The Garden of Youth (1956)
A group of eighth-grade boys and girls set themselves the goal of greening the vacant lot adjacent to their school and turning it into a blooming garden. At first, they thought it would be extremely easy to achieve this goal. But then there were those who argued that the garden only required physical strength (so wouldn't it be easier to hire workers?) and that schoolchildren should not be distracted from their classes, especially since many of them were falling behind. The enthusiastic gardeners did not give up. They took the weaker students under their wing. Much more was needed—special knowledge, teamwork skills, and perseverance—before the eighth graders were able to ceremoniously present the school with the first bouquets of flowers from their plot.
Director: Weiyi Wang
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Manyi Su as Xiao-Hui's mother |
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Jie Liu as Mother Wang |
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Weina Zhang as Xiao-Hui Li |
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Huanqing Li as Teacher Shi |
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Baoluo Li as Teacher Hua |
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Gao Ye as Principal |
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Guoyi Gu as Luhua Du |
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Ziqiang Jiang as Xinghua Fang |
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Haigen Chen as Dawei Zhao |
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Ansheng Kang as Bingliang Li |
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Anduan Liu as Dasheng Xu |
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Jianan Wu as Changlin Gao |
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Yanmin Fu as Yindi Chen |
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Longhui Sheng as Small friend |
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Min Zheng as Nan-Nan Jiang |
| Sound | Wang Yun-Jie | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Weiyi Wang | Director |
| Camera | Sizhi Feng | Director of Photography |