Today Is My Day Off

It is policeman Ma Tianmin’s day off, and his chief’s wife has fixed him up with Liu Ping, a young woman she knows. But, on his way to keep the date, Ma, who embodies all the qualities of an exemplary member of the new communist society, stops many times to help people in need. In a Shanghai fully involved in the Great Leap Forward, will the kind-hearted socialist hero get the girl?

Director: Ren Lu

Cast: Baoluo Li, Ma Ji, Shangguan Yunzhu, Zhong Xinghuo, Xuan Jinglin, Huanqing Li, Jingling Hong, Zhao Shuyin

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