Mei Xi

Acting

Mei Xi

Born — Died

1911-01-01 — 1983-01-26

Place of birth

Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 12 titles

The Young Mistress' Fan poster
7.0

Lady 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

夜奔 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

夜奔

1937

So Busy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

So Busy

1937

Song of Everlasting Regret poster
NR

A melodrama about the couple Zhu Dongxin and Ma Nina.

Song of Everlasting Regret

1936

王熙凤大闹宁国府 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

王熙凤大闹宁国府

1939

Love and Duty poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love and Duty

1938

The Leper Girl poster
10.0

A girl tries to escape her fate of death by leper disease.

The Leper Girl

1939

Mulan Joins the Army poster
7.3

This 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

Chun dao ren jian poster
NR

Yu 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

Symphony of Lianhua poster
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

Vistas of Art poster
7.3

Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".

Vistas of Art

1938

The Classic for Girls poster
8.0

A 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