Sing-Song Girl Red Peony

Sing-Song Girl Red Peony
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Traditional Chinese	歌女紅牡丹
Simplified Chinese	歌女红牡丹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gēnǚ gōng mǔdān
Directed by	Zhang Shichuan
Screenplay by	Hong Shen
Starring	Hu Die Wang Xianzhai Xia Peizhen
Production company	Mingxing Film Company
Release date	15 March 1931 (1931-03-15)
Running time	9 reels
Country	China
Language	Mandarin

Sing-Song Girl Red Peony (simplified Chinese: 歌女红牡丹; traditional Chinese: 歌女紅牡丹; pinyin: Gēnǚ gōng mǔdān) is a 1931 film directed by Zhang Shichuan for the Mingxing Film Company. It follows the actress Red Peony, played by Hu Die, who is trapped in an abusive marriage but feels obligated to persevere. The first sound film made in the Republic of China,^[1] production took six months and involved an expansive crew, including language coaches, to surmount the technical difficulties. The film, now thought lost, was well received by audiences.