National Customs (1935)
1h 44m
Running Time
May 13, 1935Release Date
Plot.
In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan (Ruan Lingyu) and the frivolous Zhang Tao graduate from the 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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Details.
Release DateMay 13, 1935
Original Name國風
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Wiki.
National Customs (simplified Chinese: 国风; traditional Chinese: 國風; pinyin: Guó fēng) is a 1935 Chinese film directed by Luo Mingyou and Zhu Shilin. The film was silent film star Ruan Lingyu's last performance before she died in 1935.
This film is a propaganda film promoting the New Life Movement, which was launched in 1934.