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Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film)

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Director
  
Hou Yao

Writer
  
Hou Yao
,
Wang Shifu

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Country
  
China

Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) movie poster
Language
  
Silent film Written Chinese and French intertitles

Release date
  
8 September 1927 (Hangzhou Theater, China) 2007 (USA)

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.

The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu.

Originally consisting of ten film reels, only 5 reels have survived.

The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

A love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman

Cast

  • Lin Chuchu - as Ying Ying, the daughter of the late Prime Minister
  • Li Dandan - as Hung Niang, a servant of Ying Ying
  • He Minzhuang (M. C. Noo) - as madame Cui, the mother of Ying Ying
  • T. K. Kar - as wise student Chang Kung
  • Tsao Yao Dein - as an old monk Fa Pen
  • Lee Wha Ming/Li Huamin - as Sung Fei Fu (Tiger Sun), the bandit king
  • Lu Ying Lang/Li Yinlan - as monk Wei Hing, the messenger with bo staff
  • Ge Cijiang - as Zhang Gong
  • Wang Longxi - as clever monk
  • Hu Chichang - as the White Horse General
  • Zhu Yaoting - as the stupid monk
  • Huang Ke - as the boy servant

    • References

    Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) Wikipedia
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    Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) IMDb Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film) themoviedb.org