Romance of the Western Chamber (1927)

Original title

西厢记

Directed by

Hou Yao

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

Republic of China

Runtime

50 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young scholar falls in love with a magistrate's daughter. They navigate family expectations and social obstacles in ancient China.

romanticmelodramaticclassicalpoeticquiethistoricaltender

What happens

Romance of the Western Chamber (Chinese: 西廂記; pinyin: xīxiāngjì), also known as Way Down West, 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 Western Chamber by Wang Shifu. Originally consisting of ten film reels, only five have survived. The 2007 USA DVD release by Cinema Epoch has an additional original musical score composed by Toshiyuki Hiraoka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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