Peony Pavilion
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- Movie: Peony Pavilion
- Chinese: 游园惊梦 (Youyuan jingmeng)
- Director: Yonfan
- Writer: Yonfan
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Henry Chung, Yau-tim Jung
- Release Date: April 6, 2001
- Runtime: 120 min
- Language: Cantonese
- Country: Hong Kong
Plot
The story takes place in a beautiful pavilion in 1930's Suzhou. Jade is a famous songstress courtesan, marrying into the noble house. She develops a dubious relationship with a female cousin of the family and also being admired secretly by her butler. LAN, the cousin, is a modern woman who wants to be independent and serves her country, but when she meets the charismatic Shing, an official from the North, all her plans go astray.
These two women's love bears no fruit with their men and in the end they have only each other to lean on.
Cast
- Joey Wang - Rong Lan
- Rie Miyazawa - Cui Hua
- Daniel Wu - Xing Zhi Gang
- Brigitte Lin - Narrator
- Yonfan - Dance tutor
- Zhigang Zhao
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