The White-Haired Girl
Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.
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One of the most well-known feature films from soon after the foundation of the People's Republic of China, based on a Chinese opera by the same name.
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- Director
- Wang Bin
- Starring
- Tian Hua, Baiwan Li, Chen Qiang, Shouwei Zhang, Peng Hu, Renlin Li, Bo Li, Ying Zhang
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