The Spring River Flows East a Film by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli

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The Spring River Flows East A film by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli “How much sorrow can one man have to bear? As much as a river of spring water flowing east” Often cited as one of the masterpieces of Chinese cinema, The Spring River Flows East, made in 1947, is an epic and tragic melodrama set in Shanghai and Chungking around the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Newly restored by the China Film Archive, it will be released on DVD by the BFI on 20 February 2017 – the first time the film has ever been released in the UK. A film in two parts, part one, Eight War-Torn Years, tells the heart-rending story of a working-class couple, Sufen (Bai Yang), and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin), whose marriage is torn apart when the war forces Zhongliang to flee from Shanghai to Chungking. Part two, The Dawn, sees Zhongliang return to Shanghai. His fortunes transformed, he has married into a wealthy bourgeois family, but his world is undone by a chance meeting with the now-destitute Sufen. Special features Newly restored by the China Film Archive A Stilted City. Chungking. China (1930, 1 min): a rare glimpse of the ancient city which sits on the banks of the Yangtze river Product details RRP: £19.99/ Cat. no. BFIV2104 / Cert 12 China / 1947 / black and white / Mandarin, with optional English subtitles / 179 mins / DVD9 / Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 / Dolby Digital 1.0 mono audio (192kbps) Press contact: Jill Reading, BFI Press Office Tel: (020) 7957 4759 E-mail: [email protected] Images are available to download at www.image.net > BFI > DVD/Blu-ray BFI releases are available from all good home entertainment retailers or by mail order from the BFI Shop Tel: 020 7815 1350 or online at www.bfi.org.uk/shop 12 January 2017 .

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