Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957)

Name: Woman Basketball Player No. 5
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1957-08-01

1h 24m

Running Time

Plot.

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflects on his career as a star basketball player before the revolution.

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This Movie Is About.

china ·

sport ·

basketball

Media.

Details.

Release Date
August 1, 1957

Original Name
女篮五号

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 24m

Genres
Romance Drama

Wiki.

Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (simplified Chinese: 女篮5号; traditional Chinese: 女籃5號; pinyin: Nǚlán Wǔ Hào) is a 1957 Chinese film presented by Tianma Film Studio and directed by Xie Jin, starring Qin Yi, Liu Qiong, Cao Qiwei and Wang Qi. It is the first colored sports movie filmed after the formation of the People's Republic of China. Yang Jie (杨洁), who was No. 5 in China women's national basketball team, was the prototype of the film.