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Ruan Lingyu
Actress 1910 - 1935

Ruan Lingyu

Shanghai, China

Ruan Lingyu, born Ruan Fenggen, also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 25 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.

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Ruan Lingyu

Ruan Lingyu

Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang 1991 2h 35m 7.0

Biopic of 1930s Chinese actress Lingyu Ruan.

Xin nu xing

Xin nu xing

Chusheng Cai 1935 1h 46m

Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up eventually engage in luxury prostitution.

Shen nu

Shen nu

Wu Yonggang 1934 1h 19m 7.5

The story of a young prostitute who is trying to give her infant son a good start in life, fighting against the prejudices of others and the attentions of a pimp.

Xiao Wanyi

Xiao Wanyi

Sun Yu 1933 1h 54m

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's 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.

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