New Women (1935)
新女性
Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up eventually engage in luxury prostitution.
- Date of release
- 1935-02-03
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Chusheng Cai
Casting
- Ruan Lingyu — Wei Ming
- Moqiu Wang — Mrs Wang
- Zheng Jun-li — Yu Haichou
- Yin Xu — Li Aying
- Fang Lian-Ying — Old neighbor
- Zhou Qian-Yun — Old neighbor's daughter
- Wang Naidong — Dr. Wang
- Yiwei Qiu
- Hong Jing-Ling — Manager
- Tang Tian-Xiu — Wei Ming's sister
- Chen Juan-Juan — Wei Xiaohong, young daughter
- Lung Ling — Wei Ming's husband
Interesting facts
New Women is a 1935 Chinese silent drama film produced by the United Photoplay Service. It is sometimes translated as New Woman. The film starred Ruan Lingyu and was directed by Cai Chusheng. This film became one of Ruan Lingyu's better-known works. Her suicide on International Women's Day drew attention to the controversial status of new women and made this film a sensation in modern China.
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