China Synopsis
城南旧事
It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with My Memories of Old Beijing. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shanghai Film Studio
The 1980s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in China, 23 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when My Memories of Old Beijing premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 16th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 39% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 34th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on My Memories of Old Beijing, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- lost child · 4
- family life · 2
- sick father · 2
- chinese girl · 2
- dead child · 1
- death in family · 1
- 城南旧事 · 1
- thief · 23
- schoolgirl · 22
- 1920s · 18
- beijing · 13
- china · 127
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #122 of 946 China films indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Drama productions specifically: #78 of 547 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Shanghai Film Studio |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | November 15, 1983 |
| IMDb | tt0085326 |