Chinese films of the 1930s

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This is a list of films produced in mainland China ordered by year of release in the 1930s. For an A-Z listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films

[edit] 1930s

Year Title Director Actors Genre Notability
1930 Sing-Song Red Peony Zhang Shichuan Hu Die First Chinese sound film
Spring Dream of an Old Capital Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu's breakthrough role; also known as Remembrance of Peking or Reminisces of Beijing
Chang men xian mu Cheng Bugao
Wild Flowers Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan
1931 Amorous History of the Silver Screen Cheng Bugao Xuan Jinglan,
Xia Peizhen		 Partially lost film about a woman's rise from prostitution to stardom from Mingxing Film Company
Love and Duty Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan		 Romance/Tragedy Early Lianhua Film Company production, previously thought lost, a complete print was discovered in South America in the 1990s
Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Sometimes translated as The Peach Girl
A Spray of Plum Blossoms Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu,
Jin Yan,
Wang Cilong
Two Stars of the Milky Way Shi Dongshan Also known as Two Stars of the Silver Screen
1932 Pink Dream Cai Chusheng Gao Zhanfei,
Zheng Junli,
Tan Ying		 Drama Also known as Dream in Pink
Three Modern Women Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Drama
1933 Daybreak Sun Yu Li Lili,
Gao Zhanfei		 Drama Lianhua Film Company production
Little Toys Sun Yu Ruan Lingyu, Li Lili Drama
Night in the City Fei Mu Fei Mu's directorial debut, now lost
Spring Silkworms Cheng Bugao Ai Xia Leftist Drama Mingxing Film Company production, an adaptation of the Mao Dun-penned short story
The Tenderness Market Zhang Shichuan Hu Die,
Ai Xia		 Early sound film
Twin Sisters Zheng Zhengqiu Hu Die Mingxing Film Company production, Chinese title: "Zimei hua"
Wild Torrents Cheng Bugao Leftist Drama
1934 The Big Road Sun Yu Jin Yan,
Li Lili
Coming Home Zhu Shilin Ruan Lingyu,
Gao Zhanfei
The Goddess Wu Yonggang Ruan Lingyu Leftist Drama Distributed by the Lianhua Film Company
Plunder of Peach and Plum Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi Diantong Film Company production
Queen of Sports Sun Yu Li Lili
Song of the Fishermen Cai Chusheng First Chinese film to win an award at an international film festival (the Moscow Film Festival)
1935 The Boatman's Daughter Shen Xiling
New Women Cai Chusheng Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Junli Leftist Drama/Tragedy Ruan Lingyu's last film before her suicide
Song of China Fei Mu Zheng Junli New Life Movement Drama Also known as Filial Piety
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm Xu Xingzhi Yuan Muzhi Also known as Children of Troubled Times
1936 Blood on Wolf Mountain Fei Mu Jiang Qing, Li Lili Drama Anti-Japanese film, also known as The Wolf Hill
1937 The Battle of Shanghai Lai Man-wai Documentary Collection of documentary footage of the invasion of Shanghai by Japan, as filmed by Lai Manwai and others.
Crossroads Shen Xiling Zhao Dan,
Bai Yang		 Early sound film
New Year's Coin Zhang Shichuan Hu Rongrong Also known as New Year's Gift
Song at Midnight Ma-Xu Weibang Jin Shan, Gu Menghe Horror A Chinese adaption of Phantom of the Opera
Street Angel Yuan Muzhi Zhao Dan,
Zhou Xuan		 Comedy-drama
Symphony of Lianhua Various Anthology Collection of short films by Lianhua directors
1938 Diaochan Bu Wancang Historical Xinhua Film Company production, also known as The Sable Cicada
Eight Hundred Heroes Ying Yunwei Yuan Muzhi War Dramatic interpretation of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse
1939 Mulan Joins the Army Bu Wancang Chen Yunchang Historical Solitary Island period film
Orphan Island Paradise Cai Chusheng

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