Spring in a Small Town (English Subtitled)

Drama.

Spring in a Small Town was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

The life of a housewife is turned upside down when she meets her childhood sweetheart.

Movie Info

Chinese: 小城之春
Mandarin: Xiǎochéng zhī chūn
Directed by: Fei Mu
Starring: Wei Wei, Shi Yu, Li Wei
Written by: Li Tianji

Music by: Huang Yijun
Cinematography: Li Shengwei
Edited by: Wei Chunbao, Xu Ming
Production company: Wenhua Film Company

Distributed by: United States (DVD): Cinema Epoch
Release date: 1948
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: China, subtitled in English
Language: Mandarin

Cast

Wei Wei (韋偉)
Yu Shi (石羽)
Li Wei
Cui Chaoming
Zhang Hongmei

Characters

Zhou Yuwen (周玉紋 Zhōu Yùwén), the heroine;
Dai Liyan (戴禮言 Dài Lǐyán), her husband;
Zhang Zhichen (章志忱 Zhāng Zhìchén), Dai Liyan's childhood friend and Yuwen's former lover;
Lao Huang (老黃 lǎo Huáng), Dai and Yuwen's loyal servant;
Dai Xiu (戴秀 Dài Xiù), Dai Liyan's young sister.

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