Romance of the Western Chamber (film)
1927 film by Hou Yao
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Directed byHou Yao
Written byHou Yao
Play:
Wang Shifu
Play:
Wang Shifu
CinematographyLiang Linguang
Lai Man-Wai
Lai Man-Wai
Production
company
company
| Romance of the Western Chamber | |
|---|---|
1927 Chinese movie poster | |
| Directed by | Hou Yao |
| Written by | Hou Yao Play: Wang Shifu |
| Cinematography | Liang Linguang Lai Man-Wai |
Production company | |
Release dates |
|
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
- 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
