Romance of the Western Chamber (film)

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	Minxin Film Company (Shanghai)
Release dates	8 September 1927 (Hangzhou Theater, China)[1] 2007 (USA)
Running time	42 min. (orig.) 45 min. (2007 DVD release)
Country	China
Language	Silent film Written Chinese and French intertitles

Scene from the film.

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì) is a 1927 silent Chinese film drama directed by Hou Yao.

The film is an adaption of the classic Chinese dramatic work Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu.

Originally consisting of ten film reels, only 5 reels have survived.^[1]

The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.

Cast

^[1]

• Lin Chuchu - as Ying Ying, the daughter of the late Prime Minister
• Li Dandan - as Hung Niang, a servant of Ying Ying
• He Minzhuang (M. C. Noo) - as madame Cui, the mother of Ying Ying
• T. K. Kar - as wise student Chang Kung
• 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
• Ge Cijiang - as Zhang Gong
• Wang Longxi - as clever monk
• Hu Chichang - as the White Horse General
• Zhu Yaoting - as the stupid monk
• Huang Ke - as the boy servant

References

1. 1927: "Romance of the West Chamber" and Ancient Costume Movies. accessed 26 October 2009.

Further reading

• Harris K. (1999) "The Romance of the Western Chamber and the Classical Subject Film in 1920s Shanghai." In: Zhang Y. (ed.) Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999. pp. 51–73.

External links

• Romance of the Western Chamber at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.dvdtalk.com/silentdvd/romance_of_the.html