Dream of the Red Chamber (1987)

Original title

红楼梦

Directed by

Wang Fulin

Cast

Ouyang Fen Qiang, Jia Bao Yu, Chen Xiao Xu, Lin Dai Yu, Zhang Li, Xue Bao Chai, Deng Jie, Wang Xi Feng

Genre

period drama film, romantic television drama

Country

People's Republic of China

Length

1 season, 36 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

9.5 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1987 Chinese TV series adapts the classic novel about the rise and fall of a wealthy family. It focuses on the romantic and personal dramas of the young people living in the grand household.

melancholicslow-burnnostalgicpoeticvisually lushtragicintimateformal

What happens

Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: Hónglóu Mèng), first released in 1987, is a television series produced by CCTV adapted from the classic 18th century Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. It gained enormous popularity for its music, cast, and plot adaptation. It was first filmed in Beijing in Mandarin, then the series was dubbed in Cantonese and Shanghainese. The series is 36 episodes long. The TV series is regarded by many within China as being a near-definitive adaptation of the novel. A TV remake of the novel started airing in 2010; however, much objection was raised over the unorthodox costume design and other contested interpretations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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