Ping Gao

Unfinished Comedy

Two famous comedians from pre-Revolution days perform a series of sketches in a theatre for a group of Party cadres. The stage performances blend over into absurdist, self-contained fantasy episodes where the two comics allegorically parody Party propaganda and ideological orthodoxy.

The Daughter of the Party

The story of Yu Mei, a female communist who sacrifices her life for the good of her people.

鬼话

The White-Haired Girl

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.

The Defense of the Homeland

It describes the story of how during the Northeast Liberation War, the peasants who turned over from the Northeast actively joined the People's Army and defended the fruits of victory.

Zhao Yiman

The life and death of Zhao Yi-Man, a female member of the Chinese resistance

Shining with Boundless Radiance

Zhou Mingying, a worker at a power plant in Northeast China, united her fellow workers under the leadership of the Party, overcame all difficulties, demonstrated a high degree of creativity, exposed the enemy's plots and sabotage, and quickly repaired the generators that had been damaged by the Kuomintang, ensuring the supply of electricity.

New Heroes and Heroines

During the early War of Resistance Against Japan in Baiyangdian, Hebei, the Yanling Squad, led by Communist Party member Hei Lao Cai, conducted effective guerrilla warfare. Yang Xiaomei, fleeing abuse from her husband Zhang Jinlong, joined the squad and developed feelings for farmer Niu Dashi. Zhang Jinlong, unable to change, defected to the Japanese. As Japanese sweep operations intensified, Xiaomei, Dashi, and Zhang Jinlong faced different paths in the conflict.

Beacon Fire on a Frontier

Political intrigue by the Nationalists among the Jingpo people after the liberation of China.

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