100 Films to Watch to Help You Understand China - The Mao Years
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- DirectorYu SunStarsDan ZhaoZongying HuangBoxun ZhouThe life-story of Wu Xun, a beggar in the Qing dynasty who set up free schools for poor children.
- DirectorSu LiZhaodi WuStarsZhenqing GuoYing ZhangHua FangA guerrilla group around Li Xiangyang are ambushed by the Japanese invasion army during the War of Resistance.
- DirectorHuaiai ChenWei CuiStarsFang XieTai KangZengyin CaoPeople's dignity and life are measlier than paper in China's dark years in the first half of 20th century. Smart student Lin learns knowledge from a college professor and a communist man, then runs on to an extraordinary revolutionary way.
- DirectorJiayi WangStarsLikun YangZijiang MoJingzhen SunAh Peng meets a girl named Jinhua at a festival and they agree to meet the next year. One year later, he searches for her and finds other girls named Jinhua, leading to a series of misunderstanding.
- DirectorJin XieStarsXijuan ZhuXingang WangMei XiangIn 1930s, Wu Qionghua was a housemaid of Nan-ba-tian, a cruel warlord of a village in Hainan Island, China. Often abused by her master, Qionghua was finally rescued by Hong Changqing, leader of the Red Detachment of Women - a troop of women soldiers. She joined the troop and became the Detachment leader after the death of Hong. They captivated and executed the warlord and liberated Qionghua's home village.
- DirectorWenhua LiStarsZhenqing GuoSuya WangXiying WenSet in the "cultural revolution" period of China, a college of labor is set up in a mountain area of Jiangxi Province. Long Guozheng, a veteran cadre of Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political College, is sent to the new college as secretary and headmaster. He has to try his best to lead the college on the right track.
- DirectorZhuangzhuang TianStarsTian YiWenyao ZhangXiaoman ChenThe lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.
- DirectorWen JiangStarsYu XiaWei ChenShaobo DaiBeijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."