
Acting
Mei Xi
Born 1911-01-01 · Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Acting credits
NRNo synopsis available yet.
So Busy
1937
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Love and Duty
1938
NRNo synopsis available yet.
王熙凤大闹宁国府
1939
10.0No synopsis available yet.
夜奔
1937
NRNo synopsis available yet.
小妇人
1941
NRNo synopsis available yet.
苏武牧羊
1940
6.8Based on the famous 18th century Chinese novel with the same name. Set during the 1700s in China, a prominent family loses its good luck when one of the sons loses the jade chip that was embedded in his mouth.
Dream of the Red Mansions
1944
10.0A girl tries to escape her fate of death by leper disease.
The Leper Girl
1939
7.3Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".
Vistas of Art
1938
NRA melodrama about the couple Zhu Dongxin and Ma Nina.
Song of Everlasting Regret
1936
7.0Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's play on moral values, is adapted for a setting in Shanghai. Young wife Meilin mistakenly believes her husband is having an affair with a social butterfly and decides to leave for a suitor. Her reputation, about to be ruined because of a misplaced fan, is saved by the social butterfly who turns out to be …Unlike typical Chinese scripts on parental love, the understated familial love in the original play is aligned with Li's preference for the undramatic. Motherly love is portrayed indirectly while emotions run strong yet subdued in the film. Poking fun at social culture of the times, this is Li's earliest extant feature film in a modern setting and a showcase of his modernistic and crisp directorial approach.
The Young Mistress' Fan
1939
NRNo synopsis available yet.
潇湘秋雨
1940
7.3This movie is based on the famous Chinese folklore that is more than one and a half millennium old. The same folklore was what the Disney animation Mulan is based on, and similarly, it was what many Chinese movies/operas/plays based on.
Mulan Joins the Army
1939
NRThe film takes place during work on the water reservoir, outside Beijing's Ming Tombs, in 1958 at the beginning of the Great Leap Forward. The film follows how workers and leaders are working together to get it done. The film's final 25 minutes is a future interpretation of how it will look like 20 years after it has been completed with the water reservoir.
Ballad of the Ming Tombs Reservior
1958
6.5Despite opposition from the gymnastics team director, a coach proves the success of a new training plan.
Young Swallow
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
剑魂
1981
NRAbout the struggle of the Chinese railway workers in 1922 to create a united trade union.
The Storm
1959
NRYu is a village boat-rower who loves smiling. On the contrary, serf girl xiao Hong never smiles because of her miserable life. Yu volunteers to teach her smile.
Chun dao ren jian
1937
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Two Generations of Women
1943
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Home
1941
9.0"Lianhua Symphony" - a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company. Part 1: Two Yuans (兩毛錢) directed by Situ Huimin / Part 2: Nightmares in Spring Chamber (春閨斷夢) directed by Fei Mu / Part 3: The Stranger (陌生人) directed by Tan Youliu / Part 4: Three Friends (三人行) directed by Shen Fu / Part 5: Landscape Under the Moonlight (月下小景) directed by He Mengfu / Part 6: The Ghost (鬼) directed by Zhu Shilin / Part 7: Rhapsody of a Madman (瘋人狂想曲) directed by Sun Yu / Part 8: Five Little Brothers (小五義) directed by Cai Chusheng
Symphony of Lianhua
1937
9.0No synopsis available yet.
海上大观园
1942
8.0A hostess in Shanghai invites her secondary schoolmates to a reunion. They each reminisce about their lives, with some having difficulties in marriage or career. Some led destructive lives, while others contributed to the country.
The Classic for Girls
1934