 "Crows and Sparrows" was made near the end of the Civil War, when “the outcome of the war was obvious to all” (Pickowicz, 1051).During this period, as Shanghai was still in control of the Nationalist Party, films and other cultural productions had to go through heavy censorship, often referred to as the “white terror”.Therefore, Chen Baichen (陈白尘), the screenwriter, prepared two versions of the screenplay, and managed to use the self-censored version to pass the censor.