Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood

Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood
Directed by	Bu Wancang
Written by	Bu Wancang
Starring	Ruan Lingyu Jin Yan
Production company	Lianhua Film Company
Release dates	1931
Running time	100 min. (at 20 frames per second)
Country	China
Language	Silent with Chinese intertitles

Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood (simplified Chinese: 桃花泣血记; traditional Chinese: 桃花泣血記) is a 1931 silent film written and directed by Bu Wancang. The cast included some of the major movie stars of the periods including the Korean born actor Jin Yan and the actresses Ruan Lingyu and Zhou Lili. It is also known by the title, The Peach Girl.

The film was produced by the Lianhua Film Company, and proved an early success for the studio, in no small part due to the on screen combination of Jin and Ruan, the so-called "Valentino" and "Garbo" of Shanghai cinema, and who starred together in several vehicles before Ruan's suicide in 1935.

A print of the film is currently maintained by the China Film Archives.

Plot

The film deals with an innocent country girl (Ruan Lingyu), who is corrupted by a landlord's son (Jin Yan).

Cast

• Lingyu Ruan as Miss Lim (credited as Lily Yuen)
• Yan Jin as King Teh-en (credited as Raymond King)
• Lili Zhou as Mrs. King (credited as S.Y. Li)
• Guilin Wang as Loo Chi
• Chow Lee-Lee as Lim's Mother
• Y.C. Lay as Chow Chuen Chuen
• Langen Han as Slim (credited as Han Lan-ken)
• Liu Chi Chuen as Fatty
• Y.C. Wong as Chow's Mother
• S.M. Shen as A Brave Man

External links

• Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood at IMDb
• Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood at the Chinese Movie Database
• Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood at the 5th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival