Orphan Island Paradise (Gudao tiantang) dir. / sc. Cai Chusheng With Li Qing, Li Lili, Li Jingpo, Lan Ma Hong Kong: Dadi Film C., 1939.

This is one of the few Mandarin films produced in Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese war, in which elements of traditional horror, thriller and suspense are blended with nationalistic and anti-Japanese themes. A young lady travels to Shanghai in the hope of finding her fiance. Although she does manage to locate him, it turns out that he is infaluated with a dancing girl and is fraternising with traitors and Japanese. The dancing girl turns out to be a member of an underground resistance organization. She is in love with her group leader, and together they assassinate several notorious traitors: their activities are supported by the newspaper boys and street peddlers who report them. During a New Year's party, members of the resistance organization elude the enemy's security checks and successfully execute a few more high profile traitors. The dancing girl and the group leader decide to sacrifice their love for each other to the greater good of the resistance by each taking on a new assignment.

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