Da Shichang

Acting

Da Shichang

Born

1940-09-26 (86)

Place of birth

Shanghai, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 10 titles

The Romance of Book and Sword poster
5.8

The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. It goes that the Manchurian emperor Qianlong of China (circa 18th Century) was actually the son of a Han Chinese, the subject ethnicity. His brother of blood, Chen Jialuo just happened to be the chief of the Red Flower Society, an anti-Manchu secret society. Chen, a learned scholar, thought he could get his brother turn his back on the Manchu and restore the Han Chinese reign. But the story was ended by brutal clearence of the society members. It reflects one of the dark pages in Chinese culture, that ethics and humanity always become impotent when countered with power.

The Romance of Book and Sword

1987

T Province in 1984 & 1985 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

T Province in 1984 & 1985

1986

Heaven and Hell poster
NR

A cruel, shameless man who defrauds money, kills his own wife and is sentenced to death seems to come back to haunt his troubled daughter.

Heaven and Hell

1989

Tan Si Tong poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tan Si Tong

1984

They Are in Love poster
NR

Feature film produced by Beijing Film Studio in 1980, directed by Qian Jiang and Zhao Yuan. During the period of the "Gang of Four," Chen Hao -- a veteran cadre of a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army -- is brutally persecuted. Chen's three biological sons are also tortured physically and mentally. Defending the honor of a soldier, Chen is beaten into disability. After the collapse of the "Gang of Four," Chen returns to his post. Two of his children see their love lives fall apart, due to their father's precarious status, while the third child pursues a decadent lifestyle to dangerous ends.

They Are in Love

1980

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns poster
NR

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.

Visions Cinema: Cinema in China - An Account by Tony Rayns

1983

At Middle Age poster
9.2

A middle aged woman oculist has a heart attack. Recalling her past, she feels sorry for not having been a dutiful wife and mother, but she consoles herself with the thought that she has saved many people from blindness.

At Middle Age

1982

Princess Fragrance poster
7.3

Princess Fragrance is a 1987 Hong Kong film based on Louis Cha's novel The Book and the Sword. The film is a sequel to The Romance of Book and Sword, which was released earlier in the same month and was also directed by Ann Hui.

Princess Fragrance

1987

Come Home Swallow poster
8.0

During the Cultural Revolution, Xie Zhixin (Yuan Yue) learns that his son Xie Feng (Ma Xiaowei)'s lover Ulan (Zhang Xiaolei) is the daughter of his student, Lu Yan (Gao Ying), from many years ago. After watching Ulan's performance, Xie leaves in a hurry; Ulan mistakenly believes that Xie's father has scorned her because he knows that her mother is a "rightist."

Come Home Swallow

1980

The Romance Of Book And Sword poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Romance Of Book And Sword

1988

1970s · 6 titles

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