Choui Khoua

Red Crag (1965)

A taut wartime thriller, Red Crag: Life in Eternal Flame anticipates the paranoia and violence of the imminent Cultural Revolution while harking back to the aesthetic splendour of the Golden Age Shanghai cinema of the late 1940s. (This opulence is largely due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Ran-ran Li  •  Yu Lan  •  Ping Zhang  •  Zhao Dan

A taut wartime thriller, Red Crag: Life in Eternal Flame anticipates the paranoia and violence of the imminent Cultural Revolution while harking back to the aesthetic splendour of the Golden Age Shanghai cinema of the late 1940s. (This opulence is largely due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Ran-ran Li  •  Yu Lan  •  Ping Zhang  •  Zhao Dan

A Revolutionary Family (1960)

At the age of 16 Zhou Lian, who lost her parents at the age of two and was raised by a stepmother, marries Jiang Mei, a progressive young man from Changsha No. 1 Normal School. Jiang Meiqing has also lost both of his parents. The couple has two sons, Liqun, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Hong Yu  •  Daolin Sun  •  Zhang Liang  •  Yu Lan

At the age of 16 Zhou Lian, who lost her parents at the age of two and was raised by a stepmother, marries Jiang Mei, a progressive young man from Changsha No. 1 Normal School. Jiang Meiqing has also lost both of his parents. The couple has two sons, Liqun, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Hong Yu  •  Daolin Sun  •  Zhang Liang  •  Yu Lan

The Lin Family Shop (1959)

Financial and political pressures bankrupt a Chinese store owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Tian Xie  •  Chen Shu  •  Ma Wei  •  Han Tao

Financial and political pressures bankrupt a Chinese store owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Tian Xie  •  Chen Shu  •  Ma Wei  •  Han Tao

The White-Haired Girl (1950)

Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua  •  Wang Bin
CAST:  Tian Hua  •  Baiwan Li  •  Qiang Chen  •  Renlin Li

Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua  •  Wang Bin
CAST:  Tian Hua  •  Baiwan Li  •  Qiang Chen  •  Renlin Li

土地 (1955)

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DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Huang Ling  •  Renlin Li  •  Li Mengyao  •  Juguang Zhang

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DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Huang Ling  •  Renlin Li  •  Li Mengyao  •  Juguang Zhang

Lan se de hua (1984)

Yi Ru is falsely accused of being a rightist in the People's Republic of China and severs all connections with his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Guo Kaimin  •  Shen Dan Ping  •  Li Rentang  •  Chen Lizhong

Yi Ru is falsely accused of being a rightist in the People's Republic of China and severs all connections with his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Choui Khoua
CAST:  Guo Kaimin  •  Shen Dan Ping  •  Li Rentang  •  Chen Lizhong