Scenes of City Life (1935)
A novelist uses all his money to buy gifts for the woman he loves who in turn is also seeing a business man, using him for expensive presents. As a consequence the writer is unable to pay the rent, whilst the womans family goes hungry as her fathers business suffers. A joyful comedy that expresses the dangers of consumerism for the careless spender.
Director:
Muzhi Yuan
Writer:
Muzhi Yuan
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Xinzhu Zhang as Xiaoyun |
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Na Tang as Menghua Li |
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Boxun Zhou as Xiaoyun's father |
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Wu Yin as Yunmu Xiao |
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Menghe Gu as Junsan Wang |
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Ruohong Cai as Secretary Chen |
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Lu Bai as Girl |
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Qing Jiang as girlfriend |
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Muzhi Yuan as salesman |
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Sizhi Feng as cashier |
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Bozi Fan as stationmaster |
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Shichuan Zhang as comprador |
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Huishu Lin as landlady |
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Yefei Li as pawnshop clerk |
| Directing | Muzhi Yuan | Director |
| Writing | Muzhi Yuan | Screenplay |
| Production | Dejian Ma | Producer |
| Camera | Yinxian Wu | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Xiangxing Chen | Editor |
| Sound | Shuzhou Dai | Sound |
| Art | Yunqiao Zhang | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Ji Lü | Original Music Composer |