The Big Road

The Big Road
Directed by Sun Yu
Written by Sun Yu
Starring Jin Yan
Li Lili
Zheng Junli
Cinematography Hong Weilie
Studio Lianhua Film Company
Distributed by

United States (DVD):

Cinema Epoch (dvd)
Release date(s) 1934
Running time 104 min
Country China
Language Silent film

The Big Road (Chinese: 大路; pinyin: Dàlù), also known as The Highway is a 1934 Chinese silent film directed by Sun Yu and starring Jin Yan and Li Lili. The film deals with a group of workers who are constructing a highway for use in the war against the Japanese.

The Big Road was named the 30th greatest Chinese films ever made by the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2004.[1]

DVD release

The Big Road was released in the United States on Region 0 DVD on May 8, 2007 by Cinema Epoch. The disc featured English subtitles and also included Sun Yu's Queen of Sports.

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards". 24th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. http://www.hkfaa.com/news/100films.html. Retrieved 2007-04-10. 

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