Plot Summary
China's first song and dance film was "Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf" directed by Sun Yu and starring Wang Renmei in 1932. A battalion commander's lover, named Zhao Zhao, wrote a poem on a banana leaf in memory of the battalion commander. Just as she was about to mail it, she met people in the village holding the Autumn Tage Festival. Zhao Zhao decides to participate the festivities with her friends. Unexpectedly, the banana leaf was lost on the ground. Zhao Zhao rejects a man who tries to pursue her. Mad being rejected, the man picks up the lost banana leaf. He decides to write his own name to it, trying to deceive the battalion comrade that Zhao Zhao has cheated on him. The film is thought to be lost.
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Director & Crew
Li Ping-Qian
Director
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Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf was directed by Li Ping-Qian and released in 1932.
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Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf has a runtime of 1 hours and 40 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1932-12-31
- Status
- Released