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The Music Box (2006)
Directed by Chen Yifei
· 2h 00m
In the late 1930s, the Japanese army occupies Shanghai. Barber Lu Ping kills a Japanese officer by accident and then escapes from Shanghai to the residence of his master's brother, Song Fengnian. When he arrives at the small town, he falls in love with Song's daughter Jiayi at the first sight. However, Jiayi has had the engagement with an officer for a decent life in the wartime, even as concubine. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Lu is sentenced to death as a traitor because Song, his boss, has worked for the Japanese. When he closes his eyes and waits for the sound of shot, Jiayi rescues him. Arranged by her husband, Lu becomes an officer. However, he can never forget Jiayi and his barber life. After the end of the Civil War, Lu is sent to work on a farm in the northwest. There he learns that Jiayi doesn't leave with her husband and has been waiting for him at the small town where they meet for the first time. Lu decides to look for Jiayu.
Cast
Chen Kun
Wang Yajie
Zeng Li
Ren Guangzhi
Wei Zongwan
Crew
- Director
- Chen Yifei
- Screenplay
- Chen Yifei
- Novel
- Yiping Fan
- Director of Photography
- Xiaoming Wang
- Editor
- Poon Hung
- Producer
- Chen Yifei, Dong Ping, Han San Ping, Li Bolun, Ren Zhonglun, Yang Bu Ting
Details
- Original title
- 理发师
- Release date
- 2006-04-28
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China
- Production
- Beijing Film Studio, Shanghai Chan Yifei Architectural & Environmental Art