National Customs

6.9 (5 votes)• 1935• 104m•Released

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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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Languages: No Language

Director: Zhu Shilin, Ming-Yau Lo

Starring Cast: Cho-cho Lam, Li Lili, Peng Luo, Ruan Lingyu, Zheng Jun-li, Y. C. Wong Kwan-Ching

Cast

Cho-cho Lam

Zhang Tao

Li Lili

Zhang Jie

Peng Luo

Bo Yang

Ruan Lingyu

Zhang Lan

Zheng Jun-li

Chen Zuo

Y. C. Wong Kwan-Ching

Xu Wen

Jingling Hong

Jiqun Liu

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