Hong se niang zi jun

This film was a huge hit in mainland China and is now considered as a classic. Back in 1960s, war films made in mainland China rarely depicts personal feelings of heros. A war hero can only be devoted to his ideology, fearless, without personal feelings. Love life doesn't exist for him. Unfortunately, Hong Se Niang Zi Jun (1961) wasn't able to make exception in this regard. In a recent interview, the director Xie Jin confessed with regret that some scenes depicting the love feelings between Wu Qionghua and Hong Changqing were deleted. Actually, Wu Qionghua and Hong Changqing fell in love with each other in the original script. But after it was filmed, the director Xie Jin, under the pressure from some political leaders, had to delete all scenes that show the their love feelings. The second half of this film was thus re-edited and became "unbearable to watch" according to the director. But if you pay enough attention to the eyes of Wu Qionghua and Hong Changqing, you still can catch some moments where they express their love to each other.