1959, Color, 180 mins / in Mandarin with English subtitles

This is an important film made in 1959 commemorating the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It helps us to understand the patriotic fervor that drove China after the revolution.

In 1931, Japan begins its occupation in China while the country is gripped by civil war. A young girl's life changes drastically when a chain of events demands that she picks up the mantle of leadership against all odds.

After escaping an arranged marriage, her own suicide, and a repressive relationship that she believed to be love, she plunges into the student movement against Japanese aggression. While society tumbles in turmoil caused by the White Terror, she stands up against the KMT government. Neither threats nor imprisonment can drive her away from her cause. Finally, she becomes one of the heroes contributing to the founding of the new China.

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