Li Tian-Ji

Writing

Li Tian-Ji

Born — Died

1921-05-17 — 1995-05-16

Place of birth

Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Fortress Besieged poster
7.2

Set in the 1930s, “Fortress Besieged” follows the misadventures of Fang Hung-chien, a bumbling everyman who wastes his time studying abroad, and secures a fake degree when learning he has run out of money and must return home to China. Fang was the son of a country gentleman. A marriage had been arranged for him while at university, but the intended wife died before he could see her.

Fortress Besieged

1990

Spring in a Small Town poster
7.2

A married couple living in a desolate small town in post-WWII China are paid a surprise visit by an old friend of the husband's.

Spring in a Small Town

1948

She Turns 28 This Year poster
NR

Fang Xiuying (played by Li Lan) is a female worker in a textile workshop, she and her boyfriend Zeng Qiang (played by Mao Yongming) have been in love for many years, and they plan to get married after waiting for their work unit to assign them a house. Fang Xiuying is a very kind and helpful girl, but no good deed goes unpunished, and her good-hearted nature is challenged at every turn by bad luck and the bad intentions of others.

She Turns 28 This Year

1984

Crows and Sparrows poster
6.7

A story of a corrupt party official who attempts to sell an apartment building he has appropriated from the original owner and the struggles of the tenants to prevent themselves being thrown onto the street.

Crows and Sparrows

1949

What Is Love? poster
NR

Set in the period just after ten years of chaos, several love stories associated with the tourists on a bus indicate more meanings of love.

What Is Love?

1980

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

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