The Dream of the Red Chamber

Based On the book by Cao Xueqin

The Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 金玉良緣紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 金玉良缘红楼梦) is a 1977 film adaptation of the 18th-Century Chinese novel by Cao Xueqin with the same name. It stars Brigitte Lin as protagonist Jia Baoyu, and Sylvia Chang as his cousin Lin Daiyu. The film is told in the style of Huangmei Opera, and follows the style's tradition of cross-gender acting, where a female actor portrays a male character. This is the second adaptation of the novel from the Shaw Brothers, the first being Dream of the Red Chamber (1963) starring Betty Loh Ti.

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Release date:

October 26, 1977

Director:

Li Han-hsiang

Cast:

Brigitte Lin, Sylvia Chang, Michelle Yim, Deborah Lee, Yueh Hua

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Musical, Tragedy

Country:

British Hong Kong

Language:

Standard Chinese

Year page:

1977 in adaptations