The Spring River Flows East (DVD)

The Spring River Flows East (DVD)Often cited as one of the masterpieces of Chinese cinema, The Spring River Flows East is an epic and tragic melodrama set in Shanghai and Chungking around the time of the Second Sino Japanese War. Part one, Eight War Torn Years, tells the heart rending story of a working class couple, Sufen (Bai Yang) and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin), who marriage is torn apart when the war forces Zhongliang to flee from Shanghai to Chungking. Part two, The Dawn, sees

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