A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)
April 1, 1931Release Date
A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)
April 1, 1931Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ruan Lingyu
Hu Zhuli / Julia
Jin Yan
Hu Luting / Valentine
Cho-cho Lam
Shi Luohua / Silivia
Wang Cilong
Bai Lede / Proteus
Li Lili
Piano player
Zhanfei Gao
Liao Di'ao / Thurio
Chen Yan-yan
A Qiao / Lucetta
Jiqun Liu
Fatty Liu
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A Spray of Plum Blossoms (Chinese: 一剪梅; pinyin: Yī jiǎn méi) is a 1931 silent Chinese film directed by Bu Wancang and starring Ruan Lingyu, Wang Cilong, Lim Cho Cho, and Jin Yan. It is a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The film is one of several collaborations between Bu Wancang and two of the top Chinese movie stars of the day Ruan Lingyu and the Korean-born Jin Yan and was produced by the Lianhua Film Company.
The film is noted for its attempted "Westernized stylings" including its surreal use of decor, as well as women-soldiers with long hair. The film also had English subtitles, but as some scholars have noted, since few foreigners watched these films, the subtitles were more to give off an air of the West rather than to serve any real purpose.