Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Sunrise (1985)

Sunrise poster
Original title
日出
Directed by
Yu Benzheng
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 29m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in 1930s Shanghai leaves her husband after their son dies and becomes a well-known but unhappy courtesan. The film follows her life and struggles in that time and place.

melancholicsomberslow-pacedevocativeemotionally heavyperiod-drama feeltragic

What happens

Sunrise (originaltittel: Ri Chu) er en kinesisk dramafilm fra 1985 regissert av Yu Benzheng. Filmen handler om en kvinne som for forlater sin ektemann etter sønnens død. Hun ender opp som en velkjent, men ulykkelig kurtisane. Handlingen er lagt til 1930-årenes Shanghai. De fremste rollene spilles av Fang Shu, Wang Shihuai, Wang Fuli, Wang Futang og Yan Xiang. Filmen er basert på et skuespill fra 1936 av Cao Yu. Den ble kåret til beste film ved Hundred Flowers Awards (delt med Juvenile Delinquents og Zan men de tui wu bing) og tildelt prisen for fremragende film ved Huabiao Awards (delt med flere filmer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?