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Title小玩意 - The little toys - Xiao wan yi
ID209
Year of release1932
DirectorSun Yu 孙瑜
Script writer(s)Sun Yu 孙瑜
CastRuan Lingyu 阮玲玉
Li Lili 黎莉莉
Yuan Congmei 袁丛美
Genredrama
DistributorLian hua ying ye gong si - 联华影业公司 - Lianhua Film Studio
Duration103'
Plot

Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. She is considered the creative mind behind inventing new toys, and all the villagers look up to her. Tragedy strikes, however, when Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys.

Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er is now 17. She has become a toy designer like her mother. War has befallen the nation, and the villagers' attempts at patriotism bring them to early deaths. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese.

On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize. Ye then goes into a rambling rant, scaring the people around her, causing them to disregard this crazy woman. She begs the citizens on Nanjing Roadto fight against the Japanese. Slowly, they begin to listen to her and realize she is right.

CommentSilent film with Chinese intertitles.
Keywordwar;drama;Shanghai
LanguageSilent
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