| Women Side by Side | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 麗人行 |
| Simplified Chinese | 丽人行 |
| Literal meaning | An array of beautiful women |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lìrén xing |
| Directed by | Chen Liting |
| Written by | Tian Han Chen Liting |
| Produced by | Ren Zongde |
| Starring | Shangguan Yunzhu Huang Zongying Sha Li Zhao Dan Lan Ma |
| Cinematography | Han Zhongliang Wu Weiyun |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Women Side by Side (Chinese: 麗人行), also translated as Three Women[1] and Female Fighters,[2] is a 1949 Chinese film directed by Chen Liting, made near the end of the Republican era. It is Chen's most famous directorial work.[2] Denounced as a "poisonous weed" during the Cultural Revolution, the film is now considered a Chinese classic.[3]
The film is adapted from a play of the same title written by the noted leftist playwright Tian Han, who also wrote the 1932 film Three Modern Women. Tian Han and Chen Liting co-wrote the screenplay. The film tells the story of three women in wartime Shanghai under Japanese occupation: an uneducated factory worker, an intellectual resistance activist, and a bourgeois new woman.[1][4] In many ways it can be seen as a sequel to Cai Chusheng's 1935 film New Women.[1] Produced by the left-wing Kunlun Film Company, the film has a strong anti-Kuomintang government undertone.[4]
- ^ a b c Kuoshu, Harry H. (2002). Celluloid China: Cinematic Encounters with Culture and Society. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8093-2456-9.
- ^ a b Zhiwei Xiao; Yingjin Zhang (2002). Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. Taylor & Francis. pp. 114–115. ISBN 9780203195550.
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jfwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Christian Henriot; Wen-hsin Yeh, eds. (2004). "Women and Wartime Shanghai". In the Shadow of the Rising Sun: Shanghai Under Japanese Occupation. Cambridge University Press. pp. 346–358. ISBN 9780521822213.