The Forbidden Past

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The Forbidden Past (1976)

Directed by Chor Yuen

Romance, Drama · 1h 21m

In the sixties, love stories portrayed women as sentimentalists or sacrificial lambs. Later on, directors like Chu Yuan replaced these themes of sacrifice with abandonment. The Forbidden Past is a heart tugging, rare Chinese Christmas story about a bar girl (Ching Li) serving drinks to a man that looks like her husband from five years ago. She convinces him to fulfill her son's wishes of having the father he's never seen, show up for Christmas.

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Cast

Ching Li Julie Ling Yun Lo Wei / Paul Zhou
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Chang Tzu-le Nien Tzu Tsung Hua Tzen Hwa Si Wai Alan Lau Wai-Ling Marie

Crew

Director
Chor Yuen
Screenplay
Chor Yuen
Director of Photography
Wong Chit
Editor
Chiang Hsing-Lung
Producer
Runme Shaw

Details

Original title
小樓殘夢
Release date
1976-12-16
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Original language
ZH
Spoken languages
Mandarin
Countries
Hong Kong
Production
Shaw Brothers