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Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’
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Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’

1952-01-26 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

Romance · War · Drama

Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The contemporised story revolves nonetheless around the love triangle between Jia Baoyu and his two cousins. Both girls love him but his heart belongs to only one. The ending, however, is remarkably changed to separation of the lovers as a result of war—the war that was surely still haunting the minds of the filmmakers at the time when the film was made. Not only did Great Wall pour money into building extravagant sets just so to recreate down to the smallest detail the grandeur of the legendary Jia mansion, but the film also boasted of its lavish costume designs for the diverse female cast. (From Hong Kong Film Archive)

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Directors
Griffin Yueh Feng
Production companies
The Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd.
Countries
Hong Kong
Status
Released

Top Cast

Li Li-HuaLi Li-Hua林黛玉
Yan JunYan Jun贾宝玉
Ou-Yang Sha-FeiOu-Yang Sha-Fei薛宝钗
Luo Lan
Wang Yuan-LongWang Yuan-Long贾政
Gong QiuxiaGong Qiuxia贾母
Ping FanPing Fan薛蟠
Xu LiXu Li
Chen QiChen Qi
Hsia MengHsia Meng
Chen Juan-JuanChen Juan-Juan晴雯
Kau PingKau Ping
Zhao LeiZhao Lei
Liu LianLiu Lian
Soo ChinSoo Chin
Lee Fong-FeiLee Fong-Fei
Huang FangHuang Fang
Li Tse-YuLi Tse-Yu

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