Romance of the Western Chamber - moviescene - 1927

''Romance of the Western Chamber'' (), also known as ''Way Down West'', is a 1927 silent

Chinese film The cinema of China is one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan. Cinema was introduced in China in 1896 and the first Chinese film, '' Dingjun Mountain'' ...

drama directed by

Hou Yao Hou Yao (1903–1942) was a pioneering Chinese film director, screenwriter, and film theorist. He wrote and directed many films including ''The Discarded Wife'' (1924), ''Romance of the Western Chamber'' (1927), the first Chinese film shown in We ...

. The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work ''

Romance of the Western Chamber ''Romance of the Western Chamber'' (), also translated as ''The Story of the Western Wing'', ''The West Chamber'', ''Romance of the Western Bower'' and similar titles, is one of the most famous Chinese dramatic works. It was written by the Yuan d ...

'' by

Wang Shifu Wang Shifu (), courtesy name of Wang Dexin (1250-1337?), was a successful Chinese playwright of the Yuan dynasty. He is a representative of “Wencaipai” (Literal talent group) in Chinese opera literature. He was born in Dadu (present-day Beijin ...

. Originally consisting of ten film

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s, only five have survived. The 2007 USA DVD release by

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has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

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1927: "Romance of the Western Chamber" and Ancient Costume Movies
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Lim Cho Cho Florence Lim (21 January 1905 – 16 February 1979), better known as Lim Cho-cho, was a Chinese Canadian actress in the cinema of the Republic of China and British Hong Kong from 1925 to 1954. She was the second wife of filmmaker Lai Man-Wai a ...

- as

Cui Yingying Cui Yingying is a fictional character from " Yingying's Biography", a Chinese story by Yuan Zhen (779–831), and ''Romance of the Western Chamber'', a Chinese play by Wang Shifu Wang Shifu (), courtesy name of Wang Dexin (1250-1337?), was a suc ...

, the daughter of the late Prime Minister * Li Dandan - as

Hongniang Hongniang, or Scarlet, is a fictional character from " Yingying's Biography", a Chinese story by Yuan Zhen (779–831), and ''Romance of the Western Chamber'', a Chinese play by Wang Shifu Wang Shifu (), courtesy name of Wang Dexin (1250-1337?), ...

, the maidservant of yingying *

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( M. C. Noo) - as Madame Cui, the mother of Yingying * T. K. Kar - as wise student Zhang Gong *

Tsao Yao Dein Tsao may refer to: * Ts'ao (the apostrophe is often omitted), the Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname Cao * Tsao, Botswana, village See also * Tsou people The Tsou ( Tsou: ''Cou''; ) are an indigenous people of central southern ...

- as an old monk Fa Pen *

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- as Sung Fei Fu (Tiger Sun), the bandit king *

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- as monk Wei Hing, the messenger with bō staff *

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- as clever monk *

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- as the White Horse General *

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- as the stupid monk *

Huang Ke Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang Riv ...

- as the boy servant

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* * http://www.dvdtalk.com/silentdvd/romance_of_the.html 1927 films Chinese silent films Chinese films based on plays 1927 drama films Films directed by Hou Yao Chinese drama films Chinese black-and-white films Silent drama films {{silent-drama-film-stub

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