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Waves Washing the Sand is a film of genre Drama directed by Wu Yonggang with Jin Yan
Waves Washing the Sand (1936)
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There are 7 films with the same actors, 2 films with the same director, 66633 with the same cinematographic genres (including 8551 with exactly the same 2 genres than Waves Washing the Sand), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Waves Washing the Sand, you will probably like those similar films :
The Goddess (1934)
, 1h25Directed by Wu Yonggang
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Ruan Lingyu
Rating76%
A never-named young woman (Ruan Lingyu) works as a prostitute to support herself and her baby son Shuiping. One night, fleeing from a police street sweep, she hides in the room of a gambler named Zhang (Zhang Zhizhi). When he suggests she stay the night with him for not betraying her to the police, she agrees. Later, however, he and two of his pals show up at her place. He makes it clear that he considers her his property. The woman attempts to flee, but Zhang tracks her down and frightens her by claiming to have sold Shuiping to punish her. Zhang returns the child, but he has made his point; she realizes she cannot protect her son from him and gives in. However, she manages to hide some of her earnings behind a loose brick in her wall.
Evening Rain (1980)
, 1h26Directed by Wu Yigong, Wu Yonggang
Genres Drama
Rating72%
During the time the "Gang of Four” is on the rampage in China, a poet named Qiu Shi who has been in prison for 6 years is secretly transferred from Sichuan to Wuhan by boat under the guard of Li Yan and Liu Wenying. They meet six passengers on the boat – a poor girl named Xing Hua who had to work as a prostitute to pay her debts, a just woman teacher, an old actor of Beijing Opera, a frail elderly woman who has just lost her son, a young worker who has a clear stand on what to love and what to hate, and a little girl in rags. One night, feeling hopeless about her life, Xin Hua commits suicide by jumping into the river. Qiu Shi saves her and uses his own experience to encourage the poor girl. All the people aboard are deeply moved by this brave poet, including Li Yan and Liu Wenying. It turns out that the girl in rags is Qiu Shi’s daughter. With the help of the passengers aboard, Qiu Shi with his daughter finally regain freedom.
The Peach Girl (1931)
, 1h40Directed by Bu Wancang
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan
Rating68%
The film deals with an innocent country girl (Ruan Lingyu), who is corrupted by a landlord's son (Jin Yan).
Chengshi zhi ye (1933)
, 1h5Directed by Fei Mu
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan
The film tells the story of a poor family living in China's slums. The daughter, played by Ruan Lingyu, is forced to work at the docks. When it is learned that the slum's landlord is preparing to demolish the entire tenement, the daughter is forced to give up her body to her landlord's son in exchange for a delay in construction. By the end of the film, the daughter, her family, and the landlord's son all leave the city for what they hope will be a better life in the country.
The Big Road (1935)
, 1h44Directed by Sun Yu
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Transport films, Political films
Actors Jin Yan, Li Lili, Zheng Junli
Rating64%
Six cheerful young men work hard during the Second Sino-Japanese War constructing a highway which will enable the Chinese army to send men and logistics to the frontline against the Japanese. Deputy Hu, a hanjian, initially tries to bribe them, but later locks them up in a cell when they refuse to halt the construction and flee. Two girls from a local eating house who befriend them manages to rescue them, but one of the six men died in the process. The workers finish the highway on time, but end up sacrificing their lives after being gunned down by Japanese fighter jets once their work is completed.
Love and Duty (1931)
, 2h32Directed by Bu Wancang
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan
Rating71%
The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with her true love, Li Zuyi (Jin Yan). The film details the poverty she must endure for breaking with tradition.
Three Modern Ladies (1933)
Directed by Bu Wancang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama
Actors Ruan Lingyu, Jin Yan, Chen Yanyan
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Loren Avedon, Keith Vitali, Joseph Campanella, Luke Askew, Sherrie Rose, Sherrie Rose
Rating81%
After their CIA agent father is killed, brothers Casey (Keith Vitali) and Will Alexander (Loren Avedon) are forced to put their differences aside as they hunt for the killer. The duo get close to Franco (Rion Hunter), a ruthless terrorist leader. Will, a karate instructor, joins a rogue terrorist organization and, in order to gain Franco's trust, is told that he must kill another CIA agent, who just happens to be his brother Casey. Together, Casey and Will fake the murder and devise a plan to get their revenge while uncovering Franco's plans to assassinate President George H.W. Bush.
Gone with the Pope (2010)
Directed by Duke Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Duke Mitchell
Rating62%
The movie tells the story of four ex-convicts who journey to Rome to attempt to kidnap the Pope, planning to charge a ransom of "a dollar from every Catholic in the world."
Good Neighbours (2011)
, 1h38Directed by Jacob Tierney
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Emily Hamilton, Scott Speedman, Xavier Dolan, Gary Farmer
Rating57%
Louise works as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal where she lives. She has become obsessed with the story of a recent spate of serial murders committed in the area, and scours newspapers for stories about each victim. The latest victim is a co-worker who last spoke of a blond, muscular man she met at the bar, and with whom she had a drink after she got off work at midnight. Louise's wheelchair-bound neighbour, Spencer, shares her interest to a point but values his privacy and solitude. When Victor, an awkward and talkative elementary school teacher, moves in to their apartment complex, he ingratiates himself into their lives and attempts to strike up a friendship, which they reluctantly accept. Louise, who prefers the company of her cats to humans, warms to Victor when he reveals that he is also a cat owner.