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Romance of the Western Chamber (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Romance of the Western Chamber' , also known as 'Way Down West', 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 Western Chamber' by Wang Shifu.
Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived.
The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.
Cast
[http://www.chinesemirror.com/index/2009/04/1927-romance-of-the-west-chamber-ancient-costume-movies.html#more 1927: "Romance of the Western Chamber" and Ancient Costume Movies]. Accessed 26 October 2009.
* Lim Cho Cho - as Cui Yingying, the daughter of the late Prime Minister
* Li Dandan - as Hongniang, the maidservant of yingying
* He Minzhuang (M. C. Noo) - as Madame Cui, the mother of Yingying
* T. K. Kar - as wise student Zhang Gong
* 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 b staff
* 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
Further reading
* Harris K. (1999), "The Romance of the Western Chamber and the Classical Subject Film in 1920s Shanghai" in Zhang Y. (ed.), 'Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943'. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. pp. 5173.
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