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Lady in the Moon (1966)
Directed by Yuan Qiu-Feng
Fantasy · 1h 36m
Chang E is a fairy in the moon. One day she sneaks to the earth where she meets a talented archer, Hou Yi, and falls in love with him. At that time, there are nine suns in the sky and they cause serious droughts on earth. Chang then pleads with the Heavenly Empress for some magic arrows so that Hou can shoot down the spare suns. After that Hou becomes a king with overwhelming support from the people. Later, Hou becomes increasingly cruel and corrupt after ascending to the throne. He wages wars on neighbouring kingdoms and drives his people to extreme misery and hardships. Chang has tried to stop him but fails. At the end, she takes Hou’s magic arrows and returns to the moon.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Yuan Qiu-Feng
- Writer
- Yi Fan
- Editor
- Wang Zhao-Xi
- Producer
- Choo Kok Leong
Details
- Original title
- 嫦娥奔月
- Release date
- 1966-01-20
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Production
- Cathay Organisation (HK) (1965) Ltd.
Betty Loh Ti
Zhao Lei
Jean Li Chih-An
Tin Ching
Leung Yui
Chiang Nan
Su Hsiang
Pak Man-Biu
Hung Ling-Ling
Hao Li-Jen