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Dir: Wancang Bu

The story of a farmer's son sent to study in the city, where he marries a wealthy heiress. In the end, his wife leaves him, and he is forced to return home to his village, where he learns that his family is ruined and starving.

Dir: Wancang Bu

Based on the novel of the same name by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, set in China.

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Dir: Wancang Bu

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Wancang Bu

To get over a breakup with his actress girlfriend, a playwright goes on holiday to a lakeside resort, where he meets a strangely mismatched couple, a man and his much younger wife. He and the wife begin an affair, during which she introduces him to some of the darker aspects of romance.

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Dir: Wancang Bu

Classmates and friends Yu Zunan and Yu Wen were in love with the actress Yulan. One day, Yu Wen saw Yulan with Zunan and, out of jealousy, blinded Zunan. Yulan vowed to avenge her lover.

Dir: Wancang Bu

The daughter of a peasant family that works on a landowner's property is in love with the owner's son but the parents force them to separate.She lands up having a child out of wedlock.

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Dir: Wancang Bu

Before her birth, a girl is betrothed by her parents to a dull-witted man. As she grows to adulthood, she makes several unsuccessful attempts to get out of the arranged marriage, but at last gives in to her parents' wishes and moves in with him. But her husband turns out to be quite different than she expected.

Dir: Wancang Bu

The ambitious young man Guangxin Zhou decided to go to study in the United States, and before leaving, Guangxin asked his fiancee Shouzhen to wait for him for a few years and they exchanged rings, concluding an agreement for life.

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Dir: Wancang Bu

Bai Le De and Hu Lin Tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lin Tung falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of the local commander.

Dir: Wancang Bu

A decades-spanning romantic drama about a woman who pays dearly for following her heart.