National Customs
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In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan and the frivolous Zhang Tao graduate from secondary school where their mother Zhang Jie serves as principal. They both love their cousin Zuo, but have ambitions other than marriage. Their lives change dramatically when both attend university in Shanghai and encounter modern urban life and rapidly changing society. The film also depicts the emergence of Chiang Kai-shek's 1934 New Life Movement. Lianhua Film Studio did the film to appease the Nationalist Party which accused it of primarily presenting left-wing films, which was true.
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Cast
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Cho-cho Lam
Zhang Tao
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Li Lili
Zhang Jie
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Queen of Sports
Daybreak
Peng Luo
Bo Yang
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The Big Road
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Ruan Lingyu
Zhang Lan
Known for
The Goddess
Zheng Jun-li
Chen Zuo
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New Women
The Big Road
Y. C. Wong Kwan-Ching
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New Women
Struggling
Xu Wen
Jingling Hong
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The Big Road
Song of the Fishermen
Jiqun Liu
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Zhu Shilin Director · Ming-Yau Lo Director Weilie Hong Cinematographer
First release May 13, 1935 · Produced in China · Original title 國風
Production
Lianhua Film Company
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China
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Original title
國風
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
China · May 13, 1935
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No release date listed for United States.
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