Little Toys

Little Toys Chinese pinyin Xio wny is a 1933 silent film directed by filmmaker Sun Yu. It is one of two films Sun Yu directed in 1933 the other being Daybreak. The film stars popular Chinese actress Ruan Lingyu and was produced by the leftist film production company Lianhua Film Company.

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. She is considered the creative mind behind inventing new toys, and all the villagers look up to her. Tragedy strikes, however, when Sister Yes husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys.Ten years pass, and Yes daughter Zhuer is now 17. She has become a toy designer like her mother. War has befallen the nation, and the villagers attempts at patriotism bring them to early deaths. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhuer is killed in an attack by the Japanese. ........

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