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Crows and Sparrows

01/11/1949

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1hr 53min

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Drama

STORY

At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong. The tenants, including Mr Kong, Mrs Xiao, Little Broadcast (alias Mr Xiao, played by Zhao Dan) and a schoolteacher, Mr Hua, and his wife, initially plan to band together, but circumstances force them to find other ways out. Mr Hua tries to find a place to stay at the KMT-sponsored school he is teaching in. Little Broadcast and Mrs Xiao invest in black market gold. As the situation escalates, Mr Hua gets arrested by KMT agents and his young daughter falls desperately ill.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Zhao Dan
  • Wei Heling
  • Qi Mengshi
  • Li Tian-Ji
  • Baoluo Li

    Directors

  • Huang Zumo
  • Zheng Jun-li
  • Shen Fu
  • Xu Tao

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Peak Film Industries

    Production Countries

  • China

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin

Cast

Zhao Dan

Little Broadcast/Boss Xiao

Wei Heling

Mr. Kong

Qi Mengshi

Lao Liu

Baoluo Li

Principal

Fu Botang

Lao Zhao

Zhang Zhizhi

Ruffian

Shi Ling

Doctor

Huang Zongying

Mrs. Hao

Shangguan Yunzhu

Mrs. Hua

Wu Yin

Mrs. Xiao

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