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The Flower Girl
The Flower Girl

THE FLOWER GIRL

Hua gu niang

Directed by Zhu Shilin
Hong Kong, 1951
Drama

Synopsis

Adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s Boule de Suif, this satire-cum-thriller transposes its backdrop to wartime China. On a bus crossing a checkpoint, a pretty girl coveted by a Japanese officer sacrifices herself to aid the patriotic cause against the enemy.

Synopsis

Adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s Boule de Suif, this satire-cum-thriller transposes its backdrop to wartime China. On a bus crossing a checkpoint, a pretty girl coveted by a Japanese officer sacrifices herself to aid the patriotic cause against the enemy.