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His Matrimony (1985)
Directed by Chen Kun-hou
Drama, Romance · 1h 35m
This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the local peasant assocation. They like each other, but Mei-Hsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other. They wait till Yun-Lang sends a matchmaker to Mei-Hsia's family. There was no way that Mei-Hsia's family would agree to their marriage. Mei-Hsia's parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung, in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other, but Yun-Lang follows her there. Mei-Hsia's relative doesn't stop them until Mei-Hsia's mother finds out. Now their love is an open affair. This time, it's the Mei-Hsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families. To everyone's surprise, the Yun-Langs turn it down. Mei-Hsia and Yun-Lang planned to elope, but they failed. She kills herself. At last, Yun-Lang can call Mei-Hsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet.
Cast
Yang Chieh-mei
Yang Ching-huang
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Wu Min
Crew
- Director
- Chen Kun-hou
- Writer
- Chu Tien-wen, Ting Ya-min, Hsu Su-Chen
- Director of Photography
- Chen Kun-hou
- Original Music Composer
- Chen Yang
- Editor
- Liao Ching-sung
Details
- Original title
- 結婚
- Release date
- 1985-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Taiwan