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Biao (1949)

105 min | Drama
A street-wise and tough orphan called Maverick is arrested for a petty theft and sent to an orphanage, but succeeds in concealing a watch he had stolen from an old shopkeeper just before his arrest. At the orphanage, he is recruited by a ...See moreA street-wise and tough orphan called Maverick is arrested for a petty theft and sent to an orphanage, but succeeds in concealing a watch he had stolen from an old shopkeeper just before his arrest. At the orphanage, he is recruited by a crooked warder for further and more serious crimes. But when two more children are admitted to the orphanage -- a boy called "Fatty" and a girl called "Little Mouse" -- he makes the first friends he has ever had. But when Maverick learns the girl is the granddaughter of the old shopkeeper he stole the watch from, and what ruin it brought to her family, he has a crisis of conscience. Written by dmarion@chinesemirror.com See less
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Director
Zuolin Huang (as Zuo Lin)
Writer
Zuolin Huang (as Zuo Lin)
Cinematographer
Qi Xu
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Updated Dec 31, 1949
Release date
1949 (China)

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9 cast members
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Zhaoqian Sun's primary photo
Zhaoqian Sun
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Zhi Cheng
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Yang Shen's primary photo
Yang Shen
Lei Cunhua Lei Cunhua   See fewer
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Zhongying Yu's primary photo
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Old Wan Old Wan   See fewer
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Zhendong Tian's primary photo
Zhendong Tian
Hu Dekui (as Zhen-Dong Tian) Hu Dekui (as Zhen-Dong Tian)   See fewer
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Wenlong Yang's primary photo
Wenlong Yang
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When He Comes Back
Yuanyuan Cai's primary photo
Yuanyuan Cai
Little Mouse Little Mouse   See fewer
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Pin Li's primary photo
Pin Li
Mother Wang Mother Wang   See fewer
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Ruide Zhou's primary photo
Ruide Zhou
Fatty Fatty   See fewer
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6.6 / 10 | 8 votes
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