killing Minister Jia. |
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SONG OF OUR FAMILY
1968 Mandarin Colour 98mins
Director : Tang Huang / Cast : Li Linlin, Zhang Yang
Piano teacher Mr Cheng has an affair with his student and is discovered by his wife. Mrs Cheng decides to leave for Europe to study music, leaving her family behind. Years pass and her five daughters have grown to be beautiful and independent young women. While on a concert tour in Hong Kong, Mrs Cheng is persuaded by her daughters see their father, which eventually leads to a tearful and happy reunion for the Cheng family. |
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SPRING TIME AFFAIRS
1968 Mandarin Colour 90mins
Director : Yi Wen / Cast : Zhang Huixian, Zhang Yang
Internationally recognized violinist Zidan has a devoted wife, Meijun but finds himself drawn to Yimei, a nightclub singer. Meijun leaves Zidan after discovering that he is having an affair. After Meijun is gone, Zidan agrees to accompany Yimei on her singing performance tour. On the day before they set out, Yimei realizes that he still yearns for his wife and decides to leave him. Zidan has lost both his loves and lives in loneliness. |
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SUMMER LOVE
1968 Mandarin Colour 93mins
Director : Wang Liuzhao / Cast : Li Linlin, Jin Chuan
The Li family sets off to their seaside villa to spend the summer holidays. While on the way, their car breaks down and a young man, Ni offers his help. He and his friends are also spending their holidays at the seaside. While Mr Li is more open-minded, Mrs Li on the other hand guards their daugthers like a hawk to ensure that they socialize only with boys from the 'right families'. |
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AFFECTION
1969 Mandarin Colour 103mins
Director : Gao Li / Cast : Meng Li, Zhao Lei
Little Jiajia is taken away from her grandfather and sold to the wealthy Guo family to be the companion to their crippled daughter Annie. However, Aunt Guo does not like Jiajia and insists that she be sent away. Annie, together with her father and grandmother, escorts Jiajia back to her grandfather. Annie likes the village and decides to stay a while. The two girls bond and miraculously Annie's legs show signs of improvement and she begins to walk. |
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THE APARTMENT
1970 Mandarin Colour 96mins
Director : Lin Fudi / Cast : Tan Yili, Qin Xianglin
One of the apartment's new tenants is a handsome college student, Jiang Shaoqiu. Peach, the landlady's daughter sets out to woo him but he is only interested in Shasha, her blind stepsister. Shaoqiu is expelled from school after being played a prank by a student. He takes up writing and eventually, his story, I Love Sha-sha wins a literary prize. Shaoqiu presents the award to Shasha for he owes his success to her. |
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AN APPLE A DAY
1970 Mandarin Colour 89mins
Director : Zhang Sen, Wang Ping / Cast : Xuan Lingling, Liu Dan
Fruit vendor Uncle Kang and his wife, Auntie Kang are unhappy because they only have a daughter but no son. During this time Professor Situ and Dr Williams are researching methods to control the sex of a human foetus and come to the conclusion that apples help to produce sons. Auntie Kang begins to stuff herself with apples, hoping to produce a son for her husband. |
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THE LOST SPRING
1970 Mandarin Colour 87mins
Director : Chu Yuan / Cast : Chen Manling, Yang Qun
Jiang Fan, an out-of-luck singer, is stopped by Monie while about to commit suicide. She promises to help repay his loan on the condition that he stages a show with a theme that glorifies life. He accepts the arrangement and sets off to work. Slowly, Jiang realises that he has fallen in love with Monie. The musical is a success and he takes this opportunity to reveal his feelings to Monie, only to discover that she has terminal illness and has only a few months to live. |
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NIGHT IS NOT MADE FOR STEALING
1970 Mandarin Colour 95mins
Director : Tu Guangqi / Cast : Xia Wen, Zhang Chong
Thief Li Fuchun slips a valuable jade bracelet into a flowerpot in the jeweller's shop. The salesman discovers the bracelet gone but the policemen are not able to pinpoint any suspects. Li's daughter Yan later comes to the same jeweller and secretly takes away the jade bracelet. Deng intercepts Yan and takes her away. He claims that he has seen the entire act but is willing to keep it a secret if she kisses him. As they kiss, Yan steals his wallet and Deng picks the jade bracelet from her handbag. |
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THE RUTHLESS HEART
1970 Mandarin Colour 95mins
Director : Zhang Sen / Cast : Hu Yinyin, Xie Rong
Ling Zhiyun is fired after he protests against He Qinglong's promotion. Before marrying Wang Fengzhen, he wooed Qinglong's current girlfriend who turned down his proposal. These double blows hurt him immensely. Unable to secure a new job, he resorts to heavy gambling and drinking and soon finds that he is unable to pay his debts. |
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BLUES IN THE DREAM
1971 Mandarin Colour 82mins
Director : Zhang Zengze / Cast : Hu Yinyin, Jiang Shan
Wealthy businessman Zhao Zhuang abandons his wife and daughter, Qingqing for a cabaret singer, Bai Wei. Bai is forced into prostitution by Sen after she runs away from her ex-lover, Liu Lang who happens to be Qingqing's current boyfriend. While Bai tries to sever ties with Zhao, Sen intrudes and blackmails Zhao. |
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THE LARK
1971 Mandarin Colour 95mins
Director : Wen Shiling / Cast : Zhang Chong, Qin Xianglin
Ou Gao is a musician who has a limp. One day, while trying to stop a fight, Ou rescues Caizi, a member of a street gang. He discovers that she possesses artistic talent and decides to coach her in song and dance. Caizi's brother is killed by Grey Hair when he warns Grey Hair to stay off Caizi. Other members of the street gang decide to start a new life by joining Ou's class. The class is practising to participate in a singing contest. On the night of the contest, Grey Hair appears and attacks Ou. |
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PLEASE SIR, WE'RE SORRY
1972 Mandarin Colour 98mins
Director : Zhang Sen / Cast : Shangguan Yaner, Xie Rong
Lu Yun is the form teacher of the naughtiness class in Shu Ren School. One day after a basketball practise, Jia Facai, the son of a wealthy merchant loses his watch in the bathroom and accuses Li Jiacheng, a poor student of stealing. During a vital basketball match, both Facai and Jiacheng are in the nearby mountain settling their differences. Facai is nearly bitten by a cobra only to be saved by Jiacheng. Reconciled, the two boys rush back to the match and help their school win the game. |
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THE FALLING PETALS
1974 Mandarin Colour 87mins
Director : Zhao Lei, Gao Li / Cast : Chen Manling, Qin Xianglin
Qingzhi is sold to Ti's family since young to be his wife when they grow up. Ti's mother treats her like a jinx, claiming that Qingzhi has cursed her future father-in-law to death. One night, Qingzhi is instigated by Ti's mother to flirt with Ti but is turned away. Feeling ashamed, she leaves for Hong Kong. Ti regrets what he has done and decides to go to Hong Kong with a friend in search of Qingzhi. |
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HER TENDER AGE
1974 Mandarin Colour 85mins
Director : Wang Chen / Cast : Jiang Hong, Xie Rong
Jianping and Shuqing have been married for many years but they still have no children. One day, Shuqing discovers that her student, Lin Weilin is in fact her daughter from her previous marriage to Lin Congming. Weilin quarreled with her stepmother and seeks Shuqing for consolation. After being turned away, Weilin disappears. While discussing her whereabouts, Shuqing and Congming meet Jianping. Coincidentally, Shuqing is pregnant, which leads her husband to suspect that she is having an affair. |
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