Crows and Sparrows

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A Shanghai landlord hoping to sell his boarding house and flee to Taiwan before the Communist invasion battles against his tenants, who don't want to be evicted. This neo-realist classic completed just prior to the Communist Revolution was approved for production when the censors were given a false script, while the filmmakers hid the actual screenplay.

Country: Chinese

Status: Completed

Released: 1949

Genre: Drama