The Mirror and the Lichee

Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance. It’s a tragic love story between the scholar and a local beauty (played by Fang Ying). He polishes mirrors as a pretext to get closer to his love, who signals her approval by tossing him a bunch of lichees. From that point on the course of true love proves operatically rocky, complete with murder and suicide.

Genre:

Drama, History, Romance, Music

Duration:

97 min

Cast:

Ivy Ling Po, Fang Ying, Alison Chang Yen

Quality:

HD

Director:

Kao Li

Release:

1967

Country:

Hong Kong SAR China

Rating:

8.0