Movies: Wei-Lien Kao

The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition....

This film depicting the lives of ordinary people — street peddlers, poor scholars, and young revolutionaries — reflects the culturally progressive political climate of that pre-War, post-May the 4th era....

A corpse that goes out late at night to pick flowers. When a woman meets him, she falls ill; when a young girl meets him, she lies down and dies. Luckily, the corpse is eventually eliminated....

An adaptation of Heinrich Mann's novel Professor Unrat....

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Ill-fated romance of an orphaned flower girl and a young musician, destroyed by his traditional family and the Shanghai underworld....

A warlord's nephew lusts for farmer Song Ke's sister. When Song refuses, the whole family is thrown into jail and the sister commits suicide. The father dies of grief and Song lives with his cousin abroad. The warlord's nephew loses power and also es...

Chinese Opera comedy from Hong Kong directed by Fung Chi-Kong....

This movie depicts a pair of lovers, who were denied freedom of marriage during their lives, and after their deaths, they are transformed into mischievous ghosts. With their strange and unpredictable powers, they are able to frighten all the characte...

A 1929 B&W silent comedy from Shanghai, describing a vindictive funnyman's efforts to get back at his cheating wife, as aided by his smarter and more moralistic young son....