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Red Maid, the Matchmaker
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Red Maid, the Matchmaker

1958-10-29 · 105 min · ★ 9.0

History · Music · Comedy

Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers.

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Directors
Lung To
Production companies
Tao Yuen Motion Picture Development Company
Countries
Hong Kong
Status
Released

Top Cast

Fong Yim-FenRed Maid
Law Kim-LongLaw Kim-LongCheung Kwan-Shui
Law Yim-HingLaw Yim-HingChui Ang-Ang
Poon Yat-OnMadam Chui
Lam Gam-TongFoon Long (Young man the Foon)
Lau Hak-suenLau Hak-suenCheng Hang
Lau Siu-ManBuddhist monk

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