Queen of Sports (1934)

Original title

体育皇后

Directed by

Sun Yu

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl moves to Shanghai to pursue athletics but gets distracted by college boys. Her coach helps her refocus and she learns about true sportsmanship.

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What happens

Sports Queen (Chinese: 体育皇后; pinyin: Tǐyù Huánghòu), also known as Queen of Sports and The Athletic Queen, is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Sun Yu, starring Li Lili and Zhang Yi. The film revolves around a girl who arrives in Shanghai to devote her talents to athletics and is almost led astray by college boys. She is put back on track by her coach and she understands of the idea of "true sportsmanship (体育真精神)". Sun Yu made a series of films featuring the image of "bonny girls", which not only entertained the audiences at the time, but advocated the spirit of "sports saving the nation" in the social and political context of 1930s' China. The film was made to coincide with the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games (the precursor to the Asian Games) in Shanghai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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