

The Colorful Dawn
1984, Chinese. Directed by Jiang Yusheng.
During their school days, Yanling and Lishuang are lovers. However, Yanling's father, who is the director of the Education Bureau, feels that Lishuang is not worthy of becoming his son-in-law. To separate the lovers the father sends Yanling to be a teacher in a island. There Yanling meets Shuijian, also a teacher there. At the same time, Lishuang had already engaged with Ding Langmei, a childhood sweetheart in her hometown. After realizing her father is not the respected figure she once though, Yanling decides to stay on the island to teach.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- 1 January 1984
- Original title
- 多彩的晨光
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The Colorful Dawn runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Who directed The Colorful Dawn?
The Colorful Dawn (1984) was directed by Jiang Yusheng and stars Xue Gong, Zhang Tielin, Li Kechun.