The Spring River Flows East

The Spring River Flows East, also translated as The Tears of Yangtze, is a 1947 Chinese film directed by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli and is generally considered one of the great Chinese films of the period. The Hong Kong Film Awards ranked it in its list of greatest Chinese language films ever made at number 27. Produced by Kunlun Film Company, the film is over three hours long and consists of two parts, Eight WarTorn Years and The Dawn , released one after the other the same year.

The title derives from a poem composed by the last ruler of the Southern Tang dynasty, Li Yu 9367 978. The poem, To the tune of the Beauty Yu Beauty Yu is the metaphoric name for Papaver rhoeas was written shortly after the loss of his kingdom to the Song DynastyThe film is set in Shanghai and begins shortly after the Mukden Incident of 1931. Sufen Bai Yang works in a textile factory Zhang Zhongliang Tao Jin gives evening classes to the workers. During a National Day Octobercelebration at the factory, Zhang successfully urges the workers to donate to the Northeastern Volunteer Army who are fighting the Japanese invaders in northeast China. He is reprimanded by the factorys Manager Wen for going against the Japanese. ........

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