Tao hua qi xue ji (1931)

Director:

Wancang Bu

Writers:

Wancang Bu (written by)
Richard J. Meyer (writer: English intertitles) (2005 alternate version)

Genre:

Romance

Plot Keywords:

Mud | Cattle | Blindness | China | Tree

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Lingyu Ruan	...	Miss Lim (as Lily Yuen)
Yan Jin	...	King Teh-en (as Raymond King)
Lili Zhou	...	Mrs. King (as S.Y. Li)
Wong Kwai-ling	...	Loo Chi
Chow Lee-Lee	...	Lim's Mother
Y.C. Lay	...	Chow Chuen Chuen
Langen Han	...	Slim (as Han Lan-ken)
Liu Chi Chuen	...	Fatty
Y.C. Wong	...	Chow's Mother
S.M. Shen	...	A Brave Man

Also Known As:

Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood
The Peach Girl

Runtime:

100 min (18 fps) | 94 min (1995 alternate version)

Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (TV rating)

Company:

Lianhua Film Company

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Yuen Ling-yuk (1992)

DVD New of The Peach Girl made

I really believe that Ruan Ling-yu and Jin Yan are a great team. They made several films together which were very popular. Ruan committed suicide at age 24 after making 29 films (see my book "Ruan Ling-yu: The Goddess of Shanghai" for her tragic life story). I am also writing a book about Jin Yan. The Peach Girl is out on a restored version with a beautiful score by Donald Sosin and is available from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (www.silentfilm.org). The photography of the film reminds one of Chinese landscapes. Lianhua Film Company made many films in the 1930s that were critical of feudalism yet were presented in a soap opera format to fend off KMT censors.