Gu Yelu

Acting

Gu Yelu

Born 1916-08-31 · Changshu, Jiangsu province, China

Acting credits

Roses in Bloom poster
NR

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Roses in Bloom

1942

No artwork available
NR

A Chinese fantasy singsong film.

Fairy Ling Bo

1943

Li Shizhen poster
8.0

This biography film is based on the life of the real historical figure Li Shizhen.The story focuses on the social injustices suffered by Li as well as the difficulties he overcame in writing the famous Encyclopedia of Herbs.

Li Shizhen

1956

Midnight poster
5.0

In 1930's Shanghai, Wu Sunpu, chief executive of the Shanghai Yuhua Silk Company, faces many struggles: with plant workers, with strikers, others in his industry, and most of all with bourgeois comprador Zhao Botao. Capitalists and other figures in Shanghai's industrial and commercial community come and go. The strategy finally comes down between Wu and Zhao. Zhao plans to take over Wu Sunpu's plant with support from Americans. Wu faces a choice of surrender to Zhao or bankruptcy. He considers suicide, but decides to go on vacation with his wife on Mount Lushan. When they leave Shanghai at midnight, Wu paces the deck of the ship, reviewing his life and fate.

Midnight

1981

Song Jing Shi poster
NR

In the mid-19th century, at the height of the Opium War, the Chinese people rose up against the feudal system and the Manchu dynasty, which had capitulated to foreign invaders. ... With their heads bowed, peasants in chains trudge along, those who refused to give money to crush their rebellious brothers. Suddenly, their path is blocked. It is Song Jing-shi who has come to their rescue with his detachment. The freed peasants joined Song Jing-shi. This is how the core of the Black Flag Army was formed. The first historical film made in socialist China in the 1950s. The script is based on authentic material collected in villages in Shandong Province. Legends about the cruelty of Sen Gelinzin and the bravery of Sun Jing-shi, who is called the "Chinese Spartacus," still live on among the people.

Song Jing Shi

1955

Secret Imperial Edict poster
NR

Our story derives from the period 1644, when the Ming dynasty was threatened with destruction. This forced the emperor to issued a new decree by which the prince and heir to the throne has to leave territory due to threat placed on their lives. Chong Zen punished escape persecution in Nanjing. This course takes the emperor, in the hope that one day the prince would return and take his rightful place on the throne. In the meantime empire and dynasty face complete destruction. On all sides they bid to mercilessly destroy all enemies that comes to hand.

Secret Imperial Edict

1988

革命军中马前卒 poster
NR

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革命军中马前卒

1981

Fang Zhenzhu poster
9.0

Performer Fang Zhenzhu is persecuted by both the collaborationist government under Japanese occupation and the Nationalist government after World War II. His life begins anew after Liberation.

Fang Zhenzhu

1952

New Story of an Old Soldier poster
6.0

A soldier finds his new role in the transition from war time to the construction era.

New Story of an Old Soldier

1959

Hongse de zhongzi poster
NR

On orders from the command, the wife of the commander of the 4th Army, Hua Xiaofeng, infiltrates enemy lines to establish contact with an underground organization and rally the masses to take up arms against the Kuomintang. Under difficult conditions, risking her life, the young woman carries out her combat mission. The red seeds she sows among the people sprout—the peasants help the 4th Army defeat the Kuomintang.

Hongse de zhongzi

1958

Two Young Soccer Teams poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Two Young Soccer Teams

1957

Home poster
8.0

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Home

1941

51 Depot poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

51 Depot

1961

Woman Hairdresser poster
6.0

Hua wanted to be a professional barber, but her husband Jia didn't support her. But Hua joined a barbershop and became a popular barber when Jia was on a business leave. What will Hua do when Jia coming back?

Woman Hairdresser

1962

Unforgettable Battle poster
NR

In 1949, as the country celebrates liberation, KMT agents are ploting.

Unforgettable Battle

1975

The Legend of Lu-Zhen Town poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Legend of Lu-Zhen Town

2001

A Maid's Bitter Story poster
8.0

Nurse Lin is hired by a wealthy family to care for Mr. Kao, who has lost his mind since his daughter, Ling Kuan, died. As Lin resembles Ling Kuan, her nanny asks Lin to impersonate her to help Mr. Kao recover, which works well. Lin then uncovers a secret: Ling Kuan had loved a music teacher, Qiufan, but her cousin, Yiu Tong, envious of Mr. Kao’s wealth, slandered Qiufan. One night, Yiu Tong attacked Qiufan and attempted to assault Ling Kuan, accidentally killing her. To cover up the crime, he staged her death as a suicide. Later, Nurse Lin and Qiufan, pretending to be ghosts, trick Yiu Tong into confessing. In a panic, Yiu Tong escapes, but his mistress Huigu causes a fire that kills them both. Disheartened by the truth and his burning home, Mr. Kao walks into the flames.

A Maid's Bitter Story

1949