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Directed by
  
Hou Yao

Directors
  
Lai Man-Wai, Hou Yao

Story by
  
Wang Shifu

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Initial release
  
1927

Screenplay
  
Hou Yao

Production company
  
Minxin Film Company

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Written by
  
Hou Yao Play: Wang Shifu

Cinematography
  
Liang Linguang Lai Man-Wai

Production company
  
Minxin Film Company (Shanghai)

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

Running time
  
42 min. (orig.) 45 min. (2007 DVD release)

Cast
  
Cho-cho Lam, Lee Ya-Ching, Yaoting Zhu, Cijiang Ge, Chichang Hu, He Minzhuang, T. K. Kar, Tsao Yao Dein

Similar
  
Silent movies, Movies about love

Romance of the western chamber


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

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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.

Chan ming chi romance of the western chamber 1927


  • 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 bō 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 (film) Wikipedia
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