Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.
| Romance of the Western Chamber | |
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 1927 Chinese movie poster | |
| Directed by | Hou Yao |
| Written by | Hou Yao Play: Wang Shifu |
| Cinematography | Liang Linguang Lai Man-Wai |
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Running time | 42 min. (orig.) 45 min. (2007 DVD release) |
| Country | China |
| Languages | Silent film Written Chinese and French intertitles |
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.[1]
The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.
Cast
edit- 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 bō 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
edit- ^ a b c 1927: "Romance of the Western Chamber" and Ancient Costume Movies. Accessed 26 October 2009.
Further reading
edit- 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. 51–73.
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