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An All-Consuming Love

0 %|Jan 7, 1947|Drama, Romance

Gao Zhijian is the good friend of married couple Li Xiangmei and Hou Xinming. They live in the foreign settlement quarter of Shanghai. zhijian is a teacher,Xinming is involved in underground work against the Jpanese, while Xiangmei is a musician. The Pacific War erupts; the Japanese occupy the foreign settlements. Xinming is called off to work for the war effort, leaving behind his wife and blind mother. Zhijian aids Xiangmei and her mother-in-law with financial assistance. To earn money, Xiangmei becomes a song girl in a dance hall through the recommendation of her friend Liu Qing, arousing anger in Zhijian. Zhijian is soon arrested for teaching anti-Jpanese propaganda to his students and it is due to Xiangmei and Liu qing's efforts that he is released. From this,Zhijian learns of Xiangmei's difficulties and feelings of love grow between the two friends. The war ends. Xinming, minus an arm, returns to his wife and mother. Seeing his friend reunited with his family, Zhijian leaves.

Featured Crew

Tao You
Production Assistant
Gexin Chen
Music
Zhaozhang He
Director
Pengfei Wei
Production Assistant
Liang Junxian
Art Direction
Leung Ngok-yam
Music
Congzhou Luo
Cinematography
He Maogang
Sound Mixer

Cast

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Xuan Zhou
Li Xiangmei
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Shu Shi
Gao Zhijian
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Huang Wansu
Liu Qing
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Liang Fu
Hou Xinming
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Yan Bijun
Hou's mother
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Bai Chen
Zhang Keji
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Chen Huan-Wen
Gan Zhuzhi
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Chen Zhong
Japanese soldier
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Liu Renjie
Song Yiqing
actor
Tao Hai
Mrs Ma
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Yan Bi-Li
servant girl
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Chiang Nan
Translator