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The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1932)

December 25, 19321h 27m

63%User score 63 percent

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102 votes

They found a love they dared not touch!

Overview

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr.

Top Billed Cast

Barbara Stanwyck
Megan Davis
Nils Asther
General Yen
Toshia Mori
Mah-Li
Walter Connolly
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Status: Released
Original title: The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Original language: Mandarin
Production: Columbia Pictures

Keywords

china
shanghai, china
missionary
chinese civil war
betrayal
interracial romance
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