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Spring Silkworms (1933)

1h 40m

Running Time

Spring Silkworms (1933)

Name: Spring Silkworms
Genre: Drama
Released: 1933-01-01

1h 40m

Running Time

Plot.

The story of a poor silk farming family in Zhejiang and their hardships.

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Cast & Crew.

Ying Xiao

Old Tong Bao

Yuexian Yan

Ah Si's wife

Jianong Gong

Ah Si

Qianping Gao

Liu Bao

Xia Ai

He Hua (Lotus)

Xiaoqiu Zheng

Duo Duo Tou

Zhengxin Wang

LI Gensheng

Meijun Gu

Miss

Gongshang Yan

Gentleman

Minyu Zhang

Xiao Bao

Wang Shizhen

Director of Photography

Han Huang

Editor

Tianya Dong

Set Decoration

Zhaozhang He

Sound

Bugao Cheng

Director

Mao Dun

Novel

Yan Xia

Adaptation

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1933

Original Name
春蚕

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Spring Silkworms (simplified Chinese: 春蚕; traditional Chinese: 春蠶; pinyin: Chūncán) is a 1933 silent film from China. It was directed by Cheng Bugao and was adapted by Cai Chusheng and Xia Yan from the novella of the same name by Chinese author Mao Dun.

The film stars Xiao Ying, Yan Yuexian, Gong Jianong, Gao Qianping and Ai Xia and was produced by the Mingxing Film Company.

Today the film is considered one of the earliest films of the leftist movement in 1930s Shanghai.