A season of films from China starring Bai Yang , Tao Jin
Part 1: Wartime Separation
In Shanghai in 1931, night-school teacher Zhang is an anti-Japanese activist, the idol of his workmates. After many years' resistance Zhang is captured, but escapes to Chongquing. Soon he has forgotten his wife and child in Shanghai and thinks only of the glamorous and powerful Wang Lizhen ...
This epic saga of the downfall of a patriotic hero proved hugely successful when it was released in 1947, and formed a significant part of the people's intellectual preparation for communist victory.
Written and directed by CAI CHUSHENG and ZHENG JUNLI
(A Chinese film with English subtitles; First showing on British television; Black and white). Films: page 15 at 11.30 News on 2; Weather and at 11.35
The River Flows East in Spring Part 2 : Darkness and Dawn