{"product_id":"spring-river-flows-east","title":"SPRING RIVER FLOWS EAST - DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Spring River Flows East (DVD)\u003cbr\u003eA film by Cai Chusheng and Zheng Junli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOften cited as one of the masterpieces of Chinese cinema, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Spring River Flows East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an epic and tragic melodrama set in Shanghai and Chungking around the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart one, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEight War-Torn Years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, tells the heart-rending story of a working-class couple, Sufen (Bai Yang) and Zhang Zhongliang (Tao Jin), who marriage is torn apart when the war forces Zhongliang to flee from Shanghai to Chungking. Part two, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Dawn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, sees Zhongliang return to Shanghai. His fortunes transformed, he has married into a wealthy bourgeois family but his world is undone by a chance meeting with the now-destitute Sufen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial features\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly restored by the China Film Archive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Stilted City. Chungking. China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1930, 1 min): a rare glimpse of the ancient city on the banks of the Yangtze River\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChina | 1947 | black and white | Mandarin, with optional English subtitles | 179 minutes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Dolby Digital 1.0 mono audio (192kbps) | DVD9 | PAL | Region 2 | Cert 12 (contains moderate violence, injury detail, and a hanging scene)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600845099182,"sku":"BFIV2104","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/the-spring-river-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409333","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/spring-river-flows-east","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}