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Crows and Sparrows(1949)
Status: Released
Date: 1949-01-11
58%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
Overview:
At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong. The tenants, including Mr Kong, Mrs Xiao, Little Broadcast (alias Mr Xiao, played by Zhao Dan) and a schoolteacher, Mr Hua, and his wife, initially plan to band together, but circumstances force them to find other ways out. Mr Hua tries to find a place to stay at the KMT-sponsored school he is teaching in. Little Broadcast and Mrs Xiao invest in black market gold. As the situation escalates, Mr Hua gets arrested by KMT agents and his young daughter falls desperately ill.
Languages: Mandarin.
Countries:
China
ProductionCompanies:
The Peak Film Industries
Movie: Crows and Sparrows
Top 10 Billed Cast
Zhao Dan
Little Broadcast/Boss Xiao
Wei Heling
Mr. Kong
Qi Mengshi
Lao Liu
Li Tian-Ji
Mr. Hou
Baoluo Li
Principal
Fu Botang
Lao Zhao
Zhang Zhizhi
Ruffian
Shi Ling
Doctor
Huang Zongying
Mrs. Hao
Shangguan Yunzhu
Mrs. Hua
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Overview
At a Shanghai apartment, Mr Hou, a Nationalist official, gets ready to move to Taiwan upon the imminent defeat of the KMT during the Civil War. Mrs Hou gives an ultimatum to the rest of the tenants to move out on behalf of her husband, who is the "owner" of the flat and who is now planning to sell it. From the conversations with the rest, we find out that Hou has been a Hanjian during the Sino-Japanese War and that he has since taken over the apartment by force from the old landlord, Mr Kong. The tenants, including Mr Kong, Mrs Xiao, Little Broadcast (alias Mr Xiao, played by Zhao Dan) and a schoolteacher, Mr Hua, and his wife, initially plan to band together, but circumstances force them to find other ways out. Mr Hua tries to find a place to stay at the KMT-sponsored school he is teaching in. Little Broadcast and Mrs Xiao invest in black market gold. As the situation escalates, Mr Hua gets arrested by KMT agents and his young daughter falls desperately ill.
Release Date
1949-01-11
Average
5.8
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
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Languages:
普通话
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