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Chinese 红楼梦 Running time 765 minutes (total) Directors Xie Tieli, Yuan Zhao | 7.4/10 IMDb Directed by Xie Tieli
Zhao Yuan Initial release 1988 Story by Cao Xueqin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Novel:
Cao Xueqin
Adapted screenplay:
Xie Tieli
Xie Fensong Starring Xia Qin
Tao Huimin
Fu Yiwei
Liu Xiaoqing Release date 1988 (Parts 1 & 2)
1989 (Parts 3–6) Cast Liu Xiaoqing, Qin Xia, Muyu Lin Awards Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominations Golden Rooster Award for Best Make-Up, Golden Rooster Awards for Best Property Similar Temptation of a Monk, Reign Behind the Curtain, Taking Tiger Mountain, The Empress Dowager, Crouching Tiger - Hidden D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A dream of red mansions eng sub 1
A Dream of Red Mansions (Chinese: 红楼梦) is a Chinese serial feature film produced by Beijing Film Studio, released in 6 parts (8 episodes) between 1988 and 1989. Directed by Xie Tieli (谢铁骊) and Zhao Yuan (赵元), it is a cinematic adaptation of the 18th-century Chinese novel of the same name. The film took two years to prepare and three years to shoot,and, at 765 minutes, is still the longest ever made in the People's Republic of China.
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Lead actresses Xia Qin and Tao Huimin were both Shaoxing opera artistes, with Xia Qin taking on the role of the male lead Jia Baoyu. The film won Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Lin Moyu), Best Act Direction and Best Costume Design at the 10th Golden Rooster Awards.
Cast
Plot summary
The film adapts the major events and incidents of the novel. The last part (Part Six) is essentially an abridged adaptation of the Cheng-Gao ending.