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The Mirror and the Lichee

The Mirror and the Lichee

Original Title: 新陳三五娘

19671h 37m
DramaHistoryRomance

Status

Released

Release

1967

Runtime

1h 37m

Storyline

Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 37m
Nov 9, 1967
Languages
Mandarin
Director
Kao Li
Kao Li
Production
Shaw Brothers
Shaw Brothers
Production Countries
Hong Kong

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