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Forever Enthralled

Country: China, Language: Chinese, 147 mins

Original Title

Mei Lanfang
  • Director: Kaige Chen
  • Writer: Kaige Chen; Geling Yan
  • Producer: Jiayi Du; Sanping Han

CGiii Comment

It's difficult not to compare this with the wonderful Farewell My Concubine...

It's practically the same film - only, an inferior duplicate.

To Western ears, one Chinese opera sounds exactly the same as any other Chinese opera - watch Farewell and marvel...don't bother with this plodding, overly-camp effort.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.

Cast & Characters

Leon Lai as Mei Lanfang;
Ziyi Zhang as Meng Xiaodong;
Honglei Sun as Qiu Rubai;
Hong Chen as Fu zhifang;
Masanobu Ando as Ryuichi Tanaka;
Yanjun Bi as Mei Yu-tian;
Bin Li as Qiu's Mother;
Mingchen Li as Lao Song;
Shengsu Li as Yan Huizhu;
Jingxi Liu as Mei's Grandmother