Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’

Synopsis

Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the big four of classic Chinese novels, has been adapted for film and television dozens of times over the past decades. Yet this sui generis Great Wall production daringly transposes the setting to modern-day 1950s. The contemporised story revolves nonetheless around the love triangle between Jia Baoyu and his two cousins. Both girls love him but his heart belongs to only one. The ending, however, is remarkably changed to separation of the lovers as a result of war—the war that was surely still haunting the minds of the filmmakers at the time when the film was made. Not only did Great Wall pour money into building extravagant sets just so to recreate down to the smallest detail the grandeur of the legendary Jia mansion, but the film also boasted of its lavish costume designs for the diverse female cast. (From Hong Kong Film Archive)

Main Cast

Li Li-Hua

Lin Dai-Yu 林黛玉

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Yan Jun

Jia Bao-Yu 賈寶玉

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Ou-Yang Sha-Fei

Xue Bao-Chai 薛寶釵

Age : 85 | Popularity : 30%

Luo Lan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Wang Yuan-Long

賈政

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Gong Qiuxia

賈母

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Ping Fan

薛蟠

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Xu Li

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Griffin Yueh Feng
Writing	Writer	Griffin Yueh Feng
	Story	Cao Xueqin
Production	Producer	袁仰安
Camera	Camera Operator	Chuang Kuo-Chun
Art	Art Direction	Wan Laiming James Wan Gu-Chan
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Designer	蘇燕生
Department	Role	Name

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