Direction: Sun Yu

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Sun Yu. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Big Road (Dalu)

1934 · Movie · 104 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Jin Yan · Chen Yanyan · Lily Li · Luo Ming

Plot Six young men from the city take jobs on a road crew, building a highway of strategic importance to the Chinese Army. The story relates the men's interactions with each...

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Queen of Sports

1934 · Movie · 89 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Bai Lu · Han Langen · Feiguang He · Lily Li

Plot Young sprinter Lin Ying enrolls in a sports college in Shanghai. As she becomes a sports celebrity, she starts to mangle with the upper class and has gradually forgotten the...

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Daybreak

1933 · Movie · 116 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Gao Zhanfei · Lily Li · Ye Juanjuan · Han Langen

Plot A country girl and her boyfriend arrive in Shanghai for a better life. They soon find only desperation. She is raped and falls into prostitution as he drifts into revolutionary...

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The Life of Wuxun

1951 · Movie · 208 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Zhao Dan · Zongying Huang · Zhou Boxun · Jiang Tianliu

Plot After his father dies, Wu Xun and his mother are reduced to poverty. While working as a hired laborer, Wu is short-changed by his employer because he can’t read. His...

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Wild Rose

1932 · Movie · 99 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Han Langen · Jin Yan · Renmei Wang · Ye Juanjuan

Plot A feisty country girl Xiao Feng nicknamed Wild Rose has moved to the city with her artist friend Jiang after her father's disappearance. They move to Shanghai and discover that...

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Little Toys

1933 · Movie · 114 min. · China

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Symphony of Lianhua

1937 · Movie · 106 min. · China

Direction Cai Chusheng · Fei Mu · Mengfu He · Shen Fu

Cast Jiang Qing · Mei Xi · Shen Fu · Chen Yanyan

Plot The film is composed of eight short stories.

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Loving Blood of the Volcano

1932 · Movie · 118 min. · China

Direction Sun Yu

Cast Lily Li · Liu Jiqun · Tianxiu Tang · Tam Ying

Plot A warlord's nephew lusts for farmer Song Ke's sister. When Song refuses, the whole family is thrown into jail and the sister commits suicide. The father dies of grief and...

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