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| 6.3/10 Initial release 1927 Screenplay Hou Yao Production company Minxin Film Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cinematography Liang LinguangLai Man-Wai 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
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