For producer Hsu Feng, was a major and complex production. The film was financed from Hong Kong and shot in various locations in China. The film is set in several cities in North-Eastern China such as Changchun, Harbin an in the huge port of Yingkou and spans the period from the occupation of China by Japan to the present day ! about fifty years, will all the consequences for costumes, sets and props. The scale of this historical drama can be compared with the later Hsu Feng production Farewell to my Concubine. is about the writer Zhaohwa, who as a girl was locked up by her father to prevent her meeting her lover. Her later love life was also tragic to a certain extent; the man of her choice had collaborated with the hated Japanese.
Film details
Productieland
Hong Kong
Jaar
1990
Festivaleditie
IFFR 1995
Lengte
94'
Medium/Formaat
35mm
Taal
Cantonees
Première status
-
Director
Yim Ho
Producer
Feng Hsu, Pineast Pictures Ltd., Tomson International Entertainment Distribution Ltd.
Principal cast
Maggie Cheung, Yim Ho
Screenplay
Yim Ho
Sales / World rights holder
Tomson International Entertainment Distribution Ltd.