Daybreak
A country girl and her boyfriend arrive in Shanghai for a better life. They soon find only desperation. She is raped and falls into prostitution as he drifts into revolutionary circles. Her access through her trade grants her greater access which she uses to aid her revolutionary lover with tragic results.
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Perhaps an over-the-top example of Lianhua Studio's Output. Lily Li, one of the biggest stars of the day, plays an innocent country girl who is forced into a life of prostitution and then becomes a revolutionary. B&W, silent.
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- Director
- Sun Yu
- Starring
- Li Lili, Zhanfei Gao, Juanjuan Ye, Congmei Yuan, Peng Luo, Han Lan-Gen, Jiqun Liu, Guilin Wang
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