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The Peach Girl | |
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Traditional Chinese | 桃花泣血記 |
Simplified Chinese | 桃花泣血记 |
Literal meaning | Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood |
Hanyu Pinyin | Táohuā Qì Xuě Jì |
Directed by | Bu Wancang |
Written by | Bu Wancang |
Produced by | Lay Min Wei |
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Cinematography | Wong Siao Fen |
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Running time | 100 minutes (at 20 frames per second) |
Country | Republic of China |
Languages | Silent film, with Traditional Chinese and English intertitles |
The Peach Girl, also known as Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood,[1] [2] is a 1931 silent film written and directed by Bu Wancang. The cast included some of the major movie stars of the periods including the Korean-born actor Jin Yan and the actresses Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Lili.
The film was produced by the Lianhua Film Company and proved an early success for the studio, in no small part due to the on screen combination of Jin and Ruan, the so-called "Valentino" and "Garbo" of Shanghai cinema, and who starred together in several vehicles before Ruan's suicide in 1935.
A print of the film is currently maintained by the China Film Archives.