Princess Chang Ping (1975)

Original title

帝女花

Directed by

John Woo

Genre

drama, romance

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

I

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Cantonese opera film set in imperial China. It follows a princess and her husband as they face political upheaval and personal sacrifice. The story is based on a classic Chinese opera about loyalty and love.

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What happens

Princess Chang Ping (Chinese: 帝女花; pinyin: Dì nǚ huā; lit. 'The Flower Princess') is a 1976 Hong Kong Cantonese opera film directed John Woo. It is a remake of director Wong Tin-lam's 1959 film Tragedy of the Emperor's Daughter, itself based on the Cantonese opera Di Nü Hua (The Flower Princess). Tang Disheng, one of the co-writers of the 1959 film, retains a story credit for the 1976 remake. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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