Soaring Aspirations
About Soaring Aspirations
In the 1920s, refugees clear a barren stretch and build Taiping Village. Bandits attack. The villagers choose Shun'er, played by Jin Yan, to lead the defense. Farmer Tian Dehou, played by Fang Tian, had quarreled with Shun'er over Hei Niu, played by Wang Renmei, and joins the fight. The next village comes to help. Tian Dehou and Hei Niu are killed. The village is burned. Shun'er says the enemy will come again, and the survivors go forward when the guns start.
Cast & crew
More about Soaring Aspirations
Wu Yonggang directed. The Chinese title is 壯志凌雲. An alternate English title is Courage That Reached Above the Cloud. A film database times a copy at 94 minutes. Wang Cilong, Han Lan-Gen, and Zhou Fengwen are on the catalog cast. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Background
The story is set in the 1920s, with refugees who have already spent more than ten years making the village before the raid.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Jin Yan and Wang Renmei were married from 1934.
- The fight is against bandits, not a named army.
- The Commons file uses the Chinese title.
Scenes
- Shun'er is chosen to lead after the bandits close in.
- After the village burns, the survivors charge when the firing starts again.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (壯志凌雲)
