Scenes of City Life
| Scenes of City Life | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 都市風光 |
| Simplified Chinese | 都市风光 |
| Literal meaning | metropolitan scenes |
| Hanyu Pinyin | dūshì fēngguāng |
| Wade–Giles | tu-shi feng-kuang |
| Directed by | Yuan Muzhi |
| Written by | Yuan Muzhi |
| Produced by | Ma Dejian |
| Cinematography | Wu Yinxian |
| Music by | He Luting |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
Scenes of City Life is a 1935 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Yuan Muzhi. It is also translated as Cityscape. It is noted for being the first film directed by Yuan, as well as the first film appearance of Jiang Qing (or Lan Ping, as she then called herself), who later became Mao Zedong's fourth wife. The film deals with themes of struggle under a capitalist system. It belongs to a type of Shanghai films from the 1930s, that typically involved music, cinema, fashion, advertising, which contributed to the "Shanghai mystique" and took pride in the city's sophistication.