''National Customs'' () is a 1935 Chinese film directed by

Luo Mingyou Lo Ming-yau (1900–1967) or Luo Mingyou was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and filmmaker, and a pioneer of Chinese cinema. His uncle Lo Wen-kan (羅文榦, Luo Wengan) was a major politician during the early Republican period. Lo Ming-yau founded the ...

and Zhu Shilin. The film was silent film star

Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicid ...

's last performance before she died in 1935. This film is a propaganda film promoting the

New Life Movement The New Life Movement () was a government-led civic campaign in the 1930s Republic of China to promote cultural reform and Neo-Confucian social morality and to ultimately unite China under a centralised ideology following the emergence of ideolog ...

, which was launched in 1934.

Cast

* Lim Cho Cho as Zhang Jie, a rural school principal *

as Zhang Lan, Zhang Jie's elder daughter *

Li Lili Li Lili (; 2 June 1915 – 7 August 2005) was a Chinese film actress and singer. Her films ''Little Toys, Playthings'', ''The Big Road, The Great Road'' and ''Storm on the Border'' were blockbusters of the 1930s and 1940s.Elaine DuanTop 10 lege ...

as Zhang Tao, Zhang Jie's younger daughter *

Zheng Junli Zheng Junli (December 6, 1911 – April 23, 1969) was a Chinese actor and director born in Shanghai and who rose to prominence in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. His films ''The Spring River Flows East'' and ''Crows and Sparrows'' are widely ...

as Chen Zuo, a cousin of the Zhang sisters * Luo Peng as Xu Boyang, a classmate

External links

* * 1935 films Chinese silent films Chinese propaganda films Chinese drama films 1935 drama films Chinese black-and-white films Silent drama films {{1930s-China-film-stub