Mao Lu

Acting

Mao Lu

Born — Died

1914-04-22 — 1999-03-21

Place of birth

Beijing, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 4 titles

1960s · 8 titles

The Red Sun poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Red Sun

1963

The Secret of the Magic Gourd poster
6.0

Based on the beloved children's book, elementary schooler Wang Bao discovers a wish-granting gourd that gives him the ability to make his dreams come true. Due to the gourd's erratic nature, Wang Bao confronts his own dishonesty amongst his peers and family, and realizes that you might not get everything you wish for.

The Secret of the Magic Gourd

1963

The Witch Who Becomes a Doctor poster
6.0

In the center of the story is the story of a young girl from the Dai nation, who, despite gossip and accusations of witchcraft, becomes a successful doctor and finds happiness in her personal life.

The Witch Who Becomes a Doctor

1961

Li Shuangshuang poster
NR

In this delightful comedy, a cheerful farmer's wife (post-Revolution superstar Zhang Ruifang) in a village commune puts her marriage in jeopardy when she takes her cadre spirit a little too far.

Li Shuangshuang

1962

Two Stage Sisters poster
7.2

In pre-revolutionary China, two young girls, Chunhua and Yuehong Xing, rise through the ranks of Chinese opera, but with their artistic success comes a new series of personal and social challenges.

Two Stage Sisters

1964

51 Depot poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

51 Depot

1961

A Withered Tree Meets Spring poster
NR

A critical hit during one of China’s most politically charged periods, Zheng’s follow-up to his 1959 anniversary epics merged Soviet-style socialist realism with his own breakthroughs in film technique, specifically his use of continuous camera movement in the spirit of traditional Chinese scrolls. Tractor-kino at its finest, the film revolves around two rural lovers—one struck with a deadly disease—and their eventual survival thanks to socialist medical advances.

A Withered Tree Meets Spring

1961

Nie Er poster
7.0

Shot in gorgeous color, this fascinating communist flipside to fifties Hollywood music biopics chronicles the life and tragic early death of Nie Er, the composer of the PRC’s national anthem.

Nie Er

1962

1950s · 12 titles

Woman Basketball Player No. 5 poster
6.2

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflects on his career as a star basketball player before the revolution.

Woman Basketball Player No. 5

1957

Ride the Wind and Break the Waves poster
8.0

After graduating from maritime college, a group of girls arrive to undergo practical training on a ship and, as future navigators, are greeted in different ways.

Ride the Wind and Break the Waves

1958

Can't Follow Along That Path poster
NR

Set in the period of land reform movement, a poor peasant Zhang gets a fertile land. But he doesn't work seriously on it, then loses money and runs into debt. Song wants to buy Zhang's land but his son thinks that they should help Zhang.

Can't Follow Along That Path

1954

Today Is My Day Off poster
7.0

It is policeman Ma Tianmin’s day off, and his chief’s wife has fixed him up with Liu Ping, a young woman she knows. But, on his way to keep the date, Ma, who embodies all the qualities of an exemplary member of the new communist society, stops many times to help people in need. In a Shanghai fully involved in the Great Leap Forward, will the kind-hearted socialist hero get the girl?

Today Is My Day Off

1959

光辉灿烂 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

光辉灿烂

1951

两个巡逻兵 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

两个巡逻兵

1958

太阳照亮了红石沟 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

太阳照亮了红石沟

1953

爱厂如家 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

爱厂如家

1958

Diary of a Nurse poster
5.0

After graduating from a Shanghai nursing school, Jian Shuhua decides to work at a construction workers’ clinic in a remote area, despite the objections of her fiancé Shen Aoru. When she arrives at her new workstation, she finds that one of the clinic directors, Mo Jiabing, pays more attention to his love affair with nurse Gu Huiying than to his work. In addition, Gu’s jealousy is aroused by the arrival of the new nurse. Jian, then, the epitome of the selfless worker, has to deal with a faraway and egotistic fiancé, a selfish and lecherous boss, an unfriendly colleague, as well as the hardships of a remote and barren workstation. How can she succeed?

Diary of a Nurse

1957

Fu Shi poster
9.0

During the war against Japan, a young woman fell into the enemy's spy organization, and engaged in a series of espionage activities, before being inspired by members of the Communist Pary.

Fu Shi

1950

A Good Child poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Good Child

1959

Struggle in the Desert poster
10.0

A People's Liberation Army division in Xinjiang in 1951 aids in a water conservancy project.

Struggle in the Desert

1957