Spring Silkworms

Spring Silkworms

100 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1933

This early classic of Golden Age Shanghai cinema echoes Visconti's classic La Terra Trema in its beautifully rendered story of a humble silk-farming family struggling to be free of debt to exploitative middlemen.

Spring Silkworms

100 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1933

Spring Silkworms
This early classic of Golden Age Shanghai cinema echoes Visconti's classic La Terra Trema in its beautifully rendered story of a humble silk-farming family struggling to be free of debt to exploitative middlemen.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Mingxing Film Company
Original title 春蚕
Directors 程步高
Writers Mao Dun, Yan Xia

Cast

Ying Xiao

as Old Tong Bao

Yuexian Yan

as Ah Si's wife

Jianong Gong

as Ah Si

Qianping Gao

as Liu Bao

Xia Ai

as He Hua (Lotus)

Xiaoqiu Zheng

as Duo Duo Tou

Zhengxin Wang

as LI Gensheng

Meijun Gu

as Miss

Gongshang Yan

as Gentleman

Minyu Zhang

as Xiao Bao