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1930's China. The village of a poor family is taken over by the occupying Japanese army. One son, Zhongliang... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
An unforgettable masterpiece of melodrama! moreCast
(Credited cast) | Yang Bai | ... | Sufen |
| Tao Jin | ... | Zhang Zhongliang |
| Yang Nai | (as Nai Yang) | |
| Yunzhu Shangguan | ... | He Wenyuan |
| Xiuwen Shu | ... | Wang Lizheng |
| Yinyan Wu | ... | Mother-in-law |
| Gongshang Yan | ||
| Boxun Zhou | ... | Pang Haogong |
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Tears of the Yang-Tse (USA)The Spring River Flows East (International: English title)
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"Yi jang chun shui xiang dong liu" was a great commercial success of its' time. After watching it, it is easy to understand why: it is simply so easy to love (and hate) the main characters, who are wonderfully played by Yang Bai and Tao Jin. Melodramas as strong as this are usually pretty ridiculous, but not when the characters are like members of your own family.
In the beginning we have a happy family who works in a factory in Shanghai of the 30's. When the Japanese attack, the husband leaves her wife, mother and son behind to fight against the cruel invaders. For eight years they are separated. In that time, the waiting wife has to face all kinds of horrors of the war and poverty, while husband marries another woman (a rich one) in another city. He becomes a bourgeois who lives a sweet life far away from war. So, the film deals with the subject that has always been so popular among the left-winged film makers: the comparison between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. It has the same message as "Die Freundlosse Gasse" and "Konets Sankt-Peterburga", etc., but it has a far more elegant way of telling it.
The mother has too many self-pitying lines and the music becomes very irritating at times. These are about all faults there is. That is a excellent effort for a three-hour-long feature. I wonder if we Europeans have ever managed to make as powerful melodrama as this.
Highly recommended to those who still believe in great emotions. Others beware.