The Lights of Ten Thousand Homes (1948)
Overview
This tale of familial warfare and sacrifice takes place in hard-pressed Shanghai at the end of the 1940s. Hu Zhiqing can barely support his wife and children, and his situation is worsened by the unexpected arrival of his mother, brother and sister-in-law. When he is fired by his unscrupulous boss, the whole family becomes embroiled in one emotional/economic struggle after another.
Cast
Shangguan Yunzhu
Lan Ma
Wu Yin
Huang Yan
Qi Mengshi
Qi Heng
Wang Longji
Wu Yin
(as Yin Wu)
Qi Mengshi
Photographer
Gao Zheng
Chiang Kuang Chao
Huanqing Li
A Zhen
Fu Huizhen
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