The White-haired Girl

A peasant girl, Xi'er, and her neighbour, Dachun, are in love with eath other. Xi'er's father, Yang Bailao, and Dachun't mother plan to see them married after the fall harvest. A local landlord, Huang Shiren, takes an interst in Xi'er and uses the debts Yang owes him as a leverage. Xi'er was raped and becomes pregnant. With the help of another maid, she runs away from Huang's residence and hides in the mountains. After years of living in the cave, her hair turns completely white. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, Dachun, now a Communist army officer, returns to his home village to mobilize the peasants. He find Xi'er and the truth is revealed, lovers are reunited, and the evil landlord is executed. (Encyclopedia of Chinese Film?ed. Xiao Zhiwei, Zhang Yingjin?