"Produced by Oct 1st Film Studio" "The Story of Liubao" "A Film Based on the Novel of the Same Name" "Screenwriters:" "Shi Yan Huang Zongjiang" "Director:" "Wang Ping" "Photographer:" "Cao Jinyun" "Assistant Director:" "Dong Zhaoqi Art Director:" "Kou Honglie" "Music by:" "Gao Ruxing Recording Director:" "Li Yan" "Assistant Photographer:" "Cai Jiwei Film-cutter:" "Yang Sen" "Cast" "Deputy Squad Leader Liao Youliang" "Tian Xueying Tao Yulin" "Old Chap Tian Kang Tianshen" "Xiao Niu Chen Donggang 4th Squad Leader Wan Jun" "Musical Performance" "Chorus and Orchestra of The China Railway Art Troupe" "In the spring of 1944," "I was then a political instructor in a company of the New Fourth Army" "Our army had once been here before, and our company quartered at Liubao" "The region hadjust been liberated" "The reactionaries and Japanese invaders had ruled here for a long time" "At the beginning, people there kept away from us" "The village was as quiet as if nobody were there" "I'd never expected a memorable story would happen here" "I have been here before" "Li, have you been here before?" "Maybe in my dreams" "Let's go" "Instructor, you are all here!" "Your squad will quarter there in Xiaozhuang," "Get it?" "Yes" "How do you do, sir!" "We are the New Fourth Army!" "Hi, fellow!" "What's up?" "Nobody's here?" "Let's have a break" "Li, Somebody's here" "Talk to him" "Don't be afraid, buddy" "What's your name?" "Can you tell me your name?" "Xiao Niu" "You are Xiao Niu, and he's Xiao Ma" "Little bull and little horse, you are a couple" "Then what's your name?" "Me?" "I'm called Tiger," "But I don't eat people," "I only kill the Japs" "You kill the Japs?" "Of course" "Bang-the Jap is dead!" "Look, my gun, sword, bayonet and leather belt are all from the Japs" "Let me see" "Xiao Niu, how many members in your family?" "Three" "Who are they?" "Dad" "You said three And..." "My elder sister" "Where are they?" "At my uncle's" "Oh, Dad told me not to tell anyone" "Dad!" "Look, Dad Comrades from the New Fourth Army gave me this" "They have caught dozens ofJaps and they also gave me pencils" "How can you take things form the Army!" "But they gave me these" "They live in that room?" "Yes" "You must be hungry, Niuniu" "Me?" "I'm already full" "Those comrades asked me to eat with them" "Dad, here is also rice, relief grain given by their Grain Department" "They are all sleeping" "Dad, when will my sister come back home?" "Li, what are you drawing?" "Something to praise our squad leader" "It's not enough to praise only myself" "The 8th squad even fixed up a house for the local people" "Squad leader, what's up?" "Look at old Mr Tian's house!" "And the yard wall!" "Both broken!" "Let's fix them on Sunday, OK?" "OK!" "I agree" "It's a bright spring day, the 18 year-old young man is sitting by the river, the windmill is rolling in the east wind the flowers are fragrant and the wheat is young" "The squeaky windmill is still rolling" "Why don't you say anything?" "You are back, Er Meizi" "Yes I'm back" "It's a bright spring day the 18 year-old young man wants tojoin the Army" "The windmill is rolling in the east wind" "He was missing his lover" "The windmill cannot turn in an inconsistent wind" "What can he say without making a decision?" "Sister" "She's back, Sir?" "Yes, she's back" "Li, why don't you sing A bright spring day...?" "The girl's father will be unhappy" "The sun is rising..." "Listen, sister!" "The one taking the lead is deputy squad leader Li" "He is good at everything" "He has killed several Japs, and he can write and draw!" "Look, he is standing up" "That one is Little Horse We are a couple" "All of them are nice to you?" "Yes" "Where's their home?" "Home?" "I never asked" "What can I do?" "If only they could stay!" "I said we were helping Mr Tian fix his house" "Report to the 4th Squad Leader:" "The puppet troops in Jiangqiao are coming to loot the grain!" "The company ordered us to assemble at the entrance of the village" "Sister, what should we do?" "It's nothing serious Only a few Japs" "Ha, they delivered themselves to our home" "Quick!" "It's OK" "You can't go like that" "A few Japs is a piece of cake!" "Xiao Niu, go to find a durable belt" "Er Meizi, go!" "I won't" "Dad's back!" "Er Meizi, get things ready and go to your uncle's for a period" "Li, what's up?" "Nothing serious Just scraped my elbow" "Here is the belt It's too precious for me to use" "Li, why are you outside?" "Just stay in the room for one day, or your wound will get infected" "No problem" "One day on bed, OK?" "I'll go with you, squad leader!" "Here is the water" "Er Meizi, why are you so sad?" "Anything wrong?" "No, nothing wrong" "Li, isn't there a surgeon in the Army?" "Why not go see the doctor?" "I've already seen the doctor It's not serious" "I'll be all right tomorrow" "Battle must be horrible" "Facing the enemy, there is nothing to fear?" "Do woman soldiers also fight in the war?" "Women don't fight, they work in the hospitals of the home front or in the bedding and clothing factories, looking after the wounded, or making clothes and shoes" "I can make clothes and shoes too" "The New Fourth Army stresses the equality of men and women" "Equality?" "Can I be equal with men, too?" "Plant rice seedlings, lift water, make clothes and pull weeds, even go to the front" "Li, can I join you?" "But we'll go far, far away" "I'll follow you, wherever you go" "I've come to get some grenades" "Squad leader's orders" "Why make a face?" "Nothing special here" "Don't spread rumors, Xiao Ma!" "It is obvious" "Before Xiao Ma burst into the room," "Li Jin was already there, chatting with her" "I've also kept an eye on them," "They really act unusual" "How?" "Just different from what's usual" "But I said nothing" "Did anything happen?" "Not yet" "I found that they have feelings in their hearts, but dare not do anything when facing each other" "Even that will make the whole squad unsettled" "Well, tell him to come here" "Nothing is better than being handsome" "Look!" "Er Meizi's eyes, are stuck on Li" "Don't blab!" "Any slip could have terrible consequences" "Has he disrupted military discipline?" "It's the local people who disrupted our discipline!" "He Jinbiao!" "What are you talking about!" "Nothing, company commander" "Don't talk behind others' back" "Company commander You are making a mistake" "Li, the instructor wants you" "In fact it's really a surprise to me" "Li, the squad leader, is still a child in my mind" "When hejoined the army secretly three years ago, he wasn't as tall as a rifle" "With a round face and a coat covered with dust, he looked so perky with his little gun" "Others would say:" "What a big guy!" "During three years, he won a dozen battles and hasjoin the Party" "I'd never imagined he would have anything incorrect in his mind" "But now, what on earth are you thinking of?" "What are you doing these days, with the girl of the family you're staying with?" "Instructor, I'll give you a full report" "She asked me to find out if she canjoin our Army" "Join the Army?" "You are recruiting new soldiers!" "Well, just tell me, when you were having a rest at home yesterday, what did she say to you in your room?" "To be frank, instructor," "I would like to talk with her, but I don't know what to say..." "Didn't the instructor get angry with Li?" "No" "You are always on the side of Li, Xiao Ma" "Would I have reported if I was partial to Li?" "And then?" "And then Xiao Ma burst in" "She said she wanted to go with us, wherever we go" "What's your opinion then?" "I..." "I definitely want her tojoin us" "Instructor, I admit that" "I like her" "How can you do that!" "You certainly know that these kinds of nasty affairs are likely to disrupted the military discipline" "Instructor, that can't be called a nasty affair!" "I don't think like that" "I'm serious and in a formal way" "Yes Can't love be a serious thing?" "Can't young soldiers fall in love?" "But you are a New Fourth Army soldier, while she's common people" "How can you support her?" "But weren't we told to crush Hitler this year, and then the Japanese invaders next year?" "So your plan is to get to know her first, and then marry her after our victory?" "You got it" "It would be best if she couldjoin the army" "But, it doesn't matter if she can't" "After the war, if I stay in the Army," "I will ask for leave to bring her back" "She's very capable She can plant rice seedlings and weed" "On her deathbed, my mother asked me to find a wifejust like her" "Have you ever told her that?" "No" "It doesn't matter even if I'd told her" "I might die on the battlefield" "If so, it would be a great loss for her" "It might not work for the local people here" "Feudalism remains in their minds" "They will be against us" "Now you fall in love" "If everybody follow suit, what will our company like?" "How can we drive offJaps next year?" "Before you, I think that such things are not permitted" "But once I come bake, living in her family," "I would feel uneasy" "Well, I will discuss it with our company commander" "Sister, they are leaving!" "They're going east" "Comrade Ma, are you leaving?" "No, we'rejust moving, changing over with other company" "Is everything ready?" "Yes" "Are you the instructor?" "Yes" "You are the best" "How's that?" "Li told me that You two are best friends" "You are brave when fighting" "Don't disturb the instructor, Niuniu!" "He's working" "Grandpa, have we done anything wrong?" "Not at all!" "You have given us so much help!" "How much land is there for you to cultivate?" "About 5 mu" "Yours?" "No It has long been Landlord Wang's, and I have to work for him" "Is he the one in this village?" "Yes Isn't he out?" "Where has he gone?" "I don't know, actually What is he like?" "He is..." "OK" "Niuniu!" "Where is that naughty boy?" "Commander Hey, grandpa!" "What's on?" "That old chap is overcautious" "I want to know about Landlord Wang, but he did not dare tell" "Don't be rash" "Instructor, will you stay here for long?" "I know whether we'll leave or stay, but I won't tell you" "Tell me!" "You little spy, tell me first:" "Who sent you here?" "Then I'll tell you" "No You first, then I'll tell you who" "I can guess, even if you don't tell me" "You can't!" "What if I'm right?" "What if you're wrong?" "You can beat my palms ten times" "And if I guess right?" "I won't beat you Just scrape your little nose three times" "If you can't, I will scrape your big nose three times!" "Well, I'll guess now" "It's your grandpa who sent you here Three big noses!" "Then who told you to come here?" "My second sister" "She also wanted me to ask you, can the New Fourth Army soldiers get married?" "but later she stopped me from asking that" "We obey orders from higher-ups" "They tell us whether to withdraw or to stay" "Marriage is not allowed now" "We arefighting the Japs" "You know how bad they are and the puppet army are" "I hate them" "No, I won't marry You have to" "Grandpa, have any of us offended you?" "Just tell me and I'll deal with it" "Cheer up, grandpa" "Go back home and have a good rest" "Leave the problem for tomorrow" "I guess there must be something wrong" "Some big thing" "Did Li do something wrong?" "It couldn't be He never lies to me" "Then what happened?" "Grandpa Father is out" "Where did he go?" "To plant rice for the landlord" "Why?" "That's odd" "Something seemed to have happened this morning" "Hi, come in" "Li, after dinner, go to the east of the bridge" "My sister will be waiting for you there" "She has something to say to you" "You have to go" "I see" "Don't tell anyone" "Xiao Niu, I won't go" "Go to meet her!" "I won't" "Six insence sticks have burned out" "It's already midnight" "Pay more attention to the sea shore" "Let Squad Leader Liu take the next watch" "I know You can rest now" "Li," "What happened?" "It's so late" "I've got something to tell you" "What on earth happend?" "Liu, come and have a look!" "Li is..." "His behavior was shocking in my eyes" "It was very late last night" "Now let's listen to his explanation" "Shall we begin?" "Attention, please!" "Li, tell us about last night" "Er Meizi wants us to help her" "I can't imagine that!" "Er Meizi lost her mother when she ws very young" "He has a nickname, Beard Liu" "Her elder sister died because of him" "He's a dirty scoundrel" "He was once a platoon leader in the central army" "When the Japanese came, he became a puppet soldier" "Beard Liu was promoted to squadron leader" "Now he lives in our village" "Before we came here, he came back to Liubao" "Your elder daughter didn't have good fortune" "But your son-in-law won't forget you" "You are still my father-in-law" "I hear that Er Merzi has grown up and is even prettier than her sister" "Then let her has the fortune" "Mr Liu, we are too poor to have that fortune" "She's still a little girl" "Will you ask her to come out?" "She's not home She's out to see her relatives" "We came to invite her out" "She's really not in" "Well then, next time I'll carry her in the bridal sedan chair!" "Let's go!" "You can't do that, Mr Liu" "Can't you appreciate my kindness?" "I've taken a fancy to her, which means I will make her my wife" "It will be a legal and formal marriage without force" "I'll send a good matchmaker to propose the marriage" "Landlord, I..." "Hey," "How dare you not listen to squadron leader Liu?" "All of us rely on him" "Landlord, I have paid you the land rent for so many years..." "Yes, I have lent out my land to you for so many years, but you have never pay off the rend" "Now you even refuse to let me be the matchmaker" "Why I'm doing is for you" "You and Liu can be relatives" "April 19th of the lunar year is a propitious day" "I'll send her to Jiangqiao on my big boat" "Don't cry, dear" "Hide quickly!" "No" "The New Fourth Army has arrived in East Village" "Hide yourself quickly" "Quick, Dad" "Landlord, he's hidden his daughter" "Don't be forced to do what you have already refused" "Next time Liu will welcome her with his guns" "Landlord, I just sent her to her uncle's to hide" "Listen, the New Fourth Army isjust like a shower in summer, which comes with great power but goes quickly" "If you are on their side, all your family will be executed when Beard Liu comes" "You are here now" "They said you would withdraw" "You can't go" "Once you leave they'll be back" "Then I will die" "Li, won't you save us?" "We're in mortal danger" "Comrades, I was so stupid" "Yesterday I heard all this from her, and feel such deep regret" "The villagers are suffering a lot, but I was thinking of myself" "How can this be called a revolution?" "I won't say high-sounding words now, but I will prove my determination by my behavior" "I request the higher-ups to save her" "Let me speak Li, I often speak ill of you and destroyed your reputation" "I feel so sorry and even more sorry for Er Meizi" "Instructor, please let Er Meizijoin the army" "Yes, instructor" "Let her leave with us!" "Instructor, let herjoin us!" "Don't worry about me" "I've learned a good lesson from all this" "Yes, I've also learned a lot" "Folks, the misery is in front of us, but we didn't see it" "Comrades, will it work if we take Er Meizi with us?" "It there any other way out?" "There is a way" "Fight Fight in Jiangqiao Yes" "If we really fight, it's not a matter of a company or a battalion nor it's only for Er Meizi" "Instructor, we are not only for Jiangqiao" "I will report to the commissar on the matter of Liubao" "We should perfect our skills" "Don't forget all over China, thousands of Er Meizis are suffering" "Instructor, Grandpa Tian fainted" "Instructor, you are back?" "Grandpa, have a rest" "Commander, you can't recruit Er Meizi!" "Beard Liu said if shejoined you, he would kill Niu Niu" "So do you have the heart to hurt her?" "What are you afraid here?" "Have you forgotten my eighteen-year-old son, who was hung in the village by them?" "Look, this arm was broken by an older member of the Wang family" "Till now, this has not been avenged" "Every one of our poor fellows in Liubao has been bullied by the traitors" "Folks, don't worry" "We will solve the problem in Liubao" "How's it going?" "All has been reported" "The political commissar happened to be there" "He asked me to collect more evidence, to educate the army" "He also said we have many chances to fight" "And don't worry about love you are still young" "So what are we going to do?" "I guess we'll fight for Jiangqiao soon" "The battalion commander has asked me to go to Ximazhuang" "I see The day before yesterday, he told me to get familiar with the terrain ofJiangqiao" "Is it possible that we will be the main attack force?" "We'll know later" "We're also been asked to take the mission" "When do we move?" "It's an urgent mission Maybe tonight" "The army is pressing forward" "It seems that the enemy dare not come but you should still watch out, and report as soon as anything happens" "Ok Good-bye, instructor" "Where is your sister?" "I don't know" "So we left Liubao like this" "We moved very quickly" "I watched Lijin to see if he would look back" "But he didn't" "While I couldn't help looking back" "It's a good chance" "When New Fourth Army withdrews from Liubao, you can move all the treasures in your homes to Liubao It's safe here" "Some grain is no big deal" "I will send you Er Meizi for sure" "You've done a lot this time" "That's all right" "Proper preparations should be made" "When the Japanese come to our village," "I would appreciate your help" "That's for sure Food talks" "I will certainly protect you then" "Ok, have a goodjourney!" "Make a turn and follow the small river" "What are you going to do?" "Dad!" "Follow him!" "He disappeared" "The sun is rising Let's go" "What are you doing?" "Kidnapping?" "I'll kill you if you shout" "What are you looking at?" "Go back home!" "Who dares come here?" "The landlord is here" "I'll be back soon" "I'm coming Set sail" "It's Liubao" "You watch out and I'll go report to the company Ok" "Xiao Niu Commander, instructor" "My sister was kidnapped" "Please save her!" "Who kidnapped her?" "Three of the Landlord's guys" "Do they have guns?" "Where did they go?" "I don't know" "Commander, let's get them!" "Ok" "Let's go, Liu" "Wait a minute" "I'll go with you" "There's a political problem" "Let's go" "Wait, Liu," "That boat is heading for Jiangqiao along Qilidang" "Then I'll take a shortcut with a team" "Ok, the 3rd team goes with me" "Instructor, they are approaching Jiangqiao" "They can't get far" "Look, that's the boat" "Oh my god, the New Fourth Army is following us" "Calm down" "Row the boat" "Yes" "Quick Qilidang isjust ahead" "We'll reach to Jiangqiao after passing Qilidang" "You'll have a bath in Qilidang" "I got it Quick" "Shoot Landlord we can't fire" "Don't move Where is the gun?" "We are decent businessmen" "Where is she?" "Er Meizi Li" "Sister Daddy" "Folks, this traitorous landlord..." "Stand up!" "We'll hand him over to the people's government" "You can make accusations of his wrongdoings" "The government of the New Fourth Army will support you" "The army is deeply loved in this village" "I feel worried about Lijin's fighting will, because we are going to fight in Jiangqiao" "It is an important stronghold" "We can't lower our guard" "Commander, let me go" "Ok Lay cover fire!" "Second Squad shoot!" "Comrades, go ahead!" "Jiangqiao was liberated" "We killed Beard Liu and rent and interest rates were cut in Liubao" "They held a celebration and we were the guests of honor" "All the soldiers in our company showed up" "Er Meizi Here" "The army is coming Let's go" "Instructor, daddy wants you to come home" "You can go" "Where is my sister?" "She's gone to the meeting" "Hello, Grandpa" "Li, I'll show you something special Follow me" "Look, my sister made them" "Can you guess who she make them for?" "I know she made these for..." "She made them but gave them to nobody" "Just put them here" "Xiao Ma, let's go to the meeting" "What are those picks for?" "What for?" "There aren't any mountains or stones here" "And raincoats" "So many bullets?" "It's mountainous in the South, and it often rains" "A great counterattack is coming" "Huge battles for the cities" "We'll teach the Japs a big lesson" "We can fight along the railways, instead of the rivers" "I don't even know what railway looks like" "It's a bright spring day, the 18-year-old young man tells his lover," "I'm going far, far away, and won't be back for two or three years" "It might be dangerous in the war" "I will meet you when we are victorous" "No one can tell whether we can come back here or not" "The army will go south" "Lijin was not so calm" "He has certainly heard the news" "We may never come back after we leave" "We have fought bravely all these years, creeping in the mud, bleeding, keep fighting in the burning house" "All the difficulties never troubled him" "But now it's really a problem" "Morning, instructor" "What are you doing so early in the morning?" "Instructor, when are we leaving?" "Leave?" "Where?" "I can tell we are leaving for a place far away" "But you can be sure that" "I won't turn back" "You have thought of turning back?" "Yes" "Can I stay?" "Can I stay in this place?" "Where has your determination gone?" "No, that's the truth" "But since I saved her in the boat, and then we had the victory in Jiangqiao," "I've come around" "I didn't let the fellow villagers down" "I know she loves me too" "And I even know..." "I'll say no more, or I'll be sad" "How I wish to see her again" "What's wrong with me?" "OK, I'll never mention that any more" "Instructor, please go back I'm all right" "Don't you believe me?" "You taught me a lot these years" "I thought it over for a long time, over and over" "If I remain here to work," "I'll be a deserter" "What a shame!" "Instructor, I feel sad when I miss her, but I can stand it" "If I left the army, and was abandoned by the Party," "I would rather die!" "When I joined the Party, I made the oath that I'd struggle to my death for the people" "When the people need you to bleed for them, you do it without hesitation;" "When they need you to put personal affairs aside," "I believe you'll also do that" "Instructor, do you believe me?" "I believe you" "We began our expedition soon after" "The Japanese invaders collapsed" "So were the reactionaries" "Today we returned to the old place" "Commander Li..." "Director" "Ahead is the place where we caught Landlord Wang" "Do you still miss Er Meizi?" "The war continued for years" "The situation was tense in this region" "Even if she's still alive, maybe she has already..." "That's also good" "I met someone today" "It's her district political commissar, not her" "She said that Tian xueying, that's the name of Er Meizi, has been a Party member for a while and is a cadre now" "In cruel battles years before," "She also fought in the guerilla war on the river" "She's always been waiting for you" "Director, can I go now?" "Why are you so shy today?" "We've agreed you can go to Liubao" "Go see her" "Comrade, where are you going?" "Can you tell me..." "You've been here before?" "Yes" "You are deputy squad leader Li" "Are you looking for Tian xueying?" "Great!" "You two can reunite at last!" "Go and find her!" "No, I can recognize her home" "Home?" "It's gone" "Why?" "Where are Grandpa Tian and Xiao Niu?" "The reactionaries wanted to kill them," "We've already moved them to the central district" "Only Er Meizi keeps working here" "She's the leader of our boat team" "Go, go and find her" "Comrade..." "Li..." "Comrade Tian xueying" "It's a bright spring day," "The 18-year-old young man listens to his lover," "No matter how far away you go," "No matter how long you're away," "As long as you don't forget me," "As long as you return in triumph..."