Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon

Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (simplified Chinese: 八千里路云和月; traditional Chinese: 八千里路雲和月; pinyin: Bāqiān lǐ lù yún hé yuè) is a 1947 Chinese film directed by Shi Dongshan and Wang Weiyi, starring Bai Yang and Tao Jin, two actors who were the leads in The Spring River Flows East released that same year. The film was selected as one of the 100 greatest 20th-century Chinese-language films chosen by Asia Weekly. Jiang Lingyu (Bai Yang), a female student who is studying in Shanghai, decides to join the Resistance Acting Troupe after Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937. Although dissuaded by her uncle, aunt and cousin, she adamantly leaves her uncle's home, where she has been staying, without telling them. The company arrives at Suzhou,...