2)The Second Golden Age,the late 1940s: Many of these films showed the disillusionment with the oppressive rule of Chiang Kai-shek who served as Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council)of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China(ROC)from 1928 to 1948 Spring in a Small Town(1948),a film by director Fei Mu shortly prior to the revolution,is often regarded by Chinese film critics as one of the most important films in the history of Chinese cinema. It was its'artistic quality and apparent lack of"political grounding"that led to its labeling by the Communists as rightist or reactionary. Exiled Fifth Generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang(The Blue Kite)did a remake of the film in 2002. 穆費 rom the creators of CKOCKCHING TIGER.HIDDEN DRAGON 李 SPRINGTIME 明緯 INA SMALLTOWN 品出司丞言2) The Second Golden Age, the late 1940s: Many of these films showed the disillusionment with the oppressive rule of Chiang Kai-shek who served as Generalissimo (Chairman of the National Military Council) of the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 to 1948. Spring in a Small Town (1948), a film by director Fei Mu shortly prior to the revolution, is often regarded by Chinese film critics as one of the most important films in the history of Chinese cinema. It was its’ artistic quality and apparent lack of "political grounding" that led to its labeling by the Communists as rightist or reactionary. Exiled Fifth Generation filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite) did a remake of the film in 2002