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Fate in Tears and Laughter
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Wikipedia article
'Fate in Tears and Laughter' is a 1930 Chinese novel by Zhang Henshui, set in 1920s Beiping (modern Beijing). A few chapters (Chapters 1, 2, 18, 19) were translated into English by Sally Borthwick for the anthology 'Chinese Middlebrow Fiction: From the Ch'ing and Early Republican Eras' (1984).
The novel has been adapted into many films and TV series, as well as a number of local Chinese operas.
Adaptations
Films
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1932 Chinese silent film directed by Zhang Shichuan, starring Zheng Xiaoqiu, Hu Die and Yan Yuexian.*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1941 Chinese film directed by Sun Jing, starring Mei Xi and Li Li-hua.
*'A Tale of Laughter and Tears' (), a 1952 Hong Kong film directed by Yeung Kung-leung and Wan Hoi-ching, starring Cheung Wood-Yau and Pak Yin.
*'Between Tears and Laughters' (), a 1957 Hong Kong film directed by Lee Sun-fung, starring Cheung Ying, Law Yim-hing and Kong Duen-yee.
*'Between Tears and Smiles' (), a 1964 Hong Kong film directed by Lo Chen, starring Kwan Shan, Li Li-hua and Ivy Ling Po.
*'A Story of Three Loves' (), a 1964 two-part Hong Kong film directed by Wong Tin-lam, starring Chao Lei, Jeanette Lin Tsui and Grace Chang.
*'Lover's Destiny' (), a 1975 Hong Kong film directed by Chor Yuen, starring Chung Hua, Ching Li and Shih Szu.
TV series
*'The Fatal Irony' (), a 1974 Hong Kong TVB series, starring Chan Chun-wah, Louise Lee and Pearl Au Kar-wai.*'Laugh in the Sleeve' (), a 1987 Hong Kong Asia Television series, starring Damian Lau, Michelle Yim and Nora Miao.
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1987 Chinese Tianjin Television series in Beijing Quju (), starring Wei Xikui.
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1987 Chinese Nei Mongol Television series starring Sun Qixin, Wang Hui and Sun Jiaxin.
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1989 Taiwan Television series, starring Kent Tong and Fung Bo Bo.
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 1995 Chinese Anhui Television series in Huangmei opera, starring Zhang Gong, Zhou Li and Wang Jing.
*'Fate in Tears and Laughter' (), a 2004 China Central Television series directed by Huang Shuqin, starring Hu Bing and Yuan Li.
Category:1930 novels
Category:Chinese novels adapted into films
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Category:20th-century Chinese novels
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