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Red Maid, the Matchmaker (1958)
Directed by Lung To
History, Music, Comedy · 1h 45m
Production company Taoyuan chose for its inaugural film a comedy and Fong Yim-fun gets to take a break from playing long-suffering roles and showcase her talents in making us laugh! She plays the spritely titled character, brandishing a fresh image. The film is an adaptation of the literary classic Romance of the Western Chamber, in which the Prime Minister's daughter (Law Yim-hing), under siege from rebel soldiers, is rescued by a plan formulated by a poor scholar (Law Kim-long), with whom she is in love. But her mother (Poon Yat On) reneges afterwards on her promise to let the rescuer marry the daughter, and the clever Red Maid steps up as go-between, devising a series of sharp-witted tactics to help the lovers.
Cast
Law Kim-Long
Law Yim-Hing
Lau Hak-suen
Crew
- Director
- Lung To
- Screenplay
- Fung King
- Editor
- Lo Kei-Heung
- Producer
- Law Shun-wah
Details
- Original title
- 紅娘
- Release date
- 1958-10-29
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- History, Music, Comedy
- Original language
- CN
- Spoken languages
- Cantonese
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Tao Yuen Motion Picture Development Company