Shichuan Zhang

Poster for the movie "Laborer's Love"

Laborer’s Love

Cheng the fruit seller is in love with the daughter of his neighbor the doctor, but the good doctor won’t let him marry her unless Chang finds him more patients. This is the earliest surviving film from the last century in China.

Wedding Festivities

The Difficult Couple (难夫难妻; Nànfū Nànqī, a.k.a. Die for Marriage, Wedding Festivities), is a 1913 Chinese film. It is known for being the earliest Chinese feature film. Although it had a dialogue of only a little more than 1,000 characters, it became to be the first Chinese film with a script. It is considered a lost film.

Poster for the movie "Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery"

Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery

After being defeated in a fight by a local gang, local official Lu Fengyang sends his weak and sickly son Lu Xiaoqing to study with a master of the Kunlun school of martial arts. Recovered and strong, he comes upon the Red Lotus Temple, and puts up there for the night. Unable to sleep, he begins looking around the palatial temple, and discovers a room decorated with many images of Buddhist demons, and an altar … Read more